Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.

It’s Christmas day, as this blog post goes public. Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate it! For Christmas, I’ve decided to give you a wonderful gift…

The outfit you see in the image above is one of the easiest to sew, of all the free doll clothes patterns on my website. It’s a simple felt shirt that uses snaps in the back, along with a super easy skirt which uses elastic with a casing.

But 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!

In order to sew snaps (AKA poppers) on the back of this doll’s felt shirt, you may want to watch one of my two “how to sew snaps” tutorial videos. The first one is just above this text. These snaps do not have a hole in the middle of them.

The other tutorial about sewing snaps requires that you have the kind of snaps that happen to have a hole right down the middle. That tutorial video is found below.

To make today’s felt shirt project, you’ll need some craft felt, snaps or poppers, and a couple of decorative buttons.

To make the elastic-waist skirt, you’ll need some cotton or cotton/polyester blend fabric and a swatch of 1/4 inch wide elastic. My skirt was made from hand-me-down seersucker fabric, and it looks nice. But sometimes it’s hard to find seersucker fabric with a small enough print for dolls.

Today’s free printable PDF doll clothes sewing patterns will fit the following dolls:

• 13-inch dolls like the Disney Princess Toddler dolls
• 14-inch dolls like Hearts for Hearts Girls
• 15-inch dolls like Wellie Wishers from American Girl doll company
• 16-inch dolls like the Velvet doll from the Crissy family of dolls
• 18-inch dolls like the BFC Ink dolls (but the skirt looks short on them)
• 18-inch dolls like vintage Crissy (the skirt is very short on her)

And here are the patterns and tutorial videos you’re looking for:

• Free printable PDF sewing pattern for the easy-to-sew felt shirt / summer top
• Free printable PDF sewing pattern for an easy sew, elastic waist skirt
• Tutorial video showing how to make the skirt
• Tutorial video showing how to make the felt shirt
• How to do a whipstitch
• 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 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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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.

The Disney Princess “Animator” Toddler dolls are products offered by the Disney corporation, which holds the trademark for them (™). Please visit the Disney Toys website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

The Hearts for Hearts Girls, Dolls and Games are owned by the Playmates Company International, which holds the registered trademark for these toys. It should be noted, that for each H4H doll purchased, the Hearts for Hearts company donates a portion of their proceeds to World Vision, a global humanitarian organization.

The Wellie Wishers and the 18 inch American Girl dolls mentioned in this blog post 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.

The Crissy family of dolls which includes dolls like vintage Crissy, Velvet, and other dolls, were produced by the Ideal Toy Corporation, which held the registered trademark for them. That company is no longer producing the dolls, and at the time of this blog post, it looks like Mattel currently owns the trademark for Crissy (although to my knowledge, they are not producing them). If you wish to purchase one of these dolls, you can sometimes find them used, in good condition, on eBay (see link in the first set of bullets).

MGA Entertainment is the company that produced the BFC Ink dolls, and it still holds the trademark rights to them (™). The BFC Ink dolls (aka Best Friends Club dolls) were in production, starting in 2009, but at the time of this blog post, they are no longer available in stores. You may be able to find a used one on eBay, though, if you’re thinking about collecting them (see link in the first set of bullets). These dolls can swap clothes with Crissy dolls, but their bodies are much more articulated. They have very lovely faces.