my first doll dress!

[Sews4kate]

I wasn't going to sew until after Christmas, but one of the moms at Katelyn's preschool asked me if I would make some doll dresses for her dd's American Girl Bitty Baby Twins to match a dress she bought for her dd. I was so flattered she'd ask me! I almost declined because the dress she wanted me to match was a Smocked Bishops dress. I told her I did not know how to smock, she said that she didn't care if it was or not, just something in a matching color and similar shape. So I said that I'd give it a shot. I made a sample out of scraps to see if it was what she was wanting, I had never made a doll dress so I had to draft my own pattern. I made a simple peasant style dress and added shirring at the neckline to simulate the smocking. She thought it was great so I asked her to buy the fabric and thread since I didn't want to be responsible for matching the fabric to that of her dress She did and I made 2 identical dresses. I had no idea how to charge for it so I probably way undercharged for the time it took me to complete, but she is thrilled with the dresses!

Here is a picture of one of them on one of Katelyn's dolls (She doesn't own any American Girl dolls, this is just a cheapy one )

[HeyJudee]

Nice job...it's amazing what you can do when you give it a try!

[lendube]

Perfect baby doll dress. Good job!

[esrun3]

Awe, that looks really nice and I'm sure the little girl will love them for her dolls!

[ddreev]

Very nice. I'm sure the girl will love the dresses for her doll.

[temom]

Great job! I tried one doll baby dress, and never did finish it. It was way tooooo hard.
Give yourself a big pat on the back, you deserve it!

[Glennssister]

I tried doll clothes once and couldn't handle th tiny detail. You deserve a "You Go Girl"!

[DorothyL]

Great job. Now all Katelyn's dolls will be as well dressed as she is!!

[Sewing Lady]

You did a wonderful job!!

[vickki]

That's beautiful...