Tag: Doll Clothes

Thumbnail shows GI Jo in dress pants, a shirt with a collar, and a tiny formal tie. Free patterns at ChellyWood.com. He wears a pair of wine colored Oxford wingtip dress shoes with a slight heel.
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Here’s how to make a shirt with a collar, for GI Joe, Action Man, and other muscular dolls/action figures… #FreePatterns #GreatBritishSewingBee

  Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. Today’s video tutorial took me a very long time to make! It has been in the wings (a work in progress) since December of 2025. As you’ll hear about in the video, I faced some challenges. And this project is not for the beginners out there. (Sorry!) I’ve marked it … Continue reading Here’s how to make a shirt with a collar, for GI Joe, Action Man, and other muscular dolls/action figures… #FreePatterns #GreatBritishSewingBee

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Free Sewing Patterns! Disney princess 13 inch toddler doll models a handmade red flannel nightgown with lace trim at the bottom. Click the thumbnail to learn more.
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Make a summer nightgown for Disney Princesses with today’s free doll clothes sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SummerFun #SewingMom

Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. Sometimes I create a new pattern for one doll and later discover that it also fits other dolls. If I remember correctly, I first designed this cute little sleeveless flannel nightgown pattern to fit the Baby Alive 12 inch baby dolls. It was a Valentine’s Day blog post. And then I … Continue reading Make a summer nightgown for Disney Princesses with today’s free doll clothes sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SummerFun #SewingMom

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Thumbnail shows Moana wearing a handmade summer outfit including a pink gingham top over a lightweight denim skirt with ribbon and lace trim. Her handmade shoes are cotton high tops. For free patterns, please visit “10 inch dolls” at Chelly Wood dot com, a website with hundreds of free doll clothes patterns for dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.
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Make a Denim Skirt with Lace and Ribbon Trim for Moana 10 inch Dolls with Today’s Free Pattern @ ChellyWood.com #MoanaDoll #SewingMoms

  Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. This pattern was first posted for 10 inch dolls as a fourth-of-July celebration skirt. To see that video, click here. If you live in the States, you know that Independence Day is right around the corner, so I thought I’d inspire you with that version of today’s skirt as well. … Continue reading Make a Denim Skirt with Lace and Ribbon Trim for Moana 10 inch Dolls with Today’s Free Pattern @ ChellyWood.com #MoanaDoll #SewingMoms

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A 16 inch Tonner doll and a 17 inch Barbie model the same leopard print one-piece bathing suit on pool-themed stationery. Free patterns for making their swimsuits can be found at Chelly Wood dot com.
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Free swimsuit doll clothes patterns for a BIG Barbie and 16 inch Tonner dolls! #DollCollection #GrannyCrafter

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Today’s tutorial video and free sewing pattern are for more advanced sewists. You can see that I’ve given the pattern five flowers on my difficulty scale (see below), because this swimsuit does have a lining. To learn more about how the difficulty scale works, please click here. Before I … Continue reading Free swimsuit doll clothes patterns for a BIG Barbie and 16 inch Tonner dolls! #DollCollection #GrannyCrafter

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Thumbnail for free doll clothes sewing patterns, for making a halter top and elastic-waist ruffle-bottom skirt to fit Tall Barbie. Click the thumbnail or visit ChellyWood.com for free doll clothes sewing patterns including A4 and American printer patterns in PDF format.
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Sew a ruffle skirt and halter top for Tall Barbie with today’s free sewing patterns! #TallBarbie #SewingProjects

Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. Well, it’s summer here in the northern hemisphere, where I live. I’m loving this! And so is Tall Barbie! Yes, I’ve given you this pattern before, but never for Tall Barbie, so today’s blog post will add an important feature to the gallery of Tall Barbie patterns — all of which … Continue reading Sew a ruffle skirt and halter top for Tall Barbie with today’s free sewing patterns! #TallBarbie #SewingProjects

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Capri pants are trousers that fall between the knee and the ankle. Images shown include (clockwise from the top), a group of mannequins shown from the knee down, sporting various lengths of capris that fall between the knee and the ankle using various fabrics, including camouflage style with drawstrings at the hem, denims, and cotton fabrics; a vintage fashion doll sporting traditional 1950’s style pedal pushers; a photo of a woman in tight-fitting gingham ankle pants and a pair of wedge shoes (showing only her legs at a seated position); a diagram of a woman’s naked leg with brackets showing the hem area which falls between the bottom of the knee and the top of the ankle bone; a graphic of pajama pants with an elastic waist that are capri length; a graphic of a pair of khakis with a rolled hem, fly front, and pockets, that are shown as slightly longer than a pair of Bermuda shorts.
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Glossary of Sewing Terms with Pictures: What are capri pants exactly? #FashionWise #MakeYourOwnClothes

