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 you’re visiting this website in November of 2022, when the “Romeo and Juliet with Dolls, Act IV” video is first being posted, then you will have noticed that my website has been really glitchy lately. Gallery images are doing a weird overlapping thing.

I believe this has something to do with the updates my WordPress website provider automatically does.

I’m pretty tech-savvy myself, as you might imagine, but this particular problem is a little over my head. So I’ve contacted a tech guru from the region of Idaho where I live, and I’m waiting for her to get back to me with a cost estimate to fix the glitch.

Now look, I really like keeping this website running for free so people who can’t afford to buy doll clothes patterns, but who really want to sew doll clothes, have easy and free access to the patterns they need.

But let’s face it, running a website and YouTube channel costs me money.

In 2019, I found I had exhausted my limit for uploading new patterns on my el-cheap-o webhost service. I had to upgrade to a business account, which meant I suddenly had a big $399 fee to pay. That’s when I started looking into affiliate marketing as a means to help pay for the costs associated with running this website.

Now I’ve got tech issues. Repairing them will definitely cost money.

So I’m going to ask you, one more time, to consider taking my Creative Spark class, “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns” to help out. If you don’t think you can afford it today, please ask a friend or family member to buy you a Creative Spark class for Christmas this year (if your family celebrates Christmas).

The image shows a soft doll laying on a cutting mat. Beside her is a pen and pencil, a pair of handmade doll shorts, and a pair of handmade doll pants. A woman's right hand points to a pants pattern which is laying on top of a shorts pattern, as if she is somehow comparing the two paper doll clothes patterns: the shorts pattern and the pants pattern. Beside the woman's right hand is a ruler with imperial and metric measurements. The words to the left of this image say, "Chelly's Class: How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns" and beneath the photo is the following URL: https://creativespark.ctpub.com/ — Visit CreativeSpark.CTpub.com or ChellyWood.com to learn more about Chelly Wood’s class entitled, “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns.”

Think of it this way… You’ll learn something new about doll clothes sewing and pattern design, and you’ll also help me pay to fix my free pattern website.

Now maybe you’re thinking, “My life is too busy. I won’t have time to take Chelly’s class.” Well actually, for any class on Creative Spark, you don’t have to follow a schedule. Just sign up when you’re ready.

It’s a one-time fee for the course, and there’s no specific time limit to finish your course. You can just take your time and learn at the pace that suits you. So please go check out my paid courses on Creative Spark, using this link and really think about getting signed up.

If you really, truly can’t afford a class right now, remember that every purchase you make, using the links offered on my website, will help add pennies to the overall cost of running this website and my YouTube channel. So visit my “Shop” page, and think about making a purchase.

The Shop page has a button from the home page too. It looks like this:

On a purple cotton fabric background with tiny white polka dots, there's an outline of a turquoise blue bodice pattern. Inside the bodice pattern, in all capital letters, it says, "shop." If you click on this link, it will take you to a page called a "buyer's guide," and on that page, Chelly Wood (a doll clothing designer, YouTuber and writer) gives you links to some of her favorite online locations for buying miniature buttons, teeny-tiny belt buckles, small-print fabrics, and various sewing supplies that are helpful when making miniatures and especially when sewing doll clothes. — Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns and free tutorials for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

The next time you need to buy snaps, think about buying them from my “Shop” page; the next time you need teeny-tiny buttons, think about buying them from my “Shop” page; the next time you need fabric, think about buying it using the links provided on my “Shop” page.

I also have a Teachers Pay Teachers store and an Etsy store, both of which offer digital projects for pretty darned cheap!

For sale in both my Teachers Pay Teachers store and my Etsy store right now is this sewing goals planner, for only 99 cents:

The image shows a digital planner with ten boxes, in which you can type in your sewing goals. The heading at the top says "my sewing goals" and it has ten banner-shaped boxes where you can type in your goals. This item downloads from Chelly Wood's Etsy Store and Teachers Pay Teachers store as a PDF that allows you to type in your ten most important sewing goals. It's got lace across the top, and each mini-banner has turquoise blue stitching around the edges. The colors for this item are purple and turquoise blue, but there's an easy-to-print version available in greyscale as well. — 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 type into each mini-banner, and you can even type at the bottom, so it’s truly a digital planner in that sense.

Or you can just print it as a PDF and hand-write your goals in each of the text areas. It’s a great way to set your sewing goals for the new year.

And it’s only 99 cents!

Each of your purchases helps me pay for this site and the storage that’s needed to host all of my free PDF sewing patterns.

I can’t do it without you!

And even the smallest purchase will help me afford to repair the glitching problems on my site right now, but they’ll also help me pay for my video software fees, my Canva Pro account (which turns my JPG patterns into PDFs), and my general expenses for running this website.

I know today’s blog post seems like a big, giant BEG-FEST, but I’m sort of at my wits’ end. I’ve been balancing my budget for the year, and I honestly don’t know how to pay for the repair of my website glitch without getting you, my faithful followers, to pitch in and help out.

The image shows the Chelly Wood doll (designed to look like the real Chelly Wood, a doll clothing designer) seated at her computer in an office setting. The screen shows the URL of Chelly's website: ChellyWood.com. Beside the computer, on Chelly's des, there is a stack of old-fashioned library books because in Chelly's day job, she works as a school librarian. On the wall behind Chelly's computer, we see a painting of Notre Dame cathedral because Chelly also speaks French. — Visit ChellyWood.com for free, printable sewing patterns for dolls of many shapes and sizes.

I am just one little ol’ school librarian, who also happens to run a sewing website and YouTube channel.

But every time you share my videos and patterns, you help drive traffic to this site, and who knows… the next person who visits this site may be able to afford to help.

So as always, feel free to pin, like, or tweet about my free patterns, tutorials, and stop-motion videos. Here’s an image you’re welcome to share on social media:

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 read more about my free sewing patterns and tutorials, please visit the “Helpful Tips” page.

Disclaimer/Credit/Affiliate Marketing Link:

*ChellyWood.com earns money by linking to Amazon, eBay, Michaels, Etsy, and other online affiliate programs. Links provided above may be affiliate links. For a full list of my affiliate programs, and to understand how cookies are used to help this website earn money, please see my “Privacy Policy” page.

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.

Dolls used in the Romeo and Juliet video include various dolls and toys made by Mattel, Hasbro, Breyer, Lammily, and Petworks. These are NOT affiliate links, but you’re welcome to honor these doll and toy companies by making a purchase using these links. Your purchase will not help fund the ChellyWood.com site, but rather, I offer these links to honor the trademark rights of these companies.