Scroll down to the second set of bullets to download the free printable PDF sewing pattern.*
It’s May! Can you believe it?
Here in the northern hemisphere, summer is nearly here. It’s time to dress our dollies in summer shorts and tops. Here’s what I’m giving you today, but please read the text for special printing instructions:
In the first set of bullets (scroll down please), you’ll find that today’s doll clothes patterns will fit a wide variety of tiny dolls. Please note that I’m offering today’s pattern for two different sizes of printer paper.
In the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world, they use A4 paper for printers, which is slightly narrower than American printer paper. Since this doll clothes sewing pattern also fits the Palitoy Pippa dolls, which are as popular in the UK as Topper Dawn dolls are in the US, I wanted to offer the pattern on A4 paper as well as American printer paper.
In one of my Facebook groups, I’ve asked people from the UK to help me test the A4 paper PDF version of today’s free pattern, to make sure it prints correctly. I’ve gotten very little feedback from them though.
So if you’re printing the A4 version, let me know how it goes.
Does it print correctly? Does it fit well, once it has been sewn? If you’re seeing any problems with the A4 version, please leave your feedback in the comments section at the bottom of this page.
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To make today’s tiny pair of shorts and a shirt for 6 inch fashion dolls, you’ll need some cotton fabric.
You’ll also need some 1/8 inch wide elastic. I use Elastic By the Yard, and I’ve had a lot of success with this brand. In addition to that, you’ll need some size 4/0 snaps, the smallest size of snaps you can find, to close the back of the doll’s shirt.
In my video, I also mentioned Fiskars Snips (or Fiskars Stitchers), which are the best type of scissors to use for clipping teeny tiny seams. I love mine — especially when I’m making the tiniest doll clothes! They are a must-have item!
Some of the outfits pictured above have already been posted on my website. Click here to see all of my Dawn/Pippa doll clothes sewing patterns.
If you’re excited to see free patterns for Dawn and Pippa dolls, you may want to subscribe to either this website or my YouTube channel, so you’ll be notified as I upload more free patterns and tutorials in the future.
I do have more projects like this yet to come!
Which dolls will these patterns fit?
- Breyer Rider dolls (6 inches tall; 15.25 cm; 1:12 scale)
- Chelsea dolls from Mattel (5.5 inches or 13.5 cm)
- Dawn dolls from Topper (6 and 1/8 inch or 15.5 cm)
- Disney’s Anna mini toddler dolls
- Disney’s Elsa mini toddler dolls
- dollhouse-sized dolls (1:12 scale)
- Enchantimals dolls (6 inches or 15 cm)
- Pippa dolls from Palitoy (6 and ½ inch or 16.5 cm)
- Strawberry Shortcake dolls (6 and ¾ inches or 17 cm)
Free patterns and tutorial videos for making these doll clothes:
- Here’s the free printable PDF sewing pattern for making 6 inch doll’s clothes for Dawn or Pippa, using American printer paper
- Here’s the free printable PDF sewing pattern for making 6 inch doll’s clothes for Dawn or Pippa, using A4 printer paper (for people living in the UK and many other countries)
- The tutorial for making the shirt is posted here
- The tutorial for making the shorts is posted here
- How to do a whipstitch
- How to sew snaps on fabric
- How to do a backstitch
- How to gather fabric
- How to pull elastic through a casing
- How to use a needle threader
- How to do a basic straight stitch
- How to choose fabric
- How to tie a knot using a needle and thread
- How to press seams open, using a hot iron
- How to use selvage
- How to attach ribbon to doll clothes
- Tips on sewing with lace
For more of my free tutorials, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel, ChellyWood1.
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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.
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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.
Dawn dolls are products offered by Topper Corporation, which once held the registered trademark for them (™). However at the time of this blog posting, these dolls are no longer in production.
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.