Every doll needs a pair of winter pj’s so I know your doll will really love my new 18 Inch American Girl doll clothes patterns Winter Pyjamas.  It includes a collared, long sleeve shirt with easy Velcro fastening at the front and long pants.   If you have just made a pair of pyjamas for your daughter/granddaughter, you may have enough fabric left over to make matching pj’s for her doll.  Wow, I can just see how excited your little girl will be going to bed with her doll wearing matching jammies!

Because this includes a pattern for long pants and a collared shirt, try making the pants in denim, the shirt using small check fabric and you instantly have a casual country outfit.  Use the patterns separately to make different shirts or pants for your dolls that can be mixed and matched.  Wow, with this pattern you can make lots of different outfits.

When you purchase my Winter Pyjama doll clothes pattern you get downloadable PDF pattern pieces, written instructions and LIFETIME access to my online video tutorials where I show you step-by-step how to make this great pair of winter pyjamas.   The tutorials are so easy to follow, that your daughter will be making them herself!  

Download the pattern today and make it up in time for dolly to go to bed tonight.

My 18 inch American Girl doll clothes patterns range will also fit the Canadian Girl, Australian Girl doll, the Gotz doll and other similar 18 inch dolls.

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If you’re like me and love sewing and craft, you probably enjoy making your own Christmas gifts so sewing doll clothes to give as gifts this Christmas (or any time at all) is a wonderful idea.  The giving of homemade gifts is really personal and means so much more to the recipient as they appreciate the special thought and effort that has gone into creating their gift.

Making your own doll clothes to give as Christmas gifts not only says ‘I love you’, each and every outfit is special because it is unique.   Because all my PDF doll clothes patterns come with step-by-step video tutorials, you will also find that it really is quick and easy to make doll clothes.   You can literally purchase my pattern in the morning, print the pattern pieces out and make the outfit before morning tea time (or smoko time in Australia)!

Best of all, making your own doll clothes doesn’t cost the earth!  While others are spending a fortune buying brand name doll clothes from big department stores, you can save heaps of money making your own because the doll clothes patterns and fabric are inexpensive, especially if you use fabric left over from another sewing project.

I have one customer who has 5 granddaughters and she purchased my How to Sew Doll Clothes online tutorial so that she could make doll clothes for them.    She has made up the doll clothes patterns that come with the course and has purchased a new pattern just about every month since finishing the course so she now has a lovely stash of doll clothes to be given as gifts this Christmas.  Ann is really looking forward to seeing the excited looks on all her granddaughters’ faces when they open their gifts from her…I can see why she is their favorite grandma!

I also have another customer who has just purchased my How to Make Doll Clothes online tutorial to give her crafty daughter as a Christmas gift.  Her Aunty and Grandmother are putting together a ‘sewing essentials kit’ with fabric, elastic, ribbon, thread and little bits and pieces that she can use when making the free doll clothes patterns that come with the course.  I think this is an absolutely awesome idea as this family is encouraging their special daughter, granddaughter and niece to learn and enjoy the wonderful craft of sewing.

‘Sew’ become someone’s favorite Grandma, Aunty, or the Best Mum in the World this Christmas and give that someone special in your life, the gift of doll clothes personally made by you or encourage them to learn to sew themselves and give them my ‘How to Sew Doll Clothes’ online tutorial.  They will truly love and thank you for it!     

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This is a question best answered by another question…What colors do YOU like together?

When choosing what fabrics and colors to use for making doll clothes (or when sewing any project at all) I usually spend a bit of time ‘playing’ with color and print combinations to see what I like best, or what achieves the look I want ie. subtle or dramatic, pretty or startling, fun or more traditional?

If you really don’t know where to start when combining colors, you could refer to a color wheel.  This is a way of visually seeing what colors ‘work’ together to create harmonious color combinations.  Technically speaking, complementary colors are any two colors opposite each other on the color wheel, any three colors equally spaced around the color wheel forming a triangle, or any four colors forming a rectangle.  Colors beside each other on the color wheel also work well together.  Then there are all sorts of variances within these combinations.

So rather than worry about what colors ‘technically’ work well together, simply ‘play around’ with the colors you have available to see what YOU like, or if you are making doll clothes for your daughter or granddaughter, why not ask what THEY like.  Doing this can result in some really groovy combinations as kids are very open to any color or print ‘working’ together.

Another way of using color combinations is to pick just one color from a print and highlight that color in the trim or as the matching piece of clothing e.g. colorful print top with pants in a single color from the print.  This is something I often do when making doll clothes, as you can see from the photos below.

The best advice I can give regarding what color combinations to use when making doll clothes, is to know what colours YOU like and don’t like, then you can’t go wrong with the colors that you choose.  The most important thing is to have fun mixing things around.

If you would like to learn how to make doll clothes I have a fantastic How to Make Doll Clothes Course that comes with 8 Free doll clothes patterns.

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