
Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.
Earlier this week I set the lofty goal of converting all of my Ken tuxedo clothing patterns into one big giant PDF.
Yeah.
That didn’t happen. Life got busy! 😉
Instead, you’ll have to settle for a dinner jacket PDF. But hey, it’s enough for Ken to be able to take Barbie out for a nice Valentine’s Day dinner. (Make sure he’s wearing pants, though!) LOL!

To make this easy-to-sew felt dinner jacket, you’ll need some craft felt, a couple of tiny buttons, a size 2/0 Dritz snap, and some 1/4 inch bias tape.
Today’s free printable PDF patterns will fit the following dolls or action figures:
- 12 inch modern Mattel Ken dolls
- 12 inch articulated Mattel Ken dolls
- 12 inch Jake dolls from Spin Master
- 12 inch vintage Tammy’s Dad dolls from Ideal
And here are the patterns and tutorial videos you’re looking for:
- Pattern for 12 inch male fashion doll’s dinner jacket
- Tutorial video showing how to make the jacket
- How to do a whipstitch
- How to sew snaps on fabric
- How to do a backstitch
- How to gather fabric
- How to use bias tape with doll clothes
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Ken is a product 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.
Ideal Toy Company owned the registered trademark for the entire Tammy family of dolls, but that company is no longer in business. I’m including links to the Wikipedia pages on these topics for anyone who would like to research these dolls.
Liv dolls (including Jake) were products designed and distributed by the Spin Master company, which still makes dolls and toys today (although the Liv dolls are no longer in production at the time of this blog post). The Spin Master company holds the trademark for the Liv Dolls (™). Please visit the Spin Master Toys and Games website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys and games. Please be aware that the Chelly Wood animated doll is a Spin Master Liv doll that has been re-painted and had its wig colored to appear to look like the real doll clothing designer, Chelly Wood. This was done as a creative project by Chelly’s daughters, and the Spin Master Toys and Games company was not involved in the doll’s makeover in any way.