This week my little girl turned 6. For weeks she has been asking for an American Girl Doll, and I finally caved. On Friday, I pulled her out of school a bit early, and we (and grandma and one cousin) went to the American Girl Place in LA. She had so much fun picking out a doll that looks just like her, and one outfit for the doll.
Since the doll was so expensive, there wasn't going to be anything for Emily to open on her actual birthday. As she was getting dressed for bed one night in one of her pillowcase nightgowns, I got the idea for nightgowns for the doll, too.
So Monday night I whipped these out for her birthday the next day.
I used simple fold-over elastic since that is what I had,
but lace elastic would obviously be cuter- about 1" wide.
It is the perfect way to use up some fabric scraps!
Does your child (or grandchild) have an 18" doll that could use a nightgown?
Materials:
fabric scraps
fold-over or lace elastic
First, you need to make your "pillowcase":
Once your pillowcase is made, follow the tutorial for the big girl pillowcase nightgowns here.
Those turned out so cute!
ReplyDeleteThose are super cute. Thanks for the tutorial. My girls got American Girl Dolls for their 6th birthday too. I will have to try this.
ReplyDeleteOh by the way, I'm impressed with the American Girl font on the first picture. How did you do that?
Hi there!
DeleteThe font is called innerStar...it is free. Just google it!
Cute nightgowns! And your daughter will always remember them because you made them for her. (I still remember the doll clothes my mom made for me when I will little!)
ReplyDeleteHow cute would this be to make matching nightgowns for the doll and little girl?! Great job!
ReplyDeleteYes! Actually that was Emily's comment when she opened up the package...I want them to match mine!
DeleteThanks! I'll have to try this !
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