9-inch Dolls, Daily Patterns, Whole Costumes for Dolls, World of Love Doll Patterns

Let’s make a fall swing top and pants for World of Love dolls w/today’s free PDF sewing patterns! #VintageDoll #FlowerPower

Two World of Love dolls are surrounded by fall leaves. Each is wearing an identical swingy tank top (or vest in the UK) with a pair of elastic waist pants (trousers). The doll on the right waves with her tiny right hand. The doll on the left appears to be watching her companion wave. The logo at the bottom reminds us to go to Chelly Wood dot com for the free doll clothes sewing patterns to make this outfit.
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When I was a kid, I didn’t own any of the World of Love pre-teen dolls, but my cousin Virginia did… and I was SO envious! They were the coolest dolls in town, back in the early 1970’s.

According to a website called Mod Barbie and Other 70s Dolls, these dolls were called “Miss Matchbox Disco Girls” in the UK. (Click that link to read the article.)

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"Flower," the redheaded World of Love doll models handmade trousers (pants) with a swingy summery sleeveless top. Both her shirt and her pants are made of orange cotton fabric. The text at the bottom reads "Free patterns!" Click on the image to learn more.
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.

Today’s pattern is one I’ve shared before on ChellyWood.com, but this is the first time I’ve been able to add this pattern to my World of Love doll clothes pattern gallery. And every doll needs a good summer top-and-pants set for her fall adventures!

I used a strip of 3/4 inch wide Velcro cut in half down the middle (cut vertically, down the middle of the long strip) for my back closure on the shirt. That’s what makes it seems so swingy, I think.

The pants are made of solid cotton fabric, but they would also look nice, I think, in lightweight denim too. They use 1/8 inch wide elastic from Elastic by the Yard for the waist. here are some variations I’ve made with this pattern in the past, to give you some fun ideas:

Here we see four pairs of pants. From left to right, they are pink solid cotton fabric pants; orange solid cotton fabric pants; hot pink cotton pants decorated with tiny pale pink flowers; and a pair of black cargo pants that have bright orange pockets. All four pairs of pants have elastic waists. The black cargo pants are made with a Halloween print featuring mid-century modern geometric designs and tiny Halloween cadies, along with little grey bats and tiny orange pumpkins. There's a white background behind all of these elastic-waist pants.
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.

My World of Love redheaded doll’s name is Flower. (Perfect for the 1970’s, right?) She’s a little bigger than a Topper Dawn or Pippa doll, and it may surprise you to learn that she has a very flexible waist.

Her shirt is made of solid cotton, and as I said, you’ll need some sew-on Velcro for your closure. But I’m sure this top would be equally cute in a printed fabric.

Today’s patterns will fit these dolls*:

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

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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.

Skipper, Petite Barbie dolls, Creatable World, and vintage Sunshine Family 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.

Rainbow High dolls are products offered by MGA Entertainment, which holds the trademark for them (™). Please visit the Rainbow High website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

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.

Disney Princess, Moana, and Disney fairy 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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According to Wikipedia, “Ideal Toy Company was an American toy company founded by Morris Michtom and his wife, Rose. During the post–World War II baby boom era, Ideal became the largest doll-making company in the United States.” They produced the Tammy family line of dolls, including Ideal Pepper dolls, but eventually the Tammy line of dolls went out of production (with the exception of the Sindy doll — the UK version — which has had a recent revival). There have been a complicated series of sales of rights for Ideal toys since then, and you can read about it on Wikipedia, if you’re interested. But at the time of this blog post, the trademark name “Tammy” for these dolls was abandoned and has remained “dead” (according to the US Trademark database) since 2004.

 

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