Free - AG & 18" Dolls Pattern - Spring Dress This wonderful doll dress has many possibilities. You will learn many sewing techniques while creating the dress, slip, and doll panties. And you can select your own embellishment for the collar. We've created two versions for our sample. One is embroidered with a small flower motif and the other is embellished with a small lace motif. The dress fabric can be selected to best suit your 18" doll. These project instructions are specific to the Janome machine; however, the project can be adapted for use on other machines. Dress Patterns Download dress patterns (patterns are 100% in size). Janome Supplies Required Any Janome sewing machine Zigzag Foot A Satin Stitch Foot F 1/4 Foot O Hemmer Foot 2mm D Blue Tip needle 75/11 Janome Supplies for Embroidered Dress Memory Craft 10001, 10000, 9000, 5700 Memory Card #25 (Small Flower Designs) MC8000 Embroidery Design Gallery CD ROM (MC10001, 10000) Clothsetter Embroidery Foot P Embroidery hoop Janome Embroidery thread Janome Bobbin thread 1.
Sleeveless Jumper Pattern for American Girl, AG Type 18 Inch Dolls Sleeveless Jumper to Fit American Girl Type 18 Inch Dolls Clothes Patterns for 18 Inch Dolls and Bitty Baby Dolls & Costumes WebsiteSusan Kramersusan@susankramer.com Here are instructions for making sleeveless jumpers to fit 18inch (45cm) American Girl, other American historical dolls, Gotz Precious Day Girl Dolls, and dolls with similar body types. Important Note: my Corolle doll (not shown) has fabric and vinyl arms so this dress is not the best for her. You may use the pattern for yourself or gifts but not commercially. Fabric: one third yard or meter. Jumper Sewing Instructions With right sides of back and front jumper facing, sew together at shoulders. On center back side, make a 4 inch long slit down from neck edge for opening. Sew side seams back to front. Before sewing side seams add your decoration to front of jumper. Turn hem up twice one quarter inch and blind stitch. Sew a sticky tape closure at center back seam - no buttons for doll clothes played with by children, please. webmaster
American Girl Doll Flower Dress Material Skirt : 24’’ x 8’’ (60cm x 20cm) Skirt Fleece : 32’’ x 4’’ (80cm x 10cm) Top Front: 6’’ x 6’’ (15cm x15cm) Top back : 2 rectangles : 6’’ x 4’’ (15cm x10cm) Collar : 2 rectangles : 10’’ x 2 ½’’ (25cm x 6cm) Ribbon Lace : 120cm (46’’) Velcro Step 1 : - take the top front and cut to round the collar. Sew a hem. - Sew the top front to the top back fabrics on the shoulder - Sew a hem around the arms up to 4’’ (10cm) on each side - Sew the top together on the sides - Sew a hem on the back Step 2 : - Sew the lace on the collar and round the sides - Sew the collar to the dress. Make the pleats while sewing. - Mark the sewing line between the top and the bottom : 1 ¼’’ (3cm)on the sides and ¾’’ (2cm) in the middle. Step 3 : - Sew the lace on the bottom skirt - Sew the lace on the skirt fleece - Sew the skirt fleece to the skirt - Sew the skirt to the top following the line. Step 4 : - Sew the dress on the back. - Sew the velcro on the back - Sew the ribbon to the dress Voilà!
