18 inch doll knitting patterns - Knit a great tunica in lilac and white for your doll
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Free Doll Shawl Knitting Pattern
Make your own historically accurate 18th century male wardrobe for 18" dolls: SHIRT, BREECHES or WORK PANTS and LACE CRAVAT. With this collection of male wardrobe essentials your 18-inch dolls can explore the wonderful world of the 18th century. From the first appearance of Cinderella's pumpkin and glass slippers in the tales of Charles Perrault at the turn of the century, through the explorers, adventurers and pirates of the early 1700s, the historical milestones of Colonial and Revolutionary America, the glittering courts of Europe, and even the country squires and eligible bachelors from the earliest works of Jane Austen, a wealth of imaginative exploration will be open to you and your dolls! Our perfectly-scaled man's SHIRT follows a formula of rectangle-cut and gusseted garments that dates back even before 1700. Modeled after extant garments and featuring a high collar, wide gathered sleeves, a faced front opening with a hook-and-eye or button-and-loop closure and a full-length back opening for easy play access, our shirt is period accurate for the entire 18th century, and on into the first decades of the 19th century. Blackbeard would have worn such a shirt, as would female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. George Washington would have worn such a shirt while surveying the American wilderness in the 1740s — and while leading the Revolutionary forces in the 1770s and 80s. The Kings of France would have worn such shirts, as would the revolutionaries who toppled them. Even Jane Austen's fictional Mr. Darcy would have worn such a shirt. As an added bonus, we've included directions for the perfect 18th century shirt accessory — an easy and historically accurate LACE CRAVAT. Our BREECHES pattern is based on examples from the first half of the 18th century, a style slimmed down from the flowing pantaloons of the 17th century, but not quite as body-consciously slender as the breeches of the later 18th century. True to this earlier period, our breeches feature a working front fly closure with a single row of decorative buttons. These breeches are especially good for Golden Age of Piracy (1716–1726) impressions, as well as Pre-Revolutionary America and Baroque Europe — and of course, 1740s Scotland for all your 18-inch Outlander fans. And though fall-front breeches would become more fashionable in the second half of the 18th century, the Smithsonian owns a pair of fly-front breeches worn by Benjamin Franklin in 1778. This pattern includes period-accurate extra fullness and gathers in the breeches back, as well as the Lee & Pearl™ "No Crack Back" curved waistband for an excellent, active fit. Your doll should have no trouble striding, leaping and galloping in our breeches, while keeping a relatively sleek and elegant profile behind — the better to set off one of our favorite features of this style: a back vent with gusseted insert and waistband lacing. This historical feature allowed 18th century men to wear their pants without belts — and gives modern doll owners wonderful flexibility to fit the same garment on both older and newer American Girl™ dolls, as well as a range of other 18" dolls. Last but not least, we made our 18th century canvas WORK PANTS using the same front fly closure, relaxed rear fit, curved waistband and laced back vent as our breeches. With a wide, straight leg ending just above the ankle, our version is a perfect match to the pants shown on infamous female pirate Anne Bonny in the pages of Captain Johnson's 1724 epic, A General History of the Pyrates. For anyone interested in 18" doll pirate impressions, these be the pants you are looking for! This pattern is rated for INTERMEDIATE sewists. Though none of the steps are difficult, the gusset insertions require attention to detail, and some limited hand stitching is recommended. As usual, Lee & Pearl's photo-illustrated directions and computer-drafted, guaranteed-to-fit-together pattern pieces make each step as easy as possible. *** MATERIALS: For the MAN'S SHIRT: 1/2 yd (or one fat quarter) light weight woven cotton or very light weight linen fabric NOTE: Many quilting cottons are too heavy and stiff to make good doll-scale 18th century shirts. Instead, we recommend light weight muslin, chambray or shirtings, very light weight cotton voile or fabric from upcycled men's dress shirts. 1/3 yard of 1/8" or 1/4" wide elastic NOTE: the width of the elastic is less important than the stretchiness. To fit the full width of the sleeve, you will need elastic that can stretch from 3 1/4" to 8". 