Chambray Party Dress for 18" Doll Free Pattern ♥ Fleece Fun

This Chambray Party Dress for 18″ Doll Free Pattern tutorial is perfect for your American Girl Doll. Cute and with step by step instructions this free sewing pattern makes for a cute dress for dolly.

My girls love dressing up for the holidays and so do their dolls! We usually go for simple designs that can be dressed up or dressed down, so I came up with this chambray holiday dress. Pair it with a cardigan and boots for a casual look, or dress it up with a bolero and fancy shoes!

The dress features a drop waist with a gathered skirt, relaxed 3/4 length sleeves, and a back opening for easy dressing. You can use a plain or printed chambray (light weight denim) or any other light to medium weight woven fabric.

You will need:

fat quarter (1/4 yard) light to medium weight woven fabric. Chambray is a very lightweight denim.

4 snaps, buttons, or 8″ strip of 1/2″ wide Velcro

scraps lightweight fusible interfacing

Cut

Cut 1 front on fold, 2 back, and 2 sleeves. Also cut a rectangle 5.5″ x 24″ for the skirt.

Chambray Party Dress for 18″ Doll Free Pattern Tutorial

Sew

Seam allowances are 1/4″ unless otherwise stated.

With right sides facing, sew fronts to back at shoulder seams.

Finish off neckline edge with zigzag or serger. Press to wrong side by 1/4″ and stitch.

Finish sleeve edge with zigzag or serger. Press to wrong side by 1/2″.

Sew sleeve into armscye, right sides facing.

Sew underarm and side seams.

Topstitch sleeve hem 3/8″ from the folded edge.

Finish one long edge of the skirt with a zigzag or serger. Press to wrong side by 1/2″. Topstitch hem in place.

With a long basting stitch, gather other long edge of the skirt panel. Pull the bobbin thread to gather the skirt so that it is the same width as the lower edge of the dress bodice.

Stitch skirt to bodice, right sides facing, with a 1/2″ seam allowance. Remove basting stitches. Finish raw edge with serger or zigzag. Press seam allowance up.