Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.
The lovely lady you see at the top of today’s post is not a Bild Lili, although if you were wondering about that, you’re not alone. When I was given this doll, I thought she might be a Bild Lili too!
I inherited this gracious gift from a friend of my husband’s — a lady named Julie, with whom he rides motorcycles. She was going to give away all of her old Barbies, including a number of gorgeous vintage dolls like this Uneeda Wendy, to a second hand store. Thank heavens she thought of me!
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In the image above, you can see a close-up of Uneeda Wendy‘s face. She has many features that are similar to Bild Lili dolls, as well as Ponytail Barbies. I was excited to discover that she can pretty much fit into any outfits I’ve made for my vintage Barbies.
So if you stumbled across this page while searching for free doll clothes patterns to fit Uneeda Wendy, I recommend that you also visit my gallery of free patterns for vintage Barbie. They really are a very similar doll, in terms of body measurements.
In fact, last Tuesday I posted all of her measurements in the Tape Measure Tuesday section. That way you can actually compare her measurements with a vintage Barbie’s.
It should be noted that today’s tank top is reversible. That’s why you can see it in both a salmon-colored cotton and a pink cotton, on my Uneeda Wendy doll. Making something reversible can be tricky, so it’s not for the beginners out there.
That’s why I’ve marked the pattern with four flowers on my difficulty scale.
But if you’re ready to take this project on, you will likely need one of the following items:
- cotton fabric (both solids and prints) on Etsy OR
- cotton fat quarters (18 inches by 21 inches of fabric)
- Gondola Snaps on Etsy (various sizes)
- 1/8 inch elastic on Amazon
- 3/4 inch sew-on Velcro on Amazon
- chopsticks (for inverting doll clothes)
- Dritz fabric pencil
- Fiskars Stitchers mini snips (for clipping seams efficiently)
- Gutermann sewing machine thread
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 patterns will fit these dolls:
- Liv dolls
- Pedigree Sindy dolls
- Queens of Africa Dolls
- Momoko dolls
- modern and Made-to-Move Barbie dolls
- Pedigree Sindy dolls (vintage from the 1970’s and 80’s)
- Uneeda Wendy dolls
- vintage Barbie dolls
- vintage Francie 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 Printer PDF sewing pattern for the three-tier skirt and reversible summer shirt (tank top)
- Free A4 (International/United Kingdom printer) PDF sewing pattern for 3-tier skirt and vest (tank top)
- Tutorial video showing how to make the skirt
- Tutorial video showing how to make the vest/ tank top/summer shirt
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 pull elastic through a casing
- How to use a needle threader
- How to choose fabric
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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 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.
Queens of Africa dolls are products offered by the Slice by Cake company, which holds the trademark for them (™). They were designed by Taofick Okoya. Please visit the Queens of Africa website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys, books, and fashions.
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.
Barbie, MTM Barbie, Francie, and Vintage Barbie 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.
Liv dolls were products designed and distributed by the Spin Master company, which still makes dolls and toys today (although the Liv dolls are no longer in production at the time of this blog post). The Spin Master company held the trademark for the Liv Dolls (™). Please visit the Spin Master Toys and Games website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys and games. Please be aware that the Chelly Wood animated doll is a Spin Master Liv doll that has been re-painted and had its wig colored to appear to look like the real doll clothing designer, Chelly Wood. This was done as a creative project by Chelly’s daughters, and the Spin Master Toys and Games company was not involved in the doll’s makeover in any way.
Uneeda Wendy dolls were once made Uneeda Toys, and while their website still offers some amazing and wonderful dolls, the Uneeda Wendy doll is no longer in production.
Sindy dolls were originally created by Pedigree Dolls & Toys, but they have been made by other manufacturers including Hasbro, Vivid Imaginations, and New Moon. Currently (at the time of this blog post) a limited number of the newest version of these dolls is being manufactured by Kid Kreations of Staffordshire, England. I haven’t tried my doll clothes on this newer version, but sewists have told me my Tammy doll patterns do fit the vintage Sindy dolls created by Pedigree Dolls & Toys. Please visit one of these toy companies’ websites to learn more about the toys they produce. The Sindy dolls are trademarked and as such, it should be noted that Chelly Wood and ChellyWood.com are not affiliated with either Pedigree or Kid Creations. However Chelly has enjoyed designing doll clothes that will fit these dolls along with others in a similar size range…