Month: March 2024

A photo of a very old bisque baby doll is on the right and on the left, a lineup of modern fashion dolls wearing Victorian dresses includes different sizes of dolls. The text reads, "World Doll Day 2024."
Crafts and Hobbies, For Sale in the Store

Doll lovers meet up! Join me for doll-collecting fun in the Seattle area! — #DollCollector #BarbieCollector

If you’ve ever wanted to go to one of these official doll shows, I invite you to attend this one. You can meet me, in person, because I’ll be attending too! I registered for the Barbie Breakfast, but there will be so many great dolls to see at this event! In today’s blog post, I’m going to give you a little background information on each … Continue reading Doll lovers meet up! Join me for doll-collecting fun in the Seattle area! — #DollCollector #BarbieCollector

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A cell phone sits on a rainbow background that has a retro 1970s feel to it. The text reads "do a pick" followed by "Barbie playsets!" The cell phone shows two of the three playsets in this game: a tent play set and a garden patio or garden party playset.
Do a Pick! Game, Doll Play Videos, Vintage Barbie

Let’s Do a Pick — Backyard Fun with Barbie Playsets at a Tupperware Party! #DoApick #vintage

  Today’s “Do a Pick” game features the following: Barbie’s Camp-out Tent #4288 Barbie’s Country Camper #4994 Barbie’s Garden Patio with Real Growin’ Plants #4284 What’s the story behind this game? When I was a kid, whenever it was playtime with dolls, we would lay out all our dolls and their clothing items. Then we would “do a pick.” That’s where you take turns picking … Continue reading Let’s Do a Pick — Backyard Fun with Barbie Playsets at a Tupperware Party! #DoApick #vintage

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Daily Patterns, Stacie Patterns, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew a lovely “flower girl” dress for vintage Stacie dolls with today’s free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #VintageDolls #DollClothesPatterns

Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing patterns and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos. You know, I’ve made this dress in a variety of different fabrics and photographed it on a number of different dolls. I just love how flexible this dress is, as far as how many different dolls can really wear it! Scroll … Continue reading Sew a lovely “flower girl” dress for vintage Stacie dolls with today’s free PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #VintageDolls #DollClothesPatterns

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Props and Dioramas, Tutorials: Crafts

How to make your Barbie dolls a wedding bouquet #craftproject for a #JuneWedding @ ChellyWood.com

Are you planning to make your Barbie a wedding dress for June? If so, you’ll need a bridal bouquet! It doesn’t take much at all to make a bridal bouquet for your Barbie wedding ensemble. There are only three ingredients that you’ll need to make your doll a pretty bouquet to hold on her ever-important wedding day, and today’s blog post will give you some … Continue reading How to make your Barbie dolls a wedding bouquet #craftproject for a #JuneWedding @ ChellyWood.com

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The text reads "lessons learned form sewing wedding dresses." Below this text is an image of the wedding dress from Simplicity 8281 Barbie doll fashions beside a handmade Barbie wedding dress with a three-tier skirt.
Old Patterns from Chelly's Collection, Uncategorized

How to make your Barbie wedding dress VINTAGE style! #SimplicityPatterns #Sewing

Last summer my best friend’s grandmother made a special request. She brought me some eyelet from her daughter’s original wedding dress and shared a photo of her daughter on her wedding day. Then she asked if I could create a similar dress for a doll. I gladly accepted the challenge, because dolly wedding dresses are just so much fun to make! YAY! I was already … Continue reading How to make your Barbie wedding dress VINTAGE style! #SimplicityPatterns #Sewing

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11-inch doll clothes patterns, Barbie Patterns, Daily Patterns, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Let’s make a “Red Hat Society” dress and hat with free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #RedHatSociety #Barbie

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. If you’re not one for sewing doll clothes, you’re in luck! I don’t normally sell my handmade doll clothes, but today I’m selling my “Red Hat Society” doll dress and hat which appear at the top of today’s blog post. Navigate over to my online store to learn about … Continue reading Let’s make a “Red Hat Society” dress and hat with free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #RedHatSociety #Barbie

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