11-inch doll clothes patterns, Barbie Patterns, Daily Patterns, Made to Move Barbie, Vintage Francie, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sew summer clothes for Barbie! Free A4 and American PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SummerSewing #SewingProject

In a purple room, a blond-haired smiling Barbie doll models a cotton tank top and a three-tiered cotton skirt. The top layer of the 3-tier skirt is made of a pink or salmon colored cotton fabric in a solid color. The second layer of the three-tier skirt is made of white cotton dotted with spots of color in grey, salmon, and mint green. The third, and bottom layer of the 3-tiered skirt is a one-inch salmon-colored ruffle made of solid salmon-pink cotton fabric. The doll stands sideways, so we get a side view of the way this outfit fits her. The white cotton tank top has straps made of the same, matching white-with-multicolored-spots cotton fabric. The straps, the tank top itself, and the center tier of fabric are all this white cotton with multi-colored spots or speckles.
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Today’s patterns will fit Barbie dolls and similar-sized fashion dolls. If this looks like a re-post to my regular followers, you’re not wrong. People who live in the UK, South Africa, Australia, and many other parts of the world use a different type of printer paper than we do here, in the USA.

So during the months of July and August (2025), you will be seeing a selection of re-posts, based on which of my patterns have been the most popular. These new versions of my blog posts will include both the American printer paper patterns (8 and 1/2 by 11 inch printer paper) on PDF and also the A4 (210 mm by 297 mm) printer paper PDF versions of the same outfits for various dolls.

Before I offer up all my helpful links for sewing today’s project, I need to make my required disclaimer statement: As an Amazon affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. To learn more about how affiliate marketing works on my website, please go to the Privacy Policy page. Thank you!

Thumbnail shows Pedigree Sindy wearing a handmade vest (tank top) and three-tier skirt. Text reads "free sewing pattern."
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.

Please note that today’s sewing project will not only fit a modern Barbie doll, but it will also fit Pedigree Sindy, as you can see in the images above!

To make this skirt and reversible summer top combo, you’ll need cotton solid fabric, cotton small-print fabric, some 1/8 inch elastic, and some size 3/0 Dritz snaps.

If you’re making this  outfit for Francie, you may want to use Velcro for your back closure instead of snaps.

Here we see a typical blond Barbie doll modeling a salmon-and-white colored three-tier skirt with a matching white tank top. The white fabric is dotted with random spots of grey, salmon-pink, and light green. The doll wears pink plastic shoes and her head is turned slightly to the left of the viewer. The ChellyWood.com logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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.

Did you notice that I said this summer top is reversible? Compare the photo below to the one above, and you’ll see what I mean!

In the photograph, a blond Barbie, with her hair in a pony tail, models a three-tier skirt with tank top. In this photo, the tank top is the same salmon-pink color as the top and bottom tiers of the skirt's cotton fabric. The doll stands in a purple room with a wooden floor.
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.

Yup. That’s the same shirt. I just turned it inside out and put it back on my doll.

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Today’s patterns will fit these dolls:

*Note: The photos in this blog post show a flat-footed beach Barbie (dated 1999) modeling the doll clothes; however, her body mold is identical to modern Barbie and very similar to Made-to-Move Barbie dolls, so these patterns should easily fit modern and MTM Barbies.

Here are your free, printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos:

This image of a turquoise blue sewing needle pulling purple thread away from a line of cross-stitching is used as a divider between sections of a blog post.

Did you notice that some of the videos linked above are for a different doll? That’s because I use my special formula to re-size my patterns.

If you’d like to learn how to re-size doll clothes patterns for your own projects, my Creative Spark class, “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns” is available on the Creative Spark platform. To learn more about it, have a look at this video please:

 

I also have a class that teaches you how to design your own doll pants, and it only costs $19.99!

The image shows an 18 inch doll next to an 8 inch doll, to demonstrate that Chelly's "How to Design Doll Pants Patterns" course is for dolls of any shape or size. In one photo, both dolls wear a tee shirt with leggings. In the other image, both dolls wear a T-shirt under a pair of green polka dot overalls (green with tiny white polka dots). The text says, "How to Design Your Own Doll Pants Course Only nineteen dollars and ninety-nine cents! There are two bonuses mentioned on the advertisement as well: Chelly's re-sizing formula and a complementary pattern for 18 inch doll overalls.
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.

For any class on Creative Spark, you don’t have to sign up any time soon. Just sign up when you’re ready.

And there’s no specific time limit to your courses. You can just take your time and learn at the pace that suits you.

As always, feel free to pin, like, or tweet about my free patterns and tutorials. Here’s an image you’re welcome to share on social media:

This is the JPG image of the free PDF sewing pattern for making a reversible tank top and three-tier skirt to fit Barbie and similar sized fashion dolls. This pattern is designed by Chelly Wood and distributed for free through Chelly Wood dot com. The JPG image of the pattern is marked with Creative Commons Attribution and the ChellyWood.com logo.
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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*ChellyWood.com earns money by linking to Amazon, eBay, Michaels, Etsy, and other online affiliate programs. Links provided above may be affiliate links. For a full list of my affiliate programs, and to understand how cookies are used to help this website earn money, please see my “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.

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.

 

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