Month: November 2022

Within a purple frame, we see a purple-haired Spin Master La Dee Da doll modeling a short-skirted Christmas dress with a ruffle and cap sleeves. To the left of the image of the doll are the words "free pattern" and below these, the Chelly Wood dot com logo.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Holiday Crafts, La Dee Da Dolls, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew my “Peppermint Candy” dress for Spin Master La Dee Da dolls w/this free pattern @ ChellyWood.com #ChristmasCrafts #DollClothesPatterns

For your free pattern and additional tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. This pattern has been available here, on ChellyWood.com, for a number of other dolls, but today is the first time I’ve posted it for the Spin Master La Dee Da dolls. I really like how this dress turned out, and it looks especially cute with its little cap … Continue reading Sew my “Peppermint Candy” dress for Spin Master La Dee Da dolls w/this free pattern @ ChellyWood.com #ChristmasCrafts #DollClothesPatterns

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A purple frame surrounds a photo of a male Chelsea doll modeling a T-shirt and jeans or dungarees. Beside the photo are the words "free pattern" and the logo for the Chelly Wood dot com website.
5-inch doll clothes patterns, Chelsea, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew pants and a shirt for little “Chelsea” sized boy dolls with today’s free PDF doll clothes sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #Miniatures

Are you looking for the patterns? Scroll down to the second set of bullets. It has been a couple of years ago since I got a request for “Chelsea” boy doll clothes patterns, but today’s blog post finally answers that request. To make today’s little tee-shirt, you’ll need some lightweight jersey fabric and two or three size 4/0 Dritz snaps. To make the little jeans … Continue reading Sew pants and a shirt for little “Chelsea” sized boy dolls with today’s free PDF doll clothes sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #Miniatures

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Surrounded by a quilted purple and blue frame, we see the logo for Chelly Wood dot com beside a close-up photo of a vintage bubble-cut Barbie wearing a white short sleeved blouse and a puffy green skirt with a waistband. The photo is somewhat pixelated, indicating that it's a vintage photo.
Old Patterns from Chelly's Collection

Sewing a shirt from vintage Sew-Easy Advance Barbie Pattern #2896 with varied results… #SewingVintage #DollClothesPatterns

A colleague of mine has two little girls who love Barbie, so of course, I’m sewing them a wardrobe of Barbie clothes for Christmas this year. The first project I decided to tackle was the shirt shown in View 3 of the Sew-Easy Advance Barbie Pattern #2896. When I started the project, I was imagining a super simple short-sleeved top that buttoned in the back. … Continue reading Sewing a shirt from vintage Sew-Easy Advance Barbie Pattern #2896 with varied results… #SewingVintage #DollClothesPatterns

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This thumbnail image features a photo of 8 inch Vogue Ginny doll wearing a pair of handmade holiday overalls and a cotton jersey tee shirt. The logo attached to this thumbnail says "Chelly Wood" (the designer of these free printable PDF sewing patterns for making the doll clothes shown). There's also some text on this thumbnail image which states "free pattern." Please visit ChellyWood.com for your free, printable PDF sewing patterns for making these overalls and the shirt underneath.
8-inch doll clothes patterns, Holiday Crafts, Tutorials: Sewing for Dolls, Vogue Ginny Dolls, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Let’s make a holiday outfit for Vogue Ginny dolls w/today’s free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #AntiqueDolls #DollClothesPatterns

Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing patterns and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos. For Thanksgiving, I gave everyone this cute little PDF sewing pattern and tutorial for making the overalls you see in the images below. Today I’m adding links to the patterns and tutorials for making the shirts as well. That way you … Continue reading Let’s make a holiday outfit for Vogue Ginny dolls w/today’s free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #AntiqueDolls #DollClothesPatterns

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The image shows an 8 inch vintage Vogue Ginny doll wearing a pair of handmade overalls and a pink polka dot shirt. These are denim overalls. The thumbnail words say "free pattern" and the image is marked with the Chelly Wood logo. To access free printable PDF sewing patterns for making your own denim overalls for Ginny dolls, please visit ChellyWood.com
8-inch doll clothes patterns, Holiday Crafts, Tutorials: Sewing for Dolls, Vogue Ginny Dolls, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew a pair of overalls for 8-inch Vogue Ginny dolls w/today’s free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #HolidaySewing #DollClothesPatterns

Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing patterns and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos. For all my followers who live in the United States, happy Thanksgiving today! This will be a great holiday sewing project, if you’re hoping to make something small and fun on your day off… Today’s free, printable PDF sewing patterns look … Continue reading Sew a pair of overalls for 8-inch Vogue Ginny dolls w/today’s free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #HolidaySewing #DollClothesPatterns

