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Today’s pattern makes such a lovely little dress! But I’m also really excited about today’s tutorial, which will show you how to create a collar from bias tape, as well as how to stitch a 3-inch zipper into a doll’s dress.
If you’ve never sewn a zipper or collar on a doll’s dress before, you may learn a lot by watching today’s tutorial, even if you’re not sewing anything for Elsa.
For this pretty little dress project, you’ll need some small print cotton fabric , a 3-inch zipper, and either 1/2 inch bias tape that’s not folded or 1/4 inch folded bias tape.
Please note: you may want some tulle, as well, which will make your skirt very full. However this is optional.
Today’s pattern will fit these dolls:
- Monster High female dolls
- Ever After High female dolls
- Kuu Kuu Harajuku dolls
- Snapstar dolls
- 6″ classic Breyer Rider dolls (1:12 scale)
- 7 inch Lottie dolls
- 6.75 inch Strawberry Shortcake dolls (17 cm)
- Disney’s 5 inch Elsa Toddler dolls
Here’s your free, printable PDF sewing patterns and links to tutorial videos:
- Free printable PDF sewing pattern for making this dress
- Tutorial explaining how to make this dress (at the top of this page)
- How to do a whipstitch
- How to sew snaps on fabric
- How to do a backstitch
- How to gather fabric
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If you sort of like this pattern, but you really wish it was a little bit different… hold that thought! What you’re doing in your mind is called pattern alteration, and I actually teach a class on that very concept! Click here for more information.
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To honor the trademark rights of the doll companies mentioned in this blog post, I am including links to their websites here. Please feel free to visit their website and consider purchasing one or more of the dolls mentioned.
Breyer dolls and horses are products offered by Breyer, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Breyer website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Stacie, Janet, Wee 3 Friends, Monster High, Ever After High, Kuu Kuu Harajuku, and vintage Sunshine Family dolls are products offered by Mattel, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Mattel Toys website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
World of Love is a product that was once owned and distributed by Hasbro, which holds the registered trademark for these retired toys (™). Please visit the Hasbro Toy website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Snapstar dolls are produced by Yulu International Limited of Hong Kong, and that company holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Yulu Toys website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.