Hello, dear needlewomen!!!
I announce the start of a new joint project :)
We start with the underdress (shirt)
Dress/shirt pattern:
You can also download the pattern in pdf to print it immediately; when printing, select the scale of 100% or “real size”:
Let's move on to the master class :)
1. Transfer the pattern to the fabric from the wrong side using a washable marker or a regular pencil. The warp thread runs along the center line of the front, back, sleeves and facing. Seam allowances - 0.6 - 0.7 cm, at the bottom of the sleeve - 1 cm. For the "facing" part, we do not make an allowance along the bottom edge of the part:
2. Stitch the side sections of the back, front and bottom edge of the facing:
3. Sew decorative tape to the sleeves. Then overcast the side seams and the bottom edge of the sleeves (I do this in one stitch). Tip: Test your tape first for paint fastness. I didn’t do this, and then a “pleasant” surprise awaited me - it turned out that the tape was fading.
4. Stitch and overcast the shoulder seams:
5. Place a gathering stitch along the edges of the sleeves and gather them slightly, do not tie any knots so that you can adjust the gathering when sewing the sleeve into the armhole:
6. Pin and stitch the sleeves into the armholes (right sides together) and stitch. We bend the allowances onto the sleeve:
This is what it looks like from the front side, since I use a washable marker, I don’t smooth out the seams during the process, since the marker won’t wash off later, I just smooth them out with my fingers :)
7. Let's move on to processing the neckline: attach the facing to the neck line, align the back and facing parts along the line of the placket and sew them (our facing is shorter than the neck line by the width of the placket):
8. Now bend the bar and align the facing with the neckline along the control marks:
9. We sew a line along the neckline, then cut off the allowances close to the edge and make notches on the bends:
10. Fold the facing to the wrong side and turn the corners well, this is what it looks like from the front side:
11. Sew the side seam and the sleeve seam in one line, straightening the allowances in different directions:
12. Fold the sleeve allowance to the wrong side and insert a thin elastic band (I have 2 layers of elastic thread), carefully sew the stitch, trying not to catch the elastic and leaving a small hole on the side. Then we put the sleeve on the doll’s arm and tighten the elastic band around the circumference of the wrist, tie the elastic band and cut off the excess (the tails of the elastic knots go into the remaining small hole).
13. Baste and sew a decorative ribbon along the bottom edge of the dress:
Blouse, skirt and cameo for Monster High doll
This time, it was quite difficult for me to create the pattern for this blouse at the implementation stage, I wanted it to fit the figure as best as possible. It fits as I wanted, but in the front it meets butt to butt, with very little overlap. Therefore, you need to think about the fastener in advance! or make an allowance for buttons or buttons a few millimeters larger on one half of the front part! I didn’t make any fastenings other than the collar one, and just made do with a belt. The shirt material is thick cotton. It is advisable that it does not crumble. Jersey skirt. The skirt pattern is a rectangle. Cameo brooch - baked plastic.
1.make a pattern - trace the doll
2. Divide in half. Fold the sheet along the line, cut out one side, unfold, both sides are symmetrical.
3. From it we make a pattern for the front + allowance. We make a larger allowance on one of the two sides so that we can make fasteners later.
5.transfer to fabric.
6.cut with small allowances. sew the shoulder seams.
7. sew in the sleeves. We first baste the sleeves by hand, then sew them on a machine. We immediately process the cuffs.
8.we sew all the hand seams on the machine.
9. sew the sleeve seams and side seams.
10. I processed the front edges where the buttons usually are with a small zigzag, so that they do not fray. I folded it again and stitched it
11. We process the neck and collar joint with a small zigzag and connect manually. We process all the edges with a zigzag.
12. We make a white pancake from the baked plastic, put a black oval on it so that the white edges are visible from all sides. Then we apply small small pieces of plastic with a needle and begin to form the desired picture. I have this cameo with the profile of a girl.
13.that’s what happened =)
14. Press the white edges with a needle to create relief and bake strictly according to the instructions on the package. Making a bow from narrow tape and glue the brooch to it.
15.and this is what happened.
An old book that came into my hands, dedicated to organizing not just entertaining, but also educational and developmental children's leisure, attracted my attention to a small section on sewing clothes for dolls. The author, not without reason, believes that any needlewoman will benefit from acquiring the skills of independent cutting and sewing, even if these skills are honed on dolls.
The publication, published in 1870, offers simple patterns clothes for dolls with detailed description sewing models of corsets, pantaloons, shirts and dresses that were fashionable at that time.
Perhaps the author of a book about children's leisure would find it strange that in the 21st century, not only children, but also adults would be interested in sewing clothes for dolls. But now many needlewomen who make all kinds of designer dolls very carefully think through and then sew with their own hands various parts of the doll’s wardrobe...
