Vera Bradley Mix and Match: Warm Weather Doll Outfits

Upcycle a Fabric Napkin into a Cute Doll Outfit

I’m always on the lookout for fun fabrics for unique doll clothes. These bright Vera Bradley napkins called to me at a garage sale. I used two napkins to make this Popsicle Top and Four Square Skirt. For the skirt, I left off the pockets, and used the existing napkin hem edge, which saves both time and fabric!

Jenna’s skirt and top used the same two patterns as above, only this time, I cut up a Vera Bradley apron. Cute, casual and colorful!!!

Mix and Match Bright Colored Skirts and Tops for 18 inch Dolls

The Popsicle Top is the perfect top for every bottom- skirts, shorts, pants, jeans etc. This blue top has a little bit of tone on tone stitching at the hem, just to give it some interest. And don’t forget to make them reversible- two tops for one sewing session. The pattern is available in 6 popular doll styles here.

Make some fun outfits for your dolls this summer with loud, floral prints like these Vera Bradley fabrics.

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Sewing with Batik Fabric – DIY Doll Clothes

Fall Themed Batik Fabric- Perfect for the Spring Shine Dress

Leah looks amazing in this fall version of the Spring Shine Dress. The fabric has so many colors and so much movement, it’s hard to believe it’s just one piece of fabric. I used hot fix crystals instead of buttons- which is a favorite detail of mine. Find the pattern HERE. A simple but stunning outfit!

Batik Fabric with Crystal Accents- Perfect for Doll Clothes

Mary and Lanie (below) are wearing the same Popsicle Top. The fabric is so eye- catching and I added hot fix crystals for some extra shine.

I love the batik pockets on the Sandbox Shorts~

Oh Sew Kat! Popsicle Top and Sandbox Shorts PDF Sewing patterns

Use Batik Fabrics to add interest to Doll Clothes

I love this very lightweight blue batik fabric I was gifted by my mother. It looks like denim, but it’s so much easier to sew!! Jenna’s skirt is made from the Sun Day Skort pattern, and her bandana top is a reversible Picnic Play top.

Make a Hawaiian Inspired MuuMuu Dress for Your Doll

Below, I use THIS PATTERN HACK of the Playtime Peasant Top to make a beautiful muumuu for Nanea. Batik fabrics give an island feel to your fashions, so it’s soft and pretty. Find the pattern HERE.

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Sewing for Kirsten Larson: PDF Patterns from Oh Sew Kat!

Is Kirsten Larson part of your doll world? Whether she’s brand new, or the doll you had when you were 10 years old, she’s a classic beauty and Oh Sew Kat! can help give her a wardrobe refresh.

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DIY Doll Clothes for American Girl®’s Kirsten Larson Doll

Are you sewing for your childhood Kirsten Laron doll so your daughter can have the Little House on the Prairie experience some of us are wishing on our own daughters? Thanks to the 35th Anniversary release, in addition to our classic Kirstens, there are brand new Kirstens hitting the dolly market. Whether you are trying to spruce up your OG Kirsten for a fresh look, or add to your new Kirsten’s wardrobe, be sure to check out these pattern hacks using Oh Sew Kat! pdf patterns for Kirsten.

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Kirsten Larson American Girl® Sewing Patterns

There will be more tutorials coming soon! For more ideas to sew Oh Sew Kat! for your historical dolls, visit this HISTORICAL INSPIRATION GALLERY here.

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Vera Bradley Remix: Up-cycled Sunshine Dress

The Sunshine Dress is easy to download and quick to sew. Find it HERE in 3 popular doll sizes: to fit 18 inch dolls like American Girl, 14.5 inch dolls like Wellie wishers, and 16 inch Animators princess dolls.

Easy to sew, Basic Dress for 18 inch Dolls

This beautiful floral fabric started life as a Vera Bradley waterproof bag. The bags are not quilted, and have a fabric shell over a plastic liner (like to put wet bathing suits in, I guess.) It’s easy to cut it apart and gives me about a fat quarter of fabric. I purchase these bags very cheaply at the Vera Bradley Outlet in Virginia. Vera Bradley makes such beautiful prints that I often break the rules and use these fabrics for doll dresses despite the large print size. See more large print doll dresses in THIS POST.

