Having a love/hate relationship (as so many do) with American Girl prices, whether brand new or on the secondhand market, I decided to take a stab at sewing Kirsten's birthday dress from her Pretty Clothes pattern. I had a fat quarter of pink gingham on hand, which wasn't quite wide enough, so I had to piece the skirt, and the whole thing went on hold for a while until I was able to find some 1/8" white ribbon for the sleeve bows, since I was never going to find cording the right size...
But overall, I think it turned out pretty cute! Even if I did have to hand-sew the baby rick-rack on the sleeves. In a bit, I might try making another iteration of the dress, since I now** have some yardage of that dusty pink that was popular in the late '80s (when this doll first came out) and I think that might match the ribbon on her flower crown a little better. (The flower crown was purchased from a Chinese "gray market" eBay seller, and is manufacturer's overstock from when AG rereleased this outfit last year.) And the apron I sewed some months ago, when I was first starting to sew doll clothing.
**Last weekend I helped one of my quilt guilds do a cleanup of our storage units, preparing to combine the guild's two units into one before the facility hikes prices later this year. A lot of dated fabric that no one wanted got donated to Value Village. I got to rummage through it all first and pulled out some pieces that I thought would be good for doll clothes etc. ^_^ Win-win - more space for the guild, and some fabric that I'm excited to play with for me.
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