1 small hook and eye closure or OPTIONAL small button Hook-and-loop closure (such as Velcro™) or OPTIONAL small (size 4/0) snaps Matching thread For the LACE CRAVAT: One 13" long x 3 1/2" wide strip of white or off-white lightweight cotton or very lightweight linen Two scraps of lace, at least 3" wide each Matching thread For the BREECHES and WORK PANTS: 1/4 yd (for the BREECHES) or 1/3 yd (for the WORK PANTS) medium or light weight woven fabric (brushed twill, flannel, baby wale corduroy, velveteen, lightweight velvet, linen, wool tweed, wool crepe; also Kona® cotton to emulate linen canvas and lightweight denim or twill for the work pants) OPTIONAL scraps light weight woven fabric for lining 1 medium (3/0) snap and 1 (for the WORK PANTS) or 3 (for the BREECHES) small (4/0) snaps 3–4 (for the WORK PANTS) or 5–6 (for the BREECHES) small buttons 2 — 1/8" eyelets or grommets and eyelet/grommet setting tool 1/3 yd narrow ribbon or lightweight cord for the back vent lacing Matching thread *** Sign up for our mailing list at www.leeandpearl.com, and you'll receive our newsletter full of behind-the-scenes news, tutorials, crafts and printables. 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Once again, this is a re-post. You see, this week I'm making the bonnet portion of the Swedish traditional costume I designed to fit American Girl dolls and other 18" dolls. Wouldn't this be great for a pilgrim costume? That's what I was thinking! If you want to make your own pilgrim outfit, using my
I put this pattern together as one of several for a pattern book in the making and decided that I just wanted to share this one straight out. It's a very versatile pattern and I have made many more costumes with it that the sketch you'll see inside. So I hope folks can have fun with this.…
Seven piece Swedish dirndl Folk costume made with AG doll Kirsten in mind. Lots of trim and decorative stitching gives this ensemble a festive feel.
Here she is! She arrived so quickly! We decided to keep her name Elizabeth, but her nickname is going to be Lena. She is SO beautiful!! We dressed her after she arrived and brushed her hair. Her hair is silky and smooth. Lena does not have any blemishes or marks anywhere. She is just like a new doll. Lena was supposed to be a gift for someone else, but just like with Nellie, Sophie has fallen in love with her. So, now we have to decide what to do.... Update: Elizabeth has been renamed Savannah Ann and was adopted by Aunt Sina. She is now living in Georgia and we will get updates from her periodically.
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So I’m knee deep in my costuming and fitting for the play. I have costumes worked out for two of my characters and hope to have both costumes finished by the end of the week. I’ve been engrossed in th
A few weeks ago, I made an American Indian costume for an American Girl doll. After making it, I decided it would be fun to make the doll a teepee because play time is so much more fun with accessories, right? This doll-sized teepee is perfect for a doll 18" or smaller. The best part about making this is that it can be made from a pair of pants that you no longer wear, making this another totally inexpensive project. Following too many Christmas expenditures, this inexpensive project is the best kind of project! Supplies Needed: One pair of pants - the wider the pant legs the better. 1 package of extra wide double found bias tape Thread Scissors 7 - 3/8" dowels Start with a pair of pants. Cut both legs off - from the hem up needs to be at least 25 inches. Unpick any seams and cut off the hem. Cut the pant legs into even triangles. Sew the triangles together per this diagram: After you cut an opening in the top of your teepee, round off the corners of the bottom of the fabric circle by cutting as needed. If you want a design on your teepee, cut the design from a contrasting fabric. HERE is the deer design, if you want to copy the design I used. I drew the antlers onto the deer with a washable fabric marker and then sewed the antler design with a tight, narrow zig zag stitch. You'll need to cut out two deer from this pattern. Place the deer onto the lower portion of each flap. One will be reversed so that your deer are facing each other and the opening of the teepee. Next stitch the "do not sew" edge or flap opening by folding over the unfinished edge and stitching close to that edge (see top right photo). Sew brown seam tape around the bottom of the circle, starting and stopping at the flap opening. For the ties, take the remainder of the seam tape and cut in half. Sew that seam tape together finishing off one end of each piece of seam tape. Sew this seam tape at 9" from the bottom of the tee pee. Follow as described in this diagram: Fold in half 1" of 1/8" wide elastic and sew this to the top and bottom of each seam. This elastic will be used to hold your poles to the teepee. 13. I next added a little white jumbo rick rack onto the bottom of the teepee by sewing at the top and bottom of the trim. The white from this trim added a little punch of contrasting color. 14. Thread the dowels through the elastic. 15. Tie the dowels together right above the opening. I used a piece of leather cut into a 1/4" wide x 12" long stripe and wrapped the leather around the dowels a couple of times. This will hold your dowels together. 16. Spread the "poles" apart and let a child have fun pretending. xoxo Grandma
Vintage Nurses outfit 1970's style!
