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About a year ago, I posted this same outfit, shown on the Arendelle Family Anna doll from Frozen II. Today I’m showing you that the same pattern will also fit Mattel’s Heart Family baby dolls.
The Anna version of this skirt used elastic cord, rather than flat elastic. To read all the tips on how to use cord elastic instead of flat elastic for your miniature skirt, please click here.
Isn’t my little Heart Family baby doll sweet in this teeny-tiny skirt and top?
She’s one of the smallest dolls I have created sewing patterns for, standing at 10 cm tall (on her tippy toes), which equals 4 inches, approximately, in imperial measurements.
That tiny size is why I recommend using elastic cord rather than flat elastic for your skirt’s casing.
To make today’s skirt, you’ll need some small print or solid cotton fabric and some elastic cord.
To make the little white cotton shirt, you’ll of course need some solid white 100% cotton fabric and a few tiny size 4/0 snaps.
For a sewing project this small, you might also want to purchase some very small hand stitching needles (Dritz size 10 “betweens” is what I recommend).
If you’re not sure why I recommend sewing this tiny shirt by hand, you may want to read this blog post called “Why don’t my seams match up?”
Which dolls will fit these doll clothes?
- vintage Strawberry Shortcake toddler dolls (4 inches or 10 cm tall)
- Mattel’s Kelly dolls (4 inches or 10 cm)
- Mattel’s vintage Heart Family baby doll (4 inches tall)
- some dollhouse-sized dolls (1:12 scale)
- vintage Strawberry Shortcake 5 inch (13 cm) dolls
- Disney’s Anna mini toddler dolls from the Arendelle family set
Here are your free patterns and tutorial videos for making this outfit:
- Free PDF printable doll clothes sewing pattern for shirt (use View C shirt patterns)
- Tutorial video showing how to make this shirt
- Here’s the free, printable PDF sewing pattern for making the skirt (use the shorter of the two)
- The tutorial for making the skirt shows Elsa’s skirt, but the steps are basically the same
- Here’s a link to a page where I give you tips for working with cord elastic
- How to do a whipstitch
- How to sew snaps on fabric
- How to do a backstitch
- How to pull elastic through a casing
- How to use a needle threader
- How to do a basic straight stitch (helpful for beginners, just learning to sew by hand)
Okay, but what if you want a cotton shirt with long sleeves? That’s not too hard if you sign up for my Creative Spark class, “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns.” Or maybe you wish you had an overalls pattern for your Heart Family baby dolls. If so, I’ve got a class for doll pants design as well!
In my class on Creative Spark, you’ll learn how to lengthen and shorten sleeves, how to lengthen and shorten the bodice portion of the shirt, and even how to re-size patterns — yes! You can take an 8″ baby doll pattern and shrink it down to the Heart Family baby doll’s size with my formula!
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