Month: July 2022

This square image includes a purple frame with tiny white polka dots, surrounding the words "free pattern" and a photo of a Momoko doll (Too Cute Marine) wearing a handmade ball gown from the Renaissance. the gown is blue, white, and gold. she holds out her hands to touch the muzzle of a horse. The Chelly Wood dot com logo appears in the lower left corner. The image comes from Chelly Wood's production of Romeo and Juliet with dolls.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Momoko Doll Patterns, Romeo & Juliet, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Let’s sew a gorgeous Renaissance ball gown for Momoko dolls with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #MomokoDoll

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Once again, this Momoko doll dress sewing project is one of my older patterns, from back in the days when this blog was really just a personal journal. Momoko’s ball gown was her costume for the masquerade scene, when she played Juliet in my stop motion video, Romeo and … Continue reading Let’s sew a gorgeous Renaissance ball gown for Momoko dolls with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #MomokoDoll

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Within a blue linen frame, we see the words "free pattern" overlaid on top of a photo of a fashion doll, whose "Sunday best" dressy glove (really a mitten) is resting elegantly against her full skirt. The Chelly Wood dot com logo appears in the lower left corner.
12-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Holiday Crafts, Tall Barbie, Tammy Doll Patterns, Tutorials: Sewing for Dolls, Vintage Barbie

Free pattern and tutorial video for making fashion doll gloves or mittens @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #VintageFashion

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Today’s tutorial video comes with a free, printable PDF sewing pattern for making a nostalgic looking pair of 1950’s style fashion doll gloves, so all your vintage dolls can wear gloves with their “Sunday best” dresses! Some of you have sent me requests for elbow-length gloves as well, so … Continue reading Free pattern and tutorial video for making fashion doll gloves or mittens @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #VintageFashion

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Within a purple frame that's dotted with tiny white polka dots, we see the words "free pattern" superimposed upon a photo of Too Cute Marine (a Momoko doll) dressed in Juliet's shift dress from Romeo and Juliet. The dress is white with tiny blue flowers embroidered on it. Juliet (Momoko) also wears a veil with a blue cap. She stands in a garden next to a large, potted, leafy tree. The ChellyWood.com logo appears in the corner of the image.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Momoko Doll Patterns, Romeo & Juliet, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Make a pretty wedding dress for Momoko dolls with today’s free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #DollCollectors

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Once again, this Momoko doll dress sewing project is one of my older patterns, from back in the days when this blog was really just a personal journal. Today’s white “wedding” gown was actually the shift worn under Momoko’s ball gown, when she played Juliet in my stop motion … Continue reading Make a pretty wedding dress for Momoko dolls with today’s free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #DollCollectors

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Inside a turquoise blue frame, we see the words "free pattern" beside the photo of a Momoko doll wearing a pioneer outfit or possibly a pilgrim's dress. The ChellyWood.com logo appears in the lower left corner. This image comes from Chelly Wood's production of Romeo and Juliet with dolls.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Momoko Doll Patterns, Romeo & Juliet, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew a Pilgrim or pioneer dress for Momoko dolls with today’s free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #Pioneers

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Once again, this Momoko doll clothes sewing project is one of my older patterns, from back in the days when this blog was really just a personal journal. The brown “shift” dress was worn under Momoko’s wedding gown, when she played Juliet in my stop motion video, Romeo and … Continue reading Sew a Pilgrim or pioneer dress for Momoko dolls with today’s free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #Pioneers

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This image is part of a series of blog posts about how to sew doll clothes collars. A purple and blue frame surrounds a vintage doll clothes pattern, with the words above stating "Doll Clothes Collars Part 1". In the photo beneath these words, there are two Crissy dolls (one is African American / Black and the other is Caucasian with very long blond hair done up in a pony tail) and they are both wearing a lace collar with their 1970's attire. The ChellyWood.com logo appears at the bottom of the image.
Old Patterns from Chelly's Collection, Tips for Beginners, Tutorials: Sewing Basics

5 Ways to Make Doll Clothes Collars that WORK (Tip #1) @ ChellyWood.com #SewingTips #DollClothesPatterns

Today’s blog post is the first in a series of five blog posts that will teach you how to create collars for your doll clothes that actually WORK. In the coming weeks, watch for each of these tips and tricks on sewing doll clothes collars for dolls of every shape and size. Let’s face it, making a teeny tiny shirt’s collar look right is crazy-hard! … Continue reading 5 Ways to Make Doll Clothes Collars that WORK (Tip #1) @ ChellyWood.com #SewingTips #DollClothesPatterns

