Use the simple to sew Picnic Play sewing pattern for quick and easy mix and match playclothes for dolls. The PDF pattern includes a cute, drawstring backpack to hold her lunch and other park needs. Find the pattern here: PICNIC PLAY PATTER FOR DOLLS and stitch a set today!
Photo credit: Michele A.
Sew EASY: Picnic Play PDF Sewing Pattern for 18 inch Dolls like American Girl
Great Beginner Sewing Project: Picnic Play for Dolls
This pattern is available for both 18 and 14.5 inch dolls. Find them and a full selection of beginner friendly sewing patterns in the Oh Sew Kat! Shop.
It will soon be Easter!! Help her dress up her dolls with pretty new dresses for the big day. Oh Sew Kat! offers doll dress sewing patterns in popular doll sizes and you can sew one up in just an afternoon!
Easy Easter Dresses for Dolls: Sewing Patterns from Oh Sew Kat!
How about a free skirt pattern? The Four Season Skirt is FREE in 3 sizes. Click HERE to get yours. This skirt is quick and simple and will give your dolly that perfect outfit for hunting Easter eggs.
The Spring Shine dress has pretty flutter sleeves and can be made with or without the button placket. Use your fun prints like these unicorns and castles (below).
Sewing Easter Dresses for American Girl sized Dolls
The Sugar n Spice dress is perfect for Easter and every other occasion. Visit the Inspiration Gallery to see the many ways to sew this fun pattern. The Sugar n Spice pattern is now available for 15 inch baby dolls too! Find the pattern HERE.
The Bloomer Buddies pattern also has a dress option (with or without sleeves) that can be a pretty spring dress as well. Find the pattern HERE.
(Tenney photo by Jenny S.)
And finally, the newest dress pattern from OhSewKat!- the Summertime Stroll- is perfect ofr your spring dresses too! Find the pattern HERE.
Pretty Spring Dresses to Sew for your 18 inch Dolls
Be sure to visit the Easter Inspiration Gallery for more ideas for your dolly dresses. Visit OhSewKat on Etsy to find these patters, plus many more, including the BEST DRESSED Bundle to save 15% on three dress patterns.
It’s March!! And that means basketball!! Get your dolls into their school spirit with easy to sew patterns from Oh Sew Kat! and some cute college cotton fabrics. (Check your local Walmart, Joanns, or CollegeFabric.com).
Our family lines up in two main conferences- first the Big East!! (Villanova for Mom, Marquette for son, sister, and grandfather)
If you watch the games, you’ll see lots of the kids wearing spirit bibs. I made mine with logo fabric, but the school color stripes are super fun too! Both skirt and pants options are included in the Backyard Bibs pattern.
Molly and Grace are ready to root for the Marquette Golden Eagles. Mary’s skirt pattern is FREE from OhSewKat- find it HERE. It’s called the Four Season Skirt. Her top is made with the Popsicle Top pattern which is available in lots of popular doll sizes HERE.
We also support our ACC favorites, Va Tech (son) and NC State (daughter). Cal will soon join them in that mix- that’s Dad’s school. Lanie’s outfit (above) is the Four Season Skirt and a Popsicle Top.
Our daughter will graduate from NC State this spring- so we’ve donned the red and black for the Wolfpack!! Make an easy game day shift with the simple to sew, Sunshine Dress, and this post to make it without sleeves.
Blaire’s dress was made using the Sunshine Dress without sleeves. Quick and simple!!! Our last team, for now, is the Virginia Tech Hokies. We love the maroon and gold- and celebrate our 2020 grad with our support for the Hokies!! Try the Four Season Skirt pattern for FREE and make a game day skirt for your favorite team.
Find the Free Four Season Skirt for dolls HERE. Pair it with a cute Popsicle Top for the perfect Game Day outfit.
Kailey’s cute, Cal spirit top is made with the Bloomer Buddies pattern. This patchwork pattern does most of the work providing interest and movement. Next year, the Cal Bears will join the Atlantic Coast Conference, which means my bear (husband) will get to see his team play a lot more often- and play our kids’ teams too. Should be a fun year!!!
Spring Shine Unicorn Dress for 18 Inch Dolls- Easy To Sew!
Use the Spring Shine Dress to make your 18 inch doll a cute new dress for spring. Everything’s coming up rainbows and unicorns!! The Spring Shine Dress features a faux placket front (all dresses close in back) or you can leave it off to feature a fabric design. Add flutter sleeves or make it a simple sundress. Find the pattern in 4 popular doll sizes here!
Pull out the green fabrics and have some fun making cute doll outfits to celebrate all things IRISH for St Patrick’s Day. Here are a few outfits to get your started, see more in the INSPIRATION GALLERY.
