2014 Goodfellow Doll Shirt

Here is a step by step tutorial on how to make this cute little reversible shirt for your Goodfellow Doll project.

With your two coordinating fabrics placed right-sides together, use the shirt pattern piece to cut 2.  Pin as shown.  Note: I marked the corner to indicate where to begin stitching.

 

Using the edge of my sewing machine foot as my seam guide I stitched the pinned seam.

 

This is what the finished seam should look like.

 



 

Pin and sew the armhole seam.

Again, your finished seams should look like this.

 



 

Stitch and trim the seams using a zigzag stitch to decrease bulk.   When you are finished your seams should like this.

 

Turn the shirt inside out through the shoulder seams and press.  This is a little tricky, I have found using a crochet hook helps.

 

Press the hems up to help with final sewing after the sides are sewn together.

Press the other side.

 



 

And the back bottom hem.

 

Both sides.

Now we're going to sew the side seams together.  Open each side up, under the arm and put right sides of the fabric together. 

 



Pin and sew the seam.

 



 

This is what the seam will look like when you are finished.

 



 

Trim the corners to decrease bulk.

 

Open the bottom up and press a narrow hem.  The pressing that you did early should help.

 

Do both sides.

 

Pin the bottom closed.

 

Sew close to the edge to close the bottom of the shirt.

Cut a 2" piece of sew-in velcro and cut it in half length-wise.

 



 

Place the Velcro at the top of the shirt.

 

Sew around the Velcro to secure it.

 

Sew the other piece on the coordinating fabric.

 



 

Ta Da! you're done.

 

Thanks for viewing,

Carol