Scroll down to the second set of bullets to download the free printable PDF sewing pattern.*

Summer is upon us, here in the northern hemisphere of the earth, so it’s time to make some easy-to-sew sun dresses for our dolls! Today’s free pattern is for a halter-top-style sundress that has a bias tape choker for a back closure at the top.

And today’s pattern (although it shows other dolls wearing the dress) will easily fit the Kuu Kuu Harajuku dolls that stand 9 and 1/2 inches or approximately 24 centimeters tall.

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Today’s pattern is offered both as a PDF for American printers, and also as a PDF for A4 printer paper.

There’s also a sweet little purse that goes with this dress, and here’s the link to that tutorial if you want to make the tiny purse as well.

To make today’s little halter style dress, you’ll need some craft felt, some cotton fabric, and a bit of 1/4 inch (6 mm) wide bias tape. You’ll also need a few snaps (AKA poppers), and I recommend size 4/0 Dritz snaps.

In my tutorial, I mentioned Fiskars Stitchers’ scissors, which are fantastic for making tiny snips! With a dress as tiny as this one, detail precision snips are super important.

I also used a Dritz fabric pencil in my tutorial video. It’s handy for marking the bias tape you’ll be using for the choker, and a fabric pencil easily washes out of most fabrics without damaging them.

Which dolls will this dress be suitable for?

• Bratz dolls (8 inch — it’s a snug fit in the bodice, so maybe cut your bodice a bit longer than the pattern)
• Breyer Rider dolls (6 inches tall; 15.25 cm; 1:12 scale)
• Dawn dolls from Topper (6 and 1/8 inch or 15.5 cm)
• dollhouse-sized dolls (1:12 scale)
• I Dream of Jeannie dolls from Remco (6 inches or 15 cm)
• Kuu Kuu Harajuku dolls (9.5 inches or 24 cm)
• Lottie dolls (7 inches or 17.9 cm)
• Pippa dolls from Palitoy (6 and ½ inch or 16.5 cm)
• Snapstar dolls (25 cm)
• Stacie dolls (9 inches — Mattel)
• Sunshine Family adult female dolls (vintage — 9 inches)

Free patterns and tutorial videos for making this little tiny dress:

• free PDF sewing pattern for this dress, using American printer paper (8.5 x 11 inch)
• free PDF sewing pattern for this dress, using A4 paper (210 x 297 mm)***
• here’s the tutorial for making the dress (it shows the Dawn dolls, but the steps are exactly the same)
• This link will take you to the pattern and tutorial for making the purse
• How to do a whipstitch
• How to do a backstitch
• 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

If you enjoyed this blog post, and you’d like to see my videos, you might want to navigate over to my YouTube channel, ChellyWood1 to look through my playlists.

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” class on the Creative Spark online learning platform. Here’s a link to 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, 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.

***Please note: this is the first time I’ve ever converted one of my patterns to A4 printer paper. I may not have the measurement tool just right, but I’d love some feedback! for those of you who use A4 paper, let me know whether or not the measurement tool is printing correctly. I’m pretty sure the pattern, as printed on A4 paper, will fit both Dawn dolls and Pippa dolls, but I can’t be 100% sure until I get feedback from several Pippa collectors. That’s what I need a little feedback for! Feel free to leave a comment…

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.

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.

Kuu Kuu Harajuku dolls, Chelsea dolls, and Enchantimals 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.

Lottie dolls are manufactured and designed by Arklu (Ireland) Ltd., in Donegal, Ireland, and Arklu holds the registered trademark (™) for them in the US. Lottie dolls are distributed in the USA by Schylling, Inc. These dolls are distributed in the UK, Ireland, France, and Italy by Bigjigs Toys Ltd. Visit Lottie.com to learn more about these wonderful toys that were inspired by kids.

Pippa dolls were produced in Great Britain by Palitoy from 1972 to 1980. Palitoy is now a defunct company, and to my knowledge the Pippa dolls have not had a revival. You can learn more about Palitoy on Wikipedia. You can learn more about these dolls at OverZone’s Pippa Dolls Archive or on the Pippa ID Parade.

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.

Strawberry Shortcake dolls are products offered by Shortcake IP Holdings LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit the Strawberry Shortcake 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.