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If you’re not familiar with Pedigree Sindy, please go back and read the blog posts from Monday the 3rd and Monday the 10th of June, 2024. She’s a fun doll to learn about!

In a nutshell, back in “the day,” Sindy was far more popular than Barbie in the United Kingdom, and there are many good reasons why. Americans probably recognize my Ideal Tammy doll, who looks a lot like Sindy for a good reason! Again, I have older blog posts about the connection between these two dolls, if you want to explore their history.

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I should mention that this is a reversible vest/tank top. (In the UK, it’s called a “vest” whereas here in the US, we would say “tank top” for the same garment.)

To make the reversible summer top (vest/tank top), you’ll need cotton small-print and jersey solid-colored fabric, along with some size 3/0 Dritz snaps.

For the skirt, if you’re printing on A4 paper, you need to print skirt A (short skirt). However, if you’re printing on American paper, use the long skirt pattern without the ruffle.

As far as fabrics go, for your skirt, you can use either the cotton small-print or the jersey solid-colored fabric, but you’ll also need some 1/8 inch wide elastic. I recommend Elastic by the Yard. It’s what I use.

*Today’s patterns will fit these dolls:

• Queens of Africa Dolls
• modern and Made-to-Move Barbie dolls
• Liv dolls
• vintage 12″ Sindy dolls
• Sindy
• vintage Barbie dolls
• 12 inch Tall Barbie dolls
• Ideal vintage Tammy dolls

Here are your free, printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making the lingerie shown in the video:

• Free printable PDF sewing pattern for Sindy’s vest (tank top) — A4 paper
• Free printable PDF sewing pattern for Tammy’s vest (tank top) — also fits older Pedigree Sindy dolls — for Letter paper (American printer paper)
• Free printable PDF sewing pattern for an 11 inch fashion doll’s skirt (for American letter paper)
• Free printable PDF sewing pattern for an 11 inch fashion doll’s pencil skirt (for A4 printer paper)
• Here’s the tutorial showing how to make the skirt (shows a different doll, but instructions are basically the same)
• Tutorial video showing how to make the vest (summer shirt or tank top in the US)
• How to do a whipstitch
• How to do a backstitch
• How to do a baste stitch
• 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 attach ribbon to doll clothes
• Tips on sewing with lace
• How to pull elastic through a casing

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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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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 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.

Queens of Africa dolls are products offered by the Slice by Cake company, which holds the trademark for them (™). They were designed by Taofick Okoya. Please visit the Queens of Africa website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys, books, and fashions.

Barbie, MTM Barbie, Tall Barbie, and Vintage Barbie 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.

Liv dolls were products designed and distributed by the Spin Master company, which still makes dolls and toys today (although the Liv dolls are no longer in production at the time of this blog post). The Spin Master company held the trademark for the Liv Dolls (™). Please visit the Spin Master Toys and Games website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys and games. Please be aware that the Chelly Wood animated doll is a Spin Master Liv doll that has been re-painted and had its wig colored to appear to look like the real doll clothing designer, Chelly Wood. This was done as a creative project by Chelly’s daughters, and the Spin Master Toys and Games company was not involved in the doll’s makeover in any way.

Sindy dolls were originally created by Pedigree Dolls & Toys, but they have been made by other manufacturers including Hasbro, Vivid Imaginations, and New Moon. Currently (at the time of this blog post) a limited number of the newest version of these dolls is being manufactured by Kid Kreations of Staffordshire, England. I haven’t tried my doll clothes on this newer version, but sewists have told me my Tammy doll patterns do fit the vintage Sindy dolls created by Pedigree Dolls & Toys. Please visit one of these toy companies’ websites to learn more about the toys they produce.

Ideal Toy Company owned the registered trademark for the entire Tammy family of dolls, but that company is no longer in business. I’m including links to the Wikipedia pages on these topics for anyone who would like to research these dolls.