Yes, today I’m re-posting a pattern and tutorial that I posted a few months back. Again, I’m on vacation with my daughter in Paris, so I think it’s kind of fun to show pictures of dolls in Paris while I’m vacationing there. I hope you don’t mind the re-post.
This dress also fits Mattel’s Curvy Barbie™ from the Fashionista line, along with the Ideal brand Tammy Doll that you see pictured above:
Here are the patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make this dress:
- Curvy Doll Shorts and Crop Top Pattern (also used for the bodice portion of the dress)
- Curvy Doll High-Low Skirt Pattern
- Curvy Doll Tutorial: How to Make a High-Low Dress
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If you’re wondering why I make patterns and tutorials without charging a fee, please visit the “Chelly’s Books” page, and that should explain my general motivations. Overall, I love to sew, design doll clothes, and embroider, and I think it’s important to share my talents with the world, so others can learn to do what I do.
And in case you haven’t heard, I have also designed commercial patterns for Lammily LLC. They have some new dolls coming out soon, so you might want to visit the Lammily website to see what they’ve got going on.
I’m just going in circles here…click here every page and no pattern in sight.Very frusterating.
Hi Pat. I’m in the process of converting all of my free patterns from their older JPG version to the more up-to-date PDF version. This is one of those patterns that has not yet been converted to a PDF. However if you scroll down the page, you can get to the JPG version and copy/paste it into a word or google doc.
Here’s the tutorial that shows you how to do that.
Thank you for leaving your comment. Best of luck to you.
My granddaughter received a curvy Barbie from her hematology clinic (she’s 4 1/2)–earlier than her mother would’ve preferred, but it was a reward for yet another well-tempered blood draw. So I’ve dusted off my sewing machine and have been busy getting together a few outfits for Christmas. I really appreciate these easier patterns, thank you. I wish I could figure out how to post a photo!
Hi Mary. First, I hope your daughter and all of the rest of your family find good health in 2022. Sending good wishes your way…
Secondly, you indicated that you would like to post a photo of the doll clothes you’ve been making. I do have a forum for that. Here’s a link to my “Share Your Creations” page.
Modern printers and browsers may not allow you to “scale to page.” For these situations, you can print at 125% to get the grid to be 4-to-the-inch.