Wednesday, August 31, 2011

18 inch Doll T-shirt Pattern & Tutorial

Tutorial


What you will need:
old t-shirt or jersey knit scap and velcro


pattern pieces (link at the bottom)

Cut out your pattern pieces. The front piece is cut on the fold. I used the existing hem from a t-shirt so that I would not have to hem the doll shirt.


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Cut out the back pieces. Cut 2 and make sure they face in opposite directions. I cut these pieces using the hem as well.
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Open up the front piece and place the back pieces on top of the front piece with right sides together. Line up shoulder seams and stitch across.
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Now hem the arms and neck openings. I just folded the fabric over 1/4 inch, since it is knit it will not fray.
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With right sides together sew from the arm all the way to the bottom hem.
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Now attach the velcro. Fold over one side so that you can attach velcro to the inside of the shirt.
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Sew the velcro on top of the folded edge. I usually take a piece of velcro and cut it to the length that I need and then cut it in half lengthwise so that it is skinnier.
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Sew the velcro on the other side along the outside edge. I do not fold this edge over.
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Embellish the tee or leave it plain.
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That's it. Easy, right?


If you make any doll tees, please remember to add photos to my flickr pool.

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5 comments:

Cara said...

This is so cute! It's thing like this that make me want a girls so I can make doll clothes. I just can't get into the crashing of matchbox cars over and over and over again.

18 Inch Doll Clothes said...

Hello,

You have provided a very good site to knowing about Doll clothes Patterns. These are highly popular and are in demand by dolls throughout the World, each items has a variety of sizes and colours for a given style...

Mary said...

Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to try this out for my little one. :)

Patty said...

Thanks for sharing this tutorial! I've been looking for an idea on how to make a shirt for a little doll and found your tutorial so easy to follow. I just shared your link on my blog: http://www.mycraftspotlight.com/sewing-weekend-ii-doll-outfit/

xo Patty from www.mycraftspotlight.com

Shoregirl said...

Thanks so much for sharing this pattern with us... made one for my daughter out of a "ruined" pink tee shirt of mine!

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