Betsy is wearing a sailor dress made of blue-and-white cotton shirting upcycled from a thrift-store dress shirt, with contrast collar and cuffs and buckled belt. Pattern by BunnyBear: www.bunnybear.com/1910s-sailor-dress.html
Three doll making books featuring instructions and sewing patterns. Cloth Doll Artistry (softcover) - 128pp - ©2009 Barbara Willis - Quarry Books - Create 3 dolls with complete instructions/patterns - small peel on back cover - 10" x 8 1/2" Doll Costume Dress Up (softcover) - 128pp - ©2014 Joan Hicks - KP Craft Books - 20 Sewing Patterns for 18 Inch Dolls plus CD-Rom for full-size PDF patterns - 10 3/4" x 8 1/4" Classic Cloth Dolls (hardcover) - 160pp - ©2001 Linda Carr - Sixth and Spring Books - Fabric Dolls and Clothes from the Vogue Patterns Collection - 11 1/2" x 9 1/2" Very good condition overall with minimal handling showing. Sold together. For more vintage books and magazines, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/FallsAveVintage?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=24733824 *Canadian Residents: Prices include HST/GST. Etsy will add PST/RST/QST at checkout if applicable.
Every year around this time I get emailed about where a reader can find a Graduation outfit for their dolls and today I am sharing this wonderful pattern from Matilida's Closet that has everything you need to make your "Graduate" feel official! Offered at $8.99 this pattern is packed full of graduation fun! Even a Bonus Folder Diploma Tutorial is included! Click here for the PixieFaire Pattern Website and Matilda's Closet's Pattern Thank you for joining us today! We would love to hear from you so please leave us a comment here or email us at [email protected]
Beanies, jumpers, sashes and neck ties to dress your friends to represent Haiti for Thinking Day.…
I received a few requests on how to make a doll beret. 1. Use an existing beret or a bowl 5-6" dia. or the same size to trace a circle onto a folded piece of felt. 2. Trace with a pen onto the felt. 3. Sew along the line. 4. Trim off the excess felt. 5. Pull the sides of the beret apart and cut a small slit in one side. 6. Cut a small circle, be careful not to make it too large. 7. Now smooth the hole using your hands, it will stretch slightly. 8. Turn the beret right side out. Voila!
Paid and Free Crochet Patterns for 18-inch Dolls Like the American Girl Doll for every season. Costumes, gowns, summer attire and more.
Smart looking school frock is made from 100% cotton in a pretty burgundy color. Bias cut black and white mini stirped cotton was used for trim. the white yoke is double topped stitched vertically.
First, here’s hoping everybody had a delightfully merry Christmas! Second, we’ve finished the Rosella dress (we still have to make the cape, though). Hooray! Here are some pictures: It&…
