Product Information
Pattern Overview: Does your American Girl or Bitty Baby Doll need a new dress? The great team of designers at Sew Sweet Patterns has created this great doll clothes pattern. The pattern will allow you to make a beautiful dress for your 15 or 18 inch doll. We also have the girls and doll combo pattern available if you’re interested in making a matching outfit for a girl and her doll. And don‘t forget, when you buy this cute pattern, you get the Shiny Happy Dress instructions as our free gift!
Buy The Pattern Now: $3.99
Pattern Guidebook Details: This is a beautifully illustrated pattern guidebook that you digitally download as a pdf file so you can start sewing your new 15 or 18 inch doll dress immediately. The Adobe pdf viewer is required. You simply print out the pdf and you’re ready to start. The Guidebook provides the pattern pieces and step-by-step instructions for creating the Hayden dress for your 18 inch American Girl Doll. *Before printing your new guidebook, ensure the ‘page scaling’ is set to ‘none’ in the print dialogue box. If it is set to ‘shrink to fit’ the pattern will not be properly sized.
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Frequently Asked Questions…
Are the instructions simple even if I’m not a good seamstress? Yes!
Can I start immediately if I have a sewing machine and material? Yes!
Will the finished product come out like the pictures if I follow the directions? Yes!
Will you give me a refund if I’m not happy with the pattern? Yes!
Will making this help me become a better seamstress if I’m just starting out? Yes!
I’ve seen Simplicity patterns and they seem really hard, is this easier than those? Yes!
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What You Get For Just $3.99…
Pictures – Beautiful example pictures of the dress.
Step-by-Step Instructions – These easy to follow instructions walk you through each step in completing your American Girl Doll’s new dress.
The Pattern – It’s wonderfully designed, and not complicated. There are full size pattern pieces for the dress and straps and measurements given for the ruffles. There is a layout diagram explaining how to use contrasting woven fabrics. The pattern instructions also include a glossary of sewing terms.
The Shiny Happy Dress Instructions - This is a set of instructions, not a full pattern guidebook, but with the instructions you can quickly make a Shiny Happy Dress.
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You Can Do It!
At the American Girl Doll Store you’d pay around $35 for a new outfit for your doll. But you can make these dresses for less than the cost of a Starbucks Grande White Chocolate Mocha. Making this outfit yourself is an extreme value! Go for it.
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Also available: The girl and doll matching pattern set for $9.00
Is It Time To Teach Your Daughter To Sew?
Maybe this is the perfect project!
Your daughter wants new doll clothes, why not use that excitement to teach her a valuable skill – sewing. It’s a skill she’ll use her entire life. The bonding and special one-on-one teaching time with your daughter will be invaluable. This is the perfect project to make it a reality. She’ll be excited to learn, and thank you for showing her something new.
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A Note To Aspiring Doll Clothes Makers: Want to become a partner? This pattern is intended for your personal use and enjoyment with your American Girl Doll, and not for commercial purposes. However, if you’d like permission to use our patterns for work-from-home sewing and selling, send us a request stating, “I’d like to become a partner”. Send it to cinnamon@libertyjaneclothing.com. We would be thrilled to partner with you. © 2011, All Rights Reserved.
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A Note About File Sharing: Just like you buy a song from itunes for your personal use, you are buying 1 copy of this guidebook for your personal use. You do not have our permission to share it, resell it, or give it to someone else in any form. Selling this pdf file, or it’s contents, or giving it to someone else, is wrong and violates our copyright. Copyright 2010, all rights reserved.
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