Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.
Today’s free skirt pattern was first posted for Barbie, but as you can see in the image above, it does fit the Creatable World dolls as more of a midi-length ruffle skirt. But please don’t be put off by the mention of 11 inch fashion dolls on the pattern.
You’ll want to use the View C skirt pieces from my free digital patterns. It will include a ruffle pattern piece and a skirt piece. If you’re using the A4 skirt pattern, it comes with a halter top that’s designed to fit Pedigree Sindy, but that probably won’t fit your Creatable World doll.
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As you may know, Easter is coming up on April 5th, so you have plenty of time to make this sweet little ensemble for your Creatable World dolls!
And before you go, please stop at the bottom of today’s blog post, where I’ll share my research about Madame C.J. Walker for Black History Month!
To make today’s doll clothing, you will likely need one of the following items:
- cotton fabric (either solids or prints) on Etsy
- Gondola Snaps on Etsy (various sizes)
- 1/8 inch ribbon on Etsy
- 1/4 inch ribbon on Amazon
- lace trim on Etsy
- 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.
Today’s patterns will fit these dolls*:
- Creatable World dolls
- DC Superhero Girls*
- Disney Princess 10 inch dolls
- Momoko dolls
- Petite Barbie dolls
- Skipper dolls
- Project MC Squared dolls
- Disney’s 10 inch Moana 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 9 or 10 inch fashion doll’s skirt (use View C skirt pieces)
- Free A4 (international) PDF sewing pattern for a 9 or 10 inch fashion doll’s ruffle skirt (use pieces labeled “ruffle” and “skirt top”)
- Free American printable PDF sewing pattern for a 9 or 10 inch fashion doll sleeveless shirt
- Free A4 (international) PDF sewing pattern for a 9 or 10 inch fashion doll sleeveless shirt
- Tutorial video showing how to make the sleeveless shirt with lace front
- Tutorial video showing how to make the skirt
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 choose fabric
- How to tie a knot using a needle and thread
- 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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If you’ve been following my Monday blog posts, you’ll know that Mary McLeod Bethune was an African American schoolteacher and civil rights activist who made a lasting impact on freedom of education for people of all races in America. But she had an uphill battle raising funds her first school building in Daytona.
One of the people who helped raise money for Ms. Bethune’s school was Madame C.J. Walker, a self-made Black woman millionaire.
“Born to former slaves in Louisiana in 1867,” with the given name Sarah Breedlove, she was orphaned at age five, married at age fourteen, widowed six years later, and worked as a washerwoman to support herself and her daughter. Perhaps due to this terribly stressful life, at a young age, she began experiencing hair loss.
One night, she dreamed about an old gentleman who taught her how to mix chemicals into a hair tonic. Upon waking, she followed his directions to create a hair tonic that she then tried on herself. “My hair was coming in faster than it had ever fallen out,” she realized.
After moving to Denver, Colorado, Sarah married Charles Walker, a newspaper owner. Then she began selling her hair tonic to women in the west. The demand for her products spread, and “in 1910 [she] was able to establish her own factory in Indianapolis.” Her factories offered a clean work environment and honest wages for her fellow African American women, and her line of cosmetics products empowered Black women to embrace their African American heritage and natural beauty.
She became the first Black woman millionaire in America, even though she came from such humble beginnings.
If you’d like to learn more about Madame CJ Walker, this article on the Library of Congress website has some helpful information. Also, the movie Self Made is based on her life, and you can access it through Amazon.
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References:
Altman, Susan. Extraordinary Black Americans: From Colonial to Contemporary Times. Children’s Press, 1989.
Franklin’s Paper the Statesman. (Denver, CO) 23 Dec. 1911, p. 2. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/item/sn91052311/1911-12-23/ed-1/.
Paranick, Amber. “Madame C.J. Walker.” 29 May 2020, Library of Congress, Accessed 23 Feb. 2026. https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2020/05/madam-c-j-walker/
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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, Kuu Kuu Harajuku dolls, 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.
Project MC Squared dolls and Rainbow High dolls are products offered by MGA Entertainment, which holds the trademark for them (™). Please visit the Project MC Squared website or the Rainbow High website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
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.
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…
According to Wikipedia (as of 9 January 2022), Strawberry Shortcake “is a cartoon character used in greeting cards published by American Greetings. The line was later expanded to include dolls… The franchise is currently owned by the Canadian children’s television company WildBrain and American brand management company, Iconix Brand Group through the holding company Shortcake IP Holdings LLC.” I was unable to find a website for Shortcake IP Holdings LLC, but I believe they own the US trademark for the dolls, even though I believe my own doll was originally made and marketed by Hasbro. To learn more about these companies and their toys and products, please click on the links I’ve provided within the quote.