Chelly’s favorite hobby is sewing for dolls, but sometimes she makes other stuff too. Keep watching for more tutorials and patterns for her other crafty projects.
If you are a Sind doll collector, and you saw Monday’s blog post about making the little wrap skirt and checkered shirt outfit shown in the image above, then you were probably wondering, “Hang on… Where did Chelly Wood get those shoes?” Well, I’ll tell you, but first, I have to give my affiliate marketing statement, so please be patient. As an Amazon affiliate, I … Continue reading Another Sindy shoe swaperoo! #DollCollector #VintageToys
Also known as a “thread catcher,” the item you see above is sometimes referred to as an ORT holder. The letters O-R-T stand for “old ratty threads” or sometimes “odd random threads.” My mother-in-law, Anita, has made me half a dozen of these, and I absolutely love them! So when she asked if she could sell one of her lovely creations in my online shop, … Continue reading What is an ORT holder? #Sewing #Handmade
Please scroll down to the bullets for additional relevant tutorial videos. There’s no pattern for today’s craft project, and it’s not a doll-sized hanger this time, just a regular hanger for you to put your clothes on, in your own closet. I made my Parisian plush hangers as a birthday gift for my sister-in-law, Cindy Wood, who deeply appreciated the gift. But I have to … Continue reading Making a plush, fabric-covered hanger for your closet! #DIY #CraftProject
Are you looking for the pattern for this jacket/coat? Scroll down to the second set of bullets. As summer approaches in the northern hemisphere, winter arrives south of the equator, so today’s blog post is for everyone living in the southern hemisphere of our world! You may remember a lovely winter coat that I’ve posted here, on ChellyWood.com, in the past. I’ve posted this one … Continue reading Make a pretty embroidered coat for 6 inch Topper Dawn or Palitoy Pippa dolls with today’s free patterns #Embroidery #TinyThings
Today I’m re-posting my fly stitch embroidery tutorial from 2019. That’s because you may find this stitch helpful if you want to embroider my little jacket project that I’m posting tomorrow, for 6 inch dolls like Chelsea, Strawberry Shortcake, Anna and Elsa mini toddler dolls, and the 6 inch Dawn/Pippa dolls. Here’s a preview of that coat project: See that zigzag-shaped stitch running along … Continue reading How to do a basic fly stitch #Embroidery #Boderie
If you just want the patterns and tutorial videos for making the whole outfit, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Today’s craft project video shows you how to make cloth-covered buttons for dolls. In my video, you’ll see that I used 6 mm diameter buttons to form the back closure for a crop top that will fit Curvy Barbie, but I recommend … Continue reading How to make doll-sized fabric-covered buttons #CraftyMom #CraftProjects
In June of 2021 and again more recently, I published a blog post about this Mattel Advance Sew Easy pattern number 2895, with a focus on the wedding dress and veil. Today I’m going to look at the Barbie gloves that appear on two of the Barbies in this pattern. After all, for my followers who live below the equator, winter is approaching quickly, so … Continue reading How to make gloves or mittens for dolls #VintageToys #Sewing
I received an email from one of my followers, asking me for advice on doll-sized quilts. The question she asked was, “[If] you were to make a doll blanket or quilt for [a 14 inch] doll, what dimensions would you suggest?” So today’s blog post is a variation on the advice I gave her over email… There’s a fantastic book called Little Quilts : All … Continue reading Advice for Making a Doll Quilt #Books #Quilting
Did you know recycling old clothes is good for the environment? It can save you money too! And in case you didn’t know, third world countries, where garments and textiles are often made, have the least amount of funding for pollution prevention and clean-up. This leads to air pollution, rain forest depletion, and damage to drinking water and other essential resources. If you’d like to … Continue reading How did you do, with my Earth Day challenge? Please leave a comment! #Recycling #Sewing
The entire ensemble pictured above has been for sale in my online shop for a while now, but I only recently realized that I’d only advertised it as an outfit that will fit Mattel’s Stacie dolls, when in fact, it was originally designed to fit vintage Skipper. So I thought I’d re-post it with at least a couple of images showing it on my vintage … Continue reading Still for sale in my online store: handmade doll clothes for Stacie or vintage Skipper #DollClothes #Handmade
Repainting plastic doll furniture isn’t as easy as you might think. How do you keep from painting windows and handles, for example? This video shows you the tips and tricks I’ve learned from my diorama-expert friends and colleagues. Today’s video is an older one, but new visitors to my website may not have seen some of my diorama tutorials. So I thought it might be … Continue reading How to Paint Plastic Doll Furniture — tips from Chelly Wood, a doll clothing designer #DIY #Miniatures
When I first announced that my mother-in-law’s handmade baby Dresden doll quilt was for sale in my store, the asking price was $35 plus $7 shipping. But that was back in February, and well, it hasn’t sold yet. So my mother-in-law, Anita, asked if we could lower the price a bit. It’s now up for grabs at a mere $30 (plus the usual $7 shipping … Continue reading SALE! $5 off on this lovely handmade doll quilt! #AmericanGirl #DollCollector
Please read the article below to learn more about FabScrap, and the good things they’re doing to help our planet, as well as Chelly Wood’s sewing challenge for Earth Day 2024! I’m not sure where I first heard about FabScrap. It could have been from my sister, who is super conscientious about being good to our beautiful planet earth. In any case, I wasn’t sure … Continue reading Challenge! Let’s use recycled fabric to make doll clothes this coming week! #EarthDay #Sustainability #TextileWaste
Over the years, I’ve had lots of people ask me how I made my doll’s sewing room. There are plenty of options out there, but today’s blog post shows you how I turned a Gloria home office dollhouse set for 1:6 scale dolls (i.e. Barbie-sized) into the little sewing room you see in my videos. Now the earliest version of this sewing room used … Continue reading Would you like to make a sewing room for your dolls? Here’s how I made mine… #Dolls #Diorama
Today’s craft tutorial shows how to thread an embroidery needle… For several years, I was the only crafter on YouTube with a tutorial video showing how to thread your embroidery needle. In fact, that was one of my most popular videos long ago. But recently it occurred to me that the old tutorial was a little outdated. The videography was a little too pixelated, the … Continue reading How to thread an embroidery needle (a quick animation)… #Animation #Embroidery
