This week on ChellyWood.com, we’ve been making this golden “harvest” apron with pockets. On Monday we saw a preview of the apron. Yesterday I gave you the free printable pattern for making the apron. Today you get to see the free tutorial video, showing how to make the apron. For your convenience, here’s the free … Continue reading
This is the pattern for the “harvest apron” project that I showed in yesterday’s preview photos. It’s the same pattern that we used to make the reversible hairdresser’s apron (published here on ChellyWood.com in July of 2017). However in the latest project, I’ll be using this pattern as a one-sided apron–almost more of a pinafore–over … Continue reading
I recently received a question on my “Submit a question” page about which outfits (from my Gallery Page) would fit Pregnant Barbie. I suggested this universal dress pattern, which fits nearly every fashion doll I’ve ever tried it on. The short version of the dress can also double as a ruffle-edged top, which is perfect … Continue reading
Here’s the DIY tutorial video showing you how to make the fashion doll felt summer top pictured in Monday’s post, using the FREE printable sewing pattern I posted in Tuesday’s post. If you’d like to make a skirt like the one pictured in Monday’s post, I’ll be sharing my “How to Design Your Own … Continue reading
As you saw in yesterday’s post, we’re making a simple felt summer top this week, and we’ll be using the middle bodice pattern from the group of patterns shown above. This summer top will fit Barbie, Momoko, Liv Dolls, and many similar-sized fashion dolls. For easy download, please click here. If you need help downloading … Continue reading
As you can see, this week’s Barbie®/fashion doll wedding dress pattern includes three different bodice styles. And yes, this probably looks familiar to you, because we used the same pattern for the regular-sized Barbie/fashion doll wedding dress that I posted back in January of this year. Looking back over the years, I find that my … Continue reading
This week I’m posting free patterns and a tutorial for sewing a Barbie/fashion doll quinceañera dress. Of course, this pattern can also be used to make your fashion dolls a wedding gown, prom dress, or just a lovely long dress. Yesterday I posted the skirt pattern, today I’m posting the re-designed bodice pattern, and tomorrow … Continue reading
Yesterday I showed you a preview of my fashion doll quinceañera dress, which is designed to fit Mattel’s Barbie®, Spin Master Liv™ dolls, Momoko™ dolls, Queens of Africa dolls, and similar-sized fashion dolls (11-inch to 11.5-inch). I’ve actually posted this skirt pattern once before, when I posted my super-easy one-shoulder wedding dress patterns and tutorials. But we’ll … Continue reading
Here’s the wedding dress tutorial to go with the patterns I posted on Tuesday and Wednesday. For your convenience, here are the links to those free printable patterns for a fashion doll one-shoulder wedding dress once again: Bodice pattern Skirt pattern For those of you who are familiar with my difficulty scale, I’ve marked this … Continue reading
Yesterday I gave you the pattern for the one-shoulder bodice on this week’s wedding dress sewing project. Today I’m giving you the pattern for the skirt for this fashion doll wedding dress, which is designed to fit Mattel’s Barbie®, Spin Master Liv™ dolls, Momoko™ dolls, and similar-sized fashion dolls (11-inch to 11.5-inch). Although we’re using … Continue reading
As you can see, this week’s Barbie®/fashion doll wedding dress pattern includes three different bodice styles. Looking back over the years, I find that my wedding dress, prom dress, and quinceañera dress patterns seem to get the most hits from new visitors to ChellyWood.com. So I thought it might be a good idea to offer … Continue reading
Last Friday I posted a poll, asking my followers to tell me which dolls they sew for most. With this information, I hope to offer a helpful variety of patterns for the coming year. Two weeks before that, I posted a poll asking what kinds of patterns and tutorials you’d like me to create. The … Continue reading
Here’s the tutorial to accompany the pattern I posted yesterday. If you’d like to make Ken’s outfit in this video, just go back to Tuesday’s post to find all the patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make his hat, shirt, and pants. I’m actually on vacation when this posts (I usually type these blog posts … Continue reading
This is the pattern for my fashion doll poncho, which I posted a picture of yesterday, on the first day of Kwanzaa. If you’d like direct access to an enlarged, high-resolution version of the pattern (for printing purposes), please click here. This doll poncho will fit most fashion dolls, including Mattel’s Barbie®, Mattel’s Ken®, Spin … Continue reading
Merry Christmas everyone! If you’ve been following my blog throughout the month of December, you’ve seen these patterns and tutorials before, but when I’m done posting all the bits and pieces of an outfit, I like to post everything in one easy-to-find post. This is that post! As you can see, these patterns will fit … Continue reading
