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Barbie poodle skirt free patterns and tutorials (fits most 11 inch fashion dolls) #1950s #RetroSewing

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As the title clearly states, today’s fashion doll clothes tutorial shows you how to use my free printable PDF sewing pattern to make a circle skirt with a sewn-on poodle patch (AKA a “poodle skirt”), like women commonly wore in the 1950’s to sock hops and school dances.

Today’s free pattern for a poodle skirt will fit Barbie and similar-sized fashion dolls. I have a list of all the dolls that will fit this pattern, in the first set of bullets below.

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Barbie has her hair up in a high pony tail on her little blond head, while she parades around with arms outstretched to show off her bright orange poodle skirt. She wears a long-sleeved white blouse dotted with tiny orange, yellow, and blue flowers over the bright orange circle skirt / poodle skirt. The skirt's poodle is made of white felt. On her feet, Barbie wears a pair of black and white traditional saddle shoes.
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.

Later I will release the tutorial and videos for making the petticoat, bolero, and long-sleeved shirt that you also see in my video at the top of today’s blog post.

For today’s poodle skirt project, you will need some solid-colored cotton fabric (pink is traditional, but I really like how my orange poodle skirt turned out). You’ll also need some sew-on Velcro for the back closure and a swatch of felt for the poodle.

Barbie stands on a cylindrical dais, facing to the left of the viewer. This gives the viewer a straight-on view of the white felt poodle patch that graces the bottom of her bright orange poodle skirt. She has her hair up in a high pony tail, and on her feet she wears traditional black and white saddle shoes. Her white long-sleeved shirt is dotted with tiny orange and blue flowers. Her poodle skirt is floofed out by the petticoats she wears beneath it.
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.

The poodle is optional though. You could simply make a circle skirt, using just about any type of fabric you have on hand.

If you’d like to make the charming 1950’s style outfit for Ken, I have all the free patterns and tutorials for that on my website as well. Please click here to find those doll clothes patterns.

Barbie stands on the left while Ken stands alert on the right. Barbie leans back, extending her hand, as if inviting Ken to dance with her. She wears a pretty blue bolero with puff sleeves, a white top under the bolero, and an orange circle skirt. Ken wears a blue felt dinner jacket (exactly the same color as his pants and Barbie's bolero) and a collared shirt. The text at the bottom of this image reminds us that Chelly Wood teaches classes in doll clothing design on the C&T Publishing website. The text at the top 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.

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*Today’s patterns will fit these dolls:

Here are your free, printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making the outfit shown at the top of this page:

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The text reads "free pattern" followed by "poodle skirt or circle skirt." The photos in this image show Barbie modeling her orange poodle skirt with a white poodle and matching white long-sleeved top. It also shows Barbie and Ken in an embrace while Barbie models her blue bolero, orange circle skirt, and white top next to Ken who wears a short sleeved, 1950's style collared shirt with blue trousers that match Barbie's blue bolero. The Chelly Wood dot com logo reminds us that her website offers free PDF sewing patterns for making these dolls' clothes.
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.

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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.

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."

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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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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.

Momoko dolls are products offered by Petworks, which holds the trademark for them (™). Please visit the Momoko Dolls website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Barbie, MTM Barbie, Francie, 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.

Disney Princess 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.

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. The Sindy dolls are trademarked and as such, it should be noted that Chelly Wood and ChellyWood.com are not affiliated with either Pedigree or Kid Creations.  However Chelly has enjoyed designing doll clothes that will fit these dolls along with others in a similar size range…

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