12-inch doll clothes patterns, Daily Patterns, Ken Patterns

Let’s create a cute short-sleeved cotton shirt with a tiny pocket for Ken dolls, using sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #KenDoll #DollClothes

Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.

Last week I gave you the felt dinner jacket that goes with my Ken tux set, and I’ve been talking about designing a short-sleeved shirt to go under the tux for a long time.

Well, today I’ve finalized the patterns and tutorial video for making the short-sleeved version of the shirt that goes under the felt jacket.

Ken leans one shoulder against a purple wall. He stands next to a crate and table made of ebony (or so it seems). This highly articulated A&M Ken wears a cream colored cotton shirt made of fabric that has multi-colored vertical stripes. Under the shirt, he wears a pair of blue elastic-waist pants. His shoes are sneakers made of white plastic. He looks to the left of the photographer, over the table at something we can't see.
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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To make this cotton shirt with a front pocket, you’ll need some cotton or polyester-cotton blend fabric and size 3/0 snaps. If you’d like to make the trousers, navigate over to this blog post for that pattern and tutorial.

Black A&M Ken (articulated) models a handmade short-sleeved cotton shirt with a collar and a single pocket. The pocket is over his left side of his chest.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

I also mentioned Fiskars Stitchers in my video because they’re handy for clipping curves and the underarm area.

As you can see, today’s shirt tutorial shows you how to make a shirt with one pocket. Of course you could alter it to have two shirt pockets as well.

Ken, seated on a dark-colored packing crate that rest beside a table, has one arm across the table beside him while the other appears to be reaching into a pocket for a phone. He is wearing an off-white shirt with multicolored vertical stripes and sky blue pants or jeans. His sneakers are white plastic with little orange shoe laces. He's seated in a room with a purple wall and a white floor.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

But if you need help with pattern alterations, I do have a paid course that I teach on that very subject. Scroll down below the links to the free patterns to learn more.

One last thing… At the end of today’s video, I mentioned a musician called FriendlierBear. This link will take you to his Spotify page. This link will take you to his Facebook page.

So if you like the background music in my video (paid for with my subscription to Animoto videography software), you should go check out more music by FriendlierBear!

Next to a table and a crate stands an African American or Black Ken doll with flocked hair. He models a pair of bright blue pants with a cream-colored shirt that has vertical stripes in a variety of colors: orange, pale blue, pink, yellow. His shoes are white with orange laces. He stands beside the table and crate with his hands extended slightly, as if he's about to reach for something that's being handed to him off camera.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

I pay a premium price for Animoto Pro, the software that I use to make my videos, but for Black History month, my videos are featuring African American musicians and/or musicians of African heritage, and I’m acknowledging them to help promote them and their bands. As an Animoto Pro user, I don’t have to do this.

I just want to show that I’m truly grateful to all the musicians who create great music that I can use in my videos, and I’m grateful to musicians like FriendlierBear for all the great music they provide.

Hopefully you’ll take a moment to visit their website and see if you like some of their creative projects.

And if you want to see the other pieces of the black tux set (like the tie and the long-sleeved version of today’s shirt), please click here.

On the left stands a Black Ken doll in a blue dinner suit reminiscent of the 1950's style like singers used to wear. It's made of bright blue fabrics, with a cream-colored cotton striped shirt underneath. Black Ken is on the left of the image while a white Ryan style Ken doll models a black tux with a white collared shirt and tie. His suit consists of the same felt jacket that Black Ken wears in light blue, but Ryan's felt jacket is black, as are his cotton trousers. Beneath these two dolls modeling their evening wear, there's a text that reads, "Are you looking for a pattern with a slightly different design? My Creative Spark class in doll clothes pattern designs may be just what you need. Search for Chelly Wood on the instructor's page at CreativeSpark.CTpub.com
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 printable PDF sewing patterns will fit the following dolls or action figures:

And here are the patterns and tutorial videos you’re looking for:

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For anyone who would like to expand their dolls’ wardrobes, you should really check out my “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns” course and my “Design Your Own Doll Pants Patterns from Scratch” classes on the Creative Spark online learning platform. Here’s my bio page on their website, where you can learn more.

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."

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.

As always, feel free to pin, like, or tweet about my free patterns and tutorials. Here’s one of my patterns, in JPG image form, which you’re welcome to share on social media, to encourage new people to visit my website:

This is the JPG image version of a free printable PDF sewing pattern for making a short-sleeved shirt with a collar to fit Ken and similar sized fashion dolls and action figures. Ken is pictured on the pattern wearing a short-sleeved shirt that buttons down the front and has a collar and one pocket on the left of the shirt's snap closure. All the pattern pieces are available in this pattern, including the short sleeve, the collar, the pocket (which is optional), the shirt front, and the shirt back (which you will need to cut on the fold). This pattern is marked with a Creative Commons Attribution symbol and the Chelly Wood dot com logo.
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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*Please note: when you click on 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.

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.

Spin Master Liv dolls and Jake dolls were produced by the Spin Master toy and game company. At the time of this blog post, they are no longer produced by Spin Master, but you can learn more about the toys and games they currently offer on the official Spin Master Ltd. company website.

Ever After High and all Ken 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.

One thought on “Let’s create a cute short-sleeved cotton shirt with a tiny pocket for Ken dolls, using sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #KenDoll #DollClothes”

  1. I just got an African American Ken, and looking forward to sewing for him. Good timing. 👍 I am waiting for a part for my machine, the joys of older machines.

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