Here's a couple of doll skirts I made for my daughter. This skirt is so cute, especially the jean one with the little bow I found in my sewing bin. Not totally sure where it came from, I was just saving it for a someday project. The second layer in the skirt is tulle. No problem right? Hah! That's a trick to sew with. It took a lot and the tulle for the jean skirt ended up a fair bit shorter than it was meant to be but at least I got it in the end. The pink skirt went together easier but that tulle is tricky.
The pattern is, you guessed it - yet another Liberty Jane one. I love those patterns. They are easy to follow and always fit well. The Liberty Jane Harajuku Skirt from Pixie Faire is a fairly strait forward pattern, but if you haven't sewn much with tulle, take it from me and buy extra. At least it's cheap!
My daughter has a Newberry Doll (blonde) and a Journey Girl and when I made these clothes originally it was for the Journey Girl. I find that if I'm using a pattern for American Girls I can check off 'shrink to fit' when I print the pattern and add a little length and it's just about perfect. The clothes fit the Newberry doll as well, but some are a bit tight because she is closer in size to the American Girls.
The t-shirt below is inspired by the Peek-a-boo lace tutorial on Pixie Faire, but I didn't cut out the t-shirt fabric underneath. My daughter has a similar shirt so she is really happy with this one. I used my absolute favourite 18" doll t-shirt pattern that I posted about here.
Did you know? Pixie Faire gives a pattern away for FREE every Friday. Awesome, right? They also have free tutorials and patterns, so go take a look!
