Sew a beach comber outfit with free 18 inch doll clothes patterns @ ChellyWood.com #dollclothes #sewingPatterns

Here we see a Kaya doll in a beach diorama. she wears a white felt easy-to-sew top and a pair of elastic waist shorts made of nautical-themed blue cotton fabric. She also wears handmade black sandals.

Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.

If the outfit above looks familiar, we’re re-visiting and revising the blog post from October 4, 2018. What’s different?

This time I’ve converted my 18 inch summer doll clothes patterns from JPG images to a PDF printable sewing pattern for easy downloading and printing.

It’s the dead of winter, where I live in Idaho, but in the southern hemisphere of the earth, it’s the heart of summer! So why not make some beach combing gear for your 18 inch dolls?

To make this outfit, you’ll need some craft felt, nautical-print cotton fabric, 1/4 inch elastic, and some Dritz snaps for the back of the shirt.

Today’s free printable PDF doll clothes sewing patterns will fit the following dolls:

And here are the patterns and tutorial videos you’re looking for:

If you sew for a doll that’s not exactly the same as my American Girl Kaya doll, you may need to do some pattern alterations. I’m teaching a class on the Creative Spark online learning platform called “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns” that may be of some help to you.

And you’re welcome to share my free patterns online:

Want some easy images to pin and share? Here you go:

The image shows a free printable sewing pattern for 18" doll shorts. You can print this free doll clothes pattern at ChellyWood.com as a PDF pattern.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for dolls of many shapes and sizes.

And here’s the pattern for the shirt:

The image shows the free doll clothes pattern for making a sleeveless shirt using cotton or felt. On the pattern it includes the creative commons attribution mark, and if you go to ChellyWood.com, you can download this pattern and many others for free as a PDF download pattern.
Visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for dolls of many shapes and sizes.

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To honor the trademark rights of the doll companies mentioned in this blog post, I am including links to their websites here. Please feel free to visit their website and consider purchasing one or more of the dolls mentioned.

American Girl dolls are products offered by American Girl LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Adora Amazing Girls are products offered by Charisma Brands, LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Our Generation Journey Girls are products offered by Geoffrey, LLC (affiliated with Tru Kids Brands and Toys R Us), which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

“My Life As” dolls are products offered by Walmart, which (although I couldn’t find it specifically listed in US trademarks) probably holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

City Girls are products offered by The New York Doll Collection, Inc, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Madame Alexander 45 to 46 cm dolls were products that were once offered by the Madame Alexander Doll Company, LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Be advised that at the time of this blog post, they no longer (to my knowledge) offer dolls in that size range; however you can visit their website to learn more about their company and the trademarked toys they are currently offering.

BFC Ink dolls are products that were once offered by MGA Entertainment, Inc., which held the registered trademark for them (™), but those dolls are no longer produced, and as of this blog post date, the US Trademark Office has listed the trademark as “Cancelled.” However MGA Entertainment, Inc. still produces toys, and you can visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Vintage Crissy Dolls are products that were once offered by Ideal Toys, Inc., but according to DollReference.com, they were “acquired by the CBS Toy Company in 1982, which eventually merged with Mattel in 1992.”1 Today Mattel holds the registered trademark for them (™). As far as I know, though, these dolls have not been produced since the 1970’s. However, you can always visit the Mattel website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

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