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Today’s free pattern has existed here, on ChellyWood.com, for some time, and in fact, last month I gave you the simple version of the dress, without the teeny tiny buttons.
But today I wanted to show you how much miniature buttons can add to the look of a simple dress like this.
I used pink felt for my Kelly doll’s dress bodice and a tiny-print cotton fabric for the dress’s skirt. You’ll also need some very small size 1/0 Dritz snaps for the back of your doll’s dress.
Note that this dress also fits a couple of rare vintage dolls too — the early version of Strawberry Shortcake dolls, and the Heart Family baby dolls from Mattel.
It’s pretty exciting to post new patterns for those two! Especially since I’ve gotten requests for doll clothes to fit the Heart Family baby dolls, but this pattern is the first one I’ve ever posted for those older Mattel Barbie baby dolls.
Which dolls will fit these doll clothes?
- Mattel’s Kelly dolls (4 inches or 10 cm)
- Mattel’s vintage Heart Family baby doll (4 inches tall)
- vintage Strawberry Shortcake 5 inch (13 cm) dolls
- some dollhouse-sized dolls (1:12 scale)
Free patterns and tutorial videos for making this outfit:
- Free printable PDF sewing pattern for tiny doll dresses (use SKIRT A and BODICE B)
- Tutorial video showing how to make the dress (at the top of this page)
- How to do a whipstitch
- How to sew snaps on fabric
- How to do a backstitch
- How to gather fabric
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