Royal Bridesmaid Dress Pattern for 18 Inch Dolls Royal Bridesmaid Dress Pattern for 18 Inch Dolls by Susan Kramerinspired by the wedding of Prince William and Princess Kate On the left is Gotz 18 inch doll, Emily, and on the right is American Girl 18 inch doll, Gwen in Royal Bridesmaid Dress Here are instructions for making short sleeve bridesmaid dresses to fit 18inch (45cm) American Girl, other American historical dolls, Corolle dolls, Gotz Precious Day Girl Dolls, and dolls with similar body types. This design is my interpretation of the bridesmaid dresses worn by the children in Princess Kate and Prince William's wedding. Under the skirt I made a half slip and a crinoline. You’ll need one third yard (one quarter meter) of material for the skirt. For the front and back bodice, you'll need one quarter yard contrasting material. Also, for neckline facing, you'll need a 10 inch (25cm) long by one inch (2.5cm) wide bias strip, and as much pre-gathered lace, and embroidered ribbon. General Sewing Instructions Bodice Sewing Instructions
Peggy - 18" doll skater Peggy…18” doll This is as close as I can get to her costume for the 1968 Olympics. There should be a titch more yellow in the lemon/lime yarn but colours change over the decades Bernat Satin yarn,- “Soft Fern” Bernat Merry Christmas glimmer yarn (very small amount) and a small amount of white SportWeight yarn. 4.5mm & 5.mm hook and an elastic waistband. The Collar Fold a strand of glimmer yarn (about 26 inches long) in half twice – you have 4 strands at this point. Row 2: work 1 sc in every sc and over each ch. while working over the chains try to get one strand of the glimmer yarn as well. Costume… working from collar down Row 3: work *dc in 1, 2dc in next* to end. Row 4: dc in 5, 2 dc in next 2, dc in 11, 2 dc in next 2, dc in 10, 2 dc in next 2, dc in 11, 2 dc in next 2, dc in 6. (59 dc) Row 5: dc in 7, 2 dc in next 2, dc in 13, 2 dc in next 2, dc in 112, 2 dc in next 2, dc in 13, 2 dc in next 2, dc in 6. (67 dc) Row 6: dc in 9, sk 15, dc in 18, sk 15, dc in 10. (37 dc) Sleeves… Panty…
AG Type Dolls - Spring/Easter Dress We all love to have a new outfit for Easter, or any Spring holiday. Your dolls would also love a pretty, new dress. This dress pattern will fit 18 inch American Girl, other American historical dolls, Corolle Dolls, Gotz Precious Day Girl Dolls, and other dolls with similar size body types. This is a photo of Julia, my Gotz Precious Day 18 inch doll, in a dress that is perfect for Easter, or any Spring holiday because the fabric is covered in Easter Eggs. Materials - 1/2 yard of fabric, the design of the fabric I used required that all pattern pieces go in the same direction, you may need less if this is not an issue. - 12 inches of 3 to 4 inch wide, pre-gathered lace for the collar. - 1 yard of 2 1/2 inch wide flat lace with holes down the center that a ribbon can be woven into. - 2 yards of 1/4 inch wide satin ribbon. - matching thread. - two sets of sticky dots For sewing instructions click here. For the pattern, click here.
Basic Dress Pattern For AG Dolls American Girl doll clothes can be tricky. Buying clothes from their official website can be fun, but pricey! Man, they can really get you with all those adorable little accessories. Everything is so small and cute...and expensive! Now that I have a little girl who is interested in all things American Girl, I have given her a doll I triumphantly discovered at a garage sale for 25 Cents, as well as the doll my parents purchased for me as a child. Now, for the first time, I am pulling out the very pattern my mom used years ago, to create some dresses for my daughter. Download this pattern for free: HERECheck out our collection of other free patterns: HERE Sewing this pattern will take some basic sewing skill, but let me remind you, I am pretty basic when it comes to sewing! 1/4" Seam Allowance Hem the bottom of the skirt, then baste the top to gather it together (pictured below) For the top: cut 2. (Linkup closed) Linked Up Here:
18" Doll Pillowcase Dress Tutorial To Fit AG Dolls Anny's Corner Samantha is Ready for Spring One of my most favorite things I used to do was to make patterns and create designs for my daughters dolls. Out of necessity, I sewed doll clothing through designer children's shops and craft fairs to help the budget. Now with time and two granddaughters I am returning to my roots. Last night I created this outfit and with it will begin my creating kidstuff blog. I created this for my granddaughters and to share for others to sew for their wee ones. What do you need? A Fat Quarter from a fabric or craft store60 inches of 5/6" inch ribbon for the tie strings3 pieces of decorative ribbon each 18" longThreadSafety Pin for threading the ribbon. Making the Pattern Cutting the Dress Pieces Prewash the fat quarter and ironFold the piece of material salvage to salvageCut 2 of the rectangle pattern piecesMark the fold line and the side seam markings Do not throw away your scraps set them aside for making Dolly her own matching drawstring bag. Begin Sewing
How to Make an Alphabet Lacing Card Kids young and old will have fun lacing around these craft foam letters. Use these printable alphabet letters and these directions to create your own alphabet lacing cards.Age Guideline: 5 Years and Up Time Required: 30 minutes + (Does not include drying time) The above age and time guidelines are estimates. This project can be modified to suit other ages and may take more or less time depending on your circumstances. Materials Needed: Instructions: Print out the letter or letters you want to use from these alphabet templates. Use the hole puncher to make holes around the outside edge of each letter, about 1 inch apart. Cut a piece of ribbon or yarn about 2 feet long. Your alphabet lacing cards can now be used over and over again.
