Sew a pair of shorts and a long-sleeved shirt for Rainbow High dolls w/ free patterns #DollClothesPatterns #SummerSewing

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

Yesterday I gave you the pattern and tutorial for making just the shirt. Well here’s a nice summer outfit combination with the long-sleeved jersey-fabric shirt paired with lightweight cotton print shorts.

To make the fashions you see in the photo above, you’ll want to make your shorts out of a small-print cotton fabric and your top out of solid-colored jersey fabric, but you could also get creative and mix your patterns and solids for a whole new look.

You’ll also need to buy some 1/8 inch elastic (for the casing in the shorts).

Today’s patterns will fit these dolls*:

*Note: these dolls wear the sleeves of this shirt pattern as a 3/4 length sleeve, rather than a true long sleeve.

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

Later I’ll pair the long-sleeved shirt with the following pair of pants/jeans, and you’re welcome to share the JPG image of this pattern on social media as well:

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.
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.

Are you wishing this pattern was just a little different in its design? That’s what my paid course teaches you: “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns.” In fact, we actually use one of todays patterns in my course.

So consider signing up for my paid course, if that sounds interesting to you.

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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 are not affiliate links. ChellyWood.com and ChellyWood LLC are not affiliated with any of the doll companies mentioned below.

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.

Skipper, Petite Barbie dolls, and Creatable World 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.

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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