I often get questions about where to buy tiny buttons, small-print fabrics, snaps, itty-bitty buckles, miniature zippers, and even sewing machines and their parts. So I’ve put together a “Buyer’s Guide” to help you with that. When you buy fabric, ribbons, lace, snaps, or other doll clothes sewing notions, using the links I’ve provided below, this website will earn a small commission, which helps pay … Continue reading Shop
This week we’re making a series of Valentine’s Day dresses for fashion dolls. Below you’ll find my free printable PDF sewing pattern and a link to an older tutorial video for the dress shown in the image at the top of the page: Free printable sewing pattern for Valentine’s Day dresses to fit 11.5-inch fashion dolls. Video tutorial showing how to make the dress … Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day, my lovely dolls! #FreeStuff #DollClothes
If today’s Valentine’s Day dress project looks familiar, that’s because I have posted the same project here in years past. However I’ve updated the pattern for easier download this year: Free printable sewing pattern for Valentine’s Day dresses to fit 11.5-inch fashion dolls. If you enjoy my tutorials and free patterns, please show your appreciation by sharing them with others. You can pin … Continue reading How to sew a Valentine’s Day dress for 11 inch fashion dolls #tutorial for #dollclothes
The pattern above appears here so you can easily pin JPG images of my patterns on Pinterest. This is the pencil skirt dress pattern that we previewed in Monday’s blog post. (Click here to see that post again.) This week’s free PDF sewing pattern also includes the flouncy skirt version and the short skirt version, which appear in the JPG image below: Again, please share … Continue reading Time for another free PDF sewing pattern: a special Valentine’s Day dress! #sewhappy #sewcute #dolls
For St. Patrick’s Day next week, I’ll be re-posting last year’s tutorials that show you how to make several different skirts for a wide variety of fashion dolls, using one of my many free patterns. Take a look at all the different styles you can make with this one pattern: If you want immediate access to all of these outfits’ free patterns and tutorials, I’ve … Continue reading FREE #StPatricksDay #Dolls Clothes Patterns @ ChellyWood.com
I designed this outfit for 16 to 17 inch fashion dolls a while back, but I still need to include links to the patterns and tutorials that will help you make this outfit. So here you go: Here’s the free printable sewing pattern for the shirt Here’s the tutorial showing you how to make the shirt Here’s the free printable sewing pattern for the pants/jeans … Continue reading 17″ fashion #Dolls’ clothes patterns are #FREE to print and #sew @ ChellyWood.com
This week’s posts will be brief. Since I discovered that this dress pattern fits quite a few dolls, I need to create official posts for each doll, so that I can offer links from my gallery page to each post. (Sorry for taking up a whole week to take care of business, but this is the best way to make the patterns easily accessible from … Continue reading FREE #Halloween dress pattern for #LivDolls and other 11″ #Dolls @ ChellyWood.com
This post offers an update to my classic ball gown for 11.5-inch traditional “playscale” fashion dolls like Barbie®, many of the Disney® princess dolls, Spin Master Liv dolls, and Queens of Africa™ dolls, among others. Click on the links below to download my free, printable sewing patterns, and to view the tutorial video that shows you exactly how to make this dress: Fashion doll gown’s bodice and sleeve pattern Fashion doll … Continue reading #Sew a Fashion #Dolls Basic Gown w/FREE #Patterns @ ChellyWood.com
Here’s the preview of the elastic-waist skirt pattern and tutorial I plan to post on ChellyWood.com this week. The doll shown in the photo is a Spin Master Liv Doll™, but this pattern can easily be used to fit most 11.5-inch fashion dolls, including Mattel’s Barbie®, the Queens of Africa™ dolls, and many others. This week’s tutorial will show you how to make the cute … Continue reading Liv #Dolls’ free skirt #pattern and #sewing tutorial
This is my “Renaissance Tunic” pattern for fashion dolls, and it’s #12 on my list of the “Top 15 Downloaded Patterns from ChellyWood.com.” If you haven’t heard about this series of posts, go back to visit my announcement page for the Top 15 series. That will explain my plans for the month of May on ChellyWood.com. I used this tunic pattern to help me design … Continue reading #Renaissance tunic for Fashion #Dolls is #12 on my top free sewing patterns list
For St. Patrick’s Day next week, I’ll be posting tutorials that show you how to make several different skirts for a wide variety of fashion dolls, using the pattern above. Take a look at all the different styles you can make with this one pattern: The pattern I’ve posted actually fits a lot of different dolls. I’ve made skirts for Barbie®, Curvy Barbie®, Skipper®, Monster … Continue reading Free printable #FashionDoll clothes #sewing pattern for #StPaddysDay @ ChellyWood.com
A lot of moms and doll collectors tell me that there aren’t enough patterns for generic “businessman” clothes for male dolls and action figures. So here are my patterns and tutorials for the shirt and tie shown on GI Joe above (they fit Ken and many other male fashion dolls of the 1:6 scale variety very nicely): Pattern 1 (includes tie and shirt back, but … Continue reading Sew modern clothes for a male #FashionDoll w/ these free #patterns @ ChellyWood.com