Let's see how easy it is to sew a shirt for a doll: this pattern is so versatile that you can also make dresses based on it various styles, and sundresses. You just need to change the shape of the neckline, add a belt at the waist, gather the sleeves or sew a frill to the hem and you will get a completely different outfit!
Shirt for a doll
We transfer the pattern suggested just below onto a sheet of paper, cut it out, pin it to a piece of fabric and trace it with chalk, leaving small seam allowances (about 3-5 mm). To immediately get two identical shirt parts, the flap must first be folded in half, then in half again. Once the pattern has been transferred and cut, the fabric is unrolled to create two pieces: the front and back of the shirt. A small cut is made on the front along the midline so that the shirt can be easily put on the doll.
Both pieces are folded right sides inward and basted along the side seams. Then fold the bottom of the hem, iron it and carefully hem it. After this, the shirt is sewn along the shoulder seams and the edges of the sleeves are processed in the same way as the hem.
If available sewing machine, then the side seams are sewn on it or sewn manually with a machine seam. After this, they begin to process the neck: a small strip of fabric is folded in half along long side, stitched or ironed. The strip is then sewn to the neckline, starting from one side of the slit on the front of the shirt and finishing on the opposite side of the slit. The edges of the cut are folded inside out and processed with an overcast or decorative seam.
You can simplify the task of processing the neckline, but to do this you will have to make not identical parts of the shirt, but two different ones: on the front part the neck line is drawn a little deeper, and on the back it is left the same as on the original pattern. The front and back parts are sewn together as described above, and the neckline is treated with one strip, which is then ironed inward.
On the finished shirt, the collar and sleeves are decorated with lace, frills, small buttons, embroidery and other decorative elements.
Corset for a doll - the detail is also not very complicated, but it looks very stylish if you choose beautiful fabric and elements decorative finishing. A corset is usually made of thick fabric so that this piece of clothing can keep its shape well.
The proposed clothing patterns for dolls are transferred to paper, after which the fabric is folded in half and the details of the front, back and wedges are cut out of it.
On the front part of the corset, the cutouts marked with crosses are first sewn together, a braid is sewn in the middle of the part from the wrong side, after which each half of the back parts is sewn to the front part to the place where a smooth cutout for the wedges is made (i.e. connecting the parts at points 1 and 2). The last stage of working with the front part is sewing in the wedges.
All seams are carefully smoothed out and decorated with narrow braid, and the rest of the corset is trimmed with the same braid. Then the border for processing the shoulders is cut out and the corresponding parts are processed.
At some distance from the edges of the back parts, the lines shown in the general drawing of the corset with a dotted line are laid, overhead loops are cut and sewn at an equal distance from each other - their number will depend on the size of the corset. To sew buttons correctly, fold both back pieces and stick pins into the loops to accurately mark where the buttons will be sewn on.
At the last stage of work, buttons are sewn onto the front part and onto each wedge - previously this was practiced in order to fasten pantaloons and skirts to the corset. Then a whalebone is inserted under the central braid and between both stitches on the back piece; The same whalebone, but narrower, is also inserted into each seam of the front part between the fabric and the decorative braid. A strip is sewn onto the back part from the wrong side directly behind the buttons and loops and with its help another whalebone is fixed.
Because In the 19th century, whalebone was very popular and was sold in all fabric and accessories stores; the author of the book suggested using this particular material for a doll’s corset. Nowadays, you can buy whalebone, but with some difficulties, so when making clothes for dolls, you can use plastic cable ties with cut ends, strips cut from plastic bottles or school plastic rulers.
In one of our earlier publications we already told how sew women's pantaloons and gave them a pattern, now let's start making doll pantaloons.
The simplest pantaloons are sewn like a shirt, folding the fabric in four, transferring the pattern onto it and cutting out the front and back parts at the same time. The point on the pattern, marked with a cross, falls on the fold of the fabric. Both parts are first sewn along the side seams, then along the internal ones.
The resulting pantaloons are sewn together along the remaining seams and work begins on the waist and bottom. The fabric along the waistline is folded inward and stitched, leaving a small space so that an elastic band or ribbon can be inserted, and the bottom of the legs is folded, ironed and hemmed.
Lace, decorative braid, ribbons, etc. are used to decorate pantaloons.
And finally, a more complex clothing model: a dress for a doll, consisting of a long sloped skirt and a blouse with sleeves. When cutting, fold the fabric in half and transfer the pattern, leaving a small distance for the seams. The lining details are cut out in the same way if you plan to sew the dress on lining material.
