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Today’s tutorial video shows you how to make a Christmas stocking for your 1:6 scale dollhouse or diorama.
Yes, I’ve posted this tutorial and this stocking pattern before, but two years ago I remastered the tutorial video to include a voice-over for instruction. And not only that, but new followers might not be aware that I have this and other Christmas-related project patterns on my website, so it doesn’t hurt to re-post it around Christmas time.
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These tiny Christmas stockings are great for your fashion doll dioramas, but they also work as a special edition to a Christmas gift, tied to the gift’s ribbons with some tiny candies inside.
Another thing you might want to consider, if you’re looking for miniatures that can accompany your Christmas gifts, are the little stocking caps I have for sale in my online store. From now until Christmas, they’ll be half off! Click here to take a look. Buy some before they’re gone!
The image below should give you some idea about how tiny these little stocking caps are. The biggest doll they’ll fit is a vintage Skipper doll.
To make today’s miniature Christmas stocking craft project, you will likely need one or more of the following items:
- cotton fabric (both solids and prints) on Etsy
- cotton fat quarters (18 inches by 21 inches of fabric)
- 1/8 inch ribbon on Etsy
- 1/4 inch ribbon on Amazon
- rickrack trim
- chopsticks (for inverting)
- Gutermann sewing machine thread
- Fiskars Stitchers mini snips (for clipping seams efficiently)
- needles for hand stitching
- Fur trim
This list comes from my “Buyer’s Guide” page, which is easily accessed from the home page.
And I’m going to include the patterns and tutorial videos for making the outfit worn by my Queens of Africa doll as well (see image below). She’s about the same size as a modern Barbie, so her patterns should also fit your modern-day Barbie dolls (but maybe not the vintage ones).
Here are the free printable PDF sewing patterns for making today’s craft project:
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 do a baste stitch
- How to pull elastic through a casing
- How to use a needle threader
- How to do a basic straight stitch
- How to use bias tape
- How to choose fabric
- How to tie a knot using a needle and thread
- How to measure a doll
- How to press seams open, using a hot iron
- How to sew rickrack
- How to use selvage
- How to attach ribbon to doll clothes
- Tips on sewing with lace
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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 online learning platform. Here’s my bio page on their website, where you can learn more.
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I was reading this post and thinking: for someone who celebrates Christmas in the winter and lives in Idaho, way up north in the United States, you hardly ever design winter clothes for dolls, do you? The Barbie gallery has a pattern for a ski jacket and a bathrobe turned into a coat, the dolls under 7 inches tall have the adorable felt cardigan one, and I don’t remember seeing many others. The photos of the suggested Christmas and New Year’s outfits on your website always show dolls in outfits that shows their arms and legs. It’s a good thing that dolls don’t get cold!
Why would it be, if it’s not impolite to ask?
Debbie
It’s not impolite to ask. Thank you for asking.
A lot of my followers are new to sewing, and sleeves can be challenging when you first start to sew. So for the average person who wants to make a dozen little outfits for their daughter or granddaughter, easier projects are quicker to sew up. That’s why my modern clothes tend to be simple designs.
If you look at my Barbie Cosplay gallery, there are lots of Renaissance style clothes with long sleeves, capes, and doublets. However these garments are generally not for beginners. With a bit of imagination and some skill for alterations, though, a person could alter these Renaissance clothes patterns to look more modern, adding to the overall number of “winter” clothing options, particularly for Barbie dolls.