Make your doll outfit for St Patrick’s Day with Oh Sew Kat! sewing patterns
Poppy and Gracie are wearing the Backyard Bibs this March. Pair it with a Playtime Peasant Top underneath. (The Litty Bitty Baby size pattern includes the top too!).
Use Oh Sew Kat! patterns- they are Easy to sew!
Poppy’s Irish outfit is perfect when spring hasn’t quite arrived by March 17th. The Jumping Jack turtleneck can be worn with the Four Season Skirt (Made with my FREE pattern) looks great with high tops or boots!
You can easily create fun Valentine’s Day themed outfits and accessories for your 18 inch dolls like American Girl, as well as other popular sized dolls with these simple patterns and easy tutorials.
Sew up some love for your American Girl Dolls
Easy Valentine Craft Tutorials for Dolls
Pull out your pinks and reds to show your dolly love today! Click the photo to go right to each project/tutorial.
Is it winter where you are? Here in North America, most of us are under some super chilly weather patterns. Make light of your white situation with this cute snowman outfit for your doll.
Easy Snowman Outfit for Dolls- Quick Sewing Project
The Jumping Jack 3 in 1 Jumper Set is a blank canvas for all kinds of fun doll outfits. It comes with pieces and instructions for a long sleeve, knit turtleneck, a pair of wide leg shorts, and a reversible, open side jumper. Put all three together with a red belt and some black buttons and boots for the perfect little snowman!! Use the pieces to mix and match with other outfits in your collection. Make the Jumper Reversible, for even more options!
Make a Snowman Outfit for Your American Girl Sized Doll
The turn of the year means it’s chilly where my dolls live. I used the Bloomer Buddies PDF Sewing Pattern to make these warm and cozy flannel pajamas for them.
Make Winter Pajamas for American Girl Dolls
Click here to find the PDF Pattern in the Oh Sew Kat! Shop. Check out THIS POST for the specifics on the pattern hacks.
Soft and sweet- winter pajamas for 18 inch Dolls to Sew
Use the Simple To Sew Party Time Peasant Dress for 18 inch Holiday Dresses
Use the Party Time Peasant Dress to make a cute elf inspired dress. Find the pattern HERE. All the dresses in this post were made from the same pattern!! Read more about how to make the elf dress in THIS POST.
Mix and match Holiday Fabrics for your 18 inch Doll Holiday Dresses
The Party Time Peasant Dress comes with short sleeved pattern pieces. Read THIS POST to see how to modify them to be long sleeves. If you have the Playtime Peasant Top pattern, the long sleeve from that one can work too!
Easy to Sew Holiday Dresses to Fit 18 inch Dolls like American Girl
A simple way to add a contrasting hem on the Party Time Peasant Dress is to use double fold bias tape. You can purchase it online or make your own!
Holiday Fun!! Holiday Dresses for 18 inch Dolls made by You!
I added a little extra sparkle to Mary’s dress with some metallic ribbon and bias trim. I left off the sleeve elastic for a pretty flaired look on the sleeves. Find the pattern HERE.
Dress your favorite doll in a sweet pilgrim outfit this holiday with these easy tutorials and a Sugar n Spice PDF Pattern Hack from Oh Sew Kat!
Use the Sugar n Spice PDF Sewing pattern from Oh Sew Kat! to make a long sleeved dress in a dark color. I chose black, but it would also look great in dark gray or dark brown. Find the pattern here. Use THIS POST to make the dress with long sleeves and a long skirt. You can also easily make a long sleeve peasant top and add a simple black skirt to create the same look as the dress if you prefer to make separates that can be used in other outfits.
Easy Pilgrim Outfit to fit 18 inch Dolls like American Girl Dolls
The sweet little apron instructions are included in the Sugar n Spice PDF Pattern. You can also use THIS TUTORIAL to make an apron. I like the dress both with and without the corset. The corset is reversible and can be made with or without the laces. I made this one as part of a pirate costume initially, but it worked perfectly here too! The corset is part of the Sugan Spice and Everything Nice pattern.
Easy Doll Tutorials and Crafts: Pretty Pilgrim Cap and Collar
The accessories are made very simple from white felt. Find the full tutorials HERE. Depending on whether you are making your outfit for play or display, you can easily create the cuffs, collar, and cap. I actually used a stapler to close my cuffs and they are not attached to the dress, as my outfit was for display and photos not playtime.
Sewing for 18 inch Dolls- Thanksgiving Pilgrim Dress
Have fun dressing your 18 inch doll as a pretty pilgrim with these easy tutorials and pattern hacks. Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends!
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