Instructions for dress: Bodice: 1. Flatline the bodice F and B with fine batiste. 2. Place bodice RST and sew shoulder seams of bodice. Press seam toward the back and overcast. 3. Turn ⅛" to the right side along neck edge and armhole edges and baste flat. 4. Turn back seam allowance at CB and check for fit on doll. A ¼" overlap had been allowed. Turn CB under again. Slipstitch this turn backed fabric to the bodice lining. 5. Place decorative tape over the armhole edge and neck edge and stitch in place with a small running stitch on both outer edges of the tape. 6. Place bodice front and back RST and sew side seams of bodice. Press seams toward the back and overcast. 7. Press up the lower edge of bodice to the wrong side and baste. 8. Check fit of white twill tape on doll and adjust the tape to fit waistline of doll plus ¾" (¼" turned back on each end for finish the twill tape ends and ¼" overlap allowed at bodice back). 9. Place bodice and twill tape on the wrong side of the bodice and whip stitch together. Check fit again. Underskirt: 10. Sew CB seam of underskirt to dot using a ½" seam allowance. Press open seams all the way to the top. Turn under seam allowance ¼" and slipstitch along the folded edge. 30 Summer 2017 11. Place underskirt front and back RST and stitch side seams being careful not to stretch the side seam. Press seams toward the back and overcast seams together. 12. Make underskirt flounce by placing the 5 skirt flounce pieces RST and stitch together at the side seams. Press seams to one side and overcast together. 13. Press ⅛" up to the right side along the lower edge of underskirt flounce. Baste in place. Sew decorative tape along the lower edge of underskirt flounce stitching along both sides with a running stitch. 14. Sew 2 rows of gathering at the top of the underskirt flounce and pull up gathering to fit the lower edge of the underskirt. Place flounce and underskirt RST and sew flounce to the bottom of the under skirt. Press seam up and overcast seam. Overskirt: 15. Press side and bottom edges of the overskirt panels ¼" to the right side. A template of cardstock is very helpful in making accurate pressed edges. Line up the template even with the waistline edge and center the template at the sides and lower edge. Press over edges and baste in place.