Saturday, May 17, 2014

Layered Trim Skirts for 18-inch Doll

Layered trim skirts for 18-inch doll by nest full of eggs
  {18-inch doll skirt week :: day 6}

Today it's a layered trim skirt.

Supplies needed:
  • 1.5 yards of 1 - 1.5 inch wide trim
  • 18 inches by 6 inches of fabric
  • 10.5 inches of 3/8 inch wide elastic
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 Instructions:
  • take the 18 inch by 6 inch piece of fabric, at the top and bottom of the skirt, fold over and press .5 inch and again .5 inch to the wrong side and topstitch
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  •  take the 1.5 yards of trim and cut it into 3 pieces of 18 inches
  • place the first piece of trim along the hem and topstitch
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  •  place the 2nd piece of trim above the first and topstitch
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  •  place the third piece of trim above the second and topstitch
  • place a safety pin at the end of the elastic and thread it through the casing
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  •  with right sides together sew the skirt seam with .5 inch seam allowance
  • iron seam open
  • turn skirt right side out
Layered trim skirts for 18-inch doll by nest full of eggs
The white scallop trim was about 2 inches wide, so I only did 2 layers.

Different types of trims come with different price tags. To give you an idea the total cost of the trim for each skirt shown here, it was: $4.50 for the purple faux suede fringe and the pink box pleat, $.38 for the yellow eyelet, and $1.00 for the white scallop.

The t-shirts in these photos were made from newborn onesies, tutorial found here.

Next up, day 7 of 18-inch doll skirt week.

 Quick round-up of all my 18-inch doll creations: