Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.
Yes, as it says in the title of today’s blog post, August is Black Business month. What better way to celebrate this month’s theme, than to re-post these patterns with an African American theme?
This set of patterns was first posted here on chellyWood.com to celebrate Kwanzaa, but that was a long time ago. So the patterns had not yet been converted from JPG images to PDF printable patterns. Today’s blog post now offers the PDF version–hooray!
Before we dive into this project, I need to make my required disclaimer statement: As an Amazon affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. To learn more about how affiliate marketing works on my website, please go to the Privacy Policy page. Thank you!
To make today’s projects, you’ll need some small-print African style cotton fabrics, tulle for my Lammily doll’s skirt, felt for Lammily’s shirt (you can also use felt for Ken’s fez-style hat, or you can use small-print African cotton fabric), elastic, snaps, tiny buttons (for the front of Ken’s shirt), and if you follow the tutorial for making Ken’s hat, you’ll need some craft foam.
If you make the fez-style hat out of felt, though, you can skip the foam.
And since it is Black Business month, think about making your purchase from a Black-owned business. This link to Amazon makes it easy to find Black-owned businesses. There are lots of Black-owned businesses on Etsy as well.
*Today’s free printable PDF sewing patterns will fit the following dolls:
For the male doll:
- 12 inch (30 cm) Articulated Ken dolls
- 12 inch (30 cm) Ken dolls (modern)
- 12 inch (30 cm) Jake dolls (Spin Master)
- 12 inch (30 cm) Regular Fashionista Ken dolls
- 12 inch (30 cm) vintage Ken dolls (crew cut Ken and Allen)
For the female doll:
- Curvy Barbie (from Mattel)
- Made-to-Move Curvy Barbie (from Mattel)
- Vintage Tammy dolls (from Ideal Toy Corp.)
- Lammily First Edition dolls (from Lammily LLC)
And here are the patterns and tutorial videos you’re looking for:
- Free PDF sewing pattern for Ken doll pants and short sleeved shirt (you won’t need the jacket)
- Tutorial video showing how to make the pants
- Tutorial video showing how to make the shirt
- Pattern for the fez-style hat (print page 2 from this pattern)
- Tutorial video showing how to make the hat
- Free PDF sewing pattern for Lammily’s felt shirt
- Tutorial showing how to make her felt shirt
- Free PDF sewing pattern for holiday celebration skirt (Note: pattern shows a bigger doll, but it does fit Lammily)
- Tutorial showing how to make the skirt
- Free PDF sewing pattern for African print poncho (fits Ken and Lammily)
- Tutorial video showing how to make the poncho
- How to do a whipstitch
- How to sew snaps on fabric
- How to do a backstitch
- How to gather fabric
- How to do a baste stitch
- How to pull elastic through a casing
- How to use a needle threader
- How to do a basic straight stitch
- How to use bias tape
- How to choose fabric
- How to tie a knot using a needle and thread
- How to measure a doll
- How to press seams open, using a hot iron
- How to sew rickrack
- How to use selvage
- How to attach ribbon to doll clothes
- Tips on sewing with lace
- How to add a ruffle to a skirt
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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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*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.
Tammy’s Dad dolls were part of Ideal’s “Tammy” family of dolls. The Ideal Toy Corporation no longer exists, but you can learn more about the dolls they became famous for at the Doll Reference website.
Ever After High, all Ken dolls, and the Endless Hair Princess Barbie 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.
Tonner fashion dolls are products that were once offered by the Tonner doll company, which held the registered trademark for them (™), but it is no longer in business. However you can still learn about this company’s history on Wikipedia and purchased used dolls from eBay.