Sundress and Summer Top in Three Small Sizes sherralynsdolls.com Supplies ◦ Sherralyn's Dolls' Twinkle ◦ ● American Girl® Mini Scraps of soft cotton fabric with soft colors or small ◦ Corelle's® 6½ inch doll (produced in the prints 1990's) ● Matching thread ◦ ● Amanda Jane® (7 inch produced in the UK) Narrow ribbon ● Florabunda's ( ) Clothing Patterns Fit ◦ Sherralyn's Dolls' Florabunda Equipment ◦ Madam Alexander's® 7½ inch Wendy ◦ ● Basic sewing tools (see Tools, Tips, and Vogue® Doll Company's Modern and Vintage Ginny® Techniques) ◦ Lillian Vernon's® 7½ inch doll ● Tender Heart's ( ) Clothing Patterns Fit Skills ◦ Sherralyn's Dolls' Tender Heart ◦ ● Simple Sundress and Top with Shoulder Ties (easy Effanbee's® Li'l Innocents® project) ◦ Use Tools, Tips, and Techniques for any help you need. ● Sundress or Summer Top with Back Opening ◦ Use Tools, Tips, and Techniques for instructions on applying hook and loop tape. Sizes ● Twinkle's ( ) Clothing Patterns Fit Sewing for Three Small Dolls copyright 2011 Sherralyn St. Clair Introduction Simple Sundress with Shoulder Ties These instructions describe the construction of a sundress This is an easy to make version of the sundress that does not and summer top for three sizes of dolls. require a back opening. The sundress and top can be constructed in either of two versions. The first version is simpler and uses shoulder ties. Cutting and Marking The second version uses a hook and loop tape closure in the ● back. Twinkle is about 6½ inches tall. Florabunda is about Cut two fronts on the fold. The second front will serve as a back with no back opening. 7½ inches. Tender Heart is about 8¾ inches. Manufactured ● dolls of similar sizes can also wear these outfits. (See title Mark the double notches on the garment's sides and page.) the A dots. Symbols Sewing Arm Openings and Side Seams ● ● The pattern pieces for Twinkle's clothing are Finish the outside edges of the four arm openings, press ¼ inch to the inside, and topstitch. marked by a star ( ), Florabunda's clothing patterns by a flower ( ), and Tender Heart's Topstitch clothing patterns by a heart ( ). These same symbols are used in tables in these instructions if Turn under there is a difference in the size or amount of materials used for each size outfit. ● In the patterns a thick broken line indicates where to gather the fabric. ● Match the double notches and sew the sides together beginning at the bottom of the arm ● In these instructions light gray indicates the right openings. side of the fabric ● Finish the seams. Copyright Notice You may sell or give away as many of the outfits as you can make by yourself. The outfits cannot be mass produced without my permission. You may make as many copies of the patterns as you need for your own use. You may not give away or sell the patterns or the instructions, or kits Hand Gathering the Neck containing the patterns or instructions. ● Finish the outside edges of front and back neck. ● Press under ¼ inch and gather each side by hand to The Patterns the length shown in the table Attached to the end of these instructions are patterns for the doll gathered outfits. length ● Print the patterns out and use them in the construction your outfits. 1” ● You want the pattern printed full size, not reduced 1⅛” in size. It is easy to get your printer into a “shrink to fit” mode. Before cutting out pattern pieces, check 1¼” the ruler printed on the pattern sheet to make sure that the pattern is printed full size. ● If the ruler does not measure correctly you will need to adjust settings on your printer and reprint the pattern. Sundress and Summer Top 2 sherralynsdolls.com Making Shoulder Ties folded to the inside along with the rest of the neck edge. ● Cut four 5 inch lengths of narrow ribbon and sew ● Gather the neck front by hand. Catch the fabric one strip at the top of each arm opening at dot A. layer that has been pressed to the inside. Gather each side of the neck back by hand. Catch all the fabric layers that have been pressed to the inside of the garment including the top of the folded back closing in the gathering stitches. Use the chart to determine the length of each piece gathered. doll front backs 1” ½” 1⅛” ¾” ● Put the outfit on the doll and tie bows at the left and 1¼” ⅞” right shoulders. Hemming the Garment ● Remove the dress from the doll. ● Finish the raw edge of the hem. ● Fold and press ½ inch of fabric to the inside at hem. ● Topstitch or slip-stitch the hem. Making Ribbon Shoulder Strap ● Cut two 2½ inch lengths of ribbon. Sundress or Summer Top with Back Opening ● On the inside of the garment hand sew each piece of ribbon to the front of the garment where the A dots have been marked. Cutting and Marking ● Pin the ribbon lengths to the back of the garment ● Cut one front on the fold and two backs. where the B dots have been marked. Leave about ● Mark the A and B dots and the double notches on one inch of ribbon between the dots. the sides. ● Try the garment on the doll. Check and adjust the ribbon length. Sewing Arm Openings and Side Seams ● Hand sew the ribbon at B dots. ● Finish the outside edges of the four arm openings, B B press ¼ inch to the inside, and topstitch. A A Topstitch Turn under Closing the Garment ● Close the back with hook and loop tape. The instructions are in Tools, Tips, and Techniques. ● Right sides together, match the double notches on Hemming the Garment the garment's sides. ● Sew the sides together beginning at the bottom of ● Finish the raw edge of the hem. the arm openings. ● Fold and press ½ inch of fabric to the inside at hem. ● Finish the seams. ● Topstitch or slip-stitch the hem. ● Press the finished side seams to the back. Hand Gathering the Neck ● Finish the outside edges of front and back necks, and the two sides of the back closing. ● Press the back closings ½ inch to the inside. Then press the neck edge ¼ inch to the inside. 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