Last night I made an Infinity Dress for Lenore. It was the easiest thing I've ever made for her, and it looks awesome, so I figured I'd make up a tutorial so that those of us with zero sewing skills can still make beautiful clothes for our dolls. The best thing about this dress is that it doesn't need a pattern, it can be made to fit ANY doll, and it only takes a few minutes to make. Sounds good right?

I'll start with some photos of Lenore modelling her new dress so that you get an idea of what the end product will look like.









Supplies Needed:

- Fabric (pick something that stretches slightly and won't fray)
- Scissors
- Needle and thread (don't worry, there's only a TINY amount of sewing)
- A doll

Ok, let's get started! First you need to decide about how long you want the skirt to be, then double that and cut out a square with using the number you came up with. I wanted Lenore's skirt to fall about mid-calf, like nine inches long, so I cut a square about 18 inches. You can measure if you want, but I just kind of eyeballed it. **Keep in mind that the waist of the skirt rests very high on the finished product, just under the bust usually, so make sure you add a bit of length to compensate for that.** Remember, you can always trim the bottom edge of the skirt to make it shorter after you're done if you want.

Next cut two long strips for the straps. They should be about half the width of your doll's torso, and very long...about the height of your doll. Lenore is anatomically accurate and I didn't want her high beams showing through the thin fabric I chose, so I doubled the width of the straps and folded them in half longways. This isn't necessary if your doll is smooth like a Barbie.

Here's my fabric pieces. **CAUTION, DOLL NUDITY AHEAD!!** My strips were too long to fit on my workplace for the photo, so they're kind of wadded up at the right side there. They're much longer than they look.



Fold the square piece in half, then in half again, to make a smaller square. Where the two folded sides meet, cut that corner off. For this photo, the folded edges are on the right side and bottom edge.



I chose to leave my skirt square instead of making it a circle because 1) I like the way square skirts hang, and 2) I'm extremely lazy. If you want a traditional circular skirt, you need to trim it right now. Cut a curved line from one folded edge to the other, cutting off the parts that AREN'T folded. When you open the fabric, it should look kind of like a doughnut. (Or, in my case, a square doughnut.) The hole you cut in the center should fit around the waist of the doll. Don't worry if the hole in the center is too large. We'll take care of that later. I got lucky and the waist ended up fitting Lenore pretty well on this dress, but on the pink dress the waist was HUGE. As long as it's large enough to slide up over your doll's hips, it'll be fine. Remember, the finished product will be quite a bit shorter than this.



Now we have a bit of sewing. Take the two long strips and overlap them slightly, then sew them to the edge of the waist of the skirt. It doesn't have to look nice since this part will be covered up in the finished product.





The finished product should look something like this...



Now the fun part! Wrap the long straps around in any way you want, then tie them and let the ends hang. If the waist on your skirt is really big, you can add a bit of elastic cord to it to cinch it. Or just do what I did and use the shoulder straps as a belt. Since the straps are nice and wide, it creates kind of a corset effect.



The waist of the dress (where I sewed on the straps) is just under her bustline, covered by the wrapped fabric. Here's the back, to give you an idea of how I tied it.



There's a TON of ways to tie an Infinity Dress, and there's no way I could cover them all here. I did a quick Google search and came up with this image which has some ideas for ways to tie the dress. Do a search of your own for more inspiration, or just get creative and start trying things!



If you make something using this tutorial, feel free to post it in this thread. I love seeing what people come up with!

WHOA!! This is awesome!! I have absolutely no sewing skills at all, so your entire tutorial will come in handy! Thank you so much for sharing this! The dress is so pretty!!

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

Yep I am def going to try this!! Thanks so much for putting up the tutorial for us. I have very little skills when it comes to sewing.

I've been working on making a ton of doll clothes lately and now I have something new to add to my list of designs... ^_^
Thanks for the tutorial!

Thats brilliant!

this is amazing!! i totally need to try this out thanks a million for sharing!

This is awesome! And Lenore is beautiful.

Oh wow. I'mma make one this week.

I bet the "pattern" holds pretty true for people-sized dresses as well! I will have to definitely give it a try however. Thanks for sharing!

That is so awesome! Thanks for sharing!

I made one for my Bratz doll, it is so awesome and so quick and easy to make (except it got a little fiddly when sewing the straps on)

That is supremely nifty! Thanks for sharing the patternXD I have to make one for Naomi...

wow! extremely awesome! I'm making one for myself ^-^

That pattern is lovely KnottyKitty! Thank you for sharing this tutorial with us, I may just have to try it some time. I love how Lenore look in that pink dress, it's really cute.