Boo has been begging me for a matching school uniform for her American Girl dolls. I finally made one today using an old uniform that she just grew out of! Here’s her doll Julie sporting the chapel uniform:
Boo’s first comment: Where is her cardigan? Yeah….I haven’t gotten that far.
Boo and two of her friends at the Micah Brown concert last weekend in uniform:
I made the tie, shirt and skirt:
The little logo was just printed out onto iron-on t-shirt transfer paper. Just make sure to print it in reverse!
The cute plaid skirt took a total of 10 minutes to cut and sew from the original:
Julie sporting her hot pink back pack. (It got it from Amazon for $7.25).
I made a simple shirt pattern and used snaps as the closures. I would have uploaded it but I still need a few alterations to make it just right. If you don’t want to sew, just buy a plain white doll tee or find a doll polo shirt to add a logo to.
The shirt was a little labor intensive. It will be much faster the second time around but I was figuring it all out:
For the logo I printed it in several sizes onto t-shirt transfer paper:
Ironed onto the shirt:
For the skirt I just took Boo’s old skirt and cut it wide open:
I reused the waistband and just cut the skirt down so it would fit around the doll’s waist (about 12″ around):
I stitched the side closed again…at a slight a-line angle:
I cut off the bottom of the skirt to shorten it. If it’s a pleated skirt you might have to use a seam ripper to take out a few stitches in the pleats.
A simple hem:
For the tie I just cut out 4 pieces like the following and stitched the edges:
Turned them right side out, top-stitched, and added elastic:
The tie closes with a single snap:
She looks so darn hip!
That is so cute! I’ll bet she loves it!
Boo (& Julie) are so darn cute!
Aw, so cute! I made these for my daughters (now 16 and 19). They will remain a special part of their grade school memories. The dolls now sit among my daughter’s sewing studio…..
love this! maybe if i had this when i was little those school uniforms wouldn’t of been so bad.
Boo is so lucky to have such a talented mom. By the way, I love how your mom signed off in her comment. “Love you forever”…that is just adorable.
Love AG! And what girl wouldn’t love a matching outfit like that. Wonderful job!!!!!
Oh my goodness! This is just freakin’ ADORABLE!! You are an awesome Mom Ashley…I know Boo is super happy with this little treasure!
I just recently started making American Girl Doll Clothes for my Granddaughter’s and my Nieces.
It’s so much fun!
Oh my goodness your daughter has the cutest school uniform! My school uniform is boring, a blue blazer, black jumper, white blouse and black skirt. I’m planning on making a school for my dolls though so this will be great to make them uniforms (I live in England so all schools have uniform, meaning it’s a requirement for my girls 😛 )