I am sewing a dress for my niece, who lives in another state, and have been asked to make a matching one for her Bitty Baby doll. Does anyone have (or know where I can get) the measurements for this doll?

Blessings,
Laura in IL

Sorry, I don't have that doll to measure, but I believe there are commercial patterns available for her.

Ali

Ali,
I appreciate the information about the commercial patterns. If I have to got that route I will, but I was hoping to be able to use DS.

Thanks again for the quick answer,
Laura in IL

Laura, you might try http://www.google.com and use keywords ["Bitty Baby" measurements]. There were lots of references but here's one of the links that actually shows measurements: http://www.simplygracedesigns.com/Pamamom/DollyF.htm Some of the other results might show more.

Well, the very next best thing would be to buy a Bitty Baby. It would be great to have one for her at your house, too, when she visits. and she'd be there full time for you to design her the best wardrobe yet. The second hand stores might have these come in fairly regularly because they are a pretty popular baby doll. You might want to check the yahoo groups and see if there is one for Bitty Baby. If so, I'm sure they would have the measurments, or be able to take them. Best of luck on your search!

Hugs,
Ali


Hugs,
Ali

Ali and Diane,
Thank you both for your help.
I had tried to use the measurements that I was able to pull off of a web search, but I ended up with some strange looking pattern pieces -I just couldn't get the proportions right with so few data points.
I ended up buying a commercial pattern this morning and will work off of that for now.

Thanks again for the suggestions. If this first matching set is a big hit with my niece (who turned 3 yesterday), I may get a Bitty Baby for our house to be a model for future projects (and to receive visitors, of course).

Blessings,
Laura in IL

I measured my Bitty Baby a while back, and the dress I made turned out well. If someone can tell me how to email a set of measurements, I'll share them for you to test.....

Kathy Warner

Kathy,
IF you have Windows and IF this works for you, I would love to try the measurements that you used.
If you open the page in Dress Shop that lists the Bitty Baby measurements and press CTL + "Print Screen" key, that should copy whatever is on the screen. That picture can then be pasted into Microsoft Word or any other word processing program and sent as an attachment (depending on your email program, it may even paste directly into the email).
I had to paste two pictures when I tested it, because not all of the measurements would show on the screen at the same time.

My email address is: okaachan@netscape.net

There may be a much easier way of doing this, and I would love to hear if the program is set up to transfer measurements, but this is what I could come up with for now.

If the method that I described gives you any trouble, please don't put too much effort into it. I am set for the moment with a commercial pattern, and I very much appreciate the thought on your part.

Blessings,
Laura in IL

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kathy Warner:
I measured my Bitty Baby a while back, and the dress I made turned out well. If someone can tell me how to email a set of measurements, I'll share them for you to test.....

Kathy Warner

Kathy, I would love to test the measurements for you if you can email them to me at
dollmaker1955@yahoo.com and will let you know how everything turns out after I make it.

Thanks so much,
Connie

Kathy,
I'm doing the palm-smack against my forehead -just a copy/paste the page into an email - what a great idea!
It came through perfectly in the email. Thank you very much.

Blessings,
Laura in IL