She found this pattern on pinterest and tried it first. Twirls for Girls Dolly Wrap Skirt. It is a free pattern.
Here is the skirt that she made with this pattern.
Cute!
The day she made this skirt, I was working on t-shirts for my girl's dolls (which I will blog about next time). The skirt looked so easy, I decided to give it a try.
This pattern is super easy. The resulting skirt is super cute, too! Love that combination!
I have two tips for you if you decide to try this pattern.
- Follow the directions up to the point of turning the skirt. Prior to turning the skirt right side out, clip the corners to remove extra fabric that will bulk up when you turn the skirt right side out.
- Take the time to press the seams prior to turning the skirt right side out.
The directions don't say to do either of these things. When you look at the patterns that Snowflake wanted combined on the bottom skirt in the picture above, you can see why I wanted to be careful. I didn't want those opposing fabrics to be showing depending on which way the skirt was currently being worn. By clipping the corners and pressing the seams both before and after turning the skirt, the skirts are on the dolls, you can't see the opposite fabric. That is exactly how I wanted it.
See how you can only see the outer fabric?
Without pressing and clipping, this wouldn't happen as well.
Next time, I will blog about the 2 t-shirts I made for the dolls and my lessons learned there. Hopefully they can help you.
Our girl's happy American Girl dolls.
Well dressed in the clothes we made!
You can learn about the drawstring dresses the dolls are wearing in my post: American Girl Drawstring Dress
Thanks for stopping by!
See my other posts about sewing American Girl Doll clothes:
Sewing American Girl Doll T-Shirts
American Girl Drawstring Dresses
Sewing American Girl Doll T-Shirts
American Girl Drawstring Dresses
I'm so glad you found the post helpful! I hope to find time soon to do some more sewing for American Girl Dolls...so I will try to keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteHi. Just a quick note to let you know that I truly appreciated this post. I have been looking for this kind of information. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteYes we have one about 1.5 hours from us. Thankfully easy enough to get to and have some fun occasionally, but not close enough to do serious damage. Enjoy your store and let me know if you make some, I would love to see pictures of your combinations!
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! I have two little girls who would love to pick out fabric for me to make them! Thanks for the added tips, too!
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Trish
Glad you like them and glad the tips may come in handy for someone.
ReplyDeleteI put it on another reply to a different comment, but I wanted to apologize for not getting your button on my blog posts this week. I'm not sure how that happened as I try to be really careful to get those added. Sorry about that.
Have a great day!
SO cute and beautifully sewn!!! Thanks for the link to the pattern...
ReplyDeleteI was stopping by from another blog hop today and saw this post pop up from LinkWithIn. Super cute and I had to pin it!
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Thanks so much! Thanks for pinning as well!
DeleteLove this idea! And I will need it since my two youngest are getting 18" dolls for Christmas. Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteI hope you try this skirt out. It is such an easy pattern and gives such cute results. I've made them a bunch of times now. I have another post of these going on Monday...I made a Holiday version. Super quick and easy. Hope you like them if you make them!
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The tips are most helpful. However, I cannot find the directions for the reversible wrap skirt, only the two pattern pieces. Can someone guide me?
ReplyDeleteWhen you downloaded the files from that site, there should have been 2 files. The one you have are the pattern pieces and is 2 pages long. There should be another file that you get/got that is 6 pages long and has the directions.
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KC
These are just adorable! I found your blog through Shabby Creek Cottage when I was linking some American Girl crocheted hats I made for my neices dolls. I'm going to share these patterns with my mom and see if we can make them some pretty skirts too - love the fabric!!
ReplyDeleteI am now following you and can't wait to see what else you do!
Julie
http://renew-create-restore.blogspot.com/2013/01/american-girl-crocheted-hats.html (in case you want to see our hats - it was a family project!!)
Thanks so much! I'm going to head over and see your hats...sounds really cute.
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KC
how wonderful--my niece would FREAK if I made this for her!
ReplyDeleteI am stopping by from Wow me Wednesday--and I was looking through your projects--tons of great stuff!
I am hosting a link party for OLD projects--that's right, old posts, you know, the stuff we posted when only our husband and moms were reading our blogs (or was that just me?!?)
Hope you come link up and give some of these posts new exposure!
Nancy
http://www.dosmallthingswithlove.com/2013/02/and-oldie-but-goodie-link-party-5-and.html
Thanks so much, Nancy! My girls love their skirts and I have made many more of them, too. They are fun and super easy.
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