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Sew a sleeveless doll Dress in fun, Vera Bradley fabric

The Sunshine Dress pattern shows a short sleeve dress on the cover. It has three options for the front of the dress- one piece, a straightline inset, or princess seams. WIth this large and busy print, I chose the one piece front and used THIS method to leave the sleeves off and make it a sleeveless shift dress.

What fun fabrics have you used to make doll clothes? See more Vera Bradley doll outfits HERE and HERE.

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Easter Dresses for Dolls- Spring DIY

It’s not too late to fill her Easter basket with a pretty bunny themed dress for Easter!! With easy ordering on Etsy, you can download your pattern, print the pattern pieces on your home printer and being sewing in no time at all!!

Easy to Make: Easter Dresses and Easter Outfits for Dolls

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Camille (above) is a Welliewishers™ doll. Her outfit was made with this Backyard Bibs bundle. She’s 14.5 inches tall, so smaller than the standard American Girl® doll. Find patterns for dolls like her right here!

Quick and Easy Easter Dresses for Dolls to Make Yourself

Oh Sew Kat! offers beginner level sewing patterns with clear, step by step photos and instructions for every step! Whether this is your first doll dress or your 100th, you will be successful with Oh Sew Kat! PDF Sewing patterns.

Easy Easter Outfits to Sew for Dolls

The Sugan n Spice Dress offers a simple overskirt pattern, that is perfect for fun, holiday border prints, like Lanie’s skirt above over a solid green dress (also in the pattern). Keep your dresses in solid colors and change the overskirt for the season. Turn the skirt around for a cute fashion outfit too! See this POST for more on that.

Emily, above, is also wearing an adorable Sugar n Spice Dress made with contrasting fabrics. Grace, below, has a dress made from the Easy Up! Jumper- super quick and super simple!! See more HERE.

Doll Sized Easter Dresses- Perfect Basket Fillers

What will you make to put in her Easter basket this year? Visit the Oh Sew Kat! Easter Inspiration Gallery for more ideas and make something special for her today!

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Make it Monday: Easter Easy Up! Jumper

The Easy Up! Jumper is one of the easiest patterns in the Oh Sew Kat! PDF Pattern library to sew. You can simplify the process with fold over elastic straps and leave the side pleat in or take it out for a quick to sew one hour project.

Simple 18 inch Doll Sewing: Easy Up! Jumper

Find the Easy Up! Jumper pattern in three sizes in the Oh Sew Kat! Shop. This pattern is available for 18 inch dolls, 15 inch baby dolls, and 14.5 inch dolls like Glitter Girls® and Welliewishers™.

Both Luciana and Blaire are wearing the Easy Up! Jumper over a Playtime Peasant Top, which is also a super quick sew that you will use over and over with so many different outfits. Find the pattern HERE, and the Inspiration Gallery HERE.

This adorable bunny fabric was purchased at Walmart in their seasonal fat quarters. This pattern is perfect for your fat quarter collection. The faux button placket instructions are included in the pattern if you use the same fabric as the jumper, but I wanted a contrasting fabric down the center. It’s easy to do with just a tube of fabric pressed flat, and stitched down the middle of the jumper before you start assembling it. You can find the exact measurements and instructions in THIS POST.

Easy Easter Dress for Dolls: Easy Up! Jumper PDF Sewing Pattern

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Baby and Me: Matching Backyard Bibs for St. Patrick’s Day

Everyone is going crazy for the new 8 inch baby doll that American Girl® sells as the Caring for Baby set. It’s a pricey piece- $48 is almost half the price of an 18 inch American Girl ® doll, but isn’t she cute? She can also be a boy!! The baby is 8 inches tall, and is NOT the same as a small baby doll American Girl ® sold years ago as Felicity’s baby sister, Polly. In fact, if you are lucky enough to have a baby Polly, I apologize right now- my patterns will NOT fit her.

Sewing for 8 and 18 inch Dolls- Super Cute Sister Outfits by Oh Sew Kat!

