Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.
If today’s summer outfit looks familiar, that’s because it also fits Curvy Barbie dolls, so I’ve posted this pattern before, in the Curvy Barbie gallery on my website.
But for Cinco de Mayo, I really wanted to offer a pattern that Mirabel could wear, so I went through the various doll clothes I’ve made in the past, to see what I could fit her into. This purple floral number fits quite well, so I’m adding it to Mirabel’s gallery of free doll clothes patterns to honor Hispanic Americans on Cinco de Mayo.
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To make today’s doll clothing, you will likely need one of the following items:
- cotton fabric (both solids and prints will work) or…
- cotton fat quarters (18 inches by 21 inches of fabric) or…
- cotton/polyester blend fabrics on Etsy
- Gondola Snaps on Etsy (my favorite brand) or…
- 3/4 inch sew-on Velcro on Amazon
- chopsticks (for inverting doll clothes)
- Dritz fabric pencil (for marking darts)
- 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:
- Curvy Barbie (from Mattel)
- Mirabel (from Disney’s Encanto)
- Made-to-Move Curvy Barbie (from Mattel)
- Vintage Tammy dolls (from Ideal Toy Corp.)
Here are your free, printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making the outfit shown at the top of this page:
- Free printable PDF sewing pattern for American printers, for making today’s doll clothes
- Free printable PDF sewing patterns for international (A4) printers, for making today’s doll clothes
- Tutorial video showing how to make the shorts
- Tutorial video showing how to make the shirt
- Additional video showing a variation on the shirt which uses cloth covered buttons and decorative fringe
You may also find these tutorial videos helpful:
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- How to do a whipstitch
- How to sew snaps on fabric
- How to do a backstitch
- How to do a baste stitch
- 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
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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.
Curvy Barbie and Tall 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.
Vintage Tammy dolls were once made by the Ideal Toy Company, which no longer produces these dolls. The link provided above is an affiliate link to Ebay, which means cookies are used to track that you were sent from this website to Ebay. If you make a purchase using this link, ChellyWood.com receives a small commission which helps pay for the costs of running this website.
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…
Disney dolls (including Mirabel) 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.