8-inch doll clothes patterns, Mego Action Figures, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Today we’re making a little A-line dress with flutter sleeves for Mego Action Figures! #iSew #Miniatures

Mego Star Trek action figure Lieutenant Uhura Nichelle Nichols doll wearing yellow flutter sleeve dress in purple and turquoise blue studio setting. The action figure wears a yellow cotton dress dotted with tiny white daisies. Her shoes are made of yellow plastic.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

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

Yes, as the heading states, today I’ll be showing you how to make this lovely little A-line dress with flutter-style sleeves, and it will fit the Mego female action figures along with a wide variety of dolls in the 8-inch, 9-inch, and even some dolls in the 10-inch size range.

Before we dive into this project, though, 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!

For today’s project, you’ll need a few Dritz size 3/0 or 4/0 snaps and some small-print fabric.  In my tutorial video, I also mention my little Fiskars Mini Stitchers scissors, which are a super handy tool when you’re clipping seams and corners on teeny tiny doll clothes like this.

The image shows a pair of ReNew scissors Micro-Tip scissors on a cardboard packaging that has the recycle symbol on it. The text under the brand name says, "recycle blade and handle."
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

At the end of the tutorial video for making this dress, I also talk about my online courses. Please scroll all the way down to the bottom of today’s post, to read more about the classes I teach in doll clothes pattern alteration and design.

I should also mention that today’s tutorial is a remastered version of the flutter-sleeved dress that I first posted for the EverAfter High and Monster High dolls. That original tutorial video showed the dress in purple (see image below), but my original tutorial video didn’t use voiceover; whereas the newer version of the tutorial does offer the voiceover.

Image shows an Ever After High doll wearing a handmade doll dress with frilly sleeves and a wispy skirt that seems to be blowing in the wind. She is posed before a miniature quilt with pinwheels patterns sewn on a black background. The overlay says, "FREE pattern and tutorials: make a dress for tiny-body dolls." and this image comes from ChellyWood.com which offers free, printable sewing patterns for dolls of many shapes and sizes.
Visit ChellyWood.com for FREE printable sewing patterns for dolls of many shapes and sizes.

There are a couple of reasons, why I need to remaster these older tutorials to include voiceover.

First, by giving the tutorial video a voiceover, YouTube is then able to translate the closed captioning into many languages, so people all over the world can view and understand the video. Second, visually impaired people who sew will also benefit, when the instructions are given in audio form.

Four dolls are pictured, each wearing the same little A-line dress made of yellow cotton and decorated with tiny white flowers. From left to right, the models are: Mattel's Stacie doll, Mego's Lieutenant Uhura action figure from Star Trek TOS, an 8 inch Bratz doll, and a 9 inch Tinkerbell doll from Disney. If you'd like to make this dress for your 8 to 9 inch fashion dolls, you can find the free printable PDF sewing patterns for this little flutter-sleeve A-line dress (and other dolls' clothes) at Chelly Wood dot com. The text at the top of the image says "Free Patterns!"
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

And as you can see, both by the photo above and the bulleted list below, there’s a large number of small-bodied dolls that can fit in this sweet little dress! So it has been a very popular video, in spite of the fact that it has been missing voiceover since it was first published in 2017.

So please be patient as I update some of my older tutorial videos. It’s important to make them available to a wider audience!

A beautiful Nichelle Nichols look-alike doll (a Mego action figure) models a handmade yellow A-line dress with slightly puffy flutter sleeves. The yellow cotton fabric of her dress is decorated with a pattern of tiny white daisies in a springtime array. She wears matching yellow pumps. The doll is displayed upon a background of purple with variations of pink, white, and purple glitter splashed around her. This gives the action figure a super star effect.
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

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

Nichelle Nichols (the Mego Action Figure from the Star Trek figures lineup) appears to be leaving a church, walking along a flagstone path between green leafy potted trees, dressed in a lovely springtime yellow dress with tiny daisies printed on the cotton fabric. Her dress has a round neckline, flutter sleeves, and an A-line skirt, attached to a bodice with darts. The doll wears matching yellow plastic heels. She's perfectly dressed for church in her Sunday best!
Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

Here are the free printable PDF doll clothes sewing patterns for making today’s dress and some links to additional tutorial videos that may help:

This image of a turquoise blue sewing needle pulling purple thread away from a line of cross-stitching is used as a divider between sections of a blog post.

For more of my free tutorials, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel, ChellyWood1.

This image shows four rows of artist's renderings of doll clothing items. The top row shows four different styles of pants. The second row shows four different styles of shirts. The third row shows four different styles of skirts. The fourth row shows four different styles of dresses, with skirts in long, short, and mid-length styles. The text reads at the top, "Classes in Doll Clothing Design" followed by this paragraph: "Have you ever wished you could create patterns of your own? Click on the links to Chelly's online courses below, to learn more about her paid courses in doll clothing pattern design techniques." If you sign up for one of Chelly Wood's Creative Spark online courses, you can create a doll wardrobe to suit dolls of any shape and size. Find out more at CreativeSpark.ctpub.com

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!

For any class on Creative Spark, you don’t have to follow a schedule. Just sign up when you’re ready.

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.

As always, feel free to pin, like, or tweet about my free patterns and tutorials.

To read more about my free sewing patterns and tutorials, please visit the “Helpful Tips” page.

If you would like to make a donation to this free doll clothes pattern website, please click here. There’s also a “Donate” button in the main menu.

Disclaimer/Credit/Affiliate Marketing Link:

*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.

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.

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.

2 thoughts on “Today we’re making a little A-line dress with flutter sleeves for Mego Action Figures! #iSew #Miniatures”

  1. I like so much this dress, in yellow it’s top! Sadly I have no doll to sew it for. Is it not good for vintage Skipper?

    Reply

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.