Here you’ll find free, downloadable, printable sewing patterns for Mattel’s Barbie and other 11 inch fashion dolls.
I never used to think of myself as an “expert” at something like this, but over the years, I’ve come to realize that even as a young seamstress, I had a knack for coordinating solids and prints, rickrack and bias tape, lace and ribbon, etc. especially when it came to making doll dresses. So in today’s blog post, I’m going to share my own technique … Continue reading How to Choose Trim When Sewing a Dress #Ribbon #Rickrack
Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. I’ve been working on making today’s free curvy fashion doll underwear pattern for a couple of years. I had some early versions that didn’t work for Curvy Barbie, but they did work out for other dolls. And that’s why the project remained on the “drawing board” for quite a while. … Continue reading DIY Curvy Barbie Bra or Tube Top with Free Pattern
In today’s blog post, I will re-share my Santa Hat FREE sewing pattern. You can also use it to make an elf hat, using this pattern, as shown in the image above (left). This was really a fun and super-easy project to create, so I honestly think even beginners will be able to handle this one. Both hats pictured above were made using the FREE … Continue reading How to Make a Santa Hat for Fashion Dolls w/FREE Pattern @ ChellyWood.com #ChristmasCrafts #FreePatterns
Over the weekend, my pumpkins got a good crisp frost on them out in the garden, which means it’s time to dress myself and my dolls in winter clothing. So today’s the perfect day to explain how easy it was to make my Francie doll a winter cap, using that same sock I made her little sweater dress out of last week. (Please click that … Continue reading Stocking Cap Sewing Project for Francie — super easy to make! #MeMadeMonday #HappyFall!
Last week I wrote about creating an “ugly Christmas sweater” for Barbie, using various patterns. To read that article, please click here. But I also mentioned the sweater dress you see on Francie in View E of McCall’s 8531. I’d like to continue sharing my adventures in making Francie a sweater dress, in today’s blog post. Before I go on, I need to make my … Continue reading Making Francie a sweater dress from a sock, in the style of artist Peter Max #PeterMax #70sFashion
For your free yoga pants patterns, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. If these yoga pants look familiar, that’s because the original pattern was designed for Sindy. Imagine my surprise, when I discovered that my Curvy Barbie could also fit in these stretchy yoga pants! The shirt my Curvy Barbie is wearing in today’s tutorial is from an outfit I designed many … Continue reading Free Curvy Barbie yoga pants sewing patterns with tutorial video @ ChellyWood.com #DollCollector #Sewing
Today’s blog post answers the question, “Are there any ‘ugly Christmas sweater’ patterns for Barbie?” And, yes, in fact, there are. See the image above? In the upper left-hand corner and the upper right-hand corner, you can see examples of cotton fabrics that imitate sweater fabric. So for starters, you could us ANY of my free Barbie shirt patterns that recommend cotton fabric, and just … Continue reading Are there any “ugly Christmas sweater” patterns for Barbie dolls? Why yes, there are!
Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. Last week I gave you the little mini candycorn skirt project, and today I’m giving you a tutorial with lots of little stop-motion scenes, showing how to make the easiest felt shirt ever. Yes, the felt shirt project is one that has been available here, on ChellyWood.com, for quite some time, … Continue reading It’s October… Let’s finish sewing a Halloween ensemble for Barbie!
See that image? That’s a thing that happened to me over the weekend. Every time my husband tells me to go buy him a “Whatsit-whoozit” at the hardware store, I always come home with the WRONG item. Then he yells at me, as if I should have known exactly which “Whatsit-whoozit” he meant. So over the weekend, when he had his truck all taken apart, … Continue reading Is being a rebel a good thing? #SillyMemes #SewingHack
Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. I first started this website in the early 2010’s, more as a side project than a business. I wasn’t expecting it to become a hub for free sewing patterns. Back in those early days, I didn’t have a fancy camera, video software, and a sound system, so my earliest videos aren’t … Continue reading It’s October… Let’s make a Halloween skirt for Barbie!
Before I started typing today’s blog post, I googled the same question: “What can you do if you’ve lost the instructions for a commercial sewing pattern?” And let me just say that yes, AI can make mistakes. It became very obvious to me that Google doesn’t know how to correctly respond to this question. Granted, Google AI offered links to their sources. So that’s good. … Continue reading What can you do if you’ve lost the instructions for a commercial sewing pattern? #MeMadeMonday #SewingHack
Today’s “Do a Pick” game features the following: Scenario A: Barbie wears “Golden glitter”, Best Buy 3340 Ken wears “Mainly for Rain” grey suit, Best Buy 8618 Scenario B: Barbie wears “Mainly for Rain” long red coat, Best Buy 3338 Ken wears a fur-trimmed Sherpa jacket with matching pants, Best Buy 8617 (I got the number wrong in the video) Scenario C: Ken wears red … Continue reading Let’s Do a Pick — Clean your room! (And your Barbie’s dollhouse…) #DoApick #vintageToys
As I type this first sentence, the ground outside my sewing room window is wet with early morning rain. It smells lovely out there! But this means fall is underway, here in the northern hemisphere, so it might be a good time to do a blog post on cape-making. Specifically, today’s post will show you how I made a welted opening in a cape, so … Continue reading How to Sew a Welted Arm Opening in a Cape
Today’s topic is near and dear to my heart. If you’re a regular follower of my blog, you’ll know that I own quite a collection of old doll clothes sewing patterns. Many of them are featured in my Monday sewing lessons, all of which can be found on this page. Over the years, I’ve gotten better and better at preserving my vintage sewing patterns, and … Continue reading How to Store and Preserve Vintage Sewing Patterns
In addition to the View B dress from McCall’s 2970, my Snapstar doll can also wear a number of outfits I designed to fit the Bratz dolls. So if you came here looking for free doll clothes patterns for your Snapstar dolls, please click here. But today’s blog post is actually about how to expand one doll dress pattern into more than one. Read on … Continue reading How to turn one dress pattern into two dress patterns #MeMadeMonday #SewingTips
