Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing pattern and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos for making today’s dress project.
February is Black History Month in the United States, and as part of the celebration of African American history, I’m posting a sewing project that honors one of my favorite African American Celebrities, Nichelle Nichols.
Yes, that’s the Lieutenant Uhura action figure from Mego, and you can learn more about her on the Mego website.
Nichelle Nichols’ claim to fame was playing the role of Lt. Uhura, the communications officer on Star Trek. As a long-time Trekkie, I’m certainly a fan of Nichols, but she has also played an important role in American history as well.
Did you know that she helped recruit minorities and women for positions at NASA? That’s right! According to Wikipedia, “From 1977 to 2015, Nichols volunteered her time to promote NASA’s programs, and to recruit diverse astronauts, including women and ethnic minorities” (Wikipedia contributors. “Nichelle Nichols.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 22 Jan. 2021. Web. 31 Jan. 2021).
It was Nichelle Nichols who recruited Guion Bluford, the first African American astronaut and Sally Ride, the first American woman astronaut. Can you imagine sitting at the table and listening to the conversations between Nichelle Nichols and these aerospace “firsts”? Wow!
So I wanted to feature a pattern that would fit my Nichelle Nichols-look-alike action figure from the Mego Star Trek Collection, and I’m happy to say that she looks positively gorgeous in this dress (as one would expect from the lovely, intelligent, and talented actress, Nichelle Nichols and her Mego counterpart).
Today’s free pattern will fit the following dolls:
- Monster High female dolls
- 8 inch Bratz dolls
- Ever After High dolls
- 8 inch Breyer Rider dolls
- Kuu Kuu Harajuku dolls (9 and a half inch)
- Spin Master La Dee Da dolls
- Disney 9 and a half inch fairy dolls like Tinkerbell
- Mattel’s 9 inch Stacie dolls
- Hasbro World of Love vintage dolls
- vintage Sunshine Family dolls
- Mego 8-inch female action figures
Here’s the free printable PDF doll clothes sewing pattern and instructional tutorials for making today’s doll dress project:
- Free printable PDF sewing pattern for the Peppermint Candy dress*
- Tutorial video showing how to make the “Peppermint Candy” dress
- Tutorial showing how to sew snaps on fabric
- Tutorial showing how to gather fabric
- Tutorial showing how to do a backstitch
- Tutorial showing how to do a whipstitch hem
*Please note that the shoes shown on this pattern do not fit Mego action figures. They were designed to fit dolls with much larger feet. See this blog post for details about the shoes.
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Stacie, vintage Sunshine Family, Kuu Kuu Harajuku, Monster High, and Ever After High dolls are products offered by Mattel, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Mattel Toys website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Bratz dolls are products offered by MGA Entertainment, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the MGA Entertainment website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Breyer dolls and horses are products offered by Breyer, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Breyer website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Disney fairy dolls are products offered by the Disney Corporation, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Official Shop Disney website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Spin Master La Dee Da dolls are products offered by Spin Master, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Spin Master website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
World of Love is a product that was once owned and distributed by Hasbro, which holds the registered trademark for these retired toys (™). Please visit the Hasbro Toy website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Mego action figures are products offered by Mego, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Mego company website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.