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The Cap Sleeve Dress Pattern for Sasha, Redrawn

23/9/2026

The Cap Sleeve Dress Pattern for Sasha, Redrawn

The Cap Sleeve Dress Pattern for Sasha, Redrawn
I'm so happy to share a completely new version of my Cap Sleeve Dress pattern for Sasha dolls 16" and 17". This is the pattern I cut all my own cap sleeve dresses from, with the shorter bodice, the refined sleeve line and the fit I have worked out over many dresses. When you sew from it, you are working from exactly the same pieces I use myself.
It replaces my first pattern from 2021, which is now retired.

What's in the new pattern
The dress has a lined bodice and opens all the way down the back. There are two ways to finish the back: Option A suits dolls with a small waist, and Option B is the quickest way to make the dress. Each option has its own step-by-step photo tutorial and its own video, and every step has a "Watch this step" link that takes you straight to that moment in the video.
I have also added a pair of simple shorts with an elastic waist, with a tutorial and video of their own. One fat quarter makes the dress, its lining and the shorts.
Each tutorial comes with the sewing steps as a short list or a small folded booklet to keep beside your machine, plus a shopping list and my Sewing Tips for Beginners.

PDF or printed
You can download the pattern as a PDF, or order it printed and posted to you. The printed pack holds the pattern pieces in colour and in black and white, the steps booklet and the shopping list. A QR code and link on the envelope take you to your download page, where the tutorials and all the files are kept for you to reprint whenever you need them.

Happy sewing!
Petrana

Cap Sleeve Dress Pattern for Sasha

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New Pattern: Tunic Top and Trousers for Sasha Baby and Toddler

12/9/2026

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A new pattern is out today: a Tunic Top and Trousers for Sasha Baby 12" and Sasha Toddler 13". One purchase covers both dolls — the tunic and the trousers are drawn separately for each, and one tutorial covers both, because the steps are the same.

What you get

A fully lined tunic with cap sleeves that opens all the way down the back and closes with snaps — make it in two different prints and it is reversible.
Trousers cut from a single piece, long or Capri length from the same pattern — a second cutting line is marked on the sheet.
A 119-page tutorial with a photo for every step, a clickable contents list, and a “Watch this step” link on most steps that opens the video at that exact moment.
The pattern pieces ready to print at home, the Quick Steps list for the machine, and a shopping list for each doll.

The tunic patterns fit both dolls — the last photos in the tutorial show the Toddler in the Baby tunic and the Baby in the Toddler tunic, so you can see the fit before you cut.

Sewing level: confident beginner. The tutorial ends with a section of tips for new sewers — pressing, stitch length, reverse stitching, sewing at 1/4", and what to do when it goes wrong.

A confession
Writing a tutorial is a lot of work. Fun work — but not half as much fun as the sewing. So the patterns are out, the tutorial is done, and I am going back to my machine. The sets the dolls are wearing in the photos are for sale too.

One more thing, to be clear: the dolls and the clothes on the cover picture are real and photographed by me, but the cover itself was put together by AI (ChatGPT).

The pattern — Tunic Top and Trousers for Sasha Baby and Toddler
The set on the Baby
The set on the Toddler

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See inside: the A-Line Dress with Functional Pockets tutorial — and the plain dress that comes with it

6/9/2026

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The new dress pattern is really two dresses. The A-Line Dress with Functional Pockets has a panelled front with a real working pocket set into each princess seam; the Plain A-Line Dress is the same shape cut from two pieces only. Both are fully lined and close at the back with snaps, and each has its own tutorial in the one download — so whichever you make, you never have to skip steps that are not for you.

WHICH TO MAKE FIRST

If you have not sewn a lined garment before, start with the plain dress. It is a front on the fold and a pair of backs, cut once in your fashion fabric and once in your lining, and everything after the shoulder seams is exactly what you will do on the dress with pockets — pinning the dress to the lining, the back opening, turning it through, the side seams, the bottom seam. Sew it once and the pockets version holds no surprises. It is also the one I have sewn far more often: it is a lovely way to use up the remnants we all save, and made for small embroidery designs if you have an embroidery machine. Because it has no pockets, you can cut it in two fashion fabrics instead of fabric and lining and wear it either way round — two dresses from one making.

WHAT THE TUTORIALS ARE

Both are made to be read on a screen. The contents page is clickable, every page has a small ↑ Contents link in the corner to take you back, and most steps carry a "Watch this step" link that opens my video at that exact moment. If you print them, the time is printed beside every link and every step is numbered.

The dress with pockets is 110 pages and 49 numbered steps; the plain dress is 64 pages and 30 steps. There is a photograph for every stage, and every step is one I have sewn many, many times myself. With each tutorial come a steps list for the machine and a one-page shopping list, and the download also holds the pattern pieces for both dresses in one file, printing at 100% on A4 or US Letter, and Doll Pocket Books — two printable miniature books sized for the pockets, a travel journal and a school planner.

THE SAMPLE

A few pages of my Tunic Top with Functional Pockets tutorial are on the blog, with the links working, so you can try the contents, the ↑ Contents link and a "Watch this step" link for yourself. The dress tutorials are laid out in exactly the same way:

WHERE TO FIND THE PATTERN

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by Petrana

I'm Petrana, and I make handmade clothes for Sasha dolls and other treasured dolls from my home in England. What I care about most is that each piece fits the doll beautifully, is made from the best materials, and is as lovely on the inside as it is on the outside — neat seams and careful finishing, a garment that's well made all the way through. After years at the sewing table I've learned what works and what doesn't, and here I share some of that, alongside my finished pieces and PDF patterns in my boutique.

The Cap Sleeve Dress Pattern for Sasha, Redrawn

The Cap Sleeve Dress Pattern for Sasha, Redrawn

New Pattern: Tunic Top and Trousers for Sasha Baby and Toddler

See inside: the A-Line Dress with Functional Pockets tutorial — and the plain dress that comes with it

by Petrana

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