As many of you know, I sew a lot of my doll clothes by hand. You may not realize that as part of my passion for the needle and thread, I also do a bit of hand embroidery. Every now and then, you’ll see that some of my doll clothes will have embroidered edges, in … Continue reading
Here’s everything you’ll need to make a pair of bikini bottoms or underpants for your 18-inch dolls: Pattern for bikini bottoms FRONT Pattern for bikini bottoms BACK As I’ve said in earlier posts, next week I’ll be posting the pattern for a bikini top to go with the bottoms. These free printable sewing patterns will … Continue reading
Here’s the second of two free patterns for the bikini bottoms we’re making this week on ChellyWood.com. Yesterday’s post had the BACK side for this pattern; today I give you the FRONT pattern. Tomorrow I’ll post a video tutorial, showing you how to sew the swimsuit bottoms (or panties). Then next week, I’ll post the … Continue reading
Here’s the back portion of the bikini swimsuit bottoms pattern. Tomorrow I’ll post the front side of the pattern. For easy download, try clicking here. You can also follow the instructions in this video tutorial if you need help printing your patterns. As I said in yesterday’s post, this pattern will fit most 18-inch dolls, … Continue reading
Here we see my American Girl doll with her friend, my Madame Alexander. These two doll-friends really remind me of myself and my cousin, Virginia. I was always afraid of the water, and Virginia would dive in before she even got her swimsuit on! Speaking of swimsuits, guess what I’m going to offer as a … Continue reading
On my “Submit a Question” page, I often hear the question, “Where can I buy tiny buttons for my doll clothes?” From time to time, people also ask me for advice on zippers and buckles. I use Etsy for tiny doll buttons, tiny zippers, and similar sewing notions, but I generally buy my tiny snaps … Continue reading
In today’s tutorial, I’ve mentioned a lighthouse pincushion. That free pattern is not yet available, but once I get the necessary stitchery tutorials completed, I’ll post that free pattern as well. My goal is to have the pattern for the pincushion posted well before Christmas, so you could make this pincushion and give it away … Continue reading
Here’s the tutorial showing you how to sew together the free shirt pattern that’s available at the link below: Free shirt pattern for basic felt shirt to fit 14-inch dolls like Hearts for Hearts Girls Free shirt pattern for basic felt shirt to fit 15-inch dolls like Wellie Wishers from American Girl doll company Free … Continue reading
It’s a little easier to download and print this free doll shirt pattern if you use this link. I’ve also got a new tutorial showing how to download and print my free patterns, in case you’re new to that. Click here to view my helpful “How to print patterns” tutorial. Yesterday I gave you the … Continue reading
Last week we made the skirts. This week we’re going to sew up some cute little felt shirts to go with our back-to-school skirts. Once again, this week’s free pattern for a felt shirt will fit the 14-inch Hearts4Hearts Girl doll (Consuelo is pictured in the center above), the 15-inch Wellie Wisher doll (my Kendall doll … Continue reading
As most of you know, I design doll clothes patterns for fun, but in my day job, I work as a school librarian. It’s a little-known fact that I’ve also made paper doll patterns from time to time, like the one you see pictured above. (Scroll down for my free, printable paper doll “puppet” pattern.) … Continue reading
Earlier this week I gave you the free patterns for sewing these adorable skirts, but just in case you missed those blog posts, here they are again: Pattern 1 for back-to-school skirt Pattern 2 for back-to-school skirt As you’ll see in the video, you need to cut out each pattern and tape them together before … Continue reading
For my regular followers, this is going to seem like a re-post, but if you look closely at this video, it actually spotlights my Kendall doll, from American Girl’s “Wellie Wisher” line of dolls. Yes, like yesterday’s video, this tutorial also shows you how to make the easy-sew skirt project that we’ve been working on … Continue reading
Today’s pattern is the second of a two-piece pattern that I’m posting here for a free download. If you need help downloading and printing my free patterns, visit this tutorial for help. Once you’ve mastered the art of downloading free doll clothes patterns, here are both patterns for easy copy/paste: Pattern 1 for back-to-school skirt … Continue reading
This pattern may look familiar. I first offered this free pattern back when we made sandals for the 18″ American Girl dolls (and subsequently the 15-inch Wellie Wisher dolls). This is also the first half of the two-piece free pattern we’ll be using to make this week’s “schoolgirl” skirt. (Isn’t that the perfect name for … Continue reading
