Springfield Doll Hooded Sweatshirt and Shorts

Along with dresses and other pretty outfits, I wanted to make sure the donation doll had some comfortable casual clothes. I spent plenty of summers with the combination of shorts and a hooded sweatshirt to deal with that unpredictable New England weather. We always had an extra sweatshirt because while the summer weather could be hot, many of our destinations had a cooler side that required a little extra warmth. That inspired my thinking behind this pairing of patterns.

The hooded sweatshirt pattern comes from Sweater Trio, booklet FCM494. The shorts are shortened versions of the pants found in Maggie’s Crochet Abby, Allie, and Annie Pattern.

I am working on a different pattern for a nightgown that comes with a robe. I hope to finish the first one I started, as it looks like I will have two dolls when I am finished with this project.

Barbie and American Girl Doll Free Patterns are listed on my blog at these locations:

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Springfield Doll Dress, Hat, Shoes, and Purse

I am continuing to work on my donation doll project and more convinced that I will need a second doll. I am having fun mixing and matching patterns in my efforts to avoid pattern that require thread.

The dress and shoes for this project come from a pattern I purchased from Maggie's Crochet, Ready for Spring available for purchase here. The hat and the purse for this outfit came from Shady Lane's Crochet Butterfly availabe for purchase here.

Barbie and American Girl Doll Free Patterns are listed on my blog at these locations:

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Doll Blankets and Pillow Patterns

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Springfield Doll Poncho, Skirt, and Hat

This is another outfit for my donation doll made from Maggie Crochet's Abby, Ally and Annie pattern available for purchase here. The skirt pattern is actually the pants pattern adapted into a skirt for a slightly different look. I am trying to make as many pieces that can be mixed and matched later. An additional skirt seemed like a good alternative.

Barbie and American Girl Doll Free Patterns are listed on my blog at these locations:

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American Girl Doll Crochet and Sewing

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Doll Blankets and Pillow Patterns

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Crochet Vintage Doll Ensembles

In my vintage pattern hunts, I came across another 18" doll pattern book. Vintage Doll Ensembles, 870614, was produced by Annie's Attic and published in 1998. I usually try to avoid pattern that use thread. This leaflet has a mixture of yarns that include thread. However, there are a couple of patterns that use sports yarn and a bonnet pattern that I really liked that uses Lustersheen the smallest size I use with any success. After purchasing the pattern, I discovered it includes a cute pair of Mary Jane like shoes made with black sports yarn. I am looking forward to trying those.

Barbie and American Girl Doll Free Patterns are listed on my blog at these locations:

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Ken Page

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American Girl Doll Crochet and Sewing

American Girl Doll Knitting

Doll Blankets and Pillow Patterns

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Fairy Godmother sends Doll Shoes

The Fairy Godmothers at Crochetville have been busy again. This time I got a 2 pairs of pretty doll shoes for my doll donation project. People can be so amazingly generous. I am very thankful and I am sure a little girl will be thrilled when she receives these extras in the gift box. Thank you Fairy Godmother, you gift was very thoughtful and kind.

Springfield Doll Pink Dress, Hat, and Purse

This is the next outfit ready for my donation project. The dress pattern is from Maggie Crochet's Abby, Ally and Annie pattern available for purchase here. I wanted a hat for this outfit, so I decided to use the hat and the purse from Maggie's Little Miss Rosalie Pattern available for purchase here. At some point, I would like to make the dress from that pattern. After finishing another outfit based on the Abby, Ally, and Annie pattern that I will post later, I am working on Maggie's Ready for Spring Outfit available for purchase here.

Sadly, I have no promotion agreement with Maggie's Crochet. It would be lovely to get free patterns. However, I do get questions when I post patterns free or paid where others can find them. I think it is important to promote designers we like so they make more patterns we will enjoy. While I use many free 18" doll patterns this year, I have been going back to patterns I purchased and never got to make for inspiration for this project. I would love to see more 18" and Barbie crochet patterns printed in various weight sizes. Sadly, thread seems to be taking over and I am useless with it.

I am trying for a variety of outfits for this project. I want some basic play outfits, some historical, some dressy, and some holiday themed outfits. This dress is casual, but cute. It was surprisingly simple to create. This was only outfit left in the pattern I had not made.

I will say for the money, of all the patterns I have purchased the Abby, Allie, and Annie pattern is the one I have received the most value from buying. The outfits have worked up quickly and they provide a chance to modify and make the outfits look different. I have an outfit finished that I made modifying one of the patterns that I will post later in the week.

