Stacie Summer Dress

I've been adapting some of Petite Creative Designs American Girl Mini patterns for Chelsea. Some of them with a little additional work will also work for Stacie.

You can purchase the pattern here.

Notes:

I used size 10 crochet thread and a 1.25mm hook for this project.

The project starts with the skirt and I needed to add 7 rows of row 5 to get this to be long enough for Stacie. I then finished it as written before continuing to the bodice.

For the bodice I had to repeat row 2 6 times to get the length I needed.

I changed the chains to 6 and I would continue this for future Chelsea projects as the pattern as written makes it too big.

Doing this I didn't reduce as much. I did row 4 without reductions and added a trim row where I did a few decreases to tighten the fit just a little.

I chose not to include the hat for Stacie.

Chelsea Summer Dress and Hat

I've been working on adapting Petite Doll Designs American Girl Mini patterns to fit Chelsea. I've found with work the patterns will fit. I thought I'd found a standard hook size for her patterns but this one required some decreases at the bodice to get it to fit properly. I think I'd go with a smaller hook the next time.

You can purchase the pattern here.

Notes:

I used a 1.25mm hook with size 20 crochet thread. When I make this in the future I'd consider a 1mm hook.

The skirt is long and I'd consider removing rows 6-7 when I made this again. It isn't supposed to be floor length.

I did a sc followed by a decrease around the bodice and arms to tighten the top as it was too large for the smaller Chelsea. This might not be as big an issue with a smaller hook.

Chelsea Block Dress

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.