Month: January 2023

The image shows a JC Toys Lil' Cutesies doll modeling a handmade pair of overalls with a long-sleeved dolls shirt. The baby doll rests in a cradle with a handmade quilt behind her. The overlay reads, "free pattern" and the Chelly Wood dot com logo appears in one corner.
8-inch doll clothes patterns, Baby Doll Patterns, Daily Patterns, Tutorials: Sewing for Dolls

Make a long-sleeved shirt and overalls for baby dolls w/today’s free doll clothes patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #crafter

Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. Back in December I gave you my baby doll overalls pattern, and then last week I gave you the pattern and tutorial video for making the long-sleeved shirt that goes under the overalls. Today I’m placing all of these patterns and tutorial video links in one spot, for easy access. I … Continue reading Make a long-sleeved shirt and overalls for baby dolls w/today’s free doll clothes patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #crafter

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The image shows a handmade oven hot pad, sewn using holiday printed fabric, which can be purchased online at StayWellHealthFoods.com
Crafts and Hobbies, Holiday Crafts, Interviews With Crafters, Links, Selling Your Crafts

Where do you sell your handmade items? #CraftFair #Handmade

This past holiday season, it occurred to me that my pot holders — many of which are 10 years old or older — were starting to look pretty shabby. I was thinking about buying myself some new ones, when I wandered into my local health food store, Stay Well Health Foods, and discovered that handmade goods were being sold there. They had hand-knitted scarves and … Continue reading Where do you sell your handmade items? #CraftFair #Handmade

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Framed by purple cotton, we see a JC Toys Lil Cutesie baby doll modeling a handmade shirt with long sleeves. The overlay says "free pattern" and the Chelly Wood dot com logo appears in one corner.
8-inch doll clothes patterns, Baby Doll Patterns, Daily Patterns, Tutorials: Sewing for Dolls

Sew a long-sleeved shirt for baby dolls with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #LearningToSew

  Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. Back in December I gave you my baby doll overalls pattern. Now I’m posting the pattern and tutorial video for making the little shirt that goes under the overalls. In today’s tutorial video, I mention my Fiskars little snippers, which I use in a lot of my tutorial videos, when … Continue reading Sew a long-sleeved shirt for baby dolls with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #LearningToSew

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This thumbnail shows a cloud-shaped 1970's style rainbow in the colors yellow, blue, green, and purple, superimposed on the usual purple cotton fabric background frame that Chelly Wood dot com often uses for its thumbnails. This frame surrounds a cell phone with a photo of a vintage Barbie wearing the Burr Furr vintage doll clothes outfit. The text reads "Do a Pick" winter fashion show. If you click on this thumbnail in the gallery, it will take you to the "do a pick" game where you get to choose three costume options from a vintage Barbie catalog.
Do a Pick! Game, Vintage Barbie

Let’s Do a Pick — a winter fashion show with vintage dolls! #DoApick #vintageDollCollector

When I was a kid, whenever it was playtime with dolls, we would lay out all our dolls and their clothing items. Then we would “do a pick.” That’s where you take turns picking which doll or dolls you’ll play with and which outfits or accessories you’ll get to play with. Your playtime companion would take a turn picking her dolls, clothes, and accessories too. … Continue reading Let’s Do a Pick — a winter fashion show with vintage dolls! #DoApick #vintageDollCollector

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Within a purple frame, we see a photo of a Disney Princess doll (Ariel) modeling a tee shirt and casual pants. The text says "free pattern" and the Chelly Wood dot com logo appears in one corner.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Disney Princess Dolls, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Let’s make casual doll clothes for a Disney Princess doll w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SewingPatterns #CraftyMom #DollClothesPatterns

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Two weeks ago, I gave you the pattern and tutorial for making this raglan-sleeved T-shirt for your Disney Princess dolls. It does fit them a little loosely, but it’s not a bad fit. Today I’m adding a pants pattern, which will fit most of your Disney Princess 10 inch … Continue reading Let’s make casual doll clothes for a Disney Princess doll w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SewingPatterns #CraftyMom #DollClothesPatterns

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In this thumbnail image, a photo of a Petite Barbie modeling a turquoise blue sun dress is framed by a turquoise blue fabric square. The words "free pattern" are angled above the photo of the Petite Barbie wearing the sundress. The Chelly Wood dot com logo appears in the corner.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Petite Barbie Patterns, Skipper Patterns, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Free printable sun dress pattern for Petite Barbie is perfect for beginners #LearningToSew #DollClothesPatterns

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Today’s free sun dress pattern may look familiar to you. That’s because it has been available on this website as a JPG-only pattern. Today I’m converting it to a PDF pattern for your easy download. You’ll also notice, in the image at the top of today’s blog post, that … Continue reading Free printable sun dress pattern for Petite Barbie is perfect for beginners #LearningToSew #DollClothesPatterns

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The image shows a quilted frame around the Chelly Wood doll (really a re-painted Spin Master Liv doll that looks like the doll clothing designer, Chelly Wood), and a thought bubble displays that she is having red and white striped jersey fabric thoughts.
Creative Spark Online Learning, Old Patterns from Chelly's Collection

How do you stop obsessively thinking about your sewing projects? #SewingProjects #DollClothesPatterns

  My brain has been stuck on the idea that I need to sew the red and white striped T-shirt from my Simplicity 8281 vintage doll clothes pattern for months now. Of course I have other, more important projects underway. For Christmas, I was busy sewing doll clothes for a family I know, and after talking to the mother for this family of children, we … Continue reading How do you stop obsessively thinking about your sewing projects? #SewingProjects #DollClothesPatterns

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The thumbnail frame is a turquoise blue linen or cotton fabric surrounding a photo of a 17 inch "Endless Hair Princess Kingdom" Barbie modeling a handmade skirt and top. The text overlay says "free pattern" and the logo for Chelly Wood dot com appears in one corner.
17-inch doll clothes patterns, 17-Inch Endless Hair Princess Doll, Daily Patterns, Tutorials: Sewing for Dolls, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew a lace and rickrack trimmed skirt and top for 17 inch Barbies w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns

Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. I’ve posted something a lot like this before, but it was in my Wellie Wishers’ gallery of free doll clothes patterns. So the patterns are identical, but this time, I’m showing you that my 17 inch Endless Hair Princess Kingdom Barbie can also wear the exact same patterns. So please don’t … Continue reading Sew a lace and rickrack trimmed skirt and top for 17 inch Barbies w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns

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This thumbnail shows a cloud-shaped 1970's style rainbow in the colors yellow, blue, green, and purple, superimposed on the usual purple cotton fabric background frame that Chelly Wood dot com often uses for its thumbnails. This frame surrounds a cell phone with a photo of Twist and Turn Casey in her shorts swimsuit. The text reads "Do a Pick" swimsuit edition. If you click on this thumbnail in the gallery, it will take you to the "do a pick" game where you get to choose three swimsuit options from a vintage Barbie catalog.
Do a Pick! Game

Let’s Do a Pick — Swimsuit Edition! #DoApick #vintageDollCollector

  When I was a kid, whenever it was playtime with dolls, we would lay out all our dolls and their clothing items. Then we would “do a pick.” That’s where you take turns picking which doll or dolls you’ll play with and which outfits or accessories you’ll get to play with. Your playtime companion would take a turn picking her dolls, clothes, and accessories … Continue reading Let’s Do a Pick — Swimsuit Edition! #DoApick #vintageDollCollector

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This is a thumbnail image of doll clothes for 17 inch Barbie dolls. The words "free pattern" appear over the top of a photo of a 17 inch Endless Hair Princess Barbie modeling jeans and a camp shirt. The entire image is overlaid on top of a purple cotton fabric as a background, and the fabric has a white dotted-Swiss look to it. The Chelly Wood dot com logo appears in one corner. Click the text to download the free printable PDF sewing patterns for making these doll clothes for your 17 inch Barbies.
12-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns

Sew a pair of pants and a camp shirt for 17″ Barbie w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #CraftyMom

Scroll down to the bulleted section for the free PDF sewing patterns. Today’s patterns have been available on this website for a while, but today is the first time I’ve shared the camp shirt pattern on my 17-inch Endless Hair Kingdom Barbie doll. Previously, you could only find that pattern in the GI Joe and Broad Ken doll clothes galleries. To make this shirt and … Continue reading Sew a pair of pants and a camp shirt for 17″ Barbie w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothesPatterns #CraftyMom

