Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing patterns and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos.

First, I want to wish a happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Americans out there! Tomorrow is the day we celebrate Thanksgiving.

My little Alana doll (from Dora and Friends, shown at the top of the page) is displaying some very nice fall colors, in orange, black, and white, as we plan our holiday crafting for the upcoming winter holidays. Today I’m giving you the free doll clothes patterns for making this swingy tank top and shorts for your Dora and Friends 8 inch character dolls, along with the tutorial videos showing how to make this outfit.

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The shorts can be made from holiday print fabric, stretch denim, or just basic cotton fabric. They use 1/8 inch wide elastic from Elastic by the Yard for the waist.

The shirt is made of solid cotton, and as the closure area is quite wide, I recommend using sew-on Velcro for your closure.

This crop top is especially swingy, so 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.

If you don’t know where to buy 3/4 inch wide sew-on Velcro, I do have a link to that product in my store, along with many other types of closures for use when making dolls’ clothes.

Sew-on Velcro is very different from craft Velcro. You should never use the kind with a sticky back on your fabrics.

*Today’s free patterns will fit the following dolls:

• Creatable World (10 inch) dolls
• Dora and Friends (8 inch) dolls
• Bratz dolls (both male and female 8”)
• LOL Surprise OMG dolls
• Moana (9 and ½ inch) dolls
• Pepper (vintage 9” dolls — sister of Ideal Tammy )
• Skipper from the 1980’s (10 inch dolls)
• Stacie dolls (9” from Mattel — Barbie’s little sister)
• Sunshine Family (8 and ½ to 9 inch) dolls
• Tinkerbell fairy dolls (9+ inches from Jakks — Disney dolls)
• World of Love dolls from Hasbro (8 inch)

Here’s the free printable PDF doll clothes sewing pattern for making today’s doll clothes:

• Free printable PDF sewing pattern for swingy crop top
• Free printable PDF sewing pattern for the shorts
• Tutorial video showing how to make the shorts (shows a different doll, but instructions are the same)
• Tutorial video showing how to make the swingy crop top
• How to do a whipstitch
• How to sew snaps on fabric
• How to do a backstitch
• 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 

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Before I go, I want to mention my “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns” course on the Creative Spark online learning platform will teach you how to alter pants, skirts, dresses, and shirts too. If you haven’t looked into it yet, you can click here to learn more.

I also have a new course on the Creative Spark Online Learning platform which teaches you how to design your own doll pants patterns from scratch, including leggings, overalls, and fly-front jeans. Click here to check out that new course, which is only $19.99!

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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.

Stacie, Ginny Weasley, vintage Sunshine Family, Kuu Kuu Harajuku, Monster High, and Ever After High 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

At the time of this blog post, the Vogue Ginny doll is no longer made, and there is not a working trademark for these dolls. If anyone knows additional information about these dolls and their current status, please leave a comment below. I’d love to learn more about the company and its dolls, but as they went out of production prior to the popularity of the internet, there’s not much to learn about them online. Click here to find out what Doll Reference has to say about them and their history.