Dutch Dress Pattern for 18 Inch Dolls Dutch Doll Dress Pattern for 18 Inch Dolls likeAmerican Girl, Gotz, Corolle designed by Susan Helene Kramer optional collar (directions below): More Clothes Patterns for 18 Inch Dolls and Bitty Baby Here are pattern pieces and sewing directions to make Dutch dresses for 18 inch dolls such as American Girl Dolls or other full bodied heritage, historical and play dolls such as Gotz and Corolle dolls. You may use the pattern for yourself or gifts but not commercially. You can try printing out the patterns from this page to see if they stay 1 inch square, otherwise make the graph paper and copy.Sleeve Pattern: Bodice Pattern: To make your 1-inch square (2.5cm) grid graph paper First, take an 8.5x11 inch piece of plain paper and draw 1 inch squares - I do this by drawing horizontal lines 1 inch apart down the page, and then vertical lines 1 inch apart across the page. Next, looking at the .jpg image you want to enlarge, copy what is in each of my squares into your larger squares. Sleeves Finishing
Diy American Girl Doll Dress With four little kids at home the majority of projects on my list are for them and I don't mind, it just doesn't give my little blog much variety. This is what we made yesterday...my girl's have been wanting to get matching clothes for them and their doll's. They see all the fancy outfits in the American Girl Magazine and they are a little out of our price range so we came up with this. We made this red gingham dress a couple years ago for my little girl after she had been watching Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and loved the dress Milly wore at the Barn Raising...you know! This was my favorite part! So now she and her doll can dress up like Milly and go on all kinds of adventures together. We added a little bow just to give it a little extra somethin, somethin! It went together fairly quickly considering it was the first doll dress I have ever sewn. If you are interested in making one for yourself click on Read More for the Tutorial. I used the same fabric for the lining.
Are Humans Losing Their Smarts? Humans may be gradually losing intelligence, according to a new study. The study, published today (Nov. 12) in the journal Trends in Genetics, argues that humans lost the evolutionary pressure to be smart once we started living in dense agricultural settlements several thousand years ago. "The development of our intellectual abilities and the optimization of thousands of intelligence genes probably occurred in relatively non-verbal, dispersed groups of peoples [living] before our ancestors emerged from Africa," said study author Gerald Crabtree, a researcher at Stanford University, in a statement. Since then it's all been downhill, Crabtree contends. The theory isn't without critics, with one scientist contacted by LiveScience suggesting that rather than losing our smarts, humans have just diversified them with various types of intelligence today. Life or death situations And we can thank our ancestors and the highly tuned mechanism of natural selection for such abilities. Intelligence genes
Supersonic Flying Wing Nabs $100,000 from NASA An aircraft that resembles a four-point ninja star could go into supersonic mode by simply turning 90 degrees in midair. The unusual "flying wing" concept has won $100,000 in NASA funding to trying becoming a reality for future passenger jet travel. The supersonic, bidirectional flying wing idea comes from a team headed by Ge-Cheng Zha, an aerospace engineer at the University of Miami. "I am hoping to develop an environmentally friendly and economically viable airplane for supersonic civil transport in the next 20 to 30 years," Zha said. The U.S. military's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber that debuted in 1989 represents the only previously successful flying wing aircraft, even though experimental flying wings flew before then. The midair transformation allows the aircraft to fly in its most fuel-efficient modes at both subsonic and supersonic speeds, Zha explained. Such midair spinning might sound unpleasant for people riding the aircraft. [Slideshow: First flying car completes test flight]