A winter coat with embroidery for a 18-inch doll

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Embroidered Winter Coat for 18-inch Dolls

These are instructions on how to embroider and assemble the files from the Winter Coat for Dolls Set.
The coat is designed to fit 18-inch dolls with a soft body, such as American Girl, Our Generation, and similar dolls.

A 18-inch doll in a finished coat with small roses embroidery along the hem and front.

For the coat you will need:

embroidery thread, either polyester or rayon (you choose the color),
about 1/2 yard of solid-colored fabric, such as light-weight wool, wool-polyester blend, thin fleece, etc.,
light-weight cut-away "no-show" mesh stabilizer,
small amount of low loft faux fur on stretch base (alternatively, you can use a bias tape for a spring look),
2 hook and loop closures,
scissors,
sewing pins,
sewing threads of matching colors,
iron,
#12 universal needle.

Embroidery:

Upload the files into the embroidery machine.
Hoop the fabric with light-weight cut-away mesh stabilizer. Embroider each file.
Neatly cut out each stitch-out.
DO NOT remove the stabilizer. No-show mesh stabilizer stays and works as the lining of the coat.

All parts of the coat are embroidered and cut-out.

Assembly:

Prepare all 4 parts for the front of the coat.

Pin the front sides to the fronts. Baste. Stitch. Clip the curves and press the seam allowance to the sides.

Front sides stitched to the fronts of the coat.

Prepare 3 parts for the back of the coat.

Pin the sides to the central part of the back. Baste. Stitch. Clip the curves and press the seam allowance to the central part.

The sides are stitched to the central part of the back.

With right sides together, pin and sew the shoulder seams.

Press the seams open.

Sew the front and back parts together on shoulders.

Sleeves

To finish the hem of the sleeve, cut 2 strips of faux fur 1 1/2" wide and the length of the sleeve hem.
With right sides together, position the strip over the sleeve along its hem, align the edges. Pin. Stitch.

A strip of faux fur along the sleeve hem.

Fold the strip to the wrong side of the sleeve.

Hand stitch the long edge of the strip to the wrong side of the sleeve.

The right and the wrong sides of the sleeve with finished hem.

With right sides together, pin, then baste the sleeves to the arm holes.

Stitch the sleeves. Clip the curves. Press the seam allowance to the sleeves.

With right sides together, fold the working piece and align the side edges. Pin from sleeve edge to side bottom. Stitch. Repeat on the other side. Clip curves and press the seams open.

With right sides together, pin the side edges together.

To finish the edges, measure the perimeter of all raw edges. Cut a strip of faux fur the length of the perimeter, plus 1".
With right sides together, pin the strip to the edges. Overlap the ends.

Pin the faux fur strip to the edges around.

Stitch the strip to the coat.

Fold the strip to the wrong side of the coat and hand sew the edge to the lining/stabilizer.
Alternatively, you can finish the raw edges with a bias tape.

Sew the edge of the fur strip to the lining of the coat.

Put the coat on a doll, mark the placement of the hook and loop closures. Hand sew them in place to the wrong side of the fronts, one on the waist line and another closer to the neckline.