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The image shows a close up of the McCall's 9449 small baby and toddler doll pattern published in 1968. This image was part of a vintage pattern discussion on the ChellyWood.com website on Martin Luther King Day, in January of 2023. The patterns were shown to fit modern-day baby alive dolls.
Baby Alive, Holiday Crafts, Old Patterns from Chelly's Collection

Experimenting with vintage McCall’s doll wardrobe pattern 9449 and Baby Alive for #MLKday #DollClothesPatterns

I think it was last year, for Martin Luther King Day — or perhaps it was for Black History Month — I talked about how rare it is to find vintage patterns with representation of African American dolls on the envelope’s cover art. Click here to go back and read that article. This year, as a follow-up to that blog post, I decided to actually … Continue reading Experimenting with vintage McCall’s doll wardrobe pattern 9449 and Baby Alive for #MLKday #DollClothesPatterns

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Within a turquoise blue linen frame, we see two photos: one of a Disney princess doll modeling a tee shirt and underpants, and a second photo offering a close-up image of the handmade panties. The text says, "free undies pattern" and it shows the logo for Chelly Wood dot com.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Disney Princess Dolls, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Let’s make panties for a Disney Princess doll w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DisneyPrincess #DollStagram #DollClothesPatterns

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Today I’m sharing the pattern and tutorial for making a cute little raglan-sleeved T-shirt (sometimes spelled tee shirt) and adorable teeny-tiny underpants that will fit 10 inch dolls like Disney Princesses, Petite Barbie, Project MC Squared dolls, and Barbie’s little sister, Skipper, among other dolls in this size range. … Continue reading Let’s make panties for a Disney Princess doll w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DisneyPrincess #DollStagram #DollClothesPatterns

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This thumbnail shows a cloud-shaped 1970's style rainbow in the colors yellow, blue, green, and purple, superimposed on the usual purple cotton fabric background frame that Chelly Wood dot com often uses for its thumbnails. This frame surrounds a cell phone with a photo of a vintage Barbie wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt over a swimsuit. The vintage Barbie pictured also holds a scuba mask and snorkel. The text reads "Do a Pick" at the beach! If you click on this image in the gallery, it will take you to the "Do a Pick" game where you get to choose which Barbie to take to the beach.
Do a Pick! Game

June 1971 Barbie at the beach… Let’s Do a Pick!– a fun game with Barbie! #DoApick #vintageDollCollector

Like yesterday’s post, this one is dedicated to my followers who live in the southern half of the planet because it’s summertime “down under”!!! Let me explain the premise behind this game: When I was a kid, whenever it was playtime with dolls, we would lay out all our dolls and their clothing items. Then we would “do a pick.” That’s where you take turns … Continue reading June 1971 Barbie at the beach… Let’s Do a Pick!– a fun game with Barbie! #DoApick #vintageDollCollector

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This image shows a Petite Barbie from Mattel wearing handmade doll clothes which include a crop top T-shirt and elastic waist sporty shorts. The free printable PDF sewing patterns for making this outfit for your Petite Barbie (or dolls that are similar in size) can be found at ChellyWood.com under the 10-inch doll clothes pattern gallery.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Petite Barbie Patterns, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew a crop top and shorts for 10-inch (25.5 cm) Petite Barbie dolls w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothes

For your free pattern and tutorial video, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. It’s January. Do you know what that means? It’s summer! — Yes, it’s definitely summer time in the southern half of the planet, so even though I live in the United States, I try to recognize my southern-hemisphere followers and doll clothes sewing fans, every now and then, with … Continue reading Sew a crop top and shorts for 10-inch (25.5 cm) Petite Barbie dolls w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothes

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This thumbnail image shows Francie modeling a tank top and matching pants. The text says "free pattern" and, in fact, you can download the free doll clothes patterns for making this and other outfits to fit Francie, at ChellyWood.com
10-inch doll clothes patterns, Barbie Patterns, Daily Patterns, Petite Barbie Patterns, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Francie doll clothes patterns are free @ ChellyWood.com #SewingProjects #DollClothesPatterns

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Francie has long been my all-time favorite doll made by Mattel, so I’m excited to start the new year by offering this pattern to fit her! I have posted today’s free pattern before, but it currently only appears in the gallery pages for the Queens of Africa dolls and  Petite … Continue reading Francie doll clothes patterns are free @ ChellyWood.com #SewingProjects #DollClothesPatterns

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