DEFINITION: trousers that fall between the knee and the ankle. This is my own definition. Of course you can google this term to find other definitions as well. Here’s a link to Webster’s definition, and here’s a link to the Cambridge English Dictionary definition. As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. You can learn more about my affiliate marketing program on the Privacy … Continue reading Glossary of Sewing Terms with Pictures: What are capri pants exactly? #FashionWise #MakeYourOwnClothes

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Free Bolero Pattern! Fits 10 inch dolls. A4 patterns available. This YouTube thumbnail shows a Mattel Skipper doll (Barbie's little sister) modeling a handmade purple floral sun dress with a white bolero over the top as a jacket. Visit Chelly Wood dot com for the free patterns and tutorial video.
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Make a bolero style jacket or short coat for Skipper with today’s free patterns! #DIYbarbie #SewingProjects

  Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. Last Thursday I gave you the free pattern for making the long strappy sundress. Today I’m giving you the free sewing pattern for making a little bolero jacket to go over the top of it! As it says in the video, today’s little jacket is designed for 10 inch fashion … Continue reading Make a bolero style jacket or short coat for Skipper with today’s free patterns! #DIYbarbie #SewingProjects

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Free sewing pattern! Mattel's Skipper, the little sister doll for Barbie, shows off her handmade purple floor length maxi skirt sundress in a retro floral monochrome print.
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Here’s a free pattern and tutorial video for making a long dress that fits Skipper! #Skipperdoll #FreePatterns

  Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. I’ve had the easy-to-sew long sundress (the one with the felt bodice) available on ChellyWood.com for a long time, but I have also used this Barbie pattern to create an all-cotton sundress for Skipper as well. So today’s video shows you how to do that. If you are looking for … Continue reading Here’s a free pattern and tutorial video for making a long dress that fits Skipper! #Skipperdoll #FreePatterns

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Free sewing patterns! Chelly Wood dot com. Next to the image of the paper pattern, which features all the pattern pieces for making a summer crop top and shorts, we see a Mirabel doll modeling the crop top and shorts in a purple floral small-print cotton print. The shorts fit to about mid-thigh length, are high-waisted, and snap in front at the fly. The crop top has four darts and a boat neck, exposes the doll's midriff, and has short sleeves. Please visit ChellyWood.com for the free printable PDF sewing patterns and the tutorial videos that show you how to make these doll clothes for your Mirabel doll.
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Let’s sew a little summer outfit for Mirabel, to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo #CulturallyInspired #CincoDeMayo

Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. If today’s summer outfit looks familiar, that’s because it also fits Curvy Barbie dolls, so I’ve posted this pattern before, in the Curvy Barbie gallery on my website. But for Cinco de Mayo, I really wanted to offer a pattern that Mirabel could wear, so I went through the various doll … Continue reading Let’s sew a little summer outfit for Mirabel, to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo #CulturallyInspired #CincoDeMayo

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An image from the McCalls 4716 doll clothes pattern envelope accompanies a graphic of denim overalls with tiny floral red embroidery on the bib. The text reads "Barbie overalls?" The Chelly Wood dot com logo is in the lower right corner of this image. McCalls 4716 is designed primarily for Sunshine Family dolls, but there's a second set of patterns in this envelope that include patterns for Ken and Barbie. Read more at ChellyWood.com, a website for free doll clothes sewing patterns.
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Are there any sewing patterns for making Barbie a pair of bibbed overalls? Yes there are! #Sewing #Patterns

As some of you know, I’ve been on vacation. But I’m back home now, and I’m working on getting caught up. While on vacation, I checked my email from time to time, and I received one that was about making bibbed overalls for Barbie. This is actually a question I’ve been asked before, so I thought I’d share the contents of my email response with … Continue reading Are there any sewing patterns for making Barbie a pair of bibbed overalls? Yes there are! #Sewing #Patterns

