Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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🌹 Learn to Sew a Stunning Princess Dress for American Girl Dolls Part 2 In Part 2 of this free sewing course, we’ll bring the Belle‑inspired ball gown to life! This enchanting dress, inspired by Beauty and the Beast, is designed for American Girl doll clothes and fits other 18‑inch dolls perfectly. It’s the ideal beginner sewing and doll sewing project, showing you step by step how to sew a magical gown.


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Frocks & Frolics:
frocksandfrolics.com/products/princess-dress


VIDEO CHAPTERS:

00:00 General overview
00:51 Adding the lace to the front
04:18 The Neckline
09:07 Pattern assembly
09:10 The sleeves
13:00 Inserting the sleeves
19:20 Closing the side seams
21:21 The panel skirt
26:34 The back placket
28:15 Adding the skirt to the bodice
34:10 Sewing the lining to the hem
41:20 The Velcro closure
46:05 Closing the center back seam
50:37 The Hem
52:20 Adding a tulle overlay
53:55 The Chiffon roses Video Chapters
00:00 General overview
01:48 Printing the pattern
03:50 The instructions
06:07 Pattern assembly
09:38 Option: Gathered skirt (Bo Peep)
10:07 Pattern pieces explained individually
11:34 Cutting out
12:50 Notions


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ABOUT MARINA:

Marina Brumpton is a trained dressmaker and textile teacher. Since 2012, she has inspired her community with lovingly designed PDF sewing patterns and shows, step by step, how beautiful, perfectly fitting garments come to life.

Today, frocksandfrolics.com is your creative home for professional sewing patterns, inspiring tutorials, and plenty of sewing joy.


MORE FROM MARINA'S PATTERNS:

Patterns for Babies:
frocksandfrolics.com/collections/sewing-pattern-baby

Patterns for Girls:
frocksandfrolics.com/collections/sewing-patterns-girls

Patterns for Boys:
frocksandfrolics.com/collections/sewing-pattern-boys

Patterns for Dolls:
frocksandfrolics.com/collections/sewing-pattern-dolls

Patterns for Teens:
frocksandfrolics.com/collections/sewing-pattern-teen


VIDEO LIBRARY - ACADEMY:

frocksandfrolics.com/pages/youtube-videos

JUST A FEW EXAMPLES:

Sewing 101:
frocksandfrolics.com/pages/youtube-videos

How to Sew Pockets:
frocksandfrolics.com/pages/pockets

Bias Binding Techniques:
frocksandfrolics.com/pages/binding-piping

How to Install a Zipper:
frocksandfrolics.com/pages/zips

Presser Feet Introduction:
frocksandfrolics.com/pages/sewing-machine-feet


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