Month: August 2022

In this photograph, we see a Barbie doll dressed in a Renaissance ball gown with detached, lace-up sleeves. The gown is made of teal blueish green cotton fabric, and it is decorated with tiny flowers in a Renaissance tapestry style. Her undergarment -- a Renaissance or medieval shift dress with long sleeves, is burgundy, to match some of the burgundy colored flowers in the print of the dress. She wears a burgundy colored tiara hat with a renaissance style hat made of cotton and tulle with elastic to hold it in place. The hat is much like a tiara in the way it fits, with tulle splayed all around the head in lacy ruffles. The doll holds a medieval or Renaissance period stringed instrument (it's actually of Japanese origin). She stands in a marketplace beside a wooden crate and a straw wheeled basket. She appears to be selling pottery, balls of yarn, and logs of firewood. The ChellyWood.com logo floats above the scene in the upper left hand corner of the photo. This doll dress is worn in the Chelly Wood production of "Romeo and Juliet with Dolls" on YouTube, found at ChellyWood1.
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Free Barbie Renaissance Faire doll clothes sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #RenaissanceFaire #DollClothesPatterns

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. This is the full “Rosaline” character costume from Romeo and Juliet with Dolls. So once again, the seam allowances on today’s free patterns are sometimes marked and sometimes not marked, but they are there. Yesterday I gave you just the tiara pattern and tutorial; today I’m incorporating the full … Continue reading Free Barbie Renaissance Faire doll clothes sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #RenaissanceFaire #DollClothesPatterns

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This is a photo from one of the stop motion action scenes in Chelly Wood's production of "Romeo and Juliet with Dolls." The character of Rosaline speaks with a male member of the Capulet household. Rosaline wears a burgundy colored cotton and tulle colored tiara style Renaissance hat. The tiara's tulle is splayed in ruffled layers across the top of the doll's long, spiral-curly blond hair. The doll also wears a beautiful blue-green and burgundy Renaissance gown with detached, lace-up sleeves. Beside her, the male character from the Capulet household is played by a female Barbie doll wearing male Renaissance garb, including a doublet-style jacket (like the Three Musketeers would have worn), a bright green tunic, and green pants with knee-high boots. She also wears a Renaissance hat much like the three musketeers would have worn. They stand in the marketplace scene from Romeo and Juliet with Dolls, under the banner of the Montague household. The ChellyWood.com logo appears in the upper left corner.
11-inch doll clothes patterns, Barbie Patterns, Daily Patterns, Romeo & Juliet, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Create a beautiful Renaissance tiara style hat for Barbie dolls with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #Renfaire #DollClothesPatterns

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. The image at the top of the blog post comes from Romeo and Juliet with Dolls. In fact, it’s a still shot from one of the stop motion scenes, right before the actors (dolls) begin to fight in the streets, fencing with swords. The lady on the right is … Continue reading Create a beautiful Renaissance tiara style hat for Barbie dolls with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #Renfaire #DollClothesPatterns

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This image is part of a series of blog posts about how to sew doll clothes collars. 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 3". In the photo, we see an 18 inch doll like the American Girl doll sporting a pink "sunday best" style jacket with a collar. The ChellyWood.com logo appears at the bottom of the image.
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5 Ways to Make Doll Clothes Collars that WORK (Tip #3) @ ChellyWood.com #SewingTips #DollClothesPatterns

Look closely at the collar that my Ken doll is wearing in the image above. Do you notice anything strange about the collar? Zoom in. Do you see that little white circle under his collar? That’s actually the head of a straight pin. Uh-huh. His collar wouldn’t stay down for the photo shoot, so what did I do? I pinned it down! What works better … Continue reading 5 Ways to Make Doll Clothes Collars that WORK (Tip #3) @ ChellyWood.com #SewingTips #DollClothesPatterns

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Image of Barbie doll dressed in traditional Basque dress with Renaissance Snood
11-inch doll clothes patterns, Barbie Patterns, Daily Patterns, Liv Doll Clothes Patterns, Made to Move Barbie, Queens of Africa, Romeo & Juliet, Vintage Barbie, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Free Basque traditional dress patterns for Barbie@ ChellyWood.com #Euskadi #DollClothesPatterns

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. This is yet another of my costumes from Romeo and Juliet with Dolls. Like the others, this pattern is an older one, so the seam allowances do exist on the pattern… but you have to imagine them since they’re not drawn in. Sorry about that. To make today’s long-sleeved … Continue reading Free Basque traditional dress patterns for Barbie@ ChellyWood.com #Euskadi #DollClothesPatterns

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Within a square, turquoise blue fabric frame, we see the words "free pattern" above and to the left of a photo of a re-rooted vintage Ideal Toy Corporation Tammy doll wearing a handmade "Sunday best" or Easter Sunday dress with a full skirt and scalloped trim at the edges of the dress. The ChellyWood.com logo appears in the lower left hand corner.
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How to make a 1950’s style dress for vintage Ideal Toy Corp. Tammy dolls w/free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #VintageToys

  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 an adorable 1950’s style fashion doll dress with a stiff petticoat. I’m calling this Tammy’s “Sunday Best” dress! And I’ll also be re-posting the pattern from last week’s tutorial for making a pair of gloves … Continue reading How to make a 1950’s style dress for vintage Ideal Toy Corp. Tammy dolls w/free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #VintageToys

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On top of a blue background, Curvy Barbie models a handmade high-low dress with tulle. The dress is sleeveless with a boat neck. The words "free pattern" are angled near the photo. Below these words is the ChellyWood.com logo.
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Shall we sew a high-low dress for Curvy Barbie today? #SewingFun #DollClothesPatterns

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Once again, I’m re-posting patterns I’ve had on this website in the past, but today I’ve converted this older JPG pattern to a free printable PDF sewing pattern. Today’s project will require some cotton fabric, some tulle, and some snaps. Today’s patterns will fit these dolls: Curvy Barbie (from … Continue reading Shall we sew a high-low dress for Curvy Barbie today? #SewingFun #DollClothesPatterns

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Inside a purple frame with tiny white polka dots, we see the words "free pattern" hovering over a photo of a Curvy Barbie wearing white pants and a white summer top. The Chelly Wood dot com logo appears in the lower left corner.
11-inch doll clothes patterns, Curvy Barbie, Daily Patterns, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew cotton pants and a summer shirt for your Curvy Barbie with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SummerTime #DollClothesPatterns

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Some of you have seen this outfit before, but today I’m converting my old JPG image patterns for making this outfit to an easy-to-print PDF sewing pattern for this outfit. To make today’s pants for your Curvy Barbie doll (or similar sized dolls), you’ll need some cotton fabric and 1/8 inch … Continue reading Sew cotton pants and a summer shirt for your Curvy Barbie with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SummerTime #DollClothesPatterns

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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 2". In the photo beneath these words, we see Ken and Barbie dolls wearing variations on the typical Hawaiian shirt. 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 #2) @ ChellyWood.com #SewingTips #DollClothesPatterns

Today’s blog post is “Part 2” of my series on how to create collars for your doll clothes that actually WORK. So you’re sewing a collar for your doll, and what you want to avoid is that awful won’t-lay-flat thing we’ve all had to deal with: Last week we learned that adding lace is one way to avoid the Halloween-witch collar, and as you can … Continue reading 5 Ways to Make Doll Clothes Collars that WORK (Tip #2) @ ChellyWood.com #SewingTips #DollClothesPatterns

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