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On a turquoise background, we see a Mego action figure that looks like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. She wears a black crop top over a red three-tier skirt made of western handkerchief-style paisley printed cotton. Text reads "free patterns!"
8-inch doll clothes patterns, Breyer Doll Clothes Patterns, Mego Action Figures, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Sewing a Summer Top for 8 Inch Dolls w/today’s FREE Doll Clothes Pattern #BreyerHorses #SmallStuff

Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing patterns and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos. As I explain in the video, today’s tutorial is an older one (dating back to 2015, almost ten years ago), and back in those days, my blog was more about a personal journey. Most of my followers back then were just … Continue reading Sewing a Summer Top for 8 Inch Dolls w/today’s FREE Doll Clothes Pattern #BreyerHorses #SmallStuff

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The image shows a fourth of July drawstring bag that kids can use for collecting candy at parades or for Halloween. The text reads "free drawstring bag pattern with pocket." An image is shown of a simple drawstring bag, and inside the see-through pocket, it has the name "Jacob" showing through the mesh pocket.
Crafts and Hobbies, Daily Patterns, Holiday Crafts, Tutorials: Crafts

Let’s make a simple drawstring bag, for kids to gather candy in at the 4th of July #Parade #July4thCrafts

To make today’s pattern… Cut a rectangular piece of paper 15 inches wide by 18 inches long. On one of the 18 inch long sides, write “Fold Line” and make arrows that point to the edge of the paper. Next, draw a casing line 3 inches from the top of the rectangle. You should end up with something like this: *Please note: when you click … Continue reading Let’s make a simple drawstring bag, for kids to gather candy in at the 4th of July #Parade #July4thCrafts

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The text reads "DIY plush hanger" over the top of a photograph of a fancy hanger made of cloth with a ribbon tied at the neck of the hanger's hooking mechanism.
Crafts and Hobbies, Tutorials: Crafts

Making a plush, fabric-covered hanger for your closet! #DIY #CraftProject

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

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On a purple background we see a photo of a Barbie from the back, and her purple crop top has a row of cloth-covered buttons running down the length of the back of the shirt. Beside this image, a yellow button has been covered in yellow check gingham fabric and stitched. The text reads, "cloth-covered buttons".
11-inch doll clothes patterns, Crafts and Hobbies, Curvy Barbie, Daily Patterns, Tips for Beginners

How to make doll-sized fabric-covered buttons #CraftyMom #CraftProjects

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

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This thumbnail says, "How to paint plastic doll furniture," and it shows a spray paint can next to a yellow armoire trimmed in purple paint. This blog post includes a DIY tutorial video from Chelly Wood's youtube channel showing how to use spray paint to change a Barbie playscale armoire from pink to wood look brown. Please visit Chelly Wood dot com to learn more about 1:6 scale dioramas, how to sew your own doll clothes, and how to make dioramas in miniature for Barbie and similar sized dolls.
Doll Furniture, Props and Dioramas

How to Paint Plastic Doll Furniture — tips from Chelly Wood, a doll clothing designer #DIY #Miniatures

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

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The image shows a doll being fitted for a pair of denim shorts. Beside her lies a pair of sewing scissors, a rotund holder for straight pins, some blue thread, and a pair of jeans with some fabric cut out. The text reads, "Earth Day Challenge!" Click here to learn more about the Earth Day Challenge for sewing doll clothes during the week of April 20th through the 27th in 2024, for Earth Day.
Charity Work, Crafts and Hobbies, Links, Tips for Beginners, Tutorials: Crafts

Challenge! Let’s use recycled fabric to make doll clothes this coming week! #EarthDay #Sustainability #TextileWaste

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

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The image shows someone doing needlework in a hoop with three skeins of embroidery floss beside them, in the colors blue (top), green (center), and red (bottom). The words at the top of the purple-background-square frame say, "how to thread an embroidery needle" and these words are, indeed, underlined with an embroidery needle.
Crafts and Hobbies, Links, Tutorials: Crafts, Tutorials: Sewing Basics, Yarn and Embroidery

How to thread an embroidery needle (a quick animation)… #Animation #Embroidery

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

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At the top of this purple polka dot square image, it says, "Let's get crafty." Below these words, six boxes suggest the following topics: sewing tips, dioramas, miniatures, doll shoes, embroidery, and a final category called "and more."
Crafts and Hobbies

Let’s Get Crafty! A link to galleries and pages with free craft patterns /crafting tips @ ChellyWood.com #FreePatterns and #CraftTutorials

Click on the links below to access the craft advice, free patterns, and crafty tutorial videos that interest you: Buyer’s Guide Chelly’s Classes Dioramas and Miniatures Doll Play Videos Doll Sandals, Shoes, and Boots Fabric-covered Buttons DIY Tutorial Fan Mail General Crafts and Hobbies Holiday Crafts Interviews with Crafters Links Measurements Music Videos to Inspire Your Crafting Paper Crafts Pillows Pincushions Plush Toys Selling Your … Continue reading Let’s Get Crafty! A link to galleries and pages with free craft patterns /crafting tips @ ChellyWood.com #FreePatterns and #CraftTutorials

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The Chelly Wood doll (a Spin Master Liv doll that has been re-designed to look like the real doll clothing designer, Chelly Wood) is seated at her desk in her office. The wall of the office is a mottled purple color behind her open laptop. The doll's fingers touch the keyboard which is resting on an extended arm of the desk. Her computer screen shows the ChellyWood.com "Share Your Creations" page with three doll clothes displays under the introductory text. The ChellyWood.com logo appears in the lower left corner of the image.
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Here are some fashion doll websites you may not have heard about… #FashionDolls #DollCollectors

