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Tutorial and pattern: Matching dresses for a little girl and her doll

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Little girl dresses are so much more fun when there’s a matching doll-sized dress.  Emily from Life Sew Savory shares a free pattern to make matching dresses for a little girl and her doll.  The dresses are made from knit fabric and have a circle skirt sewn on to a loose fit bodice.  Her free pattern comes in girls’ sizes 2-10 years, and doll 14″ ( it can also be used on an 18″ doll, though the dress will be shorter on the taller doll).

Click the link below for her free pattern and tutorial:

Girl and Doll Matching Dress Free Sewing Pattern, by Life Sew Savory

[photo from Life Sew Savory]

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