Author: Chelly Wood

I am a school librarian with an English degree, and I like to write books. I've also designed commercial doll clothes patterns, and I make stop-motion videos with dolls. My literary agent is Elizabeth Kracht of Kimberley Cameron and Associates.
The image shows a vintage Tammy doll (made by Ideal toy company) wearing a hand-made felt shirt with tiny buttons. the overlay offers the website, where the free pattern for this felt shirt can be found: ChellyWood.com
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#SewingBlogger Thursday: Sew a #Felt shirt for vintage Tammy #dolls @ ChellyWood.com

Last week I shared my free patterns for Tammy’s pajama pants. This week I’m sharing my free pattern for the felt shirt you see in this DIY video. Here are the free, printable patterns you’ll need: Free printable pattern for Tammy Doll shirt PDF Free printable pattern for Tammy Doll shirt MS Word It’s my sincere hope that you’ll have loads of fun making this … Continue reading #SewingBlogger Thursday: Sew a #Felt shirt for vintage Tammy #dolls @ ChellyWood.com

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The image shows a PDF pattern for a simple tank top-style shirt for Tammy dolls (Ideal Toy Corporation). This free, printable sewing pattern for Tammy doll clothes was created by Chelly Wood, the doll clothes designer at ChellyWood.com, using the Creative Commons Attribution mark. Please show your appreciation for this free printable pdf or MS word pattern by sharing it on social media and notifying your followers where you found this pattern.
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#PDFpattern Wednesday: download a free Tammy #doll shirt pattern @ ChellyWood.com

Last week I gave you the free, printable sewing patterns for making the shorts and pajama pants shown on this pattern. This week I’m sharing my PDF download and MS word version for this free printable shirt pattern, which fits Ideal Toy Corp’s Tammy doll. Here are the patterns for easy download: Free printable pattern for Tammy Doll shirt PDF Free printable pattern for Tammy … Continue reading #PDFpattern Wednesday: download a free Tammy #doll shirt pattern @ ChellyWood.com

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The image shows Mattel's Curvy African American Barbie wearing handmade shorts and a handmade shirt. These doll clothes were made using ChellyWood.com's free printable sewing patterns. The doll stands before a brick wall with her hand in her hair. she models the shorts, which fit her figure nicely and the top, which is a sleeveless crop top with a high neckline. The purple shorts and shirt have a floral print. She wears purplish-pink flat shoes, and she's standing on a wooden floor. The overlay on this image offers the URL for the website where you can download the free printable sewing patterns for this Curvy Barbie summer outfit: ChellyWood.com (free printable sewing patterns for dolls of many shapes and sizes).
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#TapeMeasureTuesday: What are Curvy Barbie’s measurements for sewing purposes?

In the image above, you see my Curvy Barbie wearing a summery outfit of shorts and a sleeveless crop top. Of course the free, printable sewing patterns for this outfit are available right here on ChellyWood.com. (Scroll down for the new PDF pattern download and the MS Word download for these shorts and shirt combo.) Last week we asked whether or not Mattel’s Curvy would … Continue reading #TapeMeasureTuesday: What are Curvy Barbie’s measurements for sewing purposes?

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Find the free printable pdf pattern for this felt shirt to fit Ideal Toy Corporation's vintage Tammy dolls at ChellyWood.com. The image shows a Tammy doll modeling hand-sewn shorts and a hand-sewn sleeveless shirt made of felt. Tiny blue buttons adorn the front of this sew-easy shirt. The Tammy doll's shorts use a tiny argyle print, and she stands in a 1:6 scale room with a window and a hard wood floor. Behind her is a tall china hutch filled with itty bitty pieces of dishware. She models her handmade shirt with a fashion-model pose, her chin held high. The overlay offers the website where you can find more free patterns for doll clothes to fit Tammy dolls and other dolls of many shapes and sizes: ChellyWood.com.
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#MeMade Monday: Easy-to-sew felt shirt for #vintage Tammy #doll

This week I’m posting the FREE printable PDF pattern for making the felt shirt that my vintage Tammy doll is modeling in the image above. Tammy dolls were made by the Ideal Toy Corporation from 1962 to 1966, according to Wikipedia. One of my aunts owned one, when I was growing up, but my Tammy is one I purchased on eBay a few years ago … Continue reading #MeMade Monday: Easy-to-sew felt shirt for #vintage Tammy #doll

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The image shows tiny collectibles made by artisan Dodi for her eBay store, Dodi's Shop of Stuff, which offers lots of little goodies for Barbie collectors and people who enjoy building dioramas in 1:6 scale. This image was posted on ChellyWood.com, on Friday, January 11, 2019 at 9:00 AM, as part of the #fridayfollow hashtag. ChellyWood.com is a website offering free printable sewing patterns for dolls of many shapes and sizes.
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#FridayFollow: Who do you follow on eBay?

Who do you follow on eBay? One of my favorite eBay stores is Dodi’s Shop of Stuff. I’m actually lucky enough to have met Dodi in person, and she’s a woman with a business-sense that I truly admire and aspire to. Her eBay store has over 8,000 reviews with a 99.9% positive rating. You can’t find eBay stores with a better rating than that! Dodi … Continue reading #FridayFollow: Who do you follow on eBay?

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The image shows a youtube video header for a tutorial that demonstrates how to sew pants for Ideal Toy corporation's Tammy dolls. It includes a free printable pattern for this sewing project for making pants to fit a Tammy doll from Ideal.
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#SewingBlogger Thursday: Sew a pair of pants for vintage Tammy #dolls

  Once again, here are the free pants (and shorts) patterns for making this week’s doll clothes project: Free PDF printable pattern for Tammy doll pants and shorts Free MS Word printable pattern for Tammy doll pants and shorts Please show your appreciation for these free patterns by sharing them on social media. Every time you mention ChellyWood.com online, it brings more followers to this … Continue reading #SewingBlogger Thursday: Sew a pair of pants for vintage Tammy #dolls

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the image shows a pattern for elastic-waist pants or elastic-waist shorts designed to fit Tammy dolls (Ideal Toys). The patterns are available at ChellyWood.com as a free pdf or Microsoft Word download. They come with free tutorial videos on YouTube, showing how to sew these pants or shorts together in an easy-to-follow sewing tutorial for Tammy doll clothes.
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#PDFpattern Wednesday: #Sew pants for Ideal Toys’ #vintage Tammy dolls w/this free pattern at ChellyWood.com

As we saw in yesterday’s blog post, in addition to Tammy dolls, this pattern will also fit 17″ Endless Hair Kingdom Barbies as capri pants. Yes, today’s the day! I’m trying my hand at PDF Pattern conversion today. Please let me know if you have any trouble getting the PDF pattern or the MS Word pattern to download properly. I can always attempt a do-over, … Continue reading #PDFpattern Wednesday: #Sew pants for Ideal Toys’ #vintage Tammy dolls w/this free pattern at ChellyWood.com

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