SA Cloth Girl Doll

Meet Nelly's new little sister: Harriet. She is made from Liz Clark's 13" cloth girl doll pattern.

Harriet in new dress and pinafore.
Not visible: chemise, drawers, petticoat.

I don't have a lot to review here, as the pattern instructions and format closely resembles its predecessor, the cloth lady doll (15").  If you liked that, you'll like this.* The differences are in the doll size and garment types: the girl doll is two inches shorter, and her wardrobe includes children's style variations, as well as few different outerwear pieces, such as a sunbonnet and pinafore.  The girl doll pattern also has instructions for making dress and bonnet forms to display additional garments. 

The garments in common between the two dolls are nicely differentiated: the girl doll has a slightly different style of chemise, while other garments (drawers, stays) are cut in children's styles. The main reason for adding Harriet to my kit is to show the differences between womens' and girls' wardrobes.

The other notable difference is that the girl doll pattern is a pdf rather than a paper pattern.  While this felt a little weird to me, I appreciate the ability cut out pattern pieces without having to trace them.

What You Get With This Pattern: 

• 1 pdf, containing 20 pages of instructions and 8 pages of doll/clothing pattern pieces
• Patterns include the doll, a dress form, a bonnet form and the following garments: chemise, drawers, stays, petticoats, dress variations (yoked, gathered or pleated bodices cut high or low; 5 sleeves), jacket, basque, pinafore, and bonnet. 

Rating: 5 stars
Difficulty: Varies from easy to intermediate
Accuracy: High. Some background is included about cloth dolls; the clothing rings very true for girls' dresses of the 1850s/1860s.
General Impression: A nice doll, from a pattern than is easy to use and encourages customization.  In quality and user-friendliness, this pattern is the equal of its predecessor.

*I really love using Liz's patterns, finding them straightforward and intuitive to use. Occasionally, someone disagrees with me on this; check out the free compendium articles if you want to get a feel for the writing style.