Forever in Time #7

FREE American Girl Hooded Towel Pattern

Today, I have another free pattern for you! Whoo hoo! Today's pattern is how to make a Hooded Towel for your American Girl doll (or other 18 inch doll). The pattern is really easy. You can whip one up in no time at all!

What you will need:
~1/3 of a yard of Towel like fabric
~Matching thread
~15 inches of ribbon (I used 1 1/2 inch but any size would be cute)
~Scissors
~Sewing machine
~The pattern piece HERE (be sure that the scale is to "None")

*All seams are 1/4 inch*

1. Cut 1 piece that is 12 inches by 22 inches. Cut 2 of the Hood pattern.

2. With right sides together, sew the 2 hood pieces together along the curved edge. Clip curves.

3. Hem the long edge of the hood. Addy was helping me out, she was in a sewing mood. ;-)

4. Sew the ribbon to the hood, a 1/2 inch away from the edge. Set aside for now.

5. Hem all 4 sides of the large towel piece. For the bottom hem, I did a larger (about 1 inch) hem.
You can do whatever you think looks good. :-)

6. With wrong sides together, fold your hemmed towel in half. Place a pin to mark the middle. Open the towel back up.

7. With right sides together, pin the hood to the towel, matching the center seam of the hood to the pin on the hemmed towel. Sew together.

8. Tada! Your doll now has her very own Hooded Towel to use at the beach or at bath time.

I hope you (and your dolls) like the pattern! :-D

Here are some more pictures for your viewing pleasure! And I may or may not have gotten carried away with editing the pictures. Hehe! ;-)

                             

I also made some out of blue towel fabric, and 3/4 inch ribbon.
So cute!

Thank you for reading! Enjoy!

FREE Pattern Disney Prince Tank Top and Shorts

I have a FREE pattern/tutorial for you today. Whoo hoo! :-D

This is a pattern is how to make a tank top and shorts to fit the Disney Prince and older Ken dolls. All my princesses had Barbie clothes to wear and fit well, while the Ken clothes, well, fit the Princes like second skin. The shoes fit, just not the clothes. So I went and made my own clothes for the guys to wear during the summer. Especially for Kristoff. Furs and summer heat don't mix.

On to the tutorial!

You will need:

thin jean material (or any cotton)

an knit t-shirt (I used the sleeves of an old t-shirt I was turning into a tank top for my brother)

1/2 in elastic

Safety Pin

tread

scissors

sewing machine

Optional- Fabric markers

the pattern pieces found here

*all seams are 1/4 inch*

1. First we will start with the tank top. Cut 2 of the tank top. I lined up the bottom edge of the pattern with the hem of the fabric so I wouldn't have to hem it. 

2. With right sides together, sew the shoulder seams and side seams together.

3. Pink edges.

4. Flip right side out. You can leave the shirt like this or you can use fabric markers to draw a design on the shirt. Just follow the direction on your box of markers and make sure the design is dry before putting the shirt on your doll.

For the shorts

1. Cut 2 of the Shorts pattern piece.

2. With right sides together, sew 1 "J" piece together. Pink edge. Open up.

3. Hem the top.

4. Fold the hemmed edge down enough so your elastic can fit through (a little more than a 1/2 inch). Stitch across. You just made the elastic casting! :-)

5. Cut a 6 inch piece of elastic. Thread the elastic through the elastic casting using a safety pin.

*Tip* Sew down the edge of the elastic so it won't go flying out.

6. With right sides together, sew the other "J" piece together. Pink edge.

7. Hem the bottom of the shorts.

8. With right sides together sew the crotch area.

9. Flip right side out. Ta da! Your doll now has some fancy duds! ;-) 

I hope you liked the tutorial and pattern! :-)

What is Happening in Sweet Pea Cove (My Doll Town)

I love taking pictures of my dolls! It is so much fun to set up a scene in a realistic way and capture it forever with my camera (even if it is only a phone camera). My dolls are always doing something from bike riding to reading to baking to dancing, something is always going on. That is why I though to share with you what is going on in my doll town. If you have a doll town or love to take pictures of your dolls, too, I would love to see your pictures! Leave the link to your doll pictures below so we can all see some awesome dolly-ness! :-D

Lilian is out riding one of the ponies.

Shola is saying "Hi!" to Nahji and Mosi who are relaxing on the hammock.

"Consuelo, you need to help me bake bread." said Josefina.
"Awww! All we do is bake bread! I just want to rest." says a tired Consuelo.

"Consuelo, you must help Josefina bake bread," said Kaya.
"You aren't helping," Consuelo points out.

"Sure I am! I'm going to eat the bread!" Kaya jokes.

Julie and Ivy are out enjoying the summer sunshine,

"Come on, Ivy! We are almost to the park!" Julie exclaims.

"Good! I need a break! I was made for gymnastics not biking," Ivy said between breaths. 

Mulan, Merida, Aurora, and Tinker Bell are hanging out outside.

"Mmmm! Breakfast smells so good!" Kanani said staring hungrily at the eggs Lanie was making.

"They look so perfect!"

"Kanani, I think you need to calm down," Lanie said as she spooned the warn eggs on a plate.

Addy is busy taking orders at her restaurant.

"What will everyone have?"

Decisions, decisions.....

"Oh, boy! What to get...."

Marie-Grace and Cecile are in the sewing room/ library.

"We need to do something outside today, Marie-Grace. It is so lovely outdoors!"

"Okay... Let me just .... finish... this .... stitch..., "Marie-Grace said, concentrating on her stitching"

Upstairs....

Rebecca is showing Elizabeth a new dance.

Staring contest! GO!

Felicity and Caroline are talking about what products should be available at the General Store.

Emily and Susan are enjoying some fruit in the new breakfast nook.

"But..... I wanted that banana," said Susan, pretending to pout.

Kirsten is making herself a nice cup of raspberry tea.

Molly and Shirley are playing with the puppies.

Thank you for looking! I would love to see your doll pictures. :-)