The pencil skirt is as easy as it looks. The top is a long-sleeved blouse with a lining and darts; it buttons in back. This outfit is specially designed to fit the new Tall Barbie® from Mattel®, but it may fit other similar-sized fashion dolls as well.
There are lots of folks looking for handmade doll clothes to fit both Tall Barbie® and Curvy Barbie®. Crafters on Etsy are starting to post these kinds of “specialty” doll outfits, and doing quite well as I understand. You’re welcome to use my patterns for this purpose.
Here are the free sewing patterns and tutorials for the shirt and skirt that I designed for Tall Barbie®:
- Pattern for skirt and top
- Tutorial for making the long-sleeved shirt
- Tutorial for making the pencil skirt
If you’d like to make the shoes Tall Barbie® is wearing in the photo above, I posted that pattern and tutorial recently. Here’s a link to that recent post.
Please note: I’ll be on vacation from December 22nd through the first week of January. If you submit a question, you may not hear from me until I get back from my vacation. These blog posts are scheduled in advance, so comments may not be approved until later as well. But I do welcome questions and comments!
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In case you haven’t heard, I have designed commercial patterns for Lammily LLC. They have some new dolls in their line, including a new male doll, so you might want to visit the Lammily website to see what they’ve got going on.
I also have a series of tutorials for the beginning sewists on my YouTube channel. It includes video tutorials showing you how to do a basic straight stitch when sewing by hand, how to gather fabric, how to use the whipstitch to hem a garment, how to sew on snaps, and even how to design your own doll clothes patterns, just like I do!