Can you believe that Halloween is just a few weeks away? Have you got your(or your child’s) Costume
picked out and ready yet? We didn’t want to leave our dolls out of the Halloween fun, so I searched through myĀ American Girl Doll clothes patternsĀ and found I had a free pattern to make witch hats for our dolls.
I decided to give the pattern a try. The result was a cute witch hat for our dolls. Perfect!Ā 
I found a free pattern to make witch hats for our dolls last year, but never got around to making them. You can get your free pattern at You Can Make This. {Hocus Pocus Halloween}
The pattern was very well written and easy to follow and understand. It was also a quick and easy pattern…yay! My favorite kind of pattern.
As you can see in the picture above, I did have a little bit of a hard time getting the brim to line up with the main portion of the hat. I seemed to have some extra fabric on both hats that created a fold when I sewed the brim to the hat.
Since I am always making two of all of these things, I found that on the second hat, if I pulled the brim and the hat very taut before pinning it, it came out better and the fold was much smaller and less noticeable. I did still have a small fold in the brim of the hat.
If you have this same problem, I recommend that you try to get the fold in the brim to line up with the seam in the top portion of the hat. That way the fold will be to the back of the witch hat and therefore less noticeable. My first hat I didn’t do that, so there is a seam in the back and a fold in the brim on the side.
Julie and Josefina don’t seem to mind the folds in their hats at all! In fact, while they look adorable in the shirts my girls made for them, they seem to be ready for a bit more of a Halloween skirt to go with their shirts and hats….hmmm…. I just might have that coming up next week along with some cute trick or treat bags for them!
Are your dolls ready for Halloween? This cute hat might just be the thing for your dolls this Halloween. Next week, I’ve got more doll Halloween fun coming your way. So cute, I can’t wait to show you!
KC–I have been enjoying your AG patterns vicariously, but now we have a AG doll coming our way for a upcoming b-day, so you know I’ll be working up a lot of your patterns for year round fun for my oldest.Thanks for another great pattern!
Oh…you are going to have so much fun! There are so many fun things you can do with the AG dolls. Glad I could provide you a little inspiration or at least a place to start the fun.
KC
What a cute project! My name is Katie and I host Fall Into the Holidays, open Saturdays! I’d love to have you link up!
https://redcrowgreencrow.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/fall-into-the-holidays-4-2/
Thanks, Katie!
Super cute! Pinned:) I made a witch hat pin cushion:) Stop by
Thanks! Your witch hat pin cushion sounds cute!
KC
How cute!! C3
Thanks, Mom!
KC
very cute hats, I made one from that pattern a few years ago, still works!
I am looking forward to see what else you are making for Halloween, bags?
That is great that you have worked with this pattern. Did you find it super easy as well? The Halloween bags are cute…they will be up on the blog tomorrow. š
Take care,
KC
Awe, I love this. I think my nieces would absolutely adore these hats. Thanks so much for sharing this tutorial, I’m going to have to make a couple of them.
Iād love it if you linked this up over at Living Well Spending Less for Thrifty Thursday this week! https://www.livingwellspendingless.com/category/thrifty-thursday/
Thank you, Ruth! The great thing is that they are super easy to make…my favorite kind of sewing! š
Hope they love them.
KC
I know some little people who would love witch hats. I’m sure I could adapt the pattern to fit other sized dolls or teddies.
I bet you could adapt the pattern to fit other sized dolls. It would be very cute, too!
KC
Bring on fall time. I am loving all your fall posts lately. Thanks for sharing with us at Family Joy Blog Link Up Party this week. Hope to see you next week.
Thank you! I am looking forward to fall as well…can’t wait for that crisp coolness in the air.
Oh, I know some little girls who would love this! Thanks for sharing at the #InspirationSpotlight party. See you again soon. Shared.