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Free Barbie and Ken 1950s doll clothes sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com! #FreePatterns #SewingProject

A Ken doll is dressed in a short-sleeved striped shirt with a front pocket and bright blue slacks, while a Barbie doll stands beside him in a matching bright blue bolero jacket, cream blouse, and poodle skirt. Barbie completes her 1950s sock hop attire with saddle shoes. The scene suggests a nostalgic dance event, with both dolls perfectly styled for the era. The text highlights that free printable PDF sewing patterns for these outfits are available at ChellyWood.com, which offers free patterns for dolls of various shapes and sizes.
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As you can see in the image at the top of today’s blog post, Barbie and Ken are now ready to go to their high school sock hop, dressed in 1950’s attire. The poodle skirt project is one that was requested many years ago, and it includes a long-sleeved shirt for Barbie, along with the bolero and poodle skirt

For Barbie’s saddle shoes, I actually used fingernail polish to paint a plain old white tennis shoe! The black nail polish is also painted on the bottom of her shoes, completing this adorable ensemble.

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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."
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Ken’s outfit comes with a felt jacket that’s surprisingly easy to make. If you’d like to make Ken’s doll clothes, please navigate over to this page, where you can download all the patterns you’ll need and watch all the video tutorials required for making his pants, shirt, and felt jacket.

Today’s Barbie poodle skirt also comes with a petticoat. If you really want your poodle skirt to flare out, the petticoat is a necessary addition to the rest of the outfit. Without the petticoat, it will look more like the orange circle skirt shown in the image above.

Yes, it’s still pretty without the petticoat, but with the petticoat, you can really give your circle skirt a nice swirl!

We see a fashion doll like Barbie walking with her petticoat exposed, as the camera angle comes from the floor level. Under her poodle skirt, we see waves of white cotton and tulle filling the area around her knees, to add fullness to her poodle skirt. The poodle skirt is orange with a white felt poodle sewn on top. The petticoat is made of white, very thin cotton and layers of tulle.
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.

To make the poodle skirt, 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.

The petticoat will require gauzy cotton fabric for the outer layer of the petticoat. You’ll also need some tulle and Velcro to finish the closure area.

For the long-sleeved shirt, you’ll need a bit of cotton fabric or cotton polyester blend fabric and a few size 3/0 snaps. My shirt was more blousy and fit nicely under the cotton bolero because I used a polyester blend fabric for mine, which is thinner and more lightweight than 100% cotton.

A Mattel blond Barbie doll models handmade doll clothes reminiscent of 1950s sock hop fashion. She wears black and white saddle shoes, an orange poodle skirt, and a bright blue bolero. Underneath, her cream blouse is adorned with tiny orange and blue tulips. Her blond hair is styled in a high ponytail, capturing the trendy look of the era. The Chelly Wood dot com logo in the lower right corner reminds viewers to visit ChellyWood.com for all of the free doll clothes sewing patterns used to create this charming outfit.
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.

Let’s not forget that beautiful blue bolero! I tried to make this bolero suitable for modern fashion and acceptable for the 1950’s with a bit of a creative twist, as it has puff sleeves and those little cuffs.

But if you were wishing the bolero was more true to the three-quarter length sleeves that were common in the 50’s, you might want to think about taking my pattern alteration course. (Scroll down a bit to learn more about that.) A good pattern to alter might be my 3/4 length sleeve animal print top.

To make the bolero, you’ll need a bit of cotton fabric or cotton polyester blend fabric. In my video tutorials, I also mention the Fiskars Mini Stitchers scissors and chopsticks, both of which are useful things to own if, like me, you spend a lot of your time making tiny little doll clothes!

This is a J-peg image of a free printable PDF sewing pattern for a bolero jacket, designed to fit a Barbie doll. This pattern is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution license, allowing for creative freedom while acknowledging the original creator. The pattern includes a puff sleeve with a cuff, where each sleeve and cuff piece is marked “cut two.” The design also features one back bodice piece that requires cutting two pieces, and one front bodice piece, which should be cut four times due to the jacket’s lined nature. This detailed pattern ensures a perfect fit and a fashionable look for Barbie's wardrobe.
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An image shows Barbie and Ken dressed for a 1950's sock hop. The text lets us know that the free patterns for making these doll clothes can be found at chellywood.com. Ken wears a 1950's collared shirt with trousers and a felt dinner jacket. Barbie wears a poodle skirt (shown also as a circle skirt without the poodle applique), blouse, and bolero. Barbie's bolero matches Ken's dinner jacket and trousers, in a lovely sky blue color. Ken's shirt is off-white with orange and blue vertical stripes while Barbie's poodle skirt/circle skirt is orange and her blouse is off-white, dotted with tiny blue and orange tulips. Barbie's blouse is shown without the bolero, demonstrating that it has long sleeves. The bolero has puff sleeves and cuffs.
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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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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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