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Pattern Overview: Step back to the past with this 1930′s Gathered Dress pattern for your American Girl® Doll! Designer Micah Caitlin has just released this great doll clothes pattern. The pattern is designed to use woven fabrics. There are so many cute details, gathered sleeves with a contrasting band, a fitted upper bodice mixed with a gathered lower bodice, and instructions for an enclosed skirt seam at the waist. 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 18 inch doll 1930′s gathered 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 a 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 1930′s Dress.
Step-by-Step Instructions – These clearly illustrated instructions walk you through each step in completing your new dress for your American Girl Doll®.
The Pattern – This is an intermediate level pattern.
The Shiny Happy Dress Instructions – Bonus- 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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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 Liberty Jane Clothing, 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. ©2011 Liberty Jane Clothing, all rights reserved.
Liberty Jane Clothing and the pattern designers featured are not affiliated with American Girl® or Mattel®
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This one is my favorite! I love how you could make this dress have a modern feel (as well as vintage) by just changing the fabric choice.
I love anything from this era. This is prob my current favorite.
[...] Mia too!)!!! This is another dress I've made, and don't think I've shown you, from Liberty Jane's 1930's Gathered Dress. I like the dress but I think next time I would either raise or lower the waist band a little, [...]
This is the perfect dress patern for the reaping dress for Katniss Everdeen. If your making a Katniss doll I highly sugest this patern for her reaping dress.