Of course my own website, ChellyWood.com, is a good one. That’s a given. But I visit other people’s websites too, and these are some of the best I’ve found: #1: My Froggie Stuff — You might have already seen this lady’s fabbity-fab-fab fabulous videos on YouTube. She teaches you how to make everything from doll wigs, to furniture, to entire dioramas. She makes easy-to-follow videos … Continue reading Here are some fashion doll websites you may not have heard about… #FashionDolls #DollCollectors

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Props and Dioramas, Tutorials: Crafts

How to make your Barbie dolls a wedding bouquet #craftproject for a #JuneWedding @ ChellyWood.com

Are you planning to make your Barbie a wedding dress for June? If so, you’ll need a bridal bouquet! It doesn’t take much at all to make a bridal bouquet for your Barbie wedding ensemble. There are only three ingredients that you’ll need to make your doll a pretty bouquet to hold on her ever-important wedding day, and today’s blog post will give you some … Continue reading How to make your Barbie dolls a wedding bouquet #craftproject for a #JuneWedding @ ChellyWood.com

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The words "free pattern" point to a pair of yellow knee-high socks worn under a miniature houndstooth pleated skirt. The doll modeling the socks also wears red mary jane shoes.
8-inch doll clothes patterns, 9-inch Dolls, Stacie Patterns, Tutorials: Sewing for Dolls, Vintage Skipper

Sew a pair of knee-high socks for Stacie with today’s free sock pattern @ ChellyWood.com #EasyDIY #QuickCrafts

Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing patterns and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos. A while back, I did a blog post in which I mentioned that I was working on a pattern for little tiny doll socks. Well, I got the pattern done, tested it, made a video, and… here you go! The tutorial … Continue reading Sew a pair of knee-high socks for Stacie with today’s free sock pattern @ ChellyWood.com #EasyDIY #QuickCrafts

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The image shows a close-up of the digital sewing planner page that was designed by Chelly Wood for setting sewing goals. The top of the image says "Editable PDF" and the edge of the planner is decorated with purple stitching on a white background with lace edging. The heading on the planner itself says "My Sewing Goals" in purple, but you can also see where someone has typed in "Date: January 1, 2023" and in one of the flag-shaped, stitching-edge bars where you are meant to type your goals, someone has typed in "Clean Sewing Room." This shows an example of how this digital planner is editable.
Crafts and Hobbies, Holiday Crafts, Interviews With Crafters, Paper Crafts

Set sewing goals for 2024 with my 99 cent digital, editable sewing planner @ ChellyWood.com #SewingGoals #NewYearsResolution

The purchase of this item in my Etsy store will help me pay the bills for running my free doll clothes pattern website! As the end of 2023 rolls around, I’ll be reviewing last year’s goals and updating my New Year’s Resolution planner.  Each year, I use this one-sheet planner to set goals, and I’m always surprised at the end of a year, by how … Continue reading Set sewing goals for 2024 with my 99 cent digital, editable sewing planner @ ChellyWood.com #SewingGoals #NewYearsResolution

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Crafts and Hobbies, Daily Patterns, Holiday Crafts, Plushies/Stuffed Animals, Tutorials: Crafts

Make a Hawaiian shirt and a pair of pants for a plush bear toy #Toys #GiftIdeas

Note: as an Amazon affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Last week I gave you my free patterns for making a Hawaiian shirt for my plush bear toy. With today’s blog post, I’m completing the ensemble by giving you the pattern and tutorial for making the pants as well. This is a great Christmas gift idea for the little boys in your family! The tutorial … Continue reading Make a Hawaiian shirt and a pair of pants for a plush bear toy #Toys #GiftIdeas

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This blue thumbnail square contains the words "free pattern" and a photo of a little tan bear wearing a Hawaiian shirt with a collar and a pair of black pants. There's an arrow pointing from the words "free patterns" to the Hawaiian shirt, as this link will take you to the patterns and tutorial video for making the Hawaiian shirt to fit my 8 inch plush bear.
Crafts and Hobbies, Plushies/Stuffed Animals, Tutorials: Crafts

FREE Hawaiian shirt pattern for Chelly Wood’s “firefighter bear” and other 8 inch baby dolls

Note: as an Amazon affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. If you watch the news in the United States at all, you’re probably aware that the Hawaiian island of Maui suffered terrible damages last summer. I don’t like to jump on the hype bandwagon, so I waited for Hawaii to start its healing process before I decided to post today’s tutorial. This tutorial shows you … Continue reading FREE Hawaiian shirt pattern for Chelly Wood’s “firefighter bear” and other 8 inch baby dolls

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The image shows a plush bear, dressed in blue jeans. The text reads, "free pattern" and offers the website Chelly Wood dot com as a resource for free printable PDF sewing patterns for making this plush bear toy and other crafts, plus hundreds of free patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.
Crafts and Hobbies, Plushies/Stuffed Animals, Tutorials: Crafts

FREE firefighter bear PDF sewing patterns are great for making your own plush toys as Christmas gifts this year…

Note: as an Amazon affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Today’s blog post is a re-post of an older pattern, which I’ve converted into a PDF. And yes, if my “Firefighter Bear” looks vaguely familiar to you, as a child, I had a “Smokey Bear” plush toy that was a particular favorite of mine. He was, of course, the inspiration for my own “firefighter bear” … Continue reading FREE firefighter bear PDF sewing patterns are great for making your own plush toys as Christmas gifts this year…

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