6-inch doll clothes patterns, Palitoy's Pippa Dolls, Topper Dawn Dolls, Tutorials: Sewing for Dolls, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Let’s sew a pretty dress with pockets for Topper Dawn and Pippa dolls! #FreePatterns #DollCollectors

Scroll down to the second set of bullets to download the free printable PDF sewing pattern.*

Isn’t this a beautiful dress with pockets, sleeves, and that lovely full skirt? I was so proud of this project when I finished this design!

You could make the whole thing out of one fabric, of course; you don’t have to use varying prints and solids to make this dress look pretty.

In fact, I think it would be lovely in many different solid colors and patterns and prints!

The image shows Topper Dawn standing in a room, modeling her beautiful handmade dress while light from an unseen window casts shadows on the wall behind her. Dawn wears a pretty blue dress that has a floofy skirt of blue with floral cotton print pockets at the front of the dress, apron-style. Her bodice is made of the same floral print as her pockets. Her sleeves and wide collar are made of the same solid blue as her skirt. She wears burgundy colored flats. Her hair is long, straight, and black.
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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A lot of people who collect Palitoy Pippa dolls live in the United Kingdom, so I’m offering today’s free PDF sewing patterns in both the A4 international printer paper size ((210 x 197 mm) and the American paper size of 8.5 x 11 inches.

Here we see the free printable sewing pattern for making a dress and felt coat for a Topper Dawn or Palitoy Pippa 6 inch to 6.5 inch fashion doll. This pattern is marked with Creative Commons Attribution symbols and the ChellyWood.com logo. It also shows four flowers for difficulty when making the dress, but only two flowers for difficulty on the coat.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

So when you go to print your pattern, make sure you’re getting the one for your region.

Okay, with that said, let’s talk about what you’ll need to make today’s dress with pockets for 6 inch dolls.

I recommend using some cotton fabric and 1/4 inch (6 mm) wide bias tape. You’ll also need some sew-on Velcro, but if you’re worried about sewing over your tiny sleeves, I’d use snaps instead. I recommend size 4/0 Dritz snaps.

The arrow on the left points at the card of large black snaps. On top of this arrow is overlaid the numbers 1 followed by a forward slash mark, followed by a zero. There's a yellow arrow pointing at the medium sized snaps in the middle, and its arrow has the number three-forward-slash-zero overlaid on it. the card on the right has the tiny snaps on it; they are silvery colored and the number on this arrow says four-slash-zero.
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.

For the sew-on Velcro, I do suggest that you cut it length-wise, to make it narrow enough for today’s dress project, which has a very small closure area.

In my tutorial, I also mentioned Fiskars Stitchers’ scissors, which are a must-have tool for anyone who sews for Dawn or Pippa dolls because they’re just so tiny!

This is a photograph of a very tiny doll's bodice. It is being held by a human hand that is three times the size of the miniature doll's shirt bodice/dress bodice. Tiny stitches appear in red along the neckline of the pale blue floral fabric. There are small Fiskars "Snippers" scissors alongside the bodice, to indicate the scale of this very small garment. This is part of a blog post article that asks the question, "Can Palitoy Pippa dolls and Topper Dawn dolls swap clothes with a Remco I Dream of Jeannie doll?" This blog post asks this question because Chelly Wood (the writer, YouTuber, and doll clothing designer) has created some sewing patterns that will fit her I dream of Jeannie 6 inch fashion doll, and she wants to know if her free doll clothes patterns will also fit Pippa and Dawn dolls.
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.

I used a Dritz fabric pencil in my tutorial video. It’s handy for marking darts, and a fabric pencil easily washes out of most fabrics without damaging them.

In my video, I also mentioned the lightbox I use for marking darts and a Sharpie marker.

Now if you’re thinking about taking my “How to Alter Doll Clothes” course, which I mention at the end of today’s video tutorial, you should really think about getting yourself a lightbox. I use mine a lot when I’m designing doll clothes patterns, and for anyone who makes alterations regularly, it’s a life-saver!

Here we see the tiny 6 inch Topper Dawn doll from slightly above, making her look very tiny. This angle enhances the fullness of her pretty pale blue full skirt.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

Which dolls will these patterns fit?

Free patterns and tutorial videos for making these doll clothes:

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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.

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*When you click 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 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.

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

Chelsea and Enchantimals 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.

Breyer dolls and horses are products offered by Breyer, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Breyer 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.

Lottie dolls are manufactured and designed by Arklu (Ireland) Ltd., in Donegal, Ireland, and Arklu holds the registered trademark (™) for them in the US. Lottie dolls are distributed in the USA by Schylling, Inc. These dolls are distributed in the UK, Ireland, France, and Italy by Bigjigs Toys Ltd. Visit Lottie.com to learn more about these wonderful toys that were inspired by kids.

Pippa dolls were produced in Great Britain by Palitoy from 1972 to 1980. Palitoy is now a defunct company, and to my knowledge the Pippa dolls have not had a revival. You can learn more about Palitoy on Wikipedia. You can learn more about these dolls at OverZone’s Pippa Dolls Archive or on the Pippa ID Parade.

Spin Master La Dee Da 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.

Strawberry Shortcake dolls are products offered by Shortcake IP Holdings LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Strawberry Shortcake 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.

4 thoughts on “Let’s sew a pretty dress with pockets for Topper Dawn and Pippa dolls! #FreePatterns #DollCollectors”

    1. I’m sorry, I don’t. I only recently added Dawn to my doll collection. I have to own the doll to make patterns for him/her, so it may be a while before I create patterns for the Dawn boy doll.

      However my online classes teach you how to adjust a Ken pattern to fit a smaller doll… It’s something to think about.

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