About Dolly’s
Wardrobe.
Cutting Out your Doll’s Clothes.
Whatever garment it is you are wanting to make for dolly, you should first get a good pattern to cut it out from.
You will find that your paper pattern only gives half of the garment, and by cutting each piece on double material you get the whole article.
For instance, if you are cutting out a chemise for dolly, the pattern will give you half of the back and half of the front, and you will notice that the straight edge of each portion is marked “place to fold,” which means that you must fold your material and place these edges along the fold, so that when you have cut out the two portions you will have the full front and the full back of the chemise.
This rule of cutting on double material generally applies to all the portions of the pattern, but it is not always necessary to lay the edge against a fold, you only do this when your pattern is marked in this way. For instance, you will have the pattern for the whole sleeve when cutting out a frock, and by cutting it on double material you get a sleeve for each arm.
