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How to Make an Easy Baby Doll Top

Boys and girls alike enjoy new tops for their baby dolls. Since baby dolls come in various shapes and sizes, finding a variety of styles and colors that your child likes can prove to be difficult. As an alternative, you can make your own baby doll tops. A quick and easy top you can make for your child's baby doll is a T-shirt that can be constructed using your old T-shirt as a template.

Things You'll Need

Measuring tape
Regular T-shirt
Paper
Pencil
Stretch jersey material
Fabric scissors
Straight pins
Needle
Thread

Instructions

- 1
  Measure the circumference of your doll's neck, shoulders, arms, and waist. Write the measurements down in one corner of the paper.
- 2
  Lay a regular T-shirt out flat to use as a template for the baby doll top.
- 3
  Divide the measurements you took in half and then add 1/4 of the original measurement. Example: A 10-inch collar dived in half equals 5-inches. Then add 1/4 of the 10 inches, which is 2.5 inches. 5-inches plus 2.5 = 7.5 inches. Draw a copy of the regular T-shirt onto the paper using the divided measurements; the collar being half plus 1/4 the neck circumference, the sleeves being half plus 1/4 of the arm circumference, and the width of the top being half plus 1/4 the shoulder measurement.
- 4
  Trace two copies of the T-shirt pattern onto the back side of the stretch jersey material. Cut the pattern pieces from the fabric.
- 5
  Place the two T-shirt cut-outs together wrong side out and pin together. Sew the two pieces together leaving the collar, sleeve holes, and bottom open.
- 6
  Turn the T-shirt right side out and place it on your baby doll.

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