Barbie Hula Dress

 

Making Barbie Hula Dress

 

Making a dress for Barbie is always fun, not only for the little girl you make for but also for you as a hobby.

I'll share my Barbie Hula Dress I've made for my five years old girl. OK Let's get started!

Prepare these things :

1 rol of plastic rope (raffia)

1 long needle

1 rol thread of the same color 

1 little piece colorful fabric (11/2 inch x 6 inch) and (1/2 inch x 40 inch or longer)
1 flower wire
glue
1/2 inch sew-on velcro
baking paper or other thin paper
sewing machine

Measure Barbie Doll hip

Draw Barbie hips width plus velcro width

1. Measure your Barbie Doll hip, take a measure tape or just a cotton string. Draw it on a paper, add the length with the velcro width.

Measure hula skirt length

Roll the raffia on the cardboard

2. Measure the length or the raffia skirt, usually below the knees. Mine is 4 inch or about 11 cm.
3. Cut a 4 inch wide cardboard
4. Roll raffia (plastic rope) on the cardboard, make 25 to 30 loops

cut the raffia just on one side

sew the raffia on the paper

5. Cut the raffia just on one side, fold and press it into half length to mark its middle.
6. Put the paper you drew to base the raffia on the sewing machine, so it won't flip into your sewing machine.
7. Sew the raffia on their middle length (you have marked it) one at a time and put them overlap one another until it reach the final mark your drew. It's better if you sew them twice so you'll get a secure stitching.

tear the raffia with long needle

8. Tear off the paper and tear the the raffia with a long sharp needle as thin as you can.

 fold the raffia on the middle

sew them together and add velcro

9. Fold the raffia in the middle again and sew them together. Put the velcro on both side and sew them. (don't forget to base them with paper when you sew)

10. Your Barbie Hula Skirt is ready.

 

Barbie Hula Upper Dress

 

Now take your colorful fabric.

1. Cut it 1 1/2 inch wide (4 cm) and 6 inch long (15 cm).

2. Fold its edge to make a seam and sew it.

add one side velcro on one edge

fit to your barbie doll

Also sew one side velcro on one edge.

Wrap it to your Barbie Doll breast, mark it.
Flip the excess fabric and sew the other side velcro. .

Take a needle with a thread and sew at the middle, pull and make a loop to make a bikini look. Finish!

Barbie Hula Dress Flower Necklace and Hair Flower Tiara

 

cut both side of the fabric

1. Cut 1/2 inch (or less)  x 40 inch long colorful fabric. Sew a basting stitch (longest straight stitch on your machine) on its middle. 

2. Cut the fabric on both side of your stitching, be careful, don't cut the thread.

3. Pull the bottom thread to gather.
4. Fit to your Barbie's neck, cut the excess fabric as you think its lovely.

 5. Flip and hand sewing the fabric edges to secure the stitching and joint them to make a necklace.
 6. Put it on your Barbie, isn't she beautiful?


Hair Flower Tiara

1. Take the flower wire, round it on your Barbie head, twist the wire to fit. 
2. Put the excess fabric that you have sewn. Glue it around the wire.
3. Cut the excess fabric.

4. Done!












Bracelets 

1. Sew some raffia, same method as you make the skirt.
2. Cut them on 1/2 inch wide or less
3. Tear the raffia carefully with a needle

4. Glue it to flower wire and fold 
5. Twist around your barbie's hands and legs. Cut the excess.

6. That's it! Hope this easy to follow and have fun!