Marie Osmond dolls, Old Patterns from Chelly's Collection, Tammy Doll Patterns

Can vintage Ideal Tammy dolls wear Marie Osmond Barbie doll clothes (Butterick 6664)? #MarieOsmond #Sewing

Here we see a photo of the Marie Osmond 6664 "Butterick's Personality Doll Wardrobe" envelope and its photo of an actual Marie Osmond doll modeling a red western shirt with white front yokes and a pair of shiny black pants. The pattern options to the doll's right are showing a yellow jumper (in the USA sense of "jumper" -- a sleeveless dress which is sometimes worn over a shirt): a floor length caftan dress with ribbon ties at the sleeve and a waistband; a blue, V-neck long-sleeved shirt with cuffs and a waistband; a long-sleeved white shirt with a collar and cuffs; a purple evening dance dress with a zig-zag-cut skirt and a bodice with straps that tie at the shoulders; a short camel-colored caftan blouse with a waistband and ribbon ties at the sleeves' ends; a green flared ice skater's skirt; a green body suit with long sleeves and a turtle neck.
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All of my regular blog followers know that I love Ideal Tammy dolls, but did you know that I’m also a fan of Marie Osmond? Yup!

I had the Donny and Marie Osmond dolls as a kid, and for many years, my Marie Osmond Barbie-sized doll was my go-to plaything. Marie Osmond was beautiful! She was talented! And she had her own variety TV show! Best of all, she was a snappy dresser…

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An Ideal Tammy doll models a white cotton dress spotted with tiny multicolored polka dots, and which has a small slit on the side of the dress from the floor to mid-calf on Tammy. The nearly identical dress is pictured on the Butterick 6664 sewing pattern envelope, which appears in the image next to Tammy. The difference between the tunic dress pictured on the pattern envelope and the tunic-style dress worn by tammy is this: on the envelope, the sleeves end in tiny ribbon ties at what would be the doll's wrists. On Tammy, these same sleeves are pulled together with elastic inside a casing. This dress also has elastic sewn on the dress at the waistline, under the fabric. Otherwise, the dress on the envelope looks exactly like the one Tammy is modeling, with even the polka-dot pattern on the white cotton fabric looking exactly the same.
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As you can see in the image above, the tunic-style dress from Butterick 6664’s View B fits Ideal Tammy dolls very nicely. The sleeves are even the right length, even though I made an alteration to them.

I made the dress for a friend’s daughter, so she could put the dress on her Barbies. However, when I altered the sleeves, making them have elastic at the wrist instead of the ribbon ties that are recommended in the Butterick 6664 original pattern instructions, I didn’t give myself enough extra room for the casing that I added to the bottom of the right sleeve.

So on Barbie the right sleeve is a bit too short, as you can see below. I don’t think this is quite as noticeable on Tammy because her arms are slightly shorter than Barbie’s.

In this photo, a Barbie doll models a caftan dress (also spelled Kaftan with a K instead of C). The doll holds her hands out away from her body, so we can see that the sleeves have a distinctive 1980's feel to them, with extra wide arm hole openings. The sleeves are gathered at the cuff. The fabric is white cotton with multi-colored teeny-tiny polka dots. It's a long dress, which has a boat neck and a very straight skirt. It's gathered at the waist with elastic.
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So yes, the dress does fit Tammy. I feel pretty confident saying that.

But what about the pants? And what about the shirts?

Have you ever heard the saying, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”?** Okay. I could create all of the outfits in the Butterick 6664 sewing pattern, try them all on Ideal Tammy, and report back to you about which ones fit her and which ones don’t. OR…

A woman's hand folds a tissue pattern for a pant leg over the top of the leg of an Ideal Tammy doll, to see if the pant or trousers leg will fit the doll. The woman's fingers curve the pattern against the roundness of the doll's leg in the thigh, as the doll lies flat.
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I could show you how I pre-test a pattern to see if it’s going to fit.

And it’s as simple as what you see in the image above:

  • Cut out the pattern piece.
  • Lay your doll down on a flat surface.
  • Try the pattern piece on the doll to see if it’s a close match.

I only have one caveat to this simple method of pattern checking…

A purple arrow points to text at the bottom of a tissue pattern for a trousers leg (which lies against a doll's leg). The pattern is numbered 6664. Below the grainline on the pant leg pattern, a purple graphic arrow points to a secondary hemline which says "cut off for eleven and a half inch (29 centimeter) doll." Below this secondary hemline is the actual cut line for the hem area for twelve inch dolls. A "figure one" numeral appears between the doll's foot which is covered by the trousers leg pattern and the doll's other foot which is not covered by the pant leg pattern. A figure two numeral appears in the space between the primary (12 inch) and secondary (eleven and a half inch) cut lines or hem lines.
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Always think about seam allowances and hemlines. For example, in the image above, the pattern offers two lengths for the View C trousers from Butterick 6664. If you look at the text the purple arrow is pointing at, it says, “Cut off for 11.5 inch doll.”

Incidentally, I never cut patterns that offer multiple sizes. I usually just fold them instead. That way I can always use the alternative length, should I need it later on. But I digress.

Which length do you think I would choose: Figure 1 or Figure 2?

I would definitely choose the Figure 2 length because it allows for a longer seam allowance in the hem, which Tammy clearly needs.

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But if you need help understanding how seam allowances work, or if you just wish you were a little bit better at making alterations (changes) to your doll clothes sewing patterns, you might want to scroll down a bit, to where I talk about my paid course, “How to Alter Doll Clothes Patterns.”

It will definitely improve your sewing game!

I want to close with a question for you. Are you a fan of Marie Osmond? And if so, what happy memories do you have of the Donny and Marie show? Or the dolls? Please leave a comment!

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4 thoughts on “Can vintage Ideal Tammy dolls wear Marie Osmond Barbie doll clothes (Butterick 6664)? #MarieOsmond #Sewing”

  1. Dear Chelly,

    My mom bought me the Marie Osmond doll when I was a kid back in 1977 at Kresge’s, the big sister store of Kmart. Earlier this year, I bought her back along with Donny. I don’t think that the Marie Osmond doll pattern can fit Tammy because she has a flat chest and the clothes fit dolls with busts. Oh well, to each her own.

    Trisha

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    1. Well, I don’t think any of the shirts have darts, and for the dresses, the same holds true. So perhaps the shirts and dresses will fit Tammy. I’m curious! Eventually, I’ll have to make them again and try them on Tammy to satiate my curiosity!

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  2. Hi, I love this pattern and I have used it for Barbie but with not so many alterations, for my Bionic woman doll too.
    Obviously I am talking about the tunic and dresses, not pants or shirts.
    Dresses are very confortable and the elastic at the waist allows you to adjust the size to you own doll

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