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Free patterns for a sleeveless shirt and easy-to-sew skirt for 10 inch dolls at ChellyWood.com #SewingPattern #Sewcialists

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An African American Creatable World doll models a handmade African print cotton outfit, including a shirt with a short skirt. The shirt is sleeveless, but running down the front of the shirt is red lace trim with a black quarter-inch wide ribbon running down the center of the lace trim, sort of like a button-front placket (but it doesn’t actually have any buttons). The African print fabric of the skirt matches the the fabric under the lace trim of the shirt. This African print cotton fabric is multicolor, incorporating red, blue, yellow, green, and black. The skirt is a simple elastic-waist style with a bit of flare. It extends to just above the doll’s knees. The doll’s shoes are lovely shiny red Mary Janes with teeny-tiny buckles. The text reads, "Free sewing Pattern!"

Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

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Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

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Today’s free doll clothes sewing pattern can be used to make an adorable little sleeveless shirt with a lace-and-ribbon decorative front and a skirt that either coordinates with the shirt or matches its fabric.

And if you’ve been following my daily blog posts, you’ll recognize these projects from earlier blog posts. But today I’m going to give you the shirt and skirt all in one place, where before, I was just giving you the tutorial for one of these clothing items.

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Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

To make today’s lace-and-ribbon-front sleeveless top and elastic-waist knee-length skirt, you will likely need one or more of the following items:

This list comes from my “Buyer’s Guide” page, which is easily accessed from the home page.

Today’s patterns will fit these dolls*:

Here are your free, printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making the outfit shown at the top of this page:

NOTE: There’s a sleeve on the pattern, but it’s optional. If you want to see the tutorial for the version of the shirt that uses the sleeve pattern, this link will help you with that. If you want some guidance with applying lace and ribbon, I have additional helpful tutorial videos below. This same link to that other blog post which includes a diagram will also help. Just keep your eye out for the diagram.

You may also find these tutorial videos helpful:

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References:

Canva AI. Images of the “Lacebark bonnet” and “Drawing of Victorian African American Woman with Lace Collar” were created by Chelly Wood, using Canva AI tools. This is because all of the images of women’s garments that are made with actual lacebark on museum websites are protected by copyright.

Soth, Amelia. “Lacebark as a Symbol of Resilience.” JSTOR, 28 April, 2022. Web. Accessed 19 February, 2026.

Wikipedia contributors. “Lagetta lagetto.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 3 Oct. 2025. Web. 19 Feb. 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagetta_lagetto

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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.

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.

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