For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets.

We’ve seen today’s free pattern before, but the older version of this pattern used a ribbon for the strap:

In today’s rendition of the pattern, I’ve included a strap pattern, so you can make the cotton straps that match your dress’s bodice and skirt:

The tutorial for making the dress will only show you how to make this dress with a ribbon strap, so to create the cotton strap, I recommend that you go to this tutorial for making my longer sundress, and forward the video to timestamp 1:30 to see how to make your straps.

You’ll see that my Barbie also carries a purse or beach bag… I used yellow 1/4 inch double-fold bias tape instead of a ribbon for my bag’s strap, but other than that slight alteration, you can follow the guidelines in this tutorial video to make a beach bag like mine.

To make this sunny summer dress and bag, you’ll need some cotton small-print fabric, 1/4 inch double-fold bias tape, and size 4/0 Dritz snaps.

Today’s patterns will fit these dolls:

• Queens of Africa Dolls
• Momoko dolls
• modern and Made-to-Move Barbie dolls
• vintage Barbie dolls
• vintage Francie dolls
• Liv dolls

If you’re sewing this dress for Liv dolls, Francie, or Momoko, I recommend that you either use a bigger snap (or a swatch of Velcro), or cut the dress using the cut line for Liv dolls, as shown on the pattern. Their busts are a little smaller, so they may need this alteration for a good, clean fit.

Here are your free, printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making the outfit shown at the top of this page:

• Free printable PDF sewing pattern for an 11 inch fashion doll’s “fruity” sun dress
• Tutorial video showing how to make the dress (shows it on a different doll, but the steps are almost identical)
• Tutorial video showing how to make the straps (see timestamp note above)
• Tutorial video showing how to make the purse or beach bag
• How to do a whipstitch
• How to sew snaps on fabric
• How to do a backstitch
• How to gather fabric

Adding cotton straps to a cotton dress is considered an “alteration,” and in case you haven’t heard, my Creative Spark class, “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns” is available on the Creative Spark platform. This class will teach you how to make alterations to the doll clothes patterns you already own.

For any class on Creative Spark, there is no subscription. Instead, you pay one price for easy access to all 40+ videos in that class series, which you can keep going back to, for as long as you like.

There’s no specific time limit to your courses. You can just take your time and learn at the pace that suits you.

As always, feel free to pin, like, or tweet about my free patterns and tutorials. Here’s an image you’re welcome to share on social media:

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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.

Queens of Africa dolls are products offered by the Slice by Cake company, which holds the trademark for them (™). They were designed by Taofick Okoya. Please visit the Queens of Africa website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys, books, and fashions.

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

Barbie, MTM Barbie, Francie, and Vintage Barbie 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.

Liv dolls 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 held 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.

Disney Princess dolls are products offered by the Disney corporation, which holds the trademark for them (™). Please visit the Disney Toys website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.