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    Home » Sewing

    Halloween Doll Apron Tutorial

    Updated: Aug 6, 2017 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 6 Comments

    Today I’m excited to share with you a free sewing pattern for a Halloween American Girl Doll Apron. It’s a quick and easy sewing tutorial that could be customized for any season!


    FREE Halloween American Girl Doll Sewing Patterns - love this Halloween Apron tutorial!

    I’m so excited to be sharing a tutorial with you today for this American Girl Doll Sewing Pattern, a Halloween Apron. I made it for Halloween with some of the Riley Blake Fabrics, Too Cute to Spook fabric line.  This apron also coordinates beautifully with my Very Batty Halloween Apron from last year!

    FREE Halloween American Girl Doll Sewing Patterns - love this Halloween Apron tutorial!

    To make the apron you will need:

    • 1 Fat Quarter for the Apron
    • 1 Fat Quarter for the Pocket
    • 40” of ribbon
    • Bat Applique Pattern, can be downloaded here
    • Paper Backed Fusible Webbing

    FREE Halloween American Girl Doll Sewing Patterns - love this Halloween Apron tutorial!

    Cutting Guides:

    2 pieces 3” x 5′ for apron

    1 piece 5” x 10” for apron skirt

    2 pieces 3 ½” x 2 ½” for pocket (you’ll want to fussy cut these pieces)

     

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    On the 2 3” x 5” apron pieces, mark in 1” from each top corner. Draw a line from the bottom corner of the piece to the place you marked and draw a line.  Cut off the extra fabric. Do this on both sides so that you end up with a trapezoid shape.

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    Sew the 2 pocket pieces right sides together, leaving an opening in the bottom of the pocket. Clip the corners and turn the pocket right side out. Topstitch along the top of the pocket.

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    Pin the pocket to the skirt piece just off from the center. Sew pocket in place.

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    Turn under the sides of the skirt piece ¼” and press. Stitch.

    Run two rows of gathering stitches across the top of the skirt.

    Pull up on the gathering stitches until the skirt fits the bottom of the apron top piece. Pin in place and stitch with a ¼” seam.

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    Cut 2 pieces of ribbon 8” each for the neck and 2 pieces of ribbon 15” each for the skirt. Sew to the apron top piece.

    how-to-sew-a-dolls-apronPin the 2nd apron top piece to the apron piece right sides together. Stitch with a ¼” seam. Turn right side out.  Hand stitch in place on the wrong side of the apron. Hem the apron with a ¼” seam.

    To make the bat for the apron top:

    Trace the bat shape onto a piece of paper backed fusible web.

    Iron onto wrong side of black fabric

    Cut out precisely

    Peel off backing and iron onto another piece of black fabric (also ironing onto the wrong side of the fabric).

    Cut out bat.

    Stitch to the front of the apron using black thread.

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    FREE Halloween American Girl Doll Sewing Patterns - love this Halloween Apron tutorial!

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    Melissa Mortenson

    Melissa Mortenson is a blogger, designer, and content creator. She is the Polka Dot Chair blog founder and has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love.” Her work and designs have been featured on HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, BuzzFeed, Better Homes & Gardens, and many other established publications. Her first fabric line, “Derby Style,” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs.  Additional fabric collections have followed it in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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    Comments

    1. Anne Weaver says

      October 07, 2013 at 10:07 am

      Cute!!! I’ve linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip:
      http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-halloween-apron-for-an-18-doll/2013/10/07/
      –Anne

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        October 07, 2013 at 1:23 pm

        Thank you Anne!!!

        Reply
    2. Michele in IL. says

      October 07, 2013 at 3:06 pm

      Just adorable and so creative!!! Great fabrics!

      Reply
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