8-inch doll clothes patterns, 9-inch Dolls, Daily Patterns, Romeo & Juliet, Whole Costumes for Dolls, World of Love Doll Patterns

Sew a lovely Renaissance costume for your 8 inch dolls with today’s free doll clothes patterns at ChellyWood.com

Image of Hasbro World of Love (Soul) doll dressed in Renaissance clothing for video production of Romeo and Juliet
Image: World of Love Soul doll dressed in Benvolio costume for “Romeo and Juliet With Dolls”

Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing patterns and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos.

I can’t remember if someone left a comment, pointing this out, or if I, myself, stumbled across this pattern on my website and realized that it had not yet been converted to a PDF. Either way, this is one of the earliest patterns from my website, so please excuse the fact that it’s hand-drawn and the videos that accompany it are not “studio” quality.

Back when I first made the Romeo and Juliet with Dolls video (for which this costume was designed), my daughters were both still in school, and being a mom was my focus more than anything else.

This image, which also appears on and links to a Chicago Tribune article, shows Chelly Wood and one of her daughters, working on creating the "Romeo and Juliet With Dolls" stop motion video that's on Chelly's YouTube channel: ChellyWood1.
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The photo above was part of a news story that came out in the Chicago Tribune about how I was encouraging my pre-teen and teenage daughters to use their cell phones in a productive and creative way, by working with me on the stop-motion video of Romeo and Juliet with Dolls.

I still haven’t finished putting together Act V, largely because my girls were my inspiration, and now that they’re all grown up and have moved away, I’m feeling less inspired. I’ll get it done anyway; just be patient, and it will happen.

Image of African American doll playing Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet stop motion film
For free, printable sewing patterns that fit Barbie, Breyer, and World of Love dolls, visit ChellyWood.com

In the meantime, I’m posting this early pattern from the production. That’s a Hasbro World of Love Soul doll, who plays Benvolio in the production.

This shirt, vest, and pants will fit a number of other dolls too, though. If you’re going to make the shirt with cuffs, however, be advised that your doll needs to have teeny-tiny hands like the World of Love dolls do.

Tomorrow I’ll be posting an updated version of this shirt without the cuffs, and you may wish to make that version instead of the Benvolio version, to ensure that your doll’s hands will fit through the bottom of the sleeves.

The boot and hat patterns won’t fit all the dolls listed in the first bulleted list below, as well, since dolls’ heads and feet vary significantly.

Visit ChellyWood.com for free, printable sewing patterns to fit dolls of many shapes and sizes. Images shows 8-inch Hasbro World of Love "Soul" doll wearing a renaissance costume, including a bi-colored pair of pants, a bi-colored vest, a white long-sleeved shirt, flannel boots, and a flannel hat. She is dressed to play the part of "Benvolio" in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Behind her is a wall that has been painted to look like arched doorways in a Renaissance setting. These doll clothes patterns are free and printable on Chelly Wood dot com, and video tutorials are available for free as well. The patterns fit most 8" fashion dolls, like Stacie, Breyer dolls, and 8" dollhouse dolls.
World of Love “Soul” doll playing Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet with Dolls, a stop-motion video production.

Also, please note that these older hand-drawn patterns don’t show a seam allowance, but like many of my modern patterns, there’s a 4 mm seam allowance embedded in the design. You don’t need to cut a seam allowance in addition to the pattern itself.

For my hat, I used flannel fabric and craft foam. The boots also use flannel, and they have no video tutorial; instead, you have to follow these written instructions:

Downloadable printable pattern for boots to fit small dolls like Momoko dolls, Blythe, and World of Love dolls from Hasbro
Image: My Own Creation

Believe it or not, you could probably make these boots out of felt and follow the exact same instructions as you find in this video for Ken boots, but your boots won’t have the little cuff at the top.

The pants, vest, and shirt use basic cotton fabric and tiny 4/0 Dritz snaps. You may need to buy embroidery floss for the vest, and the whipstitch is what I used for the detailed embroidery on that. An additional link to my whipstitch tutorial is found in the pattern-and-tutorial-video section below (the second set of bullets).

This pattern pre-dates my flowers-difficulty-scale, but I would definitely give this one five flowers. It’s not for the beginners out there!

The image shows the Difficulty Scale for Chelly's flowers. These are purple flowers with turquoise blue center. Lowest on the difficulty scale is a single flower. The most difficult projects have five flowers.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

*Today’s free patterns will fit the following dolls:

Here’s the free printable PDF doll clothes sewing patterns for making today’s doll clothes:

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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." If you sign up for one of Chelly Wood's Creative Spark online courses, you can create a doll wardrobe to suit dolls of any shape and size. Find out more at CreativeSpark.ctpub.com

Before I go, I want to mention my “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns” course on the Creative Spark online learning platform will teach you how to alter pants, skirts, dresses, and shirts too. If you haven’t looked into it yet, you can click here to learn more.

I also have a new course on the Creative Spark Online Learning platform which teaches you how to design your own doll pants patterns from scratch, including leggings, overalls, and fly-front jeans. Click here to check out that new course, which is only $19.99!

For any class on Creative Spark, you don’t have to follow a schedule. Just sign up when you’re ready.

It’s a one-time fee for the course, and there’s no specific time limit to finish your course. You can just take your time and learn at the pace that suits you. So go check out my paid courses on Creative Spark, using this link.

Blouse Pattern (Shirt Pattern) and Pants (Trousers) Pattern Printable Download for World of Love Dolls
Blouse Pattern (Shirt Pattern) and Pants (Trousers) Pattern Printable Download for World of Love Dolls

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To honor the trademark rights of the doll and action figure 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.

Stacie and vintage Sunshine Family 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.

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.

Spin Master Liv 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.

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.

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

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