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Let’s make a Strawberry Shortcake doll’s pinafore with free sewing patterns! #BlueberryMuffin #VintageToys

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Last week I gave you a new sewing pattern for making doll clothes that will fit the Strawberry Shortcake character dolls from the late 1970’s and 1980’s. To revisit last week’s tutorial video which showed how to make the teeny-tiny tights, please click here.

Today’s tutorial shows you how to make a pinafore dress for these little Strawberry Shortcake dolls, and since I happen to own a Blueberry Muffin doll, I created a little blue pinafore for her in the video.

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A vintage Blueberry Muffin doll (one of the characters from the Strawberry Shortcake set of dolls from the late 1970's and the 1980's) stands above a stitched-style swatch of violet fabric that says "free patterns." The little doll, made by Kenner, models a handmade pinafore (sleeveless dress) with her handmade purple stockings and her little plastic Mary Jane style shoes and plastic bucket hat. Her blue pigtails stick out from under her flower-adorned plastic hat. To find the free sewing patterns and tutorials for making a little Strawberry Shortcake sized pinafore dress, please visit Chelly Wood dot com.
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.

Eventually, I’ll also publish the tutorial for making the long-sleeved dress you see my Blueberry Muffin doll wearing later in today’s tutorial. But for now, sewing the pinafore is a good place to start.

And it doesn’t have to be a blue pinafore. Choose from the fabrics you already have. Be creative! Try making a pinafore for the other Strawberry Shortcake dolls, using today’s pattern.

Image shows a variety of fabrics. The background fabric is a blue and white gingham check, like the Blueberry Muffin doll wore in the early 1980’s. The fabric swatch in the upper left corner is a white cotton with red toile country figures as the decorative pattern. The fabric in the lower left corner is a narrow blue and white striped cotton. The fabric in the lower right shows white fabric decorated with tiny strawberries (like the fabric Strawberry Shortcake wore). In the upper right corner is a zebra print cotton in blue and white. The text box is blue denim with light blue stitching around it, and at the top, a blue daisy is poised above the text which reads "Fabric!" in cursive writing over top of the Chelly Wood dot 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.

If you need some jersey fabric with very tiny stripes for your doll’s tights, I recommend using the Etsy store called iSewForDoll. I’ve always been happy with my purchases from them, including the lovely green striped jersey fabric that my husband bought me for Christmas last year. (It’s featured in last week’s video, showing how to make tights.)

To make today’s miniature doll clothes, you will likely need one or more of the following items:

This list comes from my “Buyer’s Guide” page, which is easily accessed from the home page.

A vintage Kenner Blueberry Muffin doll from the Strawberry Shortcake line of dolls models a handmade blue pinafore dress. Her hair is done in blue pigtails with tiny pink rubber bands. Her leggings are purple and sort of striped or mottled with stripes. She is shown three times, in various poses, with and without her bucket hat on. In the lower right corner, we're reminded by a text box that there are free patterns at Chelly Wood dot com, for sewing this little pinafore dress.

*Which dolls will fit today’s pinafore dress?

Please note: dolls with an asterisk (*) will only be able to wear this pattern as a sleeveless shirt, not as a pinafore dress.

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

You may also find these tutorial videos helpful:

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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 and action figure 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.

Enchantimals, Kelly, Heart Family baby dolls, and Chelsea 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.

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.

Disney’s Anna and Elsa mini toddler 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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