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It’s the tail end of July, 2023, and last December I found this Belle doll from the Disney non-animated movie Beauty and the Beast in a local thrift store. To hear the story of her dolly “makeover” please click here.
Today I’m fitting Belle out in some new shorts and a T-shirt, and if you also have a Hasbro 2016 Belle doll who needs some clothes, please join me!
To make today’s T-shirt, all you need is a swatch of jersey fabric. An old T-shirt will do, or you can buy jersey fabric remnants on Etsy for pretty cheap.
Then you’ll need some cotton fabric for the shorts, which have a fly front with a snap.
I recommend Dritz Size 4/0 snaps for both the T-shirt and the shorts, although you could use Velcro to close the back of the tee instead.
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Today’s outfit will fit these 11-inch dolls:
- Queens of Africa Dolls
- Momoko dolls
- modern and Made-to-Move Barbie dolls
- vintage Barbie dolls
- Liv dolls
- Hasbro’s Belle dolls (from the 2017 movie)
Here are your free, printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making the outfit shown at the top of this page:
- Free printable PDF sewing pattern for fly-front shorts and a tee shirt (it shows Barbie but it’s the right pattern) — use View B for the shirt
- Video showing how to make the T-shirt
- Tutorial video showing how to make the shorts
- How to do a whipstitch
- How to sew snaps on fabric
- How to do a backstitch
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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.
Queens of Africa dolls are products offered by the Slice by Cake company, which holds the trademark for them (™). They were designed by Taofick Okoya. Please visit the Queens of Africa website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys, books, and fashions.
The Disney Belle character doll was made by Hasbro, and both Hasbro and the Disney franchise share rights to this doll and other similar merchandise. Please visit the Hasbro website to learn more about their trademarked toys. Visit the Shop Disney website to learn more about the toys they currently offer for purchase.
Momoko dolls are products offered by Petworks, which holds the trademark for them (™). Please visit the Momoko Dolls website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Barbie, MTM Barbie, Francie, and Vintage Barbie dolls are products offered by Mattel, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Mattel Toys website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Liv dolls were products designed and distributed by the Spin Master company, which still makes dolls and toys today (although the Liv dolls are no longer in production at the time of this blog post). The Spin Master company held the trademark for the Liv Dolls (™). Please visit the Spin Master Toys and Games website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys and games. Please be aware that the Chelly Wood animated doll is a Spin Master Liv doll that has been re-painted and had its wig colored to appear to look like the real doll clothing designer, Chelly Wood. This was done as a creative project by Chelly’s daughters, and the Spin Master Toys and Games company was not involved in the doll’s makeover in any way.
I’m super-new at dolls and their hair issues and nearly all the dolls I get are thrifted. And nearly all have “glue head.” I’ve tried using fabric softener, but the only thing that works for me is Goo Gone. I first wash them in Dawn dish soap and brush them out in the kitchen sink under running water. A wide tooth comb can work, but I found a dog brush with coated bristles that works great! My next step is to wash them in shampoo and conditioner (I use Suave Tropical Coconut Nourishing Shampoo because I have asthma and allergies, this doesn’t cause me any respiratory problems.) Then just air dry. If they’re hair isn’t fixed after that, I soak them in straight Goo Gone for at least two hours. I repeat the washing/shampooing/combing/air-drying process and it’s worked well for me. I have had to do this more than once on a couple dolls, but it does fix the glue head issue. I have 2 that are severely matted and I would also appreciate any tips on fixing matted hair. I suspect that I’ll be learning how to re-root instead.