Backyard Bibs PDF Sewing Pattern for 18 inch Dolls as well as Caring for Baby 8″ Dolls

This new Caring for Baby, as we like to refer to her/him, is an all vinyl baby doll. Her arms, legs and neck all move. Her eyes are painted and do not open or close. Without a cloth body, she is a litter harder to fit for sewing patterns as the doll is not as forgiving. Oh Sew Kat! has two patterns for your little girl baby dolls, and one that also works if your 8 inch baby is a boy. You can find them HERE.

The Backyard Bibs is one of the most popular patterns in the Oh Sew Kat! Shop. It’s available in a range of doll sizes from 8 inches to 18 inches with the 14,15,16 dolls being covered in between. (Animators, A Girl for All Time, Bitty Baby, Welliewishers). You can see them all HERE.

The 8 inch baby Backyard Bibs has 2 variations – skirt or pants. All the other sizes have four variations (shorts, capri, full skirt, slim skirt) for lots of ways to sew your bibs. Visit the Backyard Bibs pattern gallery here for more inspiration.

The 8 inch baby sized pattern of the Backyard Bibs also includes the Playtime Peasant Top for short or long sleeved tops to wear under the bibs, and of course, with other outfits. For the other sized patterns, the Backyard Bibs and Playtime Peasant Top are sold separately or in a value bundle.

Make Your Own American Girl Matching Doll Outfits

These adorable bibs are made with shamrock fabric purchased at the AD: FatquarterShop. I purchase most of my fabric there throughout the year, and they always have fun, seasonal fabrics to choose from. Poppy and Callie are ready for fun!

These girlies are ready for St Patrick’s Day in their new, matching Backyard Bibs outfits. Find more ideas for March 17th and Irish inspired outfits in the St Patrick’s Day Inspiration Gallery HERE.

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Make it Monday: Cozy White Turtleneck

Every now and again, I find myself sitting down to the machine to make my dolls some basic (read boring) pieces for their wardrobe. But a stack of solid colored shirts, tees, and turtlenecks can be worn season after season and you will find the time you spent to make them was worth it!!

You can never go wrong with a basic, white turtleneck shirt. I like to use rib knit for my shirts. Find the pattern HERE.

Use the Jumping Jack Sewing pattern to make your dolls some long sleeved, single color shirts. You can put them under jumpers, with skirts, with jeans, and so much more!

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Sewing for Your 1980s Courney Moore Doll

Do you remember the 80s? The days of Dallas and Mr. T. Care bears and long telephone cords. ET and Top Gun, trolls and mix tapes. American Girl®’s Courtney Moore™ doll shares our love of all things 80s. Here are some ways to sew Oh Sew Kat! pdf patterns with an 80s vibe for Courtney.

When sewing for your 80s doll, like Courtney, choose geometric patterns and bright, neon colors. Rainbows and graphic tees were also popular.

Make 1980s inspired Doll Clothes

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Use Oh Sew Kat! Sewing Patterns for 80s Fashions

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Make it Monday: Valentine’s Day Inspiration

I fell in love (ha ha, see what I did there?) with this Valentine fabric bundle I purchased from the ad: FAT QUARTER SHOP. They have the best selection of bundles and I purchase nearly all of my fabric online. Their selection varies from year to year, so this particular one might not be available, but this is a similar one HERE. Look for bundles that have a few different colors and then mix and match to your heart’s content. (Ha ha! Okay, okay, I’ll see myself out.)

Courtney’s lovely Valentine Skirt was made with the Twinkle Twirl Skirt PDF pattern. The pattern is quick to sew and you can choose fabrics and trims.

Valentines Day Doll Clothes- Fun Fabrics!

Kira’s simple skirt was made with a striped type print which was in the same fat quarter bundle as the prints on Courtney’s skirt above. It’s a quick sew when you use the Everything Nice overskirt pattern. Find it in the Sugar n Spice pattern bundle.

Mix and match a Fat Quarter Fabric Bundle

Grace’s Party Time Peasant Dress also came from the fat quarter bundle. I purchase premade gingham bias trim for the fun hem. See THIS POST for long sleeve instructions for this quick to sew dress.

Have a little fun mixing and matching fabrics you love! Oh Sew Kat! PDF sewing patterns for doll were made for it! Kendall is wearing the Twinkle Twirl Skirt. Purchase one pattern and get five doll sizes included!

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