About the time I figured out Barbie clothes, my other granddaughter received an American Girl doll for her birthday. Her name is Mary Ellen. Once she saw the wardrobe I made for Barbie, she asked me to make some clothes for her AG doll. I had some patterns I bought for my own daughter's AG doll (and never made,) so I agreed.
I started with a dress from the commercial pattern. It was very big on the AG doll. I have since found some patterns online that fit AG dolls much better. Unfortunately, I didn't remember to take pictures of many of the doll clothes I made. Here's the first dress, altered to fit Mary Ellen.
As you can see, we now have an assortment of dolls, so this spring I made an assortment of fleece hoodies from the scraps from the mermaid tails I made for the grands for Christmas. (I also used the fleece scraps for the
dolly sleeping bags I made for the dollies for Christmas.)
I each of the grands a nightgown or pajamas and a matching nightgown or pjs for their doll this spring as well.
And in the spirit of 1970s chic, I made some polyester double knit dresses for the dolls from some fabric a friend gave me. And most recently, I made all the dollies a swimsuit for their (pretend) days at the beach or pool, although I forgot to take pictures.
Well dressed dolls are important.
All are very cute, but the one pic with the matching nightgowns says it all!
ReplyDeleteShe was very excited about her matching nightgowns. She has decided that I am her personal dolly seamstress. The other day she told me she had 7 Barbies and they had nothing to wear. LOL
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