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Within a turquoise blue linen frame, we see a photograph of a Momoko doll wearing an elaborately detailed wedding gown, the words "free pattern" (in white, in the upper left corner), and the square logo for ChellyWood.com (in the lower left corner).
10-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Momoko Doll Patterns, Romeo & Juliet, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew a beautiful wedding dress for Momoko dolls w/free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #MomokoDoll #DollClothesPatterns

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. As some of you know, I’m still converting some of my older sewing patterns from JPG images to PDF sewing patterns. Today’s pattern is definitely  an older one, and if you’re used to my more modern patterns, which are made digitally, it will surprise you that this wedding dress … Continue reading Sew a beautiful wedding dress for Momoko dolls w/free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #MomokoDoll #DollClothesPatterns

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Within a purple cotton fabric frame that has teeny-tiny little polka dots of white, we see a blue-framed photo of an 11 inch Strawberry Shortcake doll with articulated arms that bend at the shoulder and the elbow. She has long, red, flowing hair and big green eyes. Her long legs have painted-on green and white stockings and painted-on red shoes. She wears a dress that has short sleeves (like a T-shirt) and the bodice part of the dress is made of green felt while the skirt part is make of pink cotton dotted with little strawberries. The words "free pattern" are angled inside the purple cotton fabric main frame, and the ChellyWood.com logo appears in the lower left corner of the image.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, 11-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Strawberry Shortcake Dolls, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew a super easy dress for Strawberry Shortcake 11 inch dolls w/ today’s free #DollClothesPatterns #AmSewing

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Today’s free printable sewing pattern and tutorial video are really designed for those of you who are fairly new to sewing, or for anyone who wants a quick-and-easy doll clothes sewing project. I’ve given this pattern three flowers, on the ChellyWood.com difficulty scale, but I actually believe it’s easier … Continue reading Sew a super easy dress for Strawberry Shortcake 11 inch dolls w/ today’s free #DollClothesPatterns #AmSewing

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Framed in purple, there's a photo of an Endless Hair Kingdom Princess Barbie (the African or African American or brown-complexion doll with dark brown hair) wearing a handmade pair of summer pajamas. This is framed in a tiny white border, one side of which is decorated with pastel-colored button gifs. The chellyWood.com logo image appears in the lower-left of the purple main frame, with the white words "free pattern" above it.
17-inch doll clothes patterns, 17-Inch Endless Hair Princess Doll, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew a Pajama Top and PJ Pants for 17-inch Endless Hair Princess Barbie with #Free #DollClothesPatterns @ ChellyWood.com

Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns and tutorials for making these pajamas. Would you like to make the pajamas shown in the image at the top of this page? It’s actually a lot like the outfit I posted for the 17 inch Dreamtopia Endless Hair Kingdom Barbie dolls almost a year ago exactly, only you would be … Continue reading Sew a Pajama Top and PJ Pants for 17-inch Endless Hair Princess Barbie with #Free #DollClothesPatterns @ ChellyWood.com

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On a turquoise blue linen background, we see an angled photo of the Chelly Wood doll (really a Spin Master Liv doll that has been re-designed by Chelly's daughters to look like her), and she's seated at her laptop computer with the "Share Your Creations" page uploaded to her computer. The words over the top of this photo say "Share the doll clothes you've made!" There's a pink arrow pointing from the words to the laptop.
Creative Spark Online Learning, Fan Mail, Interviews With Crafters, Selling Your Crafts, Tips for Beginners, Vogue Ginny Dolls

Have you ever noticed my “Share Your Creations” page? #SocialMedia #DollClothesPatterns

Have you ever noticed that ChellyWood.com has a “Share Your Creations” page? If you’re on a desktop or laptop computer, just go up to the website’s main menu (on a mobile device, look for the hamburger menu in the corner). Where it says “About the Designer,” there’s a drop-down menu. Click on that drop-down menu, and at the bottom of the list, it says, “Share … Continue reading Have you ever noticed my “Share Your Creations” page? #SocialMedia #DollClothesPatterns

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The image shows Butterick doll craft sewing pattern number 4687 inside a quilted square. The pattern includes an old-fashioned pioneer dress, a wedding dress, and a set of joggers or jogging pants with a sweatshirt jacket.
Old Patterns from Chelly's Collection, Tips for Beginners

Mix and match doll clothes patterns when a pattern piece is missing #SewingTips #DollClothes @ ChellyWood.com

You may remember seeing the pretty elastic-waist and elastic-neckline Barbie dress that I made, using McCall’s “Teen Doll” Barbie Clothes Sewing Pattern #3429, which was first published in the 1970’s. Here’s the link to that original blog post, if you’re curious, and here’s the doll dress I made, using that pattern: Unfortunately, my McCall’s “Teen Doll” Barbie Clothes Sewing Pattern #3429 was missing its pinafore … Continue reading Mix and match doll clothes patterns when a pattern piece is missing #SewingTips #DollClothes @ ChellyWood.com

