Let’s make a new combination of shirts and skirts for Barbie w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SummerFashion #DollClothesPatterns

A Made-to-Move Barbie wears her black hair up in a pony tail, and she's also turned slightly to the side to model her handmade doll clothes which include a reversible (two different colors) tank top and a multicolored bell-shaped miniskirt. The skirt is made of multicolored cotton fabric with a swirling floral or pastoral pattern on it. The colors of the fabric's swirls and twigs and berries and leaves are orange, pink, white, and burgundy. The background color is maroon. The doll's tank top is pink, which coordinates nicely with the pink elements in her swirling-patterned skirt. She wears tiny white plastic flats and stands before a blue background, with her feet on a white surface. The logo in the lower left corner says Chelly Wood, as the free patterns and tutorial videos for making this outfit can be found at ChellyWood.com
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.

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

Today’s free pattern is for a reversible tank top and a short skirt. But do you have any idea how easy it is to turn a short skirt into a long skirt? See, look:

Made-to-Move Barbie wears a maroon or burgundy-colored tank top made of solid colored cotton. Her skirt is a floral cotton print with teeny-tiny maroon flowers on a white background. She wears a pair of white plastic flats. The background is blue with a white floor. The doll is a Black Made-to-Move Barbie with warm brown hair. There's a ChellyWood.com logo in the lower left 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.

And today’s free pattern for the tank top is also reversible, so you can create even more combinations by flipping the tank top over to the opposite side:

A Made-to-Move Barbie with a deep, rich, chocolate complexion and warm brown hair models handmade doll clothes. She wears a tank top with straps and a long skirt with an elastic waist. Both items of clothing are made from a cotton fabric that has a pretty maroon floral print in tiny little flowers, on a white background. The top and skirt match perfectly. The doll stands in front of a blue background, on a white surface. Her little flat shoes are made of white plastic. There's a ChellyWood.com logo in the 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.

You can see how the combinations of different fabrics can be mixed and matched to form a whole wardrobe for your dolls!

Two Made-to-Move Barbie dolls sand side-by-side. The one in front and slightly to the right wears a burgundy cotton tank top with a maroon and white floral long skirt that has an elastic waist. The doll on the left and slightly behind the other doll is wearing a pink tank top with a maroon and burgundy and pink and white and orange multicolored miniskirt with an elastic waist and a bell-shaped flare to the skirt. Both dolls wear white flats. It may be noted that the dolls are ethnically diverse, which will be noted in greater detail in another image description for this same blog post. The ChellyWood.com logo appears in the lower left 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.

To learn how to lengthen a skirt, consider taking my “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns” course, which I’ll talk about later in this blog post (scroll down to see that information).

An Asian Barbie models a short multicolored skirt with a pink tank top. Beside her and standing in a similar pose, an African or African American Made-to-Move Barbie doll wears an identical tank top (made of maroon or burgundy fabric instead of the pink of her friend's tank top) plus a longer version of the same skirt. The two are posted facing forward with hands at their sides. This really demonstrates how one skirt is short but the other is long, yet they have a similar design. The shirts and skirts could easily be swapped between the two dolls as well. The ChellyWood.com logo appears in the lower left 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.

Today’s patterns 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:

If you’d like to learn how to lengthen and shorten skirts, like the ones in the images at the top of today’s blog post, then my Creative Spark class, “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns” is probably exactly what you need to go to the next level in your doll-clothes-sewing adventures!

You can learn more about my class on the Creative Spark platform, and there’s no hurry. You can sign up any time you want!

For any class on Creative Spark, just sign up when you’re ready, and 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 pinlike, or tweet about my free patterns and tutorials. Here’s an image you’re welcome to share on social media:

This is a jpg image of the free printable PDF sewing pattern for making a tank top and skirt to fit fashion dolls, which can be found at ChellyWood.com. Pictured on this pattern are the following dolls wearing the tank top and skirt: modern Barbie, vintage Barbie, Curvy Barbie, and Queens of Africa. Please note that there's a "View A" which shows a reversible tank top, and a View B, which shows a felt tank top with the elastic waist skirt. Also note that this pattern is marked with the Creative Commons Attribution symbol.
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.

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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.

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