The image shows a close up of the McCall's 9449 small baby and toddler doll pattern published in 1968. This image was part of a vintage pattern discussion on the ChellyWood.com website on Martin Luther King Day, in January of 2023. The patterns were shown to fit modern-day baby alive dolls.

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Experimenting with vintage McCall’s doll wardrobe pattern 9449 and Baby Alive for #MLKday #DollClothesPatterns

I think it was last year, for Martin Luther King Day — or perhaps it was for Black History Month — I talked about how rare it is to find vintage patterns with representation of African American dolls on the envelope’s cover art. Click here to go back and read that article. This year, as a follow-up to that blog post, I decided to actually … Continue reading Experimenting with vintage McCall’s doll wardrobe pattern 9449 and Baby Alive for #MLKday #DollClothesPatterns

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The image shows Chelly Wood's niece holding her baby doll as she displays the footie pajamas her Aunt Chelly made for her baby doll. The image includes an arrow pointing at the pajama top which has elastic sleeve cuffs and a ruffle around the doll's tummy. The arrow is indicating that this blog post will offer a tutorial and free printable PDF sewing pattern for making the pajama top only, at ChellyWood.com (next week we'll get the patterns and tutorial for making the pajama bottoms with feet).

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Sew PJ’s with this week’s free patterns and 1st of 2 tutorials @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothes #Sewing

Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. It has been a long time since I offered a new pattern for baby dolls, but I frequently get requests for more. So to kick off the new year, I’m going to give you first a tutorial and pattern for making a pajama top, and then next week a tutorial … Continue reading Sew PJ’s with this week’s free patterns and 1st of 2 tutorials @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothes #Sewing

Chelly WoodJanuary 7, 2021January 3, 2021Leave a comment

Please visit ChellyWood.com for FREE printable PDF sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes. The image shows two versions of the same handmade doll outfit. The Easter outfit on the left is a halter top and shorts made of Easter-egg-patterned fabric. The outfit on the right has a springtime yellow halter top with the pink-Easter-patterned shorts. The two side-by-side images are showing the front and back of the doll's halter top. This outfit can be sewn using free patterns found at ChellyWood.com where you can find dozens (if not hundreds) of free printable PDF sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit not just 18 inch dolls, but dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.

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FREE printable PDF patterns for Easter Doll Clothes @ ChellyWood.com #HappyEaster #18inchDolls

Please scroll down for the free printable PDF sewing patterns. For those of you who follow me on Instagram, you chose the Easter egg fabric as your favorite from among these three fabrics, so today I’m sewing Easter clothes for a friend’s granddaughter and I thought I’d share the results and the combination of patterns I’ve used. Here are the different fabrics you were allowed … Continue reading FREE printable PDF patterns for Easter Doll Clothes @ ChellyWood.com #HappyEaster #18inchDolls