Overall Pattern For An American Girl Little Bitty Baby Doll
I designed an overall pattern for the American Girl Little Bitty Baby Doll. The overalls are easy to make except for the straps. They are hard to turn inside out once it has been sewn. An easier method for the straps is to only sew one side of the strap, go around the curve and then sew a third of the way down on the other side of the strap. Turn the strap right side out and then press the raw seam inward. Top stitch the entire strap.
I have included a T-shirt pattern in the design and a dress for the Little Bitty Baby doll. I made the dress here in this blog posting. https://papercraftetc.blogspot.com/2023/07/dress-patterns-for-american-girl-bitty.html
Here is the PDF for the overall pattern. Print out the pattern with your printer. There is a one inch square for reference if the pattern does not get printed correctly.
Here is the .Studio file for Silhouette Cameo users. Cut the pattern piece with your Silhouette.
Here is the file as an SVG. Cut the pattern piece with your Cricut or other paper cutting machine. The file goes beyond the viewable area. Zoom out to see the entire file.
1. Sew the crotch together on both the front and back pant legs. Press the seams open. Sew the front bib onto the front pant leg. Fold the back pant leg to the same length as the front bib and press the seam that is formed. Turn the folded fabric in half to create a pocket.
2. Place the 1/4 inch elastic inside of this pocket. Insert a 4 inch piece of elastic into this pocket.Sew a seam at the bottom of the folded fabric. Make sure that you don't sew the enclosed elastic. Tack the elastic to the pant leg as shown on the right side of the photo.
3. Turn the hem of the pant leg twice by an 1/8 inch. Place all of the pant legs on top of one another to make sure that they are all even. Iron the pant hems. Sew all of these hems.
4. Sew the inseam.
5. Sew the right side seam. Pull the elastic so that the waist is 2 3/4 inches. Tack the elastic down and cut the excess elastic. Sew the left side seam.
6. Place two dots an 1/8 inch from the side of the bottom of the remaining bib piece on the wrong side of the fabric as shown above.
7. Pin this bib piece right sides together onto the other bib piece. Start sewing at the dot and sew a 1/8 inch hem around the top.
8. End the sewing at the second dot.
9. Clip the corners of the bib. Turn the bib inside out.
10. Fold the bottom of the bib up 1/8 inch and hand sew this seam. Zigzag the raw edges of the pant legs.
11. Sew the two straps and turn inside out.
12. Sew the two straps onto the back of the pants at the bottom of the elastic seam.
13. Sew on the snaps
Front View
Back View
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