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The image shows a red miniature stocking and a green miniature stocking hung over a doll-sized fireplace. The text says, "free mini stocking pattern."
11-inch doll clothes patterns, Crafts and Hobbies, Daily Patterns, Holiday Crafts, Props and Dioramas, Queens of Africa, Tutorials: Crafts, Tutorials: Sewing for Dolls

Make some miniature Christmas stockings w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #HolidayDIY #DollClothesPatterns

Today’s tutorial video shows you how to make a Christmas stocking for your 1:6 scale dollhouse or diorama. Yes, I’ve posted this tutorial and this stocking pattern before, but last year I remastered the tutorial video to include a voice-over for instruction. And not only that, but new followers might not be aware that I have this tutorial and pattern on the Crafts page, on … Continue reading Make some miniature Christmas stockings w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #HolidayDIY #DollClothesPatterns

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The square turquoise-and-purple frame looks like a miniature quilt frame surrounding the image of Simplicity doll dress pattern number 4364 and the new Chelly Wood logo. Visit ChellyWood.com to read the article that accompanies this image, entitled, "What are the easiest doll dress patterns to sew?"
Interviews With Crafters, Old Patterns from Chelly's Collection, Tips for Beginners

Simplicity 4364: a great pattern for 18 inch dolls’ holiday dresses! #18inchDolls #DollClothesPatterns

Are you looking for a holiday dress pattern to fit 18 inch dolls like Adora Amazing Girls, American Girl dolls, My Generation Journey Girls, and some of the other popular brands of 18 inch dolls? Well Simplicity 18″ doll clothing pattern #4364 is a really good choice! It only shows one dress in holiday fabric on the envelope for this pattern, but use your imagination and … Continue reading Simplicity 4364: a great pattern for 18 inch dolls’ holiday dresses! #18inchDolls #DollClothesPatterns

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Framed by purple polka dot fabric, a Disney Tinkerbell fairy doll poses in a winter scene, wearing a handmade dress using holiday fabrics. The text says, "free pattern" and the logo for ChellyWood.com appears in one corner.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, 11-inch doll clothes patterns, Crafts and Hobbies, Holiday Crafts, Project MC2 Dolls, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Holiday dress pattern (free) for Disney fairy dolls @ ChellyWood.com #DisneyToys #DollClothesPatterns

Okay, yes, I’m reposting again, but today will be the first time I’ve specifically linked from the Disney Tinkerbell Fairy doll clothes pattern gallery to this particular PDF pattern. And as I’ve said before, you can look back at my “North Pole Christmas” stop motion video to inspire your holiday crafting! To make this holiday dress, you won’t need the sleeve part of the pattern, … Continue reading Holiday dress pattern (free) for Disney fairy dolls @ ChellyWood.com #DisneyToys #DollClothesPatterns

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In a turquoise blue linen square thumbnail frame, we read the words "Romeo and Juliet Act 4" above the Chelly Wood dot com logo. Beside this series of texts, we also see an image of a male and female doll, dressed in Renaissance or medieval doll clothes, and the two dolls are clearly holding hands.
Doll Play Videos, Holiday Crafts, Interviews With Crafters, Links, Paper Crafts, Romeo & Juliet

Celebrating 10,000 followers on YouTube! Act 4 of “Romeo and Juliet with Dolls” has been posted! #Shakespeare #StopMotionVideos

  Can you believe it? I’ve reached 10K followers on YouTube! Thank you! I couldn’t have done it without everyone who shares my patterns and videos online… I know this isn’t just my own doing, but dedication from so many of you who’ve supported my website and channel over the years. So THANK YOU again — all of you! Now it must be said… If … Continue reading Celebrating 10,000 followers on YouTube! Act 4 of “Romeo and Juliet with Dolls” has been posted! #Shakespeare #StopMotionVideos

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The image shows a screenshot of the Barbie doll clothes pattern gallery from ChellyWood.com (a doll clothes sewing website offering free printable PDF sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and sizes). This is part of a computer glitch topic of discussion on the Chelly Wood doll clothes pattern website.
Interviews With Crafters

Glitchy problems with my website and what I’m doing about it… #WordPress #Glitch

If you’re a regular follower of ChellyWood.com, you’ve probably noticed that my gallery pages are weirdly overlapping lately. I’m aware of the problem, and I’ve reached out for help. You should be seeing normal images that look sort of like this, with obvious spaces between the images in the galleries: But instead, my images are all laid out like a hand of cards, overlapping one … Continue reading Glitchy problems with my website and what I’m doing about it… #WordPress #Glitch

