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The text says, "Shoes for Ken" and it displays (left to right, top to bottom) a black pair of work boots, a pair of sneakers that look similar to Vans, a pair of Reebok style Ken sneakers, a pair of bright blue wingtip style shoes with gold laces, a pair of rust colored sneakers with angled white stripes, and a pair of men's mules or clogs.
Doll Collecting, Doll Shoes, Vintage Ken

Ken shoes! Let’s talk about Ken shoes, accessories, and fashions, old and new… #VintageKen #DollShoes

I grew up in the 1970’s, when Ken dolls were few and far between on the shelves in stores. Even harder to find was any type of fashion for Ken dolls. And based on the kinds of emails I get relatively frequently, it’s still a lot harder to find clothes and accessories for Ken than it is to find clothes and accessories for Barbie. Today … Continue reading Ken shoes! Let’s talk about Ken shoes, accessories, and fashions, old and new… #VintageKen #DollShoes

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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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A photo of a very old bisque baby doll is on the right and on the left, a lineup of modern fashion dolls wearing Victorian dresses includes different sizes of dolls. The text reads, "World Doll Day 2024."
Crafts and Hobbies, For Sale in the Store

Doll lovers meet up! Join me for doll-collecting fun in the Seattle area! — #DollCollector #BarbieCollector

If you’ve ever wanted to go to one of these official doll shows, I invite you to attend this one. You can meet me, in person, because I’ll be attending too! I registered for the Barbie Breakfast, but there will be so many great dolls to see at this event! In today’s blog post, I’m going to give you a little background information on each … Continue reading Doll lovers meet up! Join me for doll-collecting fun in the Seattle area! — #DollCollector #BarbieCollector

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Free doll clothes patterns for vintage Crissy dolls: make a skirt with rickrack and ribbon #sewing for #dolls

Here’s the skirt tutorial I promised in yesterday’s post. People wanted details about how I made that lace-ribbon-rickrack trim at the bottom of the skirt, so this tutorial offers details. For those of you who are regular blog followers, you’ll remember a Halloween dress that I designed to fit 10″ and some 11″ dolls a while back, and it used a similar ribbon-and-rick-rack trim. And … Continue reading Free doll clothes patterns for vintage Crissy dolls: make a skirt with rickrack and ribbon #sewing for #dolls

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Image shows an Ever After High doll wearing a handmade doll dress with frilly sleeves and a wispy skirt that seems to be blowing in the wind. She is posed before a miniature quilt with pinwheels patterns sewn on a black background. The overlay says, "FREE pattern and tutorials: make a dress for tiny-body dolls." and this image comes from ChellyWood.com which offers free, printable sewing patterns for dolls of many shapes and sizes.
Breyer Doll Clothes Patterns, Ever After High Doll Clothes Patterns, Monster High Doll Clothes Patterns, Tutorials: Sewing for Dolls

FREE pattern and tutorial for MH or EAH #dolls’ #springtime dress @ ChellyWood.com

Here’s the tutorial for the pattern I posted yesterday. This dress truly is lovely! I’m very pleased with the way it turned out. Just in case you missed it yesterday, here’s a link to the pattern for making this dress. If you’re wondering why I make patterns and videos without charging a fee, please visit the “Chelly’s Books” page, and that should explain my general motivations. … Continue reading FREE pattern and tutorial for MH or EAH #dolls’ #springtime dress @ ChellyWood.com

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