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Make a long dress for Pippa or Dawn dolls w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com

Scroll down to the second set of bullets to download the free printable PDF sewing pattern.*

Today’s doll dress will fit a wide variety of tiny 6″ to 7″ dolls. The second set of bullets will give you some idea as to which dolls can wear this dress.

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A Topper Dawn doll wears a long maxi dress. She faces to the viewer's right, with her face turned slightly toward the viewer. The doll's hair is long, straight and jet black. She has long eyelashes and heavy eye makeup. She wears a handmade dress. The dress has a high collar made of white bias tape, which is attached to a felt bodice that's halter-top-style. The skirt is made of lime green cotton dotted with tiny white daisies.
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.

This is the second pattern I’m posting in a series of patterns I’ve specifically created to fit Dawn dolls from Topper (6 and 1/8 inch or 15.5 cm) and I’m sincerely hoping they’ll also fit Pippa dolls from Palitoy (6 and ½ inch or 16.5 cm).

I’ve recently added a Dawn doll to my collection, but I don’t own a Pippa doll yet, although I’d like to get my hands on one, to try the clothes on, after I’ve made them.

A Dawn doll from Topper toy company faces the viewer. She wears a long, flowing green and white handmade dress with a halter-style bodice. The Chelly Wood dot com logo appears in one corner of the image. The background color is purple, and she stands on a white floor. Her feet are not visible.
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.

For any Pippa doll collectors, you’ll find in the second set of bullets below, that today’s pattern is offered both as a PDF for American printers, and also as a PDF for A4 printer paper. I’m not sure my measurement tool is working right on the A4 printer paper, but I’ve tested the pattern with my own A4 paper on my American printer and it looks passably close to the pattern I’ve printed on American paper.

So… I’m not really confident about how the A4 pattern will turn out.

If you’re printing the pattern on A4 paper, please come back to this blog post at a later date and let me know how the overall sewing process went, okay? Is the pattern printing correctly for you? If not, what can I do to improve the quality of the pattern on A4 paper?

Yes, this dress does go with the little purse we made last week, and here’s the link to that tutorial if you want to make the tiny purse you see in the photo below.

The image shows a Topper Dawn doll modeling a handmade extra long dress with a halter-style bodice. The dress is made of cotton (for the long green skirt) with tiny white flowers and white felt (for the bodice). The doll also holds a little handbag or purse made of the same cotton and felt fabrics. The purse's strap is made of green ribbon, and the purse's faux felt flap is "held down" with a tiny green button. The doll faces left.
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 make today’s little halter style maxi dress, you’ll need some craft felt, some cotton fabric, and a bit of 1/4 inch (6 mm) wide bias tape. You’ll also need a few snaps, and I recommend size 4/0 Dritz snaps.

In my tutorial, I also mentioned Fiskars Stitchers’ scissors, which are fantastic for making tiny snips! With a dress as tiny as this one, detail precision snips are super important.

I also used a Dritz fabric pencil in my tutorial video. It’s handy for marking darts, and a fabric pencil easily washes out of most fabrics without damaging them.

Which dolls will this dress be suitable for?

** For dolls with a double asterisk, this dress fits them in a shorter length.

Free patterns and tutorial videos for making this little tiny dress:

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This image shows four rows of artist's renderings of doll clothing items. The top row shows four different styles of pants. The second row shows four different styles of shirts. The third row shows four different styles of skirts. The fourth row shows four different styles of dresses, with skirts in long, short, and mid-length styles. The text reads at the top, "Classes in Doll Clothing Design" followed by this paragraph: "Have you ever wished you could create patterns of your own? Click on the links to Chelly's online courses below, to learn more about her paid courses in doll clothing pattern design techniques."

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*When you click links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include Amazon, JoAnn Fabric, Etsy, and the eBay Partner Network. As an Amazon affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. To learn more about how my website uses affiliate marketing, please visit the website’s Privacy Policy page.

**Please note: this is the first time I’ve ever converted one of my patterns to A4 printer paper. I may not have the measurement tool just right, but I’d love some feedback! for those of you who use A4 paper, let me know whether or not the measurement tool is printing correctly. I’m pretty sure the pattern, as printed on A4 paper, will fit both Dawn dolls and Pippa dolls, but I can’t be 100% sure until I get feedback from several Pippa collectors. That’s what I need a little feedback for! Feel free to leave a comment…

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.

Breyer dolls and horses are products offered by Breyer, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Breyer website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Chelsea and Enchantimals 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.

Bratz dolls are products offered by MGA Entertainment, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the MGA Entertainment website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Breyer dolls and horses are products offered by Breyer, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Breyer website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Disney fairy dolls are products offered by the Disney Corporation, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Official Shop Disney website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Lottie dolls are manufactured and designed by Arklu (Ireland) Ltd., in Donegal, Ireland, and Arklu holds the registered trademark (™) for them in the US. Lottie dolls are distributed in the USA by Schylling, Inc. These dolls are distributed in the UK, Ireland, France, and Italy by Bigjigs Toys Ltd. Visit Lottie.com to learn more about these wonderful toys that were inspired by kids.

Pippa dolls were produced in Great Britain by Palitoy from 1972 to 1980. Palitoy is now a defunct company, and to my knowledge the Pippa dolls have not had a revival. You can learn more about Palitoy on Wikipedia. You can learn more about these dolls at OverZone’s Pippa Dolls Archive or on the Pippa ID Parade.

Spin Master La Dee Da dolls are products offered by Spin Master, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Spin Master website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Strawberry Shortcake dolls are products offered by Shortcake IP Holdings LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Strawberry Shortcake website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

World of Love is a product that was once owned and distributed by Hasbro, which holds the registered trademark for these retired toys (™). Please visit the Hasbro Toy website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

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