Who doesn’t love visiting an old-fashioned malt shop?
This vintage-style dress, reminiscent of the days when girls wore dresses for any outing, especially going to a malt shop, is a traditional shirtwaist-style dress with a fitted bodice, ruffled trim, a full skirt, optional belt, and a sixties vibe. Choose three-quarter sleeves or sleeveless. Add self-fabric ruffles with the technique shown, or use purchased double-sided lace. Either way, your doll will look retro and charming.
The version in light peach is pictured on a doll with waist measurement of 10 ½”.
This PDF sewing pattern by FROG Princess Fashions is designed to fit 18" dolls such as American Girl®.
Recommended Fabrics: Best suited for fabrics such as lightweight wovens, cotton, poly-cotton, rayon, gauze, light chambray, vintage quilting calicos, plaids, or ginghams. Not recommended for stiff, heavy weight fabrics or one-way directional prints. Only lightweight wovens suggested for self-ruffles.
Supplies Needed:
Main Fabric—Views A and B
• 1/2 yd fabric (may use three to four fat quarters, depending on width of fabric)
• 1/8 yd of lightweight interfacing for bodice fronts and sleeve hems (optional)
Main Fabric—View C
• 1/4 yd (may use two fat quarters)
• 1/8 yd of lightweight interfacing for bodice fronts (optional)
Notions
Views A and B
• ⅜” - ½” Belt buckle or slider and workroom scraps of fusible interfacing or stabilizer for belt backing
• 1/2 yd ruffled ribbon trim (for View B)
• Three 3/8” two-holed buttons
View C
• ½ yd of 1” to 1 ½” (3 cm) wide double-sided ruffled lace -or-1 yd of flat lace to ruffle
• Three tiny pearl buttons
All Views
• Three back buttons, snaps, or 5” non-snag hook and loop tape
• High quality matching polyester or rayon thread, depending on fabric choice
• New, sharp size 11/12 needle for wovens
Recommended but not necessary
• Mini iron, pressing ham
Skill Level: Intermediate
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