11-inch doll clothes patterns, Barbie Patterns, Old Patterns from Chelly's Collection

Sew a pair of Bermuda shorts with vintage Simplicity 7928 #DollClothesPatterns for #FashionDolls

A made-to-move Barbie with Asian features and black hair models a pair of handmade Bermuda shorts and a tank top. The shorts are made of burgundy cotton fabric, and they have an elastic waist. The tank top is made of what appears to be floral print cotton fabric with a white background and tiny burgundy colored flowers. Her shoes are made of white plastic, and they are flats. She puts her weight on her right foot.
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Today’s project was part of my adventure in sewing some of my vintage patterns, in combination with some of my own patterns.

You’ll remember that I made this adorable ensemble for a little girl who lives in my area:

A long string of doll clothes includes (front to back) bermuda shorts with a pocket, a white long-sleeved shirt with a lace collar, lace sleeves, and a front placket that's edged in lace, a floral print short skirt, a pink jumper (American sense of the word), a burgundy tank top, a pink raglan-sleeved short-sleeved shirt made of cotton, and a long burgundy floral print skirt with an elastic waist. The entire wardrobe hangs from handmade (and one store bought) plastic hangers -- some of which also have a cloth shoulder area), and they are hanging from a black string of yarn. The ChellyWood.com logo is in the lower right corner.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

See those Bermuda shorts in the foreground? They came from my Simplicity 7928 pattern, from my collection of old doll clothes patterns.

Over the years, I’ve found that I can learn a lot by sewing other people’s patterns, so when I decided to put together this gift wardrobe for Barbie, I wanted to mix and match some of my own patterns with some of the cute patterns I already owned.

The Bermuda shorts come from Simplicity 7928, but they didn’t actually come with a pocket. That’s something I added later, and I’ll tell you a little more about how I added a pocket in tomorrow’s blog post.

But you’ll probably recognize the tank top as one of my own patterns, when you look at the image below:

Twin Barbies face one another. They are both Made to Move Barbies with Asian features and straight black hair in a pony tail. The Barbie on the left wears a pair of elastic-waist Bermuda shorts with a pocket in front. The shorts are made of burgundy colored cotton fabric. She also wears a burgundy colored cotton tank top with cotton straps. Her shoes are flats made of white plastic. The Barbie wears an almost identical outfit, with the same white flats, but... Her shorts don't have a pocket in the front and her tank top is made of a floral cotton burgundy-and-white fabric. The ChellyWood.com logo sits in the lower right hand corner of the photo. It should also be mentioned that there's a slight seam running down the turquoise background, as if this photo has been Photoshopped to place the doll on the left beside the doll on the right; in other words, they may be the exact same doll, with a photo of her appearing on both the left and right of the seam that runs just to the left of the middle of the photo.
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Yep, it’s my reversible tank top pattern for modern Barbie dolls. Click here for a link to the page that offers that free, printable PDF sewing pattern, as shown below:

The image shows a Tall Barbie wearing the salmon-colored side of the reversible tank top with polka dot high-waist, fly front shorts. An arrow connects her to the image of a vintage Barbie wearing the polka dot side of the reversible tank top with the same high-waist, fly-front polka dot shorts. The watermark reminds us that these images come from ChellyWood.com, a website best known for offering free printable PDF sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes. If you'd like the free doll clothes patterns for making this reversible tank top with high-waist fly front shorts to fit your 11 inch fashion dolls, please click on the link in the caption.
Click here for the free printable PDF sewing patterns for making the reversible tank top with high-waist fly-front shorts, which will fit vintage Barbie, tall Barbie, modern Barbie, and many others: https://wp.me/p1LmCj-I3I

As I’ve said in previous posts, a lot of my vintage patterns were designed to fit vintage Barbies. As you’ll see below, the Bermuda shorts from Simplicity 7928 fit my vintage Barbie just fine:

Vintage Barbie, with dark brown hair pulled back into a low pony tail and banks that are cut just above her painted-on eyebrows, wears a three-quarter-length sleeve white shirt with lace around the sleeve's cuffs and at the collar. Her shirt also has a white placket running down the front in the middle, and on either side of the placket, there's both a silver thread and tiny rows of lace. Her shorts appear to be the same burgundy-colored Bermuda shorts worn by other Barbie dolls in this article. The pocket appears to be in the back because it's not visible. The Barbie's blue eyes are accentuated by the bright turquoise blue fabric in the background behind her. We only see this doll from the knees up, which is why there's so much detail in the shirt. The chellyWood.com logo appears in the right-hand corner.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

Unfortunately, she doesn’t fit as well in my reversible tank top. At least, not if you use Velcro for a closure anyway, like I did with my burgundy tank top.

But as you can see below, if you use size 4/0 snaps, the tank top pattern that’s free on my website will even fit a Vintage Barbie too:

The image shows a vintage Barbie modeling a handmade reversible tank top and a pair of high-waist shorts with a front fly. Would you like to make this outfit? If so, please click on the link in the caption.

Now, if you wanted to lengthen my polka dot shorts to fit more like a pair of Bermuda shorts, that’s actually something I teach my students, during my Creative Spark class, on the topic of doll clothes pattern alterations.

But I’ll dive more into pattern alterations with tomorrow’s post on adding a pocket!

Meanwhile, here’s a closer look at what vintage Simplicity Barbie doll clothes pattern 7928 has to offer:

The image shows Simplicity Barbie and Ken doll clothes pattern number 7928, which includes the following patterns: a Barbie bikini top with Hawaiian shirt and shorts; a Ken Hawaiian shirt and shorts; a Barbie short sleeved shirt with collar and crop tie and jeans; a Ken tee shirt (T-shirt) with jeans; a Barbie strapless short evening gown; a Barbie muumuu dress; a Barbie jacket.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

Most of the commercial patterns I display and talk about here on ChellyWood.com are also available for sale on eBay. However, if you’ve never purchased a pattern on eBay before, it’s a good idea to read the article I wrote called, “Tips for Buying Used Doll Clothes Patterns on eBay.” It will save you time, money, and will likely prevent buyer’s remorse.

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