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This image shows four different fabrics that remind us of knitted sweaters. The top fabric is ivory colored, the next fabric down is a rich burgundy color, the third fabric down is off-white, and the bottom fabric is sort of a peach color. The words above this say, "sweater fabric" and the whole thumbnail image is framed by a turquoise blue linen fabric.
Holiday Crafts, Interviews With Crafters, Tips for Beginners, Tutorials: Sewing Basics

Tips for Sewing Sweater Fabric for #SewingTip Tuesday #DollClothesPatterns

This 28″ doll’s sweater uses “sweater fabric” that I purchased on the sale tables at JoAnn Fabrics and Crafts. As winter approaches here in the northern hemisphere, you may find sweater fabric becomes available at your local fabric stores, so the time to buy it is drawing near. With a little bit of sweater fabric in your stash, you can try making different doll shirt … Continue reading Tips for Sewing Sweater Fabric for #SewingTip Tuesday #DollClothesPatterns

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In this image, a quilted frame surrounds a close-up of the swimsuit image from McCalls Teen doll fashion 3429 doll clothes pattern, but the swimsuit (which normally appears in blue) has been redesigned in a salmon or coral colored-shade of pink. It's very becoming on the strawberry blond haired doll drawn there as the model.
Barbie Patterns, Old Patterns from Chelly's Collection, Tips for Beginners, Vintage Barbie

Vintage McCall’s “Teen Fashion Doll” swimsuit pattern Part Deux #Vintage #DollClothesPatterns

As you may recall from last week’s swimsuit pattern discussion, the Southern Hemisphere of our lovely planet Earth is currently enjoying summer, so in honor of my southern-hemisphere followers and fans, I’m doing some blog posts about the swimsuit/bodysuit pattern shown as View B, on the vintage McCall’s Teen Doll Fashion pattern number 3429, which appears above. Two weeks ago, I showed you my sewing … Continue reading Vintage McCall’s “Teen Fashion Doll” swimsuit pattern Part Deux #Vintage #DollClothesPatterns

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Within a purple frame that has tiny white polka dots, we see the words "free pattern" over the Chelly Wood dot com logo. Beside these is the photo of a Spin Master La Dee Da doll wearing western clothing. She models a blue plaid long sleeved shirt and dungarees or blue jeans.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, La Dee Da Dolls, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Free patterns for Spin Master La Dee Da doll clothes! #AmSewing #DollClothes

Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing pattern and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos. Here in Idaho, where I’m from, it’s winter, so my dolls will need some long sleeved shirts and long pants to protect them from the cold! So today I’m re-posting my Breyer Rider western wear outfit, with the PDF version available … Continue reading Free patterns for Spin Master La Dee Da doll clothes! #AmSewing #DollClothes

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In this image, the Chelly Wood doll (a spin master Liv doll in a grey wig) holds out her hand toward an open cardboard box. The words above the box say Fab Scrap unboxing and Swimsuit Fabric. Inside the box, we can see purple swimsuit fabric spilling over the edge of the box.
Buyer's Guide, Charity Work, Crafts and Hobbies, Links, Tips for Beginners, Tutorials: Crafts

Fabric Scrap Haul from FabScrap, a fabric recycling center in New York #Sustainability #TextileWaste

Please consider sharing this video on social media, to help spread the word about FabScrap, and the good things they’re doing to help our planet. I’m not sure where I first heard about FabScrap. It could have been from my sister, who is super conscientious about being good to our beautiful planet earth. In any case, I wasn’t sure whether or not FabScrap would be … Continue reading Fabric Scrap Haul from FabScrap, a fabric recycling center in New York #Sustainability #TextileWaste

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In this thumbnail image, a Draculaura Monster High doll models a Victorian era pioneer-style dress in a turquoise frame with the words "free pattern" over the top of the Chelly Wood dot com logo.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, 11-inch doll clothes patterns, Ever After High Doll Clothes Patterns, Monster High Doll Clothes Patterns, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew a Victorian dress for Monster High or Ever After High dolls w/today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #Victorian #DollClothesPatterns

Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing pattern and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos. When my oldest daughter was in middle school, about 10 years ago, she was a big fan of Breyer model horses and Breyer Rider dolls. So I originally designed this pattern to fit the Breyer riders. However, as you can see … Continue reading Sew a Victorian dress for Monster High or Ever After High dolls w/today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #Victorian #DollClothesPatterns

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