A New Outfit for Dolly...

Hello out there in bloggy land!

Today I'm showing you the little dress 

and matching bib that I sewed for 

Sophies new doll...who's name is 

officially Dolly by the way:) 

It's a cute little wrap around dress...

using only 2 fabrics and it could be reversible if you wanted to make it that way...but first...on to the bib.

I chose a yellow Sew Cherry print and the yellow Sew Cherry solid for the bib...I also used white flannel for the back of the bib.

I chose the red Sew Cherry gingham for the front of the dress and the red Sew Cherry daisies for the dress lining.

I used a really cute baby bib pattern by Amy at Lots of Pink Here...thanks Amy!

 I copied it at only 33.3% to make it small enough for Dolly.

Click here to go visit Amy and her cute blog and also to download her free pattern!

I sewed the front of the bib together 

and added some ric-rac...

Then I layed it face down on the flannel and sewed 1/8" around the edges. 

I left an opening at the 

bottom for turning...

And I cut out the flannel to match the 

edges of the bib front.

I used a crochet hook to help me get smooth seams after I turned it...

And a pin to help me turn under the 

small seam allowances from the opening 

for pressing under. 

The pin really helped because the bib is tiny!

I topstitched the edges and at the same time I sewed the opening closed.

I added velcro...

And the bib was complete!

So now for the dress:)

I downloaded a free template from 

Blueberry Moon.

Click here to check it out...

it's a fun blog to visit!

I used my same method of tracing the pattern onto the wrong side of the fabric...

pinned 2 fabrics with right sides together 

and stitched on the line.

I left an opening...turned...and topstitched.

I sewed velcro onto the strap ends for the closures so that Sophie would be able to undo and do them up herself...but I added buttons over the top for extra cuteness:)

This little dress was so fun and easy...

not to mention fast...

that I could have easily sewn 5-6 more if I hadn't run out of time!

I'm sure I will sew a few more after my little re-do of the cottage is complete:)

Isn't Dolly a cutie in red?

And look how cute the little yellow gingham diaper looks with it:)

Now Dolly has a new outfit and she also has a new diaper bag...I will show that next!!!

Have a quilty kind of day my friends:)

xx

Lori