Sometimes people who visit my website for the first time think I’m offering these copyrighted patterns for free. That’s not the case, of course.

My website does offer free sewing patterns for Barbie, Ken, and similar-sized dolls, and if you need help finding those patterns, this link should help. However today’s blog post is all about the lessons I’ve personally learned from my Vogue Craft 9985 doll clothes sewing pattern.

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The following bulleted list shows all the blog posts I’ve written on topics related to the Vogue Craft 9985 doll clothes sewing pattern. Click on whatever topic interests you, and please note that I’ll add to this list as I write more articles on these outfits:

• Sew a Victorian wedding dress for Barbie and a Victorian tux for Ken with Vogue Pattern 9985 (review and overview)
• A Victorian Barbie pattern for Mary McLeod Bethune #BlackHistoryMonth #SewVintage
• Did you learn to sew for people first? Or did you sew for dolls first?

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I have a whole gallery of vintage patterns that I’ve made, and with each sewing pattern, I post articles in which I share the lessons I’ve learned from them. Here’s a link to that gallery of copyrighted vintage doll clothes patterns so you can learn from the mistakes I’ve made along the way!

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Chelly Wood and the ChellyWood.com website are not affiliated with the pattern company or companies mentioned in this blog post, but Chelly finds inspiration in the doll clothes designed by these pattern companies. To purchase patterns from Simplicity, McCall’s, Butterick, Vogue, or other pattern companies shown and discussed in this blog post, please click on the links provided here. These links below the “Disclaimer” section do not help raise money for this free pattern website; they are only offered to give credit to the company that made these patterns.