Mini doll dress pattern

This dress will fit a mini American Girl doll or Our Generation doll (around 6″). I made a small Waldolf doll (about 8″ high) which it also fits. The fabric in the pictures is a gorgeous Liberty fabric from one of my lovely local shops, Clothkits.

what you need:

1 fat quarter main fabric (choose a lightweight cotton)
small scraps of a lining fabric
ric rac or other ribbon for embellishing
small bow or button
matching thread
6 inch doll dress pattern

how to make your dress:

Cut out your pattern and pin the pieces on the right side of your fabric. Cut the following:

From main fabric = 1 x bodice front, 2 x bodice back (1 reversed), 1 skirt
From lining fabric = 1 x bodice front, 2 x bodice back (1 reversed)

Place main fabric bodice front and back pieces right sides together and sew at shoulder seams. Repeat with lining fabric.

Place bodice lining and main pieces right sides together and sew around armhole edges and neck, including the centre back edges:

Sewing armholes, neck and back of bodice

Turn the bodice right side out through the shoulder – this is a bit fiddly but persevere.

Press bodice. Open out side seams of lining and main fabric of bodice and stitch side seams with right sides together. Press again.

Hem the lower longer edge of the skirt by turning over raw edge twice and pressing, then stitch. If using, sew on embellishment (e.g. ric rac) close to the bottom of the skirt.

Stitch two rows of wide stitches to the long top edge of the skirt to form gathering stitches.

Fold in half with short edges and right sides together and stitch centre back seam – stopping 3/4″ from the top (see the dot on the pattern).

Gather the top of the skirt by pulling the stitches. Then pin, right sides together to the bodice (the bodice will be upside-down). Line up the openings at the back of the bodice and the top of the skirt.