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Barbie's Outfit - free patterns for Barbie

 

Zig-zag the edges. If the fabric you use demands it, you also have to hem the edges, but the fabric has to be very thin, then.
1. The length of the fabric corresponds to the doll's height. The minimum width also equals the height of the doll. If you would like rather long sleeves increase the width, but the wider the sleeves the thinner the fabric, like voile.
2. Fold 1/3 of the fabric as demonstrated in the drawing. Put the doll on the middle of the fabric, fold once more so that the side-edges meet. Fasten the edges together with a pin. It makes it easier to deal with the rest and is later removed.
3. Fasten the back and front with a pin at each shoulder. Put the doll's arms through the sleeve-holes, adjust if need be, but make sure the sleeve-holes are equally large. If you are a handy person, you could fasten the dress at the shoulders with some kind of small buckles. We have just sewn on plastic pearls to hold the dress together at the shoulders.
Now remove the pin which hold together the edges on the right side of the doll, winde a band or two around Barbie's waist, and the dress should now be finished.
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