1930's Betsy Dress 18" Doll Clothes Pattern

1930's Betsy Dress

The 1930's Betsy dress came out really nice. I made it for my mom who turned 93 in July. She would have been 10 years old in the 1930's, so I made up an 18" doll representing her having an ice cream cone at her dad's ice cream shop way back then. The pattern bodice was a little tricky because of the gather's that go into the front yoke, but with patience and stitching the yoke and rickrack on top, instead of inserting into the seams, it went smoother. Once the bodice was done, the skirt was a breeze. Again, I stitched the rickrack on top of the seams. The hardest part was finding an appropriate print to represent the 1930's.