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Free fuzzy slippers patterns at Chelly Wood dot com, to fit dolls 13 to 15 inches tall. A Disney Princess Elsa doll (13 inches tall) is shown wearing the blue fuzzy slippers with a cute blue pair of star-themed pajama pants with matching raglan sleeved flannel pajama top. Slippers are shown on and off the doll's feet, and we can see that inside the fuzzy slippers, the star-themed blue and white flannel is the same as the flannel used to make the doll's pajama pants and raglan sleeved pajama top.
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Sew pajamas and a pair of fuzzy slippers for Disney Princess Toddler (and similar sized dolls) with today’s free patterns! #FreePatterns #Sewing

Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. Today’s tutorial shows you how to make a pair of fuzzy slippers, to accompany a pair of pajamas for your 13 inch to 15 inch dolls. For a full list of all the dolls they will fit, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. I do plan to post … Continue reading Sew pajamas and a pair of fuzzy slippers for Disney Princess Toddler (and similar sized dolls) with today’s free patterns! #FreePatterns #Sewing

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Betty the Bus Driver framed on a turquoise blue grid, with highlighted purple words at the bottom of the frame that say "Betty, you're an everyday hero!" This image is part of the Black History Month celebrations in February of 2026, at Chelly Wood dot com.
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Make a “Bus Driver Uniform” for DC Super Hero Girls 12 inch dolls with today’s free patterns #DCcomics #dollPhotography

Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. You’ve met “Betty the Bus Driver” before. She’s a DC Super Hero Bumblebee doll, all dressed up to look like a bus driver I met in Chicago. You can learn more about the real Betty here and here. But today’s tutorial video shows you how to sew a cute little shirt … Continue reading Make a “Bus Driver Uniform” for DC Super Hero Girls 12 inch dolls with today’s free patterns #DCcomics #dollPhotography

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Various sewing and crafting notions like thread, a tape measure, scissors, and a writing utensil swirl around the words "Sewing Vocab" in a thumbnail frame. This is the default thumbnail for the sewing picture dictionary (or sewing glossary with pictures) on ChellyWood.com, a website that offers free printable PDF sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.
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Glossary of Sewing Terms with Pictures: Buttonhole (and how to sew one) #SewingChat #SewingVocabulary

DEFINITION: A narrow zigzag stitch is used to form two side by side columns of stitches with a series of overlapping stitches top and bottom (or on each side); the frame formed by this is cut down the center to make a hole for a button. This is my own definition. Of course you can google this term to find other definitions as well. As … Continue reading Glossary of Sewing Terms with Pictures: Buttonhole (and how to sew one) #SewingChat #SewingVocabulary

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Betty the Bus Driver (also known as Bumblebee from the DC Super Hero Girls comics series) stands beside a free doll clothes sewing pattern. The doll wears a dress shirt and jeans. The text says "free pattern" and "for 12 inch dolls." The ChellyWood LLC logo appears on this YouTube thumbnail. The accompanying video shows how to make either the doll's jeans or the doll's dress shirt, and it offers links to both a free A4 PDF sewing pattern and an American PDF sewing pattern for making the doll's ensemble. Please visit ChellyWood.com to learn more.
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Make a pair of trousers/pants or jeans for DC Super Hero Girls 12 inch dolls with today’s free patterns #DCcomics #dollPhotography

Scroll down to the third set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. You’ve met “Betty the Busdriver” before. She’s a DC Super Hero Bumblebee doll, all dressed up to look like a bus driver I met in Chicago. You can learn more about the real Betty here and here. But today’s tutorial video shows you how to sew a pair of jeans (or … Continue reading Make a pair of trousers/pants or jeans for DC Super Hero Girls 12 inch dolls with today’s free patterns #DCcomics #dollPhotography

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A modern African American Skipper doll models a handmade pair of flannel short-shorts decorated with tiny pink and black hearts under a handmade white sleeveless shirt that has pink lace and a ribbon running down the front of the top. Under the doll, it says, "Free printable PDF sewing patterns at Chelly Wood dot com." This is part of the Valentine's Day and Black History Month celebrations in February at chellywood.com, a website that offers free printable PDF sewing patterns for dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.
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Valentine’s Day Pajama Shorts and a Sleeveless Top for Skipper #FreeSewingPatterns #FreePattern

Scroll down to the fourth set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns. Yes, I posted this pajama set last February, during Black History Month, but by the middle of February, I was already having computer issues. So I actually had some errors in the original blog post. That’s why I’m reposting the same patterns here today. Before I go on, I need to … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Pajama Shorts and a Sleeveless Top for Skipper #FreeSewingPatterns #FreePattern

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