The pattern below contains the following details:
- 1 - half of the back;
- 2 - half front;
- 3 - upper part of the sleeve;
- 4 - lower part of the sleeve;
- 5-8 - skirt details.
The elements marked with a dotted line on the pattern (1, 5 and 8) are folded parts. Those. these parts of the dress are cut in such a way that the dotted line falls on the fold line of the fabric and as a result of cutting, one whole piece would be obtained; All other elements (2, 3, 4, 6, 7) should be made of two pieces from fabric folded in half.
The front and back parts are sewn together along the shoulder seams, i.e. along the segments marked by points 1 and 2, then along the side seams: from point 3 to point 4 of both parts. The collar and all edges of the blouse are treated with decorative braid, and in front, along the center line, several loops and beautiful buttons are sewn at an equal distance from each other.
The sleeve halves are sewn together, focusing on the marks, i.e. the edge with marks 1, 2 of the lower part of the sleeve is sewn to points 1, 2 of the upper part; points 3,4 of one part - with points 3,4 of the second part. Having turned the finished sleeve right side out, it is carefully sewn into the armhole of the blouse, focusing on the marks for sleeves 2 and 4 and the same marks for the details of the front and back of the blouse.
The lower part of the sleeve, located at the hands, is treated with braid or decorative tape.
When sewing a skirt, the side between points 1 and 2 of part 8 is connected to the same points of part 7. In the same way, focusing on the number, you need to sew the other edges of the skirt together. It should be noted that when joining parts 5 and 6, the upper part of the edges is not sewn, but a fold is placed on part 6, extending from the point marked with a cross. On the finished skirt, the edge of the hem is folded and hemmed, then the blouse and skirt are sewn together and the finished dress is decorated with beads, ribbons, lace, and embroidery. To give the product a finished look, you can cut out a beautiful belt from fabric of the same or contrasting color and use it to disguise the seam connecting both parts.
The shirt is a necessary part of both women's and men's Russian folk costume. We offer you a master class on how to sew such a shirt for a doll with your own hands. Pattern and sewing of women's and men's shirts- identical and differ only in design details and length.
Of course, a folk costume for a doll will be very different from a historical one. We will fasten our clothes at the back, regardless of how they are actually fastened. So, the front fastener of a shirt is just an imitation. After all, otherwise we will not be able to put clothes on the doll, or we will have to make cuts below the waist.
The details of the folk costume for the doll, due to its size, will be very stylized.
Of course, one shirt is not enough. See how to sew other elements with your own hands
We will sew a shirt for a Russian folk costume for a doll, practically without a pattern. But here is a drawing-pattern for a general idea of the design of the shirt.
Pattern drawing for a shirt for a Russian folk costume. DIY clothes for a doll.
We provide a pattern drawing so that you have a general idea of what the shirt looks like. It is not necessary to build it. Although, if you are going to sew several shirts for one doll (or several identical dolls), then making a pattern will be convenient. But we will still build a pattern while working on the shirt. 
Shirt pattern. Doll in Russian folk costume with your own hands.
We will show you in detail how to sew a women's shirt with your own hands for a doll in Russian folk costume. A men's shirt is sewn almost the same way. We will talk about the differences in the female and male versions below.
We sew a shirt for a Russian folk costume. DIY clothes for dolls.
We begin work by cutting out the central sleeve inserts. We measure the doll's arm length and shoulder width. Shoulder width is the future side of the neckline. In any case, there is no need for special precision here. The main thing is that this part is obviously larger than it will be at the end of the work. 
We cut out a strip of fabric from the material with a length equal to the length of the arm + 6 cm. And shoulder width + 2cm for hem. We will need two such strips. But, it is more convenient to cut out two parts together and finish them, and then cut them in half.
Let's finish the sleeve. In order to determine where to sew the braid, you can simply attach the part to the doll and mark where to sew. We hem one edge of the part. This side will be adjacent to the neck. 
We cut out a long strip of fabric, the width can be arbitrary. But, in any case, a little wider than the previous detail. Sew one piece of the middle of the sleeve to this strip. 
We try it on the doll and mark where the neck ends. 
Sew on the second part of the middle of the sleeve. Then we sew the same strips to the details of the middle of the sleeve from the back side. Don’t forget to include an increase in fastener in the details on the back side. 
This is what should happen. 
The top of the shirt. Do-it-yourself doll in Russian folk costume.
We measure the volume of the doll's chest, quite tight. Divide the resulting measurement in half. We set this distance aside on both sides from the center of the front of the shirt.
From a material of a different color or the same color as the shirt itself, we cut out two squares by eye and cut them diagonally. This gusset is an almost indispensable detail for a Russian folk shirt.
We cut out the front panel of the shirt from the fabric, equal to the circumference of the doll’s chest. The length is determined by fitting. And two panels for the back of the shirt. Their width is equal to half the front panel. Sew the gussets to the sides of the panels. 
We sew the panels to the top of the shirt, using the previously made marks. We assemble the panels so that they fit between the marks. We place the gusset triangles behind the marks. 
We try on a shirt on the doll, marking the sleeve length. Sew the braid along the marked line. Leave a long allowance for the sleeve hem. We process the second sleeve in the same way. 
We join the side seams with one seam with the sleeves. 
Turn the shirt inside out. We wrap the sleeve allowances inside and sew them with an invisible seam. 
We process the bottom of the shirt and decorate the hem with lace. We also decorate the neck of the shirt. 
Sew on the fastener. Since in a women's Russian folk costume for a doll the shirt will be only the underwear, we will make the fastener only on the top. The bottom edges of the hem can be sewn together by 1-2 cm. 
The women's shirt is ready. 
Women's shirt. Do-it-yourself doll in Russian folk costume.
Now, to make the suit complete, you need to sew a sundress to go with it. But you can use such a shirt as independent clothing, recreating an ancient Slavic costume, a kind of Berendey kingdom. Then you need to tie a belt and decorate the shirt more richly. 
Men's shirt. Do-it-yourself doll in Russian folk costume.
Fundamentally, tailoring a men's shirt is not much different from a women's one. The only difference is in the details and design. We will now talk about these differences.
Before customizing the panels of the shirt, we sew a piece of braid on the front side to imitate a blouse shirt. 
Hello, dear guest and doll lover. Today I want to tell you,how to sew a night dressshirt for a doll. If your doll needs a beautiful shirt, sew one with your own hands.
In Rome, Byzantium, and Rus', a long time ago, people wore tunics - clothes similar in shape to the letter T. This is a very simple, loose-fitting garment that is still worn by both men and women. different nations. Tunics are usually sewn straight and with sleeves to the sides at an angle of 90˚. The tunic can be long or short arms, narrow or wide, cut-off or whole-cut. Do they wear tunics in our country? Yes, you and I wear it. The nightgown, simple in cut, is the closest relative of the ancient tunic. She also has other relatives in our time - these are dresses and blouses with a lowered armhole.
Today we will find out how to sew a nightgown for a doll in the form of a tunic. It will be beautiful thanks to the fabric and lace.
Suitable for a shirt, which you can build for a doll of any height. (another relative of the tunic). In the "Patterns" section you will find construction of patterns for various doll clothes.
I sewed a new one finished pattern Baby Born. You just need to lengthen the pattern to the required length of the shirt, and expand it at the bottom by 1-1.5 cm. On the back pattern, the strip that bends to the wrong side is called a hem, and since it will be cut together with the part, the hem is one-piece (one-piece cut). Velcro is sewn onto this seam on the doll's clothes.
We used this pattern to make nightgowns at school in the 7th grade. Children's nightgowns, of course, did not have a fastening at the back. We made a large neckline so that the shirt could be easily put on. At the same time, cutting and sewing were greatly simplified: the shirt consisted of one piece and had no shoulder seam. The most difficult part of this job was cutting and sewing the facing on the neckline.
The shirt is made of embroidery, decorated with lace, with shoulder seams, and a back closure with adhesive tape.
It is sewn from three parts: 1 front part and two back parts,
HOW TO SEW A NIGHTGIY FOR A DOLL
Cutting and sewing the shirt is exactly the same as for a blouse sewn on the basis of a vest. The processing allowances for the bottom of the sleeve and the bottom of the shirt on the pattern are given 1.5 cm, if the shirt is hemmed with a regular seam: it is folded once by 0.5 cm, and a second time by 1 cm and stitched by machine.
If lace is sewn along the bottom of the sleeve and the shirt itself, then allowances can be omitted. Lace is placed on top of the front side, basted, and then stitched on top with a zig-zag seam on a sewing machine.
The nightgown is ready, put it on the doll and put it to bed with its favorite toy.
Using the same pattern you can sew dresses and blouses. We sewed approximately these dresses with high school students during labor lessons. (I scanned a picture from the textbook we worked on). All dresses are straight, continuous at the waist, with short, one-piece sleeves. Only the finishing changes: ruffles along the bottom of the dress, a belt, a strap or elastic band along the waistline, different necklines, colored piping, lace, drapery, stitching. All this makes the dresses different from each other. The fabric can make a big difference to the dress. Plain, dense fabric is good for a dress with stitching, variegated fabric is suitable for summer dress with frill, soft fabric needed for a dress with drapery on the shoulders.
