Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.
Today’s pattern is identical to the one I posted for Baby Alive on December 4th, so if this dress looks familiar, that’s why. And your free patterns will include the pattern for the little felt shoes you see my doll wearing.
Since we’re only two weeks away from Valentine’s Day, I think you should picture this dress in pretty Valentine’s Day fabric… How cute would that be? (I might make one myself, using Valentine’s Day fabric, since my niece, Emily, might like to receive a little Valentine’s Day doll dress in the mail.)
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To make today’s doll clothing, you will likely need one of the following items:
- cotton fabric (either solids or prints) on Etsy
- OR small-print Valentine’s Day cotton fabrics
- craft felt for the little shoes
- 3/4 inch sew-on Velcro for the back closure
- 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!
Someone recently asked me how much fabric they needed to buy, in order to make this same dress for Baby Alive. I think I started with 1/3 of a yard (.3 meters), but I had plenty of leftover fabric after sewing it. So it really doesn’t take much fabric at all, to make this cute little dress!
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:
- 13-inch dolls like the Disney Princess Toddler dolls
- 14-inch dolls like Hearts for Hearts Girls
- 15-inch dolls like Wellie Wishers from American Girl doll company
- 11 or 12-inch baby dolls like Baby Alive
- 11 or 12-inch baby dolls from JC Toys
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 12 to 13 inch baby or toddler doll A-line dress
- Free A4 (international) PDF sewing pattern for a 12 to 13 inch baby or toddler doll A-line dress
- Free American printable PDF pattern for making the doll’s shoes
- Free A4 (international) PDF sewing pattern for making the doll’s shoes
- Tutorial video showing how to make the dress
- Tutorial video showing how to make the felt shoes
You may also find these tutorial videos helpful:
- How to do a whipstitch
- How to do a backstitch
- 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.