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Sewing a witch dress for Barbie
For Halloween, this year Barbie will wear this nice witch dress so elegant...Here how to sew a black and orange dress, easy to make with a thick black strech fabric.
There is also a hat and a broom to go with the perfect outfit for trick or treat !
What you need
- Top front: 2 rectangles : 1 ½” x 3 ½” (4cm x 9cm)
- Top back: 2 rectangles : 2” x 3 ½” (5cm x 9cm)
- Bottom Front: 1 rectangle: 4 ” x 7” (10cm x 18cm)
- Bottom back: 2 rectangles: 2” x 7” (5cm x 18cm)
- Sleeves: 2 rectangles of orange tule 4” x 5” (10cm x 13cm)
- Belt: orange ribbon or piece of fabric 6” (15cm)
- 2 sew on snaps
There is also a hat and a broom to go with the perfect outfit for trick or treat !
What you need
- Top front: 2 rectangles : 1 ½” x 3 ½” (4cm x 9cm)
- Top back: 2 rectangles : 2” x 3 ½” (5cm x 9cm)
- Bottom Front: 1 rectangle: 4 ” x 7” (10cm x 18cm)
- Bottom back: 2 rectangles: 2” x 7” (5cm x 18cm)
- Sleeves: 2 rectangles of orange tule 4” x 5” (10cm x 13cm)
- Belt: orange ribbon or piece of fabric 6” (15cm)
- 2 sew on snaps
Step 1: Adjust the Bottom fabrics
- Fold the bottom front fabric into 2, put the two bottom back fabric on top and pin them
- Draw a mark on the top at 1” (2.5cm) from the outside
- Draw a mark on the side at 3” (7.5cm) from the top
- Draw a line and cut
- Draw a mark on the top at 1” (2.5cm) from the outside
- Draw a mark on the side at 3” (7.5cm) from the top
- Draw a line and cut
Step 2: sew the bottom fabric
- Sew the bottom fabrics together on the side (not the back)
- Don’t sew till the end on the bottom, so you can cut the fabric and make it more witchy
- Cut the bottom with triangles for the whitchy touch – no hem
- Don’t sew till the end on the bottom, so you can cut the fabric and make it more witchy
- Cut the bottom with triangles for the whitchy touch – no hem
Step 3: prepare the top 1/2
- Pin the two top front fabrics and draw a mark at ½” (1cm)from the shoulder
- Draw another mark at 2.5” (6.5cm) from the inside bottom
- Draw a line between these two mark, cut
- Sew the two fabrics ans sew a hem on the V neck
- Draw another mark at 2.5” (6.5cm) from the inside bottom
- Draw a line between these two mark, cut
- Sew the two fabrics ans sew a hem on the V neck
Step 4: prepare the top 2/2
- Pin the 2 top back fabrics, draw a mark at ½” from the shoulder (1cm)
- Then draw a mark at 2” from the bottom (5cm)
- Draw a line, cut
- Sew a hem on each side of the back fabric
- Sew the 2 top fabrics together by the shoulders
- Then draw a mark at 2” from the bottom (5cm)
- Draw a line, cut
- Sew a hem on each side of the back fabric
- Sew the 2 top fabrics together by the shoulders
- Sew the 2 top farbics together by the shoulders
Step 5: prepare the sleeves
Fold each sleeves in 2. And pin them. We will cut them to make triangles
- We shall cut at 1 ½” from the top (4cm)
- Sew a hem on each sleeve
- We shall cut at 1 ½” from the top (4cm)
- Sew a hem on each sleeve
Step 6 : sew the sleeves
Sew the sleeves to the top
Step 7 : finish the top
- Sew the top together
- Draw a line on the middle of the top at ¾” from the bottom (1.5cm)
- Draw a mark on each side of the top at 1” from the bottom (2.5cm) then draw a line from these mark to the middle
- We will folow this line to sew to top fabric and the bottom fabric together
- Draw a line on the middle of the top at ¾” from the bottom (1.5cm)
- Draw a mark on each side of the top at 1” from the bottom (2.5cm) then draw a line from these mark to the middle
- We will folow this line to sew to top fabric and the bottom fabric together
Step 8: Finish the dress
- Sew the top and bottom of the dress together
- Sew the belt
- Sew a hem on each side of the top bottom fabric, so the doll can fit in the dress 3/4” (2cm
- Sew the dress together on the back
- Sew 2 sew on snaps on the back
- Sew the belt
- Sew a hem on each side of the top bottom fabric, so the doll can fit in the dress 3/4” (2cm
- Sew the dress together on the back
- Sew 2 sew on snaps on the back
The Halloween dress is ready so Barbie can wear it the day of Halloween !
Don’t forget to look at the witch hat and broom!
Don’t forget to look at the witch hat and broom!
Creative sheet written by par