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The Chelly Wood doll (a Spin Master Liv doll that has been re-designed to look like the real doll clothing designer, Chelly Wood) is seated at her desk in her office. The wall of the office is a mottled purple color behind her open laptop. The doll's fingers touch the keyboard which is resting on an extended arm of the desk. Her computer screen shows the ChellyWood.com "Share Your Creations" page with three doll clothes displays under the introductory text. The ChellyWood.com logo appears in the lower left corner of the image.
2 Enchanting 2B True -- Doll Pics, Crafts and Hobbies, Fan Mail, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Announcement: a change to the “Share Your Creations” page on ChellyWood.com

In 2019, I first launched my Share Your Creations! page. Starting today, July 15, 2022, students who have taken one of my online courses through the Creative Spark online learning platform are being offered an opportunity to post images of their handmade doll clothes, along with a link to and/or watermark for their website or social media handles, for the Share Your Creations! page on … Continue reading Announcement: a change to the “Share Your Creations” page on ChellyWood.com

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The image shows the Chelly Wood doll (a repainted, re-wigged Spin Master Liv doll) sitting at her computer, looking at the website, ChellyWood.com, and there's a pink arrow pointing to the computer from words above the image that say, "free doll clothes patterns!"
Crafts and Hobbies, Daily Patterns, Interviews With Crafters, Links, Tutorials: Crafts, Tutorials: Sewing Basics, Tutorials: Sewing for Dolls

How to find free doll clothes patterns for dolls of many shapes and sizes @ ChellyWood.com #SewWithMe #DollClothesPatterns

At the start of July, I revised the layout of this website to include alphabetical order of the different dolls’ brand names. So I thought it would be wise to update the video that shows how to find free patterns on this website. Are you lovin’ all this free stuff from ChellyWood.com? Please show your support by telling people about ChellyWood.com. That’s what the “Creative … Continue reading How to find free doll clothes patterns for dolls of many shapes and sizes @ ChellyWood.com #SewWithMe #DollClothesPatterns

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A turquoise blue cotton or linen fabric frames the words "charitable donation 2022: full disclosure" with an image of a gift box filled with money, bread, and clothing. The Chelly Wood dot com logo appears in the lower left corner.
Charity Work, Interviews With Crafters, Links, Uncategorized

Charity Work Annual Announcement @ ChellyWood.com #CharityWork #InternationalDayOfCharity

As my regular followers know, I’ve been donating 10% of my website’s annual funds to a charitable cause since 2016. This past year I was a little slow in announcing my donation, but I had a good reason, which I’m about to explain. Now as you know, this website is a dot com, not a dot org, and I actually like it that way. I … Continue reading Charity Work Annual Announcement @ ChellyWood.com #CharityWork #InternationalDayOfCharity

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The image shows a women holding up a poster of three dolls wearing handmade doll clothes. There's a tripod holding a DSLR camera nearby, and the woman is smiling as she looks toward the camera. The text over the top of this image says, "how to really shine on video" and there is, in fact, a sparkle of tiny pale colored dots all around the woman's head, like stars.
Fan Mail, Interviews With Crafters, Links, Selling Your Crafts, Tutorials: Doll Photography

Doll Photography Tip #12: How to really SHINE in your doll-related videos (thank you @salmajafri !) #Photography #Dollstagram

I get fan mail from my followers every now and then, and through our conversations, I’ve come to realize that many of you are using my free doll clothes patterns to help cut costs in your doll-related businesses, whether that’s selling your doll clothes on Etsy, selling your doll crafts on eBay, or making doll clothes or doll crafts for various in-person sales venues. About … Continue reading Doll Photography Tip #12: How to really SHINE in your doll-related videos (thank you @salmajafri !) #Photography #Dollstagram

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Framed by a purple and turquoise blue quilt, here we see a photo of vintage Ken doll clothes pattern number 2899 from Sew-Easy Patterns by Advance. Over the top of the vintage Ken doll clothes pattern, the words "BTS doll" are followed by a question mark. The ChellyWood.com logo appears beside the photo, to the left of the photo.
Fan Mail, Old Patterns from Chelly's Collection, Uncategorized

Do vintage Ken clothes fit modern BTS dolls? #BTSfan #DollClothesPatterns

I’ve had this vintage Ken doll clothes pattern number 2899 from Sew-Easy Patterns by Advance for a couple of years now, and I’ve wanted to try sewing these patterns, just to see if they will fit my BTS doll that I got for Christmas two or three years ago. Why haven’t I gotten them sewn? Time. There’s just not enough of it. But maybe if … Continue reading Do vintage Ken clothes fit modern BTS dolls? #BTSfan #DollClothesPatterns

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