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Making a Matching Doll School Uniform

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Making a matching american girl / doll school uniform via lilblueboo.com (logo the academy of palm desert presbyterian) #diy #tutorial #americangirl #school

 

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:

matching doll school uniform via lilblueboo.com

 

Boo’s first comment: Where is her cardigan? Yeah….I haven’t gotten that far.

Boo's going to hogwarts via lilblueboo.com

Boo and two of her friends at the Micah Brown concert last weekend in uniform:

The Academy of Palm Desert Presbyterian Church via lilblueboo.com

I made the tie, shirt and skirt:

American Girl Doll Julie via lilblueboo.com

The little logo was just printed out onto iron-on t-shirt transfer paper. Just make sure to print it in reverse!

Making an 18" doll clothing via lilblueboo.com

The cute plaid skirt took a total of 10 minutes to cut and sew from the original:

Uniform for American Girl or 18" doll via lilblueboo.com

Julie sporting her hot pink back pack. (It got it from Amazon for $7.25).

American Girl Backpack (girl scout doll uniform) via lilblueboo.com

 

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.

american girl doll school uniforms via lilblueboo.com

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:

Adding  a school logo via lilblueboo.com

 

Ironed onto the shirt:

White uniform shirt for an American Girl via lilblueboo.com

 

For the skirt I just took Boo’s old skirt and cut it wide open:

Cutting down a pleated skirt for a doll via lilblueboo.com

 

I reused the waistband and just cut the skirt down so it would fit around the doll’s waist (about 12″ around):

Cutting down a pleated skirt for a doll via lilblueboo.com

I stitched the side closed again…at a slight a-line angle:

Making a doll skirt from a girl's skirt via lilblueboo.com

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:

American Girl Doll School Uniform via lilblueboo.com #americangirl 18" doll

She looks so darn hip!

Mini-me doll The Academy of PDCPC via lilblueboo.com

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