American Girl Doll Bed

For Christmas Emma received an "American Girl" doll.  It was actually a Madame Alexander doll, which is a line of 18" dolls carried by Walmart (and, of course, by Santa!)  Walmart carries them for around $30 (instead of the $150 that American Girl dolls cost), but Santa probably just makes them for free.  She wanted  a doll that looked just like her: blonde hair, brown eyes and glasses.  I think Santa did a great job with finding just the perfect doll!

Part of her Christmas was matching dresses for her and her doll.  My sewing buddy and I made the dresses in pillow-case dress style.  They even have their matching brown boots!

For Christmas she also got a bead kit.  She had already received one just like it for her birthday last year, so she decided to return it and buy fabric for a doll's bed and bedding.  We found fabric at Walmart that matched her room and we made a mattress, a sheet, a quilted blanket and a little pillow.  She was so happy with how it turned out! And, I let her do the foot pedal on all of the sewing, so she got to actually make the entire ensemble!

 She told me after we got it finished that all it needed to be completely perfect was a little white bed.  And amazingly enough, at church two days later one of my friends asked me if Emma would be interested in a white bed for an American Girl doll that her daughter had long outgrown.  Perfect timing!  Emma was so happy with her whole new bedding set!  She is set up right beside of her bed.