Your free, printable patterns will be found after the second set of bullets.
I first posted these patterns for the Anna and Elsa Frozen mini dolls, but as you can see, they also fit the little six inch Breyer Rider dolls, although the skirt is a bit short on her.
For the elastic on this teeny-tiny skirt, I used a cord style of elastic instead of braided elastic. To read all the tips on how to use cord elastic instead of braided elastic for your miniature skirt, please click here.
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With tiny dolls like the classic Breyer Riders, it’s more important than ever to use very small print fabrics. Let’s say you have the option to use a polka dot fabric with dots that are 5 millimeters wide, or a polka dot fabric with dots that are 2 millimeters wide.
Definitely pick the smaller dots! On a doll this tiny, the smaller the print on the fabric, the better it will look. And of course, solids won’t be a problem at all.
Okay, with that said, to make today’s skirt, you’ll need some small print or solid cotton fabric and some elastic cord.
To make the little white cotton shirt, you’ll of course need some solid white 100% cotton fabric and a few tiny size 4/0 snaps. For a sewing project this small, you might also want to purchase some very small hand stitching needles (Dritz size 10 “betweens” is what I recommend).
If you’re not sure why I recommend sewing this tiny shirt by hand, you may want to read this blog post called “Why don’t my seams match up?”
The Breyer Rider dolls are 1:12 scale horse-riding dolls, so if you’re wondering whether or not your Breyer Riders can sit astride their horses in this little skirt and top combo outfit, the answer is yes! They can ride a horse in this skirt!
And with an elastic waist, this skirt is easy for children’s little fingers to dress and undress the doll.
Which dolls will fit these doll clothes?
- vintage Strawberry Shortcake toddler dolls (3 to 4 inches or approx. 10 cm tall)
- Mattel’s Kelly dolls (4 inches or 10 cm)
- Mattel’s vintage Heart Family baby doll (4 inches tall)
- some dollhouse-sized dolls (1:12 scale)
- vintage Strawberry Shortcake 5 inch (13 cm) dolls
- Disney’s Anna mini toddler dolls from the Arendelle family set
- Enchantimals dolls
- Breyer Riders dolls (6 inches tall)
Here are your free patterns and tutorial videos for making this outfit:
- Free PDF printable doll clothes sewing pattern for shirt (use View C shirt patterns)
- Tutorial video showing how to make this shirt
- Here’s the free, printable PDF sewing pattern for making the skirt (use the shorter of the two)
- The tutorial for making the skirt shows Elsa’s skirt, but the steps are basically the same
- Here’s a link to a page where I give you tips for working with cord elastic
- 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 (helpful for beginners, just learning to sew by hand)
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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.
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.
Enchantimals, Kelly, Heart Family baby dolls, and Chelsea 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.
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Disney’s Anna and Elsa mini 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.
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