Here are some ideas of summer outfits that you can make to your American girl doll.

In this video you can also see Caroline Abbot’s original dress and work dress.

How to make a dress to yor american girl doll

Now I will show you how I have made the wither outfit and the Sami outfit. 

I have made the same pattern to the Winter skirt and to the Sami skirt.

Here are the pattern to the front of the skirt.

The only thing you have to remember is to ad seam allowance.

Above is the pattern to the back of the skirt. You need to cut out two parts of the back pattern. When you saw the tow parts together, don't saw all the way up. You need to leave the top open so you can put the dress on your doll.

Sami people

Sami people live in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia.

Traditionally the Sami people have been herding reindeers. Even today many Sami work with reindeer herding in the mountains but an increasing number have regular jobs.

The Sami people

The kind of Sami outfit the American Girl doll is wearing is not every day Sami clothes. It's a traditional dress Sami people use to wear at celebrations.


The Sami people have been living in Scandinavia since the ice-age time but then they were hunting instead of herding reindeers.

 Language

The Sami people have their own language. It's nothing like the Swedish language.

The Sami language has 24 words for snow and ice.

They are three different Sami language: east Sami, central Sami and Southern Sami. Within the Sami language there are several dialects.

It's sad though that the Sami language and culture disappear more and more.

Jojk

Sami jojk is a kind of song which is special for Sami people. This jojk by Jon-Henrik Fjällgren is very beautiful.

Sami name

The children were often named after an older relative who were good at their profession.

If a child got sick they believed that they had given the child the wrong name. Because of that they gave the child a new name in hope that the child would be healthy again.

Sami belief

Sami had their own beliefs where they divided the world ​​into three parts.

The earth, the heaven and the underground. All three of them had their own gods.

Living

 
Traditionally the Sami people lived in a "kåta" a kind of tent. But today almost everyone lives in ordinary houses.

Americen Girl Doll in Same dress

           

Now my American Girl Doll is wearing a Same dress called "kolt".

The English word for "kolt" is frock.

Same is the native people in Sweden like Indians are the native people in America. 

This is the dress I like most. It's made in the Same colours blue, red and yellow.

The dress is not hard to make so if you not have made a dress before this is a god dress to start with.

To this dress I have used felt fabric and around the waist  I have made some embroidery.

Mountaingirl

This is my American Girl doll Caroline Abbott.

I have made winter clothes to her.

Below you can see when she is walking in the mountains with her winter clothes.