Sew a pair of shorts for Rainbow High dolls w/today’s free patterns #DollClothesPatterns #RainbowHighDolls

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In the tutorial video, you’ll see me making the shorts out of a blue linen-like cotton fabric, and you’ll also see me making the shorts out of a pink fabric that’s dotted with tiny red strawberries. Here’s the blue fabric shorts on my Rainbow High doll:

A Rainbow High "Sheryl" doll stands before a mottled purple backdrop, with her long golden blond hair streaming down her back. She wears handmade clothes including (from top to bottom): a white cotton shirt that's made of white fabric with a multi-colored floral print consisting of red/pink, blue/turquoise, and yellow flowers; a pair of turquoise blue linen or cotton shorts with an elastic waist; a pair of flat turquoise blue shoes similar in style to "Toms" or "Bobs" loafers. The doll stands on tip toes with her hands spread out a bit at her hips. This gives her the appearance like she's trying to look over a fence or into a high-up window.
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And here are the same shorts made out of my strawberry-cotton print fabric:

Poised as if about to begin dancing, with her hands extended a bit at her sides and one leg slightly at an angle, a Rainbow High Sheryl doll models handmade doll clothes, including a white jersey-fabric solid-colored long-sleeved shirt and a pair of pink cotton shorts that are made of a tiny-strawberry-printed cotton fabric. Her shoes are a sort of purplish pink plastic high heel shoe, which matches the purples and pinks of the mottled purple wall behind her. The ChellyWood.com logo appears in the lower right corner of the photo.
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So take your pick! What do you want to sew your shorts out of? Here are some helpful links to cotton solid or  cotton small-print fabric and some 1/8 inch elastic (which I think is probably a better choice than the 1/4 inch elastic).

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Today’s pattern will fit these dolls*:

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

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This image shows a pants pattern and a shorts pattern on a single page in the form of a PDF. These are doll clothes patterns, and the heading at the top of the image says, "Free sewing pattern for doll pants and shorts." Pictured on the image are photos of a Rainbow High 10 inch doll wearing the shorts and pants with two different tops. These doll clothes patterns are marked with the logo for ChellyWood.com and they are stamped with a Creative Commons Attribution mark. They have been given three purple flowers to indicate the difficulty scale for this doll pants pattern / doll shorts patterns.
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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, but the links below do not necessarily help support this website (whereas the links in the bulleted list at the top DO support this website, as the top links are affiliate marketing links).

Moana 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.

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

At the time of this blog post, the Vogue Ginny doll is no longer made, and there is not a working trademark for these dolls. If anyone knows additional information about these dolls and their current status, please leave a comment below. I’d love to learn more about the company and its dolls, but as they went out of production prior to the popularity of the internet, there’s not much to learn about them online. Click here to find out what Doll Reference has to say about them and their history.

According to Wikipedia (as of 9 January 2022), Strawberry Shortcake “is a cartoon character used in greeting cards published by American Greetings. The line was later expanded to include dolls… The franchise is currently owned by the Canadian children’s television company WildBrain and American brand management company, Iconix Brand Group through the holding company Shortcake IP Holdings LLC.” I was unable to find a website for Shortcake IP Holdings LLC, but I believe they own the US trademark for the dolls, even though I believe my own doll was originally made and marketed by Hasbro. To learn more about these companies and their toys and products, please click on the links I’ve provided within the quote.

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.

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