Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.
Yesterday I posted pictures of three “little girl” dolls wearing this same sleeveless felt shirt and easy-to-sew elastic-waist skirt. After I’d finished that blog post, I thought to myself, “I wonder if this also fits Baby Alive…?”
So I tried it on her. Lo and behold, it did!
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Now the image above makes you think that this outfit will only fit dolls that are 13 inches to 16 inches tall, but I discovered that’s not correct. My Baby Alive doll is only 12 inches tall, but the outfit does fit her, as you can see in the photo at the top of today’s blog post.
If you want to make the schoolgirl skirt trimmed in rickrack for your Baby Alive dolls, I think you’ll find that sewing rickrack onto a swatch of fabric is easy peasy!
You just hem the skirt first, and then add the rickrack to it. Once that’s done, follow the directions in the tutorial video (a link is found in the third set of bullets) and you’ll have a cute little holiday skirt! (Or you can also use regular fabric for a regular skirt without the holiday theme.)
To make today’s felt top and cotton schoolgirl skirt, you will likely need one of the following items:
- cotton fabric (both solids and prints) on Etsy
- craft felt on Amazon
- Gondola Snaps on Etsy (various sizes)
- 1/8 inch ribbon on Etsy
- 1/4 inch ribbon on Amazon
- lace trim on Etsy
- rickrack trim
- 1/4 inch elastic on Amazon
- Gutermann sewing machine thread
- Tiny buttons (for decoration on the front)
This list comes from my “Buyer’s Guide” page, which is easily accessed from the home page.
And if you’re interested in using earth-friendly fabrics, please consider buying your fabric from FabScrap. FabScrap is a fabric recycle and reuse service, where you can buy fabrics that would otherwise go into landfills! Watch my FabScrap unboxing video to see what kinds of fabrics they sent me!
To learn more about FabScrap, this page on their website will tell you what a wonderful resource they offer!
Today’s free printable PDF doll clothes sewing patterns will fit the following dolls:
- 12-inch Baby Alive dolls*
- 13-inch Disney Princess Toddler dolls*
- 14-inch Hearts for Hearts Girls*
- 14 and a half-inch Wellie Wishers* from American Girl doll company*
- 15 and a half-inch vintage Velvet dolls from the Crissy family of dolls*
- 18-inch dolls like vintage Crissy*
- 18-inch BFC Ink dolls*
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 Baby Alive doll’s skirt
- Free American printable PDF sewing pattern for a the felt shirt/top
- Free A4 (international) PDF sewing pattern for a both the top and the skirt
- Tutorial video showing how to make the skirt
- Tutorial video showing how to make the shirt
- Scroll down for additional tutorial videos, including how to add rickrack to your skirt and how to sew snaps on fabric
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
- How to add a ruffle to a skirt
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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.
The Baby Alive dolls are produced and marketed by Hasbro, who owns the trademark rights to them (™). Please visit Hasbro’s Baby Alive page to learn more about the dolls, or visit the Hasbro company website to learn more about the company itself.
The Disney Princess 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.
The Hearts for Hearts Girls, Dolls and Games , when they were in production, were owned by the Playmates Company International, which (as far as I can tell) still holds the registered trademark for these toys. It should be noted, that when they were available for purchase, for each H4H doll purchased, the Hearts for Hearts company donated a portion of their proceeds to World Vision, a global humanitarian organization. However, these dolls are no longer produced, and therefore, you can only buy them used.
The Wellie Wishers and the 18 inch American Girl dolls mentioned in this blog post 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.
Little Miss Matched dolls* were a product of the Tonner brand of toys. At the time of this publication, to the best of my knowledge, the Tonner company (although no longer producing dolls) still holds the trademark rights to them (™). You can learn more about Robert Tonner’s brand of dolls on Wikipedia or by googling the dolls by name (i.e. “Little Miss Matched — dolls”). Robert Tonner has been known to speak at, and even sell dolls at doll shows, from time to time, but to the best of my knowledge, his company no longer produces dolls.
The Crissy family of dolls which includes dolls like vintage Crissy, Velvet, and other dolls, were produced by the Ideal Toy Corporation, which held the registered trademark for them. That company is no longer producing the dolls, and at the time of this blog post, it looks like Mattel currently owns the trademark for Crissy (although to my knowledge, they are not producing them). If you wish to purchase one of these dolls, you can sometimes find them used, in good condition, on eBay (see link in the first set of bullets).
MGA Entertainment is the company that produced the BFC Ink dolls, and it still holds the trademark rights to them (™). The BFC Ink dolls (aka Best Friends Club dolls) were in production, starting in 2009, but at the time of this blog post, they are no longer available in stores. You may be able to find a used one on eBay, though, if you’re thinking about collecting them (see link in the first set of bullets). These dolls can swap clothes with Crissy dolls, but their bodies are much more articulated. They have very lovely faces.