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The image shows the Chelly Wood doll holding an envelope. Beside her is a sewing machine and behind her is a dess form modeling a handmade doll dress. The watermark says, "Chelly Wood dot com : free patterns and tutorials."
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Fan mail… “Love your free sewing patterns! Is there anything I can do in return?” #FanMail #FreePatterns

Every now and then I get an email, a public comment on this website, or even a letter in my post office box that says, “Thank you so much for providing all these free doll clothes patterns! Is there anything I can do in return?” Having recently received similar fan mail, I thought I’d do a quick blog post answering that commonly-asked question: “Is there … Continue reading Fan mail… “Love your free sewing patterns! Is there anything I can do in return?” #FanMail #FreePatterns

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This image shows a single music note with the words "inspirational crafting music" and it accompanies crafting or sewing inspirational music videos made by Chelly Wood, using the musicians featured on the Animoto movie making platform.
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Crafting music for vintage Simplicity 4883 (Ideal Tammy and Pedigree Sindy) sewing projects! #Sewing #Crafting

Okay, folks, I’ve created yet another music video to inspire your crafts! If you look back at this blog post, you’ll understand that by adding this music to your playlists on YouTube, it not only gives you music to inspire your crafting and sewing projects, but it also help the YouTube algorithm to understand that my channel is worth watching! So if you like the … Continue reading Crafting music for vintage Simplicity 4883 (Ideal Tammy and Pedigree Sindy) sewing projects! #Sewing #Crafting

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A fashion doll like Chatty Cathy or Miss Revlon stands at an open truck filled with a whole wardrobe of vintage doll clothes for her to wear. Standing at her feet are four other vintage-style fashion dolls, like Tammy or Babs or Tressy or vintage Barbie, for example.
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Special feature on ChellyWood.com coming up in July! #Dolls #DollCollectors

During the month of July, I’ve got quite a full plate of things to do, so I’m going to take a brief hiatus from blogging. That means you’ll see some re-posts of things I’ve posted before, and even the videos on my YouTube channel may look somewhat familiar. Now, as we saw last Thursday, I’ve got some great Barbie clothes patterns coming up, and I’m … Continue reading Special feature on ChellyWood.com coming up in July! #Dolls #DollCollectors

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The image shows a quilted frame around a photo of the cover of the Simplicity 4883 doll clothes pattern envelope. Above the photo, it reads, "Simplicity 4883." Beside the photo is a graphic of a giant yellow and turquoise blue question mark. Below this is the Chelly Wood dot com logo.
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Have you ever read a pattern incorrectly? And how did it turn out? #SewingChat #SewingPatterns

Once again, I’ve been working with vintage Simplicity pattern 4883 for Ideal Tammy dolls. This time I was making the little red coat in View 1. As you can see in Figure 2 above, the image on the envelope shows little black stitches at the neckline and waistline of the finished coat. I saw this and thought, “Oh goodie-goodie gumdrops! I can do some embroidery!” … Continue reading Have you ever read a pattern incorrectly? And how did it turn out? #SewingChat #SewingPatterns

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The thumbnail shows a close-up image of a paper sewing pattern on a table or work desk. A graphic of a little blue heart-shaped pincushion appears in the lower right-hand corner. The text reads "A Big Announcement!" and the Chelly Wood dot com logo appears at the bottom of the purple polka dot thumbnail frame.
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Announcement: a Highly Anticipated Doll Clothes Pattern…

  If you enjoyed this video and you’d like to see more of them, you might want to navigate over to my YouTube channel, ChellyWood1 to look through my playlists. You may be subscribed to my website but not my YouTube channel… Now’s a good time to consider subscribing! Maybe you want to subscribe to my website but you don’t know how that’s done. On … Continue reading Announcement: a Highly Anticipated Doll Clothes Pattern…

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The thumbnail, framed by a turquoise blue and purple quilt, shows the front of the envelope for Simplicity 5861, a vintage doll clothes pattern for Skipper, from 1964. The text in this thumbnail reads, "Vintage Skipper Simplicity 5861" and under this, we see the Chelly Wood dot com logo.
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How to sew a hook and eye on doll clothes w/Simplicity 5861 #SewingTips #Crafting

Today I’m going to explain how to sew a hook and eye onto the back of a doll’s garment. Specifically, I’ll be working with the bodice for Dress View 6 in the Simplicity doll clothes wardrobe pattern 5861 for vintage Skipper dolls. Just in case you don’t know the vocabulary, the pink arrow in Figure 1 above points to the “hook” and the green arrow … Continue reading How to sew a hook and eye on doll clothes w/Simplicity 5861 #SewingTips #Crafting

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Under a red check gingham skirt, a Pedigree Sindy doll wears a pair of black Mary Jane style shoes.
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Another Sindy shoe swaperoo! #DollCollector #VintageToys

If you are a Sind doll collector, and you saw Monday’s blog post about making the little wrap skirt and checkered shirt outfit shown in the image above, then you were probably wondering, “Hang on… Where did Chelly Wood get those shoes?” Well, I’ll tell you, but first, I have to give my affiliate marketing statement, so please be patient. As an Amazon affiliate, I … Continue reading Another Sindy shoe swaperoo! #DollCollector #VintageToys

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The image shows a quilted frame around a photo of the cover of the Simplicity 4883 doll clothes pattern envelope. Above the photo, it reads, "Simplicity 4883." Beside the photo is a graphic of a giant yellow and turquoise blue question mark. Below this is the Chelly Wood dot com logo.
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Can vintage Sindy dolls fit in clothes made for vintage Tammy? (Part 1 — View 1 Shift Dress) #Sewing #Patterns

If you’re a Tammy doll collector, you’ll very likely be equally familiar with Sindy, the Pedigree version of Ideal’s Tammy. Sindy, of course, became tremendously popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Today’s blog post asks the question, “Can vintage Sindy dolls fit in clothes made for vintage Tammy?” And before I go any further, I want to make my affiliate marketing … Continue reading Can vintage Sindy dolls fit in clothes made for vintage Tammy? (Part 1 — View 1 Shift Dress) #Sewing #Patterns

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In a turquoise blue frame, a photo of a TLC refurbished Anna and Elsa doll from Disney's Frozen are displayed under a text that reads "a little TLC for Anna and Elsa." This blog post is about how doll clothing designer Chelly Wood designed free sewing patterns for and did a