Boutique Peasant (Doll) Dress Tutorial
/Free pattern and tutorial for this extra fancy doll peasant dress. It features a full, gathered skirt with a sash to tie around the waist and a ruffle on the bottom.
Read MoreFree pattern and tutorial for this extra fancy doll peasant dress. It features a full, gathered skirt with a sash to tie around the waist and a ruffle on the bottom.
Read MoreI had some fabric left over from the girls' Easter dresses, so I decided to make matching dresses for their new American Girl dolls. They loved this!
For this dress I actually made two because I am a perfectionist like that. It really took hardly any fabric, though, and I came up with some things to make it better.
First of all, the bodice and straps are all one piece:
For the back, first I basted the ribbon loops into the back pieces...
...then sewed the straps in along the tops like so...
This was much more efficient. I whipped the second dress up in less than an hour.
Everything else in the dress construction follows the Twirly Lace Dress Tutorial found HERE. Use a 1/4" seam allowance for the doll dress. If you would like, for your own personal, home use only, here are the patterns that I used:
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