Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.
Week by week, I’ve been building on an ensemble for Blueberry Muffin, a little doll from the Strawberry Shortcake doll lineup from the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.
Today’s tutorial shows you how to make a bell-sleeved dress for Strawberry Shortcake dolls, and since I happen to own a Blueberry Muffin doll, I created a little blue gingham dress for her in the video.
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I made my dress using blue gingham, but you could use any fabric, really, to make a similar dress for any of the Strawberry Shortcake sized dolls in this family of dolls.
My free patterns, which are found in the third set of bullets below, will include the patterns for not just the dress but also the tights and the pinafore.
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 the tutorial video for making the tights.)
To make today’s miniature doll clothes, you will likely need one or more of the following items:
- striped small-print jersey fabric on Etsy
- cotton fabric with very tiny strawberries
- solid cotton fabrics
- small print cotton gingham fabrics
- 1/8 inch elastic on Amazon
- tiny snaps (choose 5 or 7 mm)
- chopsticks (for inverting doll clothes)
- Fiskars Stitchers mini snips (for clipping seams efficiently)
- Gutermann sewing machine thread
- rickrack trim OR
- scalloped edge trim
This list comes from my “Buyer’s Guide” page, which is easily accessed from the home page.
*Which dolls will fit in today’s dress?
- Mattel’s Chelsea dolls (5.5 inches or 13.5 cm)
- 6-inch Enchantimals dolls (15 cm)
- vintage Strawberry Shortcake 5 inch (13 cm) dolls
- some dollhouse-sized dolls (1:12 scale)
- Disney’s Elsa mini toddler dolls
- 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)*
Please note: dolls with an asterisk (*) will only be able to wear this pattern as a shirt, not as a dress.
Here are your free, printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making the outfit shown at the top of this page:
- Free American printable PDF sewing pattern for a 5 inch doll’s clothes
- Free A4 (international) PDF sewing pattern for a 5 inch doll’s clothes
- Tutorial video showing how to make the tights is found here
- Tutorial video showing how to make the pinafore is found here
- Tutorial video showing how to make the bell-sleeved dress is found at the top of the page
You may also find these tutorial videos helpful:
- How to do a whipstitch
- How to sew snaps on fabric
- How to do a backstitch
- How to gather fabric
- How to pull elastic through a casing
- How to use a needle threader
- How to do a basic straight stitch
- How to tie a knot using a needle and thread
- How to press seams open, using a hot iron
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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 C&T Publishing website. Here’s my bio page on their site, where you can learn more.
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*Please note: when you click on 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.
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.