Mickey shirt for American Girl

Pintrest Objective: http://pinterest.com/pin/195765915022394344/
 Original source: esty.com

What you'll need:
fabric
thread
Mickey Mouse emblem ( I made mine from a small Tylenol bottle and a quarter!)
elastic
ribbon

Directions
Now this lady can be pissed at me alllll she wants. Chances are she does not give any of the money she makes off of that outfit to Disney, because she does not own the Mickey Mouse emblem. Although I admit her choices in fabric were awesome, I just have to use what I have and deal.
Moving on:
Using the basic pillow dress pattern I had from my other pin american-girll-doll-dress I folded the dress part in half, cut the back part down and the sides in about 1/2 to 3/4 inch in, hem the bottom of the dress up  I would actually recommend the back piece just be a rectangle.(to see how to pin the top, please look at the other blog, it's late and I'm sick :(   )

After you've folded the top front piece over, thread the ribbon through so that you'll be able to tie it off around the dolls neck halter top style. When you fold the back in thread a piece of elastic (I measured Elizabeth's back from side to side to get the number. I then check the the fit for the shirt and placed the Mickey emblem onto the shirt in the position and spot I wanted to have it show up & sewed it on.  My dress came out more pillow flowy than the original one, if you want it more straight than mine, slim the original pattern down. Also the original source's neck line is slimmer than mine. This can also be corrected when you print the pattern.

All in all this was a little harder to make than I was anticipating... being sick probably didn't help. Either way it came out really cute and Hailey adores it.

American Girl Doll headband

Pintrest Objective:http://pinterest.com/pin/195765915022460766/
Originally Blogged by: agdollcrafts.com

What you'll need:
a piece of fabric: 3x 10 inches
elastic: 4"


Directions:

Cut your spare fabric (or whatever fabric matching the outfit you want it for) into a 3x10inch rectangle. fold in half (right side together) and sew it up. Turn it right side out  and place elastic in the end of the band. Stitch together and repeat on the other side. I folded the raw edge of the fabric in before I sewed it together to give it a clean look.

American Girl Doll sleeping bag

Pintrest: http://pinterest.com/pin/195765915022279461/

What you'll need:
2 piece of patterned fabric measuring at least 20 inches long and 10-15 inches wide
2 inside pieces of fabric measuring at least 20 inches long and 10-15 inches wide
1 zipper measuring 24inches
thread
stuffing


Directions:

Pin the zipper onto the right side of the outside color fabric (mine is the flower fabric)

Sew it up.

Repeat on the other zipper.

Next add the inside fabric to the opposite sides of the zippers.(do both sides of the zipper) I found laying it out like this worked best:

add batting to the wrong side of the fabric

sew around the top and the side with the zipper again.

turn them right side out. Now you should have the batting on the inside and the pattern and solid inside exactly where they should be. Here is a picture of mine. Yours should look like this on both sides:

Pin right sides together and sew the two remaining open ends. Turn right side out. You're finished!

UPDATED: I decided when I woke up this morning that adding elastic (or even ribbon) to tie the sleeping bag closed would be cute... So I added some:

Turn sleeping bag wrong side out. Un-stitch if you have to to add elastic bands (making sure you loop then) or ribbon pieces to the now inside of the sleeping bag and sew back closed

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Original blogger: obsessivelystitching.blogspot.com