Halter style dress looks gorgeous on AG dolls because it accentuates their shoulders while covering the neck at the same time . Despite the fact that the seam between the arms and shoulders of the doll’s body shows up in this style, it still became popular and accepted among AG lovers.
In this tutorial, I used a cotton floral fabric that I found on Joanns. This also has the potential to be a perfect holiday outfit just by using fancy fabric like satin, chiffon, organza and sequined fabric.
1.Cut the main fabric and lining pieces using our halter dress pattern. You can download the halter dress pattern below.
Free Pattern – Halter Dress for AG Doll (Download Here)
2. With right sides together, sew the main fabric and lining pieces together.
4. Now that the bodice is done, start working on the strap for the neckline.
5. Pin the strap on both sides as pictured above. Then fold over together and pin to hold. Sew on both edges to finish the strap.
The bodice is now finished, set it aside and start working on the skirt part.
Sew two rows of basting stitches on the skirt pieces. Gather the longest piece until it’s the same width as the other piece of the skirt.
9. The dress is almost done. At this point, you can add trim on the waist part if you wish to. I used a 1/4 inch wide crochet trim that I found on hobby lobby.
10. With right sides together, sew the back seam on the skirt part about an inch below the waistline. This time, sew at 3/8 inch seam allowance.
12. This is the finished halter dress and it looks amazing. Start experimenting with different types of fabric to personalize your own doll’s style.
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Thanks for your dress free pattern.
I sew oft for ma little daughter in Calgary. She has a Gwen doll and I am happy to sew for it.
Best regards from France
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing
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This is really cute, but I have to tell you, I added 1/8 inch to each side seam when I was cutting and still had to put in a zipper for it to fit my older AG dolls. I will add more next time to be able to use velcro. I also plan to make the skirt a little shorter and the ruffle a little longer. I think it will be a little easier to work with. Thanks so much for the free pattern!!!
Yes this pattern was made for the modern AG dolls which are a lot smaller.
You do realize that the strap length that you give only allows for a snap, not a tie???
Yes that was a mistake, thanks for pointing that out.
How much material so i need?
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I've just tried to subscribe to your site but got message this page is missing?could you clarify,Nina .
Love this dress!
how do you download and print these pattern? Unfortunately there are so many ads and links that confuse one.
Things shouldn't be so hard to do. Add a link to download please.
Greatly appreciate it
The front bodice and back bodice are available to print above. Is the rest of the dress available to print? Thank you!
I figured it out! sorry and thanks! look forward to trying this- I'm a novice.