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Sew a Victorian (19th century pioneer) doll dress and pinafore for 14 to 15 inch (35 cm to 38 cm) dolls with my free patterns!

A Black or African American AG Wellie Wishers doll models a handmade pioneer ensemble consisting of a blue gingham Victorian era dress with long sleeves and a floor-length skirt and over the top of this, she wears a crisp white cotton pinafore dress with a skirt that's slightly shorter than the blue gingham on worn underneath. These free doll clothes sewing patterns (for making the ensemble) are free to download as a PDF on ChellyWood.com, a doll clothes sewing pattern website with hundreds of free printable PDF sewing patterns for making doll clothes to sew for dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.
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Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.

My free printable sewing patterns for making the dress and pinafore pictured at the top of this blog post will fit 14 to 15 inch dolls (that’s 35 cm to 38 cm tall). A list of dolls that fit this pattern is found in the first set of bullets on this page.

In this photo, a sweet little Wellie Wisher doll with her hair up in pigtails models a handmade blue gingham check pioneer-style dress with long sleeves and a long skirt. Over this gingham dress, she wears a crisp white pinafore dress with a below-the-knee-length full skirt. the doll is turned so that we see her in profile, and the fullness of her skirts is made apparent. She lifts one hand, as if she's reaching for her butter churn. This is the African American Wellie Wishers doll, Kendall.
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 pinafore, all you really need is some white cotton fabric and a few size 1/0 snaps. And in my how-to-make-the-pinafore video, I also mention the little Fiskars Stitchers scissors that I’m enjoying using these days, so you might consider buying them as well.

Here’s an image of my Wellie Wishers Kendall doll modeling just the pinafore by itself, which would make a pretty dress all on its own!

A lovely Black Wellie Wishers doll from American Girl doll company poses in a white cotton pinafore with a full skirt that reaches just about to her ankles. She wears pale blue Mary Jane style shoes, and she stands on a white floor with a turquoise blue mottled wall behind her. Her lovely face is turned slightly to the right of the viewer, and her hair is pulled up in super-curly pigtails.
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.

Need some blue gingham fabric for the dress under the pinafore? Click here to purchase 1/8 inch gingham check cotton-polyester blend fabric (like the fabric I use in my video) on Amazon.

I love the way Kendall looks in the blue gingham, but I’d also be curious to see how this dress looks in pink gingham!

Here we see a Wellie Wishers (Kendall) doll modeling a pretty blue gingham dress with a simple scoop neck, long sleeves that are slightly puffy at the top of the sleeve, and a long gathered skirt. Would you like to make this lovely Victorian-era dress for your 14 to 15 inch doll? Click on the link in the caption to navigate over to the page that has all the patterns and tutorial videos for sewing this beautiful dress.

Today’s free printable PDF doll clothes sewing patterns will fit the following dolls:

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I also have patterns and tutorials for making a pair of bloomers to go with this dress, and a pair of felt Victorian era boots. Click those links to find those patterns and tutorial videos.

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This is the bodice and sleeve pattern for making a pioneer-style or Victorian-era dress for Wellie Wishers and similar sized dolls (roughly 14 to 15 inches tall). The bodice and sleeve patterns are all marked with a "Creative Commons Attribution" symbol, and in the center of the pattern it also has a measurement tool. The measurement tool is used for comparing the printed pattern to a ruler or tape measure, to make sure you have printed your pattern accurately to scale. There's also a picture on the pattern. It shows an American Girl Wellie Wishers (Kendall) doll lifting up her skirt to show her dainty felt Victorian boots and her pretty lace-trimmed bloomers. Patterns and tutorials for making the whole outfit can be found at ChellyWood.com, along with hundreds of other free, printable doll clothes sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

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Here we have Part 2 of a two-part skirt pattern for a pioneer-style or Victorian era dress for Wellie Wishers. The pattern is watermarked with the website from which this (and hundreds of other) free pattern(s) come from: ChellyWood.com. The pattern is marked with a "Creative Commons Attribution" symbol, and it has a measurement tool on it, so you can compare it to a ruler or tape measure after printing. The instructions on this pattern say "Cut 1 of Gingham Fabric on Fold." It also has a bar on one side that says "Tape Pattern 1 to Pattern 2 along here."
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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.

The Hearts for Hearts Girls, Dolls and Games are owned by the Playmates Company International, which holds the registered trademark for these toys. To learn more about the Hearts for Hearts dolls, please click here.

The Wellie Wishers and the 18 inch American Girl dolls mentioned in this blog post 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.

The Crissy family of dolls which includes dolls like vintage Crissy, Velvet, and other dolls, were produced by the Ideal Toy Corporation, which held the registered trademark for them. That company is no longer producing the dolls, and at the time of this blog post, no known company has purchased the trademark to re-produce these dolls. But if you wish to purchase one, you can sometimes find them on eBay (see link in the first set of bullets).

MGA Entertainment is the company that produced the BFC Ink dolls (which is pictured in my video as my niece, Emily), and it still holds the trademark rights to them (™). The BFC Ink dolls (aka Best Friends Club dolls) were in production, starting in 2009, but at the time of this blog post, they are no longer available in stores. You may be able to find a used one on eBay, though, if you’re thinking about collecting them (see link in the first set of bullets). These dolls can swap clothes with Crissy dolls, but their bodies are much more articulated. They have very lovely faces.

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