American Girl Doll One Piece Bathing suit, Beach Towel and Beach Bag Tutorials AG004

 

I had received the Ballet Basics pattern when I signed up to the Lee and Pearl site.  Since then, they have tweaked it and offered us a free pattern for a one piece swimsuit using fold over elastic.  Here is Isabelle and Kanani modeling for us!  Pretty cute eh?

 

American Girl Doll One Piece Bathing suit Tutorial

I used a 4 way knit fabric.  I did add ¼” on to the side seams – figured it is easier to take it in if it was too big.  Not too much you can do if it is too small.  Anyways, it didn’t need it.  Fit perfectly just as it was!  I had a piece of black fold over elastic with gold dots on it so I used it on the bathing suit that Kanani is wearing.

American Girl Doll Beach Towel Tutorial

I bought a towel, cut it to about 8x15” and serged the edges.

American Girl Doll Beach Bag Tutorial

This was a purchased beach bag.  I cut it down to 11” long by 6” wide.  I serged over a piece of ribbon as it is hard to sew holes.  Turned the casing down about ½”.

Boxed the corners at ¾”.

Inserted 18” of 1/8” elastic so it would fit over the dolls head and tied a knot.  This shows a cord instead of elastic.  Isabelle gets my trial runs.  The cord isn’t long enough to go over her head so I switched Olivia and Erin’s to elastic.  (Original post HERE)

 

I had received the Ballet Basics pattern when I signed up to the Lee and Pearl site.  Since then, they have tweaked it and offered us a free pattern for a one piece swimsuit using fold over elastic.  Here is Isabelle and Kanani modeling for us!  Pretty cute eh?

 

American Girl Doll One Piece Bathing suit Tutorial

I used a 4 way knit fabric.  I did add ¼” on to the side seams – figured it is easier to take it in if it was too big.  Not too much you can do if it is too small.  Anyways, it didn’t need it.  Fit perfectly just as it was!  I had a piece of black fold over elastic with gold dots on it so I used it on the bathing suit that Kanani is wearing.

American Girl Doll Beach Towel Tutorial

I bought a towel, cut it to about 8x15” and serged the edges.

American Girl Doll Beach Bag Tutorial

This was a purchased beach bag.  I cut it down to 11” long by 6” wide.  I serged over a piece of ribbon as it is hard to sew holes.  Turned the casing down about ½”.

Boxed the corners at ¾”.

Inserted 18” of 1/8” elastic so it would fit over the dolls head and tied a knot.  This shows a cord instead of elastic.  Isabelle gets my trial runs.  The cord isn’t long enough to go over her head so I switched Olivia and Erin’s to elastic.  (Original post HERE)

American Girl Doll Swimsuit Cover-up Tutorial and Headband Tutorial AG003

 

It is suppose to be summer so let’s get these girls ready for the beach beginning with beach cover-ups!

American Girl Doll Swimsuit Cover-up Tutorial

Kanani and Isabelle are showing off their new cover ups!  I used a couple different patterns for this.  I used Molly’s slip for the bottom part and the t-shirt pattern by New Green Mama for the top.  I turned it around so it opened in the front, of course.  I cut 8” of 1/8” elastic and sewed it at the dolls waist.  I cut the ties 6.5” long by about 5/8” wide, folded them in half and zig zagged before adding them to the front of the cover-up.

American Girl Doll Headband Tutorial

The headbands were pretty simple.

Cut knit fabric 1.25” wide by 10” long.  Serge.

 

 

Turn right side out.

Then thread with 12” of ½” elastic.

 

Join the ends of the elastic.

 

 

 

Move the seam into the tube of fabric so it is not seen.  Sew the ends of the fabric through the elastic.

On the next AG post, we will talk about their gorgeous sandals and their bikini’s!

 

It is suppose to be summer so let’s get these girls ready for the beach beginning with beach cover-ups!

American Girl Doll Swimsuit Cover-up Tutorial

Kanani and Isabelle are showing off their new cover ups!  I used a couple different patterns for this.  I used Molly’s slip for the bottom part and the t-shirt pattern by New Green Mama for the top.  I turned it around so it opened in the front, of course.  I cut 8” of 1/8” elastic and sewed it at the dolls waist.  I cut the ties 6.5” long by about 5/8” wide, folded them in half and zig zagged before adding them to the front of the cover-up.

American Girl Doll Headband Tutorial

The headbands were pretty simple.

Cut knit fabric 1.25” wide by 10” long.  Serge.

 

 

Turn right side out.

Then thread with 12” of ½” elastic.

 

Join the ends of the elastic.

 

 

 

Move the seam into the tube of fabric so it is not seen.  Sew the ends of the fabric through the elastic.

On the next AG post, we will talk about their gorgeous sandals and their bikini’s!