Princess Dress for 18" Doll

October 31, 2013

Princess Dress for 18" Doll

I just finished making 2 princess dresses for my daughters. It was the first time I used a pattern and the first time I sewed a dress! You can see that post HERE. I promised my girls that I would make a matching doll dress for each of their dresses. Well, I was only able to make one so far so here it is.

Best friends!

I did not have a pattern for this dress, but since I had just finished my daughter's I was pretty sure I could make a mini, yet simpler version.

I used this dress as a guide to cut a pattern out of a paper bag. I sketched around the top and just measured the skirt width to get an idea of how wide my skirt pattern needed to be.

I knew I wanted to add the novelty tulle over the skirt because I really wanted to do that for my daughter's dress, but it wasn't part of her dress pattern. So, I thought I would try it out on the doll. I really like how it looks.

I added some ribbon to the hem of the tulle.

I also added some ribbon to the arm openings.

This dress was coming together pretty quickly until I reached the back. I had trouble manipulating the skirt opening and the bodice opening while trying to add in the Velcro.