Halloween Witch Dress For Barbie Dolls

Dress up your kids Barbie doll this Halloween and turn her into a scary witch in this step by step sewing project.

What you need

Top front: 2 rectangles : 1″ x 3″ (4 cm x 9 cm)
Top back: 2 rectangles : 2″ x 3″ (5 cm x 9 cm)
Bottom Front: 1 rectangle: 4″ x 7″ (10 cm x 18 cm)
Bottom back: 2 rectangles: 2″ x 7″ (5 cm x 18 cm)
Sleeves: 2 rectangles of orange tule 4″ x 5″ (10 cm x 13 cm)
Belt: orange ribbon or piece of fabric 6″ (15 cm)
2 sew on snaps

Instructions

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

Step 2 :
– 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

Step 3 :
– 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

Step 4 :
– 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

Step 5 :
– 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

Step 6:
– 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 drw a line from these mark to the middle
– We will follow this line to sew to top fabric and the bottom fabric together

Step 7 :
– 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