The Best Scrap Busting Sewing There Is
If there is a small person in your life with a favorite doll, you are holding the keys to hero status. Doll clothes are the perfect scrap project: a fat quarter makes a dress, an old tee makes pajamas, and the leftovers from your last quilt become a wardrobe. They are also a wonderful way to teach a child to sew, because the pieces are small, the stakes are low, and the payoff is immediate.
This roundup covers the whole toy box: 18 inch dolls including American Girl, fashion dolls, baby dolls, rag dolls, and the accessories that get requested most, from sleeping bags to tiny shoes. Every pattern is genuinely free. Where a printable PDF arrives by email signup, the entry says so, and the tutorial itself is still free on the page.
One sizing note before you start: doll clothes are not very forgiving of seam allowance drift at this scale, so measure your doll first, and check the pattern’s stated doll size. The My First Barbie dress below, for example, fits the 13.5 inch doll rather than the classic 11.5 inch one.
Doll Clothes Sewing Patterns Roundup
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Sewing for the child as well as the doll? Our free Baby Kimono Onesie is a sweet companion project, and there are hundreds more ideas on the free sewing patterns page and in the roundups hub.
Thanks.. I have many 18″ doll patterns. All take lots of pieces and time. I am gifting mine with a wardrobe and these will be so easy to get done in time thanks for timely pattern
Hi Peg, that is exactly what those simpler doll patterns are for — a wardrobe in less time. Hope the gift comes together nicely.