Barbie and American Girl Doll Free Patterns are listed on my blog at these locations:

Barbie Crochet and Sewing Page

Barbie Knitting Page

Ken Page

Kelly/Skipper Page

American Girl Doll Crochet and Sewing

American Girl Doll Knitting

Doll Blankets and Pillow Patterns

Additional Doll Patterns also Available on the Holiday Blogs:

Christmas

Valentines

Easter

Graduation

Patriotic

Halloween Page

Thanksgiving

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Easter Bunny Gang

The Fairy Godmothers at Crochetville have been at it again. I received the Easter Bunny Gang this week from an amazingly thoughtful FGM.

If you haven't seen these bunnies you should check them out. I am so pleased at getting them because I know they are going to add some wonderful options for my Easter baskets for next year.

I have a another doll outfit finished and photographed to post next week.

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Springfield Doll Pants, Sweater, and Hat

I finished my second outfit for the doll donation project. I ended up using three different patterns. The pants are from Maggie’s Crochet Abby, Allie, and Annie Pattern. The sweater is the top part of the free We Gather pattern. Finally, the hat is from Edie Eckman’s Crocheted Wardrobe for 18” Dolls.

This is my favorite pants pattern. They work up quickly and they are easy to get on and off for little hands. As I was making this pair, I realized they would make great shorts, so I think I will be making a pair of shorts from the pattern to include in the box, too.

The We Gather pattern is my favorite free dress pattern. I wanted a quick and easy sweater for this outfit, so I used the top of the dress and it worked out nicely.

The only change I would make is to use a larger hook for the hat. It is cute, but I would have liked a larger hat.

I have almost completed the dress outfit from the Abby, Allie and Annie pattern with a few extras from other patterns. I will post that soon.

Barbie and American Girl Doll Free Patterns are listed on my blog at these locations:

Barbie Crochet and Sewing Page

Barbie Knitting Page

Ken Page

Kelly/Skipper Page

American Girl Doll Crochet and Sewing

American Girl Doll Knitting

Doll Blankets and Pillow Patterns


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Turkey Pilgrim Srubbie Pattern Recieved as Gift

The Fairy Godmothers are busy over at Crochetville with the Summer wishlists. I was gifted the Turkey Pilgrim Scrubbie Pattern. Thank you Fairy Godmother for your thoughtfulness.

I plan on making several of these to send out for the holiday season after I make one for myself. These will make practical and cute holiday decorations.

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Springfield Doll Skirt, Sweater, and Hat for Donation Doll

I posted a while back that I had purchased Eddie Eckman's Crocheted Wardrobe for 18" Dolls from American School of Needlework 1278. It inspired me to want to begin my doll donation project. I started on a pair of mittens and a hat which will be posted with another project. Then I started a skirt. While I followed the guage I found the hat and the skirt where slightly smaller than expected. The hat had a slightly different look, but I ended up adjusting the skirt pattern to make it fit. I was using wool ease, so I may try a heavier worsted weight the next time to see if it works a bit loser. I liked the look of the skirt even with adjusting the waist to make it fit.

My Aunt gave me a bunch of books that Fibre Craft published for the Springfield doll. I decided to dig them out to work on this doll project. The sweater for this outfit comes from the Sweater Trio, booklet FCM494. This was a fun pattern to work on and I look forward to trying out the hooded sweater as well.

The hat for this outfit comes from another Fibre Craft Springfield leaflet Crochet Matching Hats and Purses for your favorite girl and her favorite 18" doll, FCM492. The hat worked up quickly and I think it is a cute addition to the outfit.


I am almost done with a pair of pants and I will have another outfit to post.

Barbie and American Girl Doll Free Patterns are listed on my blog at these locations:

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American Girl Doll Crochet and Sewing

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Doll Blankets and Pillow Patterns


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Graduation

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Thanksgiving

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Springfield Doll Donation Deal

I do a doll donation at Christmas with my Mom and Aunt. I pick up a Springfield Doll and we make the outfits for the doll. Thanks to an AC Moore 50% off coupon and a rewards certificate, I got the doll for the cost of sales tax.

This frees up money for a possible second doll for the toy drive. I love it when the deals come together to allow for something like this to happen.

Last week I started my doll outfits for the drive. I have one completed and a second set almost done. I am hoping if I get started early that I can get more items completed.

Barbie and American Girl Doll Free Patterns are listed on my blog at these locations:

Barbie Crochet and Sewing Page

Barbie Knitting Page

Ken Page

Kelly/Skipper Page

American Girl Doll Crochet and Sewing

American Girl Doll Knitting

Doll Blankets and Pillow Patterns


Additional Doll Patterns also Available on the Holiday Blogs:

Christmas

Valentines

Easter

Graduation

Patriotic

Halloween Page

Thanksgiving