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Nightgown sewing pattern

Ankle length with short sleeves, for bedtime. Drafted to your doll’s size and printed on woven cotton (it doesn’t stretch), so you cut it out and sew it with no paper pattern.

Nightgown

5 pieces

Sewn up, and the panel it prints on for an 18-inch doll: the pieces with their cut lines and notches, and the instructions along the bottom. Move over the panel (or tap it) for a closer look.

37 prints in 90 colors, or clip art as the fabric
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What’s printed on your panel

  • Nightgown front
  • Nightgown back (2, mirrored for left and right)
  • Sleeve (2, mirrored for left and right)

Thread and closures aren’t included. How to read the panel

How to sew it

Printed along the bottom of your panel:

  1. Right sides together, sew the shoulder seams. Snip the neckline allowance only where needed, shallow and well short of the dotted line. Turn it to the wrong side on it; stitch or glue. Hem the back edges.
  2. Right sides together, sew the sleeves into the open armholes: top notch on the shoulder seam, side notches on the armhole’s. Hem the sleeve ends now, while flat.
  3. Fold right sides together. Sew each underarm and side seam in one pass, from the sleeve end to the bottom.
  4. Hem the bottom. Mark the back overlap on the doll, take it off, then sew on hook-and-loop tape.

Doll sizes

Each piece’s printed size, drafted from that doll’s measurements:

  • 18-inch doll: nightgown front 10 × 13 ½″, nightgown back 5 ¾ × 13 ¼″, sleeve 5 ¾ × 3 ⅛″. Prints on a fat quarter panel ($32.00).
  • 16-inch doll: nightgown front 7 ¼ × 12 ⅜″, nightgown back 4 ⅛ × 12 ¼″, sleeve 5 ⅛ × 3″. Prints on a fat quarter panel ($32.00).
  • 14½-inch doll: nightgown front 6 ⅜ × 10 ¼″, nightgown back 3 ⅝ × 10″, sleeve 3 ⅝ × 2 ⅜″. Prints on a fat quarter panel ($32.00).
  • 14-inch doll: nightgown front 5 ¾ × 10 ¼″, nightgown back 3 ¼ × 10 ⅛″, sleeve 3 ½ × 2 ⅜″. Prints on a fat quarter panel ($32.00).
  • 11½-inch fashion doll: nightgown front 4 ⅛ × 9 ⅛″, nightgown back 2 ⅜ × 9″, sleeve 1 ⅞ × 2 ⅝″. Prints on a fat quarter panel ($32.00).
  • Blythe: nightgown front 3 ⅜ × 7 ⅜″, nightgown back 2 × 7 ¼″, sleeve 1 ⅞ × 1 ⅞″. Prints on a fat quarter panel ($32.00).
  • Any other doll: enter its measurements in the designer

Add a name or picture

Put your doll’s name, one of our clip-art pictures or your own picture on the center chest or left chest. It’s printed right on that piece.

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