A while back I started picking up 6 inch doll patterns from Petite Doll Designs for the Chelsea Doll. It wasn't until someone posted about the patterns in an American Girl Doll forum I asked if these would fit Chelsea not making the connection since the designer's name hadn't been posted. Sure enough I never realized I'd been buying American Girl mini patterns not actual Chelsea patterns but they work.
With some adaptations I can also get them to work for Stacie which is awesome since I have so few patterns to fit her. I discovered that when I made the coat following the directions as written and Stacie had a coat and I never got back to making one for Chelsea. Learning from that mistake I started with the adaptations I learned from previous mistakes and not only finished this outfit but have started on Stacie's outfit for next week.
You can purchase the pattern for this project here.
Notes:
I used size 20 crochet thread and a 1.25 mm hook for this project.
Since I didn't understand the directions for the armholes I chained 1 skipped 10 stitches for each armhole and continued the directions as written. I had to fudge the skipped and continued stitches on the pattern to come out even but it worked since I was not clear on how the arms were supposed to be created as written.
I sc around the armholes to finish when the dress was done to make them cleaner using decreases to fix some areas that were in need of shaping after the pattern change.
I changed the last row to follow the pattern of 4 rather than increasing. I tried the increase but it made the dress too bulky for Chelsea. In the future I might just try the 4 rows it is a bit longer than I had hoped.
The directions call for a close tie but I used the directions to finish the back and neck and used a snap to close the top of the outfit.
I followed the hat pattern as written.
I tried the shoes but opted not to make as they were just too big and bulky even with the smaller thread. I've found crochet fashion doll shoes a tough task.
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