Let’s make a Halloween orange outfit for Moana dolls w/today’s free PDF sewing patterns! #HalloweenDIY #Moana

In this photo (also on the purple background), Moana wears the orange swingy crop top tank top /vest with the elastic waist Halloween orange pants, but here her legs are spread out a bit, with her weight leaning on the left leg. Her arms are spread out as well, like she's getting ready to spin in circles. The swingy crop top fits her comfortably, as do the pants, and the shirt has a relaxed-fit scoop neck that's not too low cut. It looks like comfortable play clothes for a child.
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Doesn’t my Moana doll look adorable in this swingy crop top and matching pants? She’s such a sweet little doll to sew for!

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On a purple background (with tiny white polka dots), a 10 inch Moana doll from the Disney Princess lineup stands facing slightly to the right of the viewer. Her arms are at her sides. She models a sleeveless tank top (or "vest" for those of you in the United Kingdom) over the top of a matching pair of bright orange cotton pants or trousers that are elasticized at the waist. Her shoes are an orangey red. Her hair is tied back in row after row of braids.
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I used a strip of 3/4 inch wide Velcro cut in half down the middle (cut vertically, down the middle of the long strip) for my back closure on the shirt. That’s what makes it seems so swingy, I think.

The pants are made of solid cotton fabric, but they would also look nice, I think, in Halloween print fabric or stretch denim. They use 1/8 inch wide elastic from Elastic by the Yard for the waist.

Here we see four pairs of pants. From left to right, they are pink solid cotton fabric pants; orange solid cotton fabric pants; hot pink cotton pants decorated with tiny pale pink flowers; and a pair of black cargo pants that have bright orange pockets. All four pairs of pants have elastic waists. The black cargo pants are made with a Halloween print featuring mid-century modern geometric designs and tiny Halloween cadies, along with little grey bats and tiny orange pumpkins. There's a white background behind all of these elastic-waist pants.
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The shirt is made of solid cotton, and as I said, you’ll need some sew-on Velcro for your closure.

Today’s patterns will fit these dolls*:

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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.

Skipper, Petite Barbie dolls, Creatable World, and vintage Sunshine Family 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.

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

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

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Project MC Squared dolls and Rainbow High dolls are products offered by MGA Entertainment, which holds the trademark for them (™). Please visit the Project MC Squared website or the Rainbow High website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

According to Wikipedia, “Ideal Toy Company was an American toy company founded by Morris Michtom and his wife, Rose. During the post–World War II baby boom era, Ideal became the largest doll-making company in the United States.” They produced the Tammy family line of dolls, including Ideal Pepper dolls, but eventually the Tammy line of dolls went out of production (with the exception of the Sindy doll — the UK version — which has had a recent revival). There have been a complicated series of sales of rights for Ideal toys since then, and you can read about it on Wikipedia, if you’re interested. But at the time of this blog post, the trademark name “Tammy” for these dolls was abandoned and has remained “dead” (according to the US Trademark database) since 2004.

 

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