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McCall's 4716, as discussed at chellywood.com (free doll clothes sewing pattern website). Left section shows all outfits offered by the pattern. Top row, left to right: overalls with check shirt and scarf; Native American style fringe-trimmed leather jacket with jeans; puffy vest, turtleneck, and trousers; check shirt with pants and scarf. Middle row, left to right: collared blouse with long skirt and apron; collared shirt with long ruffled sleeves, over which a shawl has been crisscrossed and a long skirt with ruffle; pinafore style long dress over collared shirt; cape with hood. Third row (bottom row), left to right: baby diaper; baby bunting; neck scarf; shawl. To the left of these drawings of the various outfits, Steve and Steffie and their little baby are pictured wearing the handmade overalls, check shirt with scarft, collared shirt, pinafore dress and a blue denim apron; and the baby bunting, respectively. The title of the pattern is "Carefree Patterns from McCall's 4716" and the price is listed as one dollar and twenty-five cents, with a Canadian amount at $1.35. The envelope also says "envelope contains all sizes." — Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

Today’s blog post is a collection of lessons I’ve learned while sewing McCall’s 4716 doll clothes patterns. As with other blog posts on my Vintage Pattern page, I’ll be adding to this list of lessons as I create different outfits using this pattern.

The one feature of this pattern that surprises people most, is the fact that it fits both little dolls (Sunshine Family 8 and 3/4 inch to 9 inch dolls) and standard fashion dolls like Barbie and Ken.

You’ll notice it says “Envelope contains all sizes” on the outside (upper left corner) of the pattern envelope. Wait until you see all the dolls that can fit in these patterns! They aren’t kidding about “Envelope contains all sizes!”

McCall’s 4716 Dolls’ Clothes (Bicentennial Costumes). $1.25. Fabric required: boy doll. For all boy doll clothing items, fabric measurements are listed, with no piece exceeding 9 inches by 15 and ½ inch, even for the 12 inch boy doll clothes items. For girl dolls, all clothing items are listed with no item of clothing requiring more than a 12 and ½ inch by 18 inch piece of fabric. Clothing items listed include the following for boy dolls: jacket, vest, shirt, overalls, pants, kerchief. For girl dolls, the following items of clothing are listed: jumper, skirt, blouse, apron, shawl, cape. Also listed are a baby’s diaper pattern and a baby’s bunting pattern. Note: chart illustrating pattern pieces is enclosed. Suggested fabrics: All garments – lightweight cotton, cotton blends, gingham, muslin; jacket or vest – also suede cloth; overalls– also lightweight denim. Notions: thread. Note: Dolls’ clothes fit Barbie, Ken, GI Joe, Sunshine Family, Wild Bill Hickock, Jesse James, Bill Cody, Cochise, Wyatt Earp, Davy Crockett, Midge, Maddie Mod, Stacey, Tammy, Christy, Casey, Francie, Cricket, Skipper, Bonnie Breck and other fashion dolls. — Please visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

Zoom in on the “NOTE” at the bottom of the back of the pattern, and you’ll see that this pattern is supposed to fit Barbie, Ken, GI Joe, Sunshine Family, Wild Bill Hickock, Jesse James, Bill Cody, Cochise, Wyatt Earp, Davy Crockett, Midge, Maddie Mod, Stacey, Tammy, Christy, Casey, Francie, Cricket, Skipper, Bonnie Breck and other fashion dolls.

As I make these outfits, I’ll try them on some modern dolls as well, to see how they fit them. For example LOL Surprise dolls may fit these patterns and the Disney Princess dolls might too. I’ll let you know what I find. So bookmark this page, and keep coming back to it!

Here are the projects related to McCall’s 4716 that I’ve already written about on ChellyWood.com:

As I continue to make more doll clothes using the McCall’s 4716 doll clothes patterns, I’ll keep adding to this bulleted list. So if you’re also sewing doll clothes with McCall’s 4716, you may find these blog posts helpful.

And if you have any questions about the McCall’s 4716 doll clothes sewing pattern, feel free to leave a comment!

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