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1. Cut one skirt according to pattern piece. Press
under 1/4" along bottom edge of skirt. Glue hem in
place, leaving the last 1" on either end unglued.
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2. With unglued hem area unfolded, place center back
edges of skirt right sides together and glue. |
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3. Refold hem at center back area, and glue. |
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4. Run two rows of gathering stitches across the top
edge of the skirt. Fit and attach the skirt in the same
manner you completed the slip. Make sure that you glue
the seam allowances down flatly to reduce bulk. |
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5. Cut two sleeves from contrasting fabric using pattern
piece. |
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6. Right sides together, glue underarm edges. Use
warm iron to dry glue. Turn to right side. |
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7. Sew a row of gathering stitches across top and bottom
edge of sleeve, leaving threads long enough to tie off. |
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8. Run a bead of glue around the dolls arm, placing glue
on the shoulder plate, just above where the cotton wrapping
ends. |
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9. Pull sleeve onto arm. Make sure that the
underarm seam is in the proper position. With a needle,
push the edges of the sleeve fabric into the glue around the
bottom 1/3 of the arm area. |
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10. Draw up gathering threads at the top of the
sleeve. Adjust fullness across the top of the
shoulder. Tie off gathering threads, and put a dot of
glue on the knot. Trim threads. |
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11. Run a bead of glue under the seam allowance at the
top of the sleeve, in a similar manner as you did for the
waist of the slip and skirt. Adjusting sleeve fullness
evenly, press seam allowances into glue. |
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12. Sleeve gathered and glued into place at top edge. |
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13. Draw up the gathering threads along the bottom edge
of sleeve. Position bottom edge of sleeve halfway
between elbow and wrist. Tie off gathering threads, glue
knot and clip threads. Run glue under seam allowances,
and press into place, distributing gathers evenly around
sleeve. |
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14. Cut two cuff pieces from contrasting fabric using
pattern piece. Fold under and glue the top 1/3 of the
cuff. Fold up the bottom 1/3 of cuff and glue |
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15. Place glue around bottom edges of sleeve, over the
seam allowances. Do not glue above your previous
gathering stitches. |
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16. Beginning at the underarm seam, glue the cuff around
the arm, covering the raw edges of sleeve. When you come
to the end of the cuff, turn under and glue the raw edges,
then glue end into place. |
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17. When you come to the end of the cuff, turn
under and glue the raw edges, then glue end into place.
No raw edges!!!
Repeat steps 6 - 17 for other sleeve. |
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18. Cut bodice front and backs using pattern pieces. Be sure
to make a right and a left back! Clip armhole edges as
indicated on pattern piece. Turn under and glue
1/8" armhole edges, and lower edges on both fronts and
backs. On front, turn under side edges and glue.
On one back, turn under 1/8" on center back edge and
glue. |
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19. Place glue around all outer edges of back piece that has the
unfinished center back edge. |
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20. Carefully place on doll, bringing finished edges of
armhole over the raw edges of your sleeve, and finished edges
of bottom over raw edges of skirt. |
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21. Place glue around all outer edges of remaining back piece. |
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22. Place bodice back on doll, again covering raw edges of sleeve,
and having the folded center back edge overlap the raw edge of
opposite bodice back. |
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23. Place a small bead of glue around all edges of bodice front. |
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24. Put bodice front in place, overlapping raw edges from sleeves
and skirt. Make sure that the neckline is properly
placed, and that the folded "shoulder seams" are in
the right position. |
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25. Take care when positioning your bodice front. You will
have a few minutes before the glue sets up, so work carefully
on getting all of the edges of the bodice as close to the
gathering threads in the sleeves as possible.
Bring the sides of the bodice around and glue, overlapping
the raw edges of the bodice back. |
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Finished Bodice. |
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26. I wanted to use this old piece of
lace tape for a collar. But the lace needs some
modification. If the collar was cut out of the straight
trim, the front and back edges would be raw, and missing the
pretty finished edge.
Trace the collar shape on the lace
using a disappearing fabric marker. |
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27. Cut the bottom edge of the trim
carefully up to the line of the collar shape. |
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28. Apply a thin line of glue to the
front edge of collar outline. |
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29. Bring the edging of the lace up over
the glue and allow to dry.
Now trim off the excess lace from
under the edging. |
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30. Finished collar.
Don't worry, the purple marker
will disappear in a couple of hours! |
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31. Place collar around Chloe's neckline,
with edges of collar centered at front and back. |
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Finished bodice.
The collar technique will work
with any lace piece that has a definite finished edge. |
