For those of us who are citizens of the United States, today is a special holiday, marking the US’s independence from Great Britain. In celebration of this event, I’ve designed an adorable little romper to fit 12-inch baby dolls.
Here’s the free printable sewing pattern for the baby doll romper, in its PDF printable form:
In the video, you’ll see that I recommend using jersey fabric or another stretchy fabric for this sewing project. You may also want to buy some 5/8 inch ruffled elastic or ruched elastic for the straps (those links may help).
Remember that you can show your appreciation for my sewing patterns and tutorials by sharing them on Pinterest, Twitter, and other social media platforms. As it says at the end of the video, it actually helps me out a lot if you share them!
Thanks a lot for sharing. God Bless.
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i have a baby boy reborn doll he has skinny short arms and skinny short legs nothing fits him i was able to make him shorts from following a tutorial from your baby lave section but maybe you can make some clothes for smaller dolls boy dolls here are his measuments ive searched for months trying to find the right patterns ill even pay lol its sad n the lack of boy patterns there are out there any way the measureent for mybaby boy doll and bear with me im not a professional. so he has no neck lol but under his chin to his privite are is 3 inch plus two little lines ass the 3 inch mark. also sholder to sholder form the back across is also 3 inch lol. his leg is bent bt from the top of his leg where it connects at the hip area is 5 inchs from sholder to wrist is 4 plus almost one line.the thickest part of the arm around is between 2.5 and 3 like the middle mark between that and the thickest part of the leg is 4.5 ichs. from top of the back to the but is about 5 inch. idk if you can help with this but it would mean a lot i can also send pictuers of the doll if need my email is williamsnfamily@gmail.com
Have you used the doll measurements to compare him to other dolls? I have a link from the home page to all the dolls I’ve done measurements for. You might see how he compares to Wellie Wishers or Disney princess Toddler dolls, for example. Just look for a button on the home page called “doll measurements.”
And remember, I offer a course that teaches you how to design your own doll clothes by making alterations to existing patterns. I also have a paid course on doll pants design. Here’s a link to those classes, so you can learn to make your own patterns if need be.
I designed these courses because I get so many requests, I can’t keep up with all of them. There are just too many dolls in the world! But I can teach other people how to design their own patterns, so that’s what I’ve set out to do.
Thank you for your pattern just clearing out some of my daughters clothes and said we could use the material to make some clothes for her baby alive doll as loving changing the babies lots of times and can’t use her clothes as was not a very small baby bless her lol. But thank you very much your a star x
You’re very welcome. Thank you for leaving a comment! It’s fun to see what motivates people to make doll clothes…
So kind and generous of you to share these beautiful patterns! I purchased Crissy, Velvet and Cinnamon for my 9 month old granddaughter so that I can build up a collection of clothing for when she is old enough to come over and play with them. As well as using your patterns, you have inspired me to create some of my own and I think she will love how the dolls will be a bit different than the run-of-the-mill ones and I will be able to tell her their story. You are one of the warm hearted people in the world. Love to you, your family and friends. xxx
Awww… What a thoughtful comment. Best wishes for 2023!
The scrunched-up “newborn” Baby dolls are becoming popular. They vary in lengths, GD’s is 15.” I enlarged to 125% to try this cute romper. Cloth baby dolls sometimes have the box-shaped “derriere” too, so extra torso length is needed for sitting in bloomers or pants.
This pattern seems easy enough to resize, to fit your granddaughter’s 15 inch doll.
However if people reading this are wishing they understood how to resize patterns, I should mention that I teach a course on pattern alterations (including resizing doll clothes patterns), on the Creative Spark Online Learning platform. My latest class is all about designing your own pants sewing patterns for dolls.
In fact, the class only costs $19.99, and it has a whole section on lengthening the “seat” for baby dolls, which is the very same tip you shared with us!
Thank you for your comment, K! Be sure to let all of us know how the romper turns out!