Easy Waldorf Doll Skirt Tutorial

I was cleaning and organizing my sewing room today when I came across a bunch of child-sized soft stretchy headbands.

I bought them months ago and never got around to doing anything with them.

I had scrap fabric on one side of me... and the headbands on the other side...

It was a light bulb moment!

This is super easy to sew and only takes about 15 minutes or less to complete!

Materials:

6" long baby/toddler stretchy headband

4 1/2" l x 18" w scrap fabric

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Hem, serge or roll hem the bottom of the fabric.

With right sides together, sew a 1/2 seam down the raw edges.
Serge or zig-zag the seam of the skirt.
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Starting at the seam, cut a 1 1/2" piece off the headband.

Sew a new 1/2" seam so that it now measures 4" long.
Serge or zig-zag the seam.

This piece is now the waistband!

With right sides together, stretch and pin the headband to the skirt.

Carefully stretch the waistband while sewing a 1/2" seam around.
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If you're having difficulty, try sewing a quick gathering stitch 3/4" from the top.

Gather the skirt piece until it's the same width as the waistband.
Pin the waistband to the skirt, right sides facing, then sew a 1/2" seam around.

Serge the raw edges or zig-zag the edges.

All done!

See how quick that was?!

The skirt fits Serenity's Bamboletta, American Girl and other dolls that are around the same size.

Have Fun!

Crochet Mary Jane Doll Shoes

I feel very lucky that I was able to get a lovely Bamboletta doll named Haven for Serenity last year for her 4th Birthday in October. They are in high demand and extremely hard to get. My husband and I even built a fun poster bed for little Haven. I did take some pictures to share how we put it together, and haven't gotten around to posting them on my blog yet. I will try to get that up soon!

In the teaser picture below, you can see my husband carrying the bed (we hid it and waited to surprise Serenity instead of wrapping it), but it's not completely finished. Since I shot this picture, I've made the pillow look more like a mattress and sewed a bigger quilt. I still want to create a few more things for the bed (like make a matching sheet), but I've been so busy with other projects!



I've had plans to make all kinds of new clothes and accessories for Serenity's sweet little doll. I even handmade a few crochet sweaters. You can find the crochet pattern I designed in my Treasures for Tots Big Cartel store.

Recently I also designed some little crochet Mary Jane shoes for Haven. I created the shoes to fit snug around the little round Bambo foot without falling off, but easy enough for kids to slip on fairly easy. I also added a sweet tiny heart button I handmade! I'd never worked with polymer clay before, so I followed a wonderful how-to video on youtube to learn the basic skills I needed to make my own buttons.

The first upload of shoes went up in my Big Cartel store a couple of weeks ago at a special introductory price and to my surprise all nine pairs sold in a matter of minutes! Another upload went up this past Friday and again every pair sold - this time eighteen pairs!! I'm planning to make Fridays my regular upload day. Don't forget to check out the new colors that will be available for the next upload!



One of my all-time favorite designers, courtneycourtney, got a big shipment of Mary Janes and took some beautiful pictures of her doll wearing them. Her sweet Bambo looks so adorable, and I love how she mismatched the shoes!

Make sure you "like" courtneycourtney's Facebook Fan page for a chance to snag your own pretty doll dresses and rompers!




While designing these, I tried to keep in mind children would be playing with them so they had to be durable and easy to get on but something that wouldn't fall off the foot. They had to fit snug, but not too tight. And of course, they had to be cute! In the end (after trying other options), I settled on this design.

I do have plans on the drawing board for new designs that will be released hopefully soon!
Stay tuned to my Treasures for Tots Facebook Fan page for all the latest updates!

Have fun!!

Crochet Waldorf Doll Sweater Pattern

I love the sweet little knitted sweaters for Waldorf dolls, but I haven't knitted in years and I remember it took me forever to make anything!

I really wanted to make one for Serenity's doll, so I decided to create a my own little sweater but crocheting it instead - since I'm much better at that and could probaby make a Waldorf doll sweater pretty quick.

After some practice sweaters and a bit of tweaking, I came up fun and easy pattern. It's very simple (no sewing pieces together), and could probably be completed by most in a couple of hours or less.

One day though, I still want to try actually knitting a doll sweater - even if it takes me three times longer than crocheting!

You can find my pattern for sell at my Treasures for Tots Big Cartel store:

http://treasuresfortots.bigcartel.com/

Have fun!