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Miss Blue, who's been with me now so long, and at least got her
beautiful hair up out of the way--

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Now finally gets something new to wear!

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My first dress for her had to be a Princess.

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Princess seams are not a very easy design to create!

I set out to do a Strapless at first, but it didn't happen and this

did.

Might be because I FEEL for this lady (she's shaped like I am!)
and this is the style that looks best on me.

Just last week I couldn't resist buying Fashionistas #63! She's so

very "platinum" that it looks like she has grey hair-- I can
imagine that she's just a very young-looking granny!

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Here she is in the new dress I made when testing the printable
pattern.

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And here is the pattern to print in pdf Barbie_Curvy_Princess

Pattern

INSTRUCTIONS

Pattern includes 1/4” seams EXCEPT at the neckline and

armhole, there's only 1/8” seams there.

NOTE that your presser foot is WIDER than 1/4". Don't line up
the fabric with the edge of the presser foot or the dress will
come out too small!

I made a mark with a Sharpie on my sewing machine so I know

where 1/4" is (the commercial Barbie patterns also use 1/4"
allowances)

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Place pattern on fold, cut one large shape for the dress and a
shorter one for the facing. Cut through the fold in the back.

Lay the facing and dress right sides together, stitch armholes
and necklines with narrow seams. You have to be very careful
and precise about this step. Flip over to be sure the seams are
even. Then clip the curves.

Now the tricky part, but it's doable! Pulling the back through the
shoulders. You need a long tweezer, or a forceps works great.

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Reach through the shoulder, get the bottom corner of the back
and pull through. Keep the bulk smooth, if it bunches up and you
pull hard, it'll rip the seams.

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After the back section is through, gently ease the facing through.

Stitch up the darts on the dress and facing. (That could be done
as the first step if you like, I just prefer to have the whole thing
lying flat while dealing with the shoulders.)

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That's right! I forgot to take a picture of this step. But I can't

leave the step blank or it will be overlooked :-)

Then put facings right side to right side and sew down sides of
facing and continue down side seams of the dress.

Tack the facing to the dress at the side seams.

Fold the backs over, once as narrowly as possible then a little

wider, wouldn't hurt to try it on the doll at this point.

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That's a cute length for a mini-dress! Short, fitted skirts are so

flattering on this body type!

Unfortunately I'm allergic to sewing curved hems, so I added a

13 x 3" ruffle.

And velcro. All done!

Velcro makes it super easy for a young child to dress, or you can
stitch the skirt up to the point marked on the pattern.

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