Christmas and holidays are fun times to sew for dolls. The clothes you make for year round can be dressed up with trims like satin ribbons and lace - transformed into special occasion outfits. And, as you can see in the photos, Floppy always has his 'paw' in the action at the Cyber Doll House!

Here is my pick of patterns

1. Holiday dresses to fit 15 to 18 inch Madeline or Raggedy Ann


2. Prairie dresses to fit 18 inch American Girl, Corolle, Gotz and similar dolls


3. Dresses to fit 14 to 16 inch Bitty Baby, Baby Born or similar dolls


4. Dresses to fit 16 to 18 inch Sasha, Magic Attic and similar dolls


Charity Note:
I'd like to suggest that if you spend time making doll clothes, anyway, that you collect a few dolls from friends and neighbors and sew a wardrobe or a complete outfit for each doll. Then donate the doll in the completed outfit to a charity that distributes used dolls and toys to kids that otherwise would not have any. When I was a little girl, nothing brightened up my face more than my mother making me a new outfit for my doll. Other sources to find used dolls to fix up and dress up are yard and garage sales. And lots of churches have annual rummage sales of used clothing and toys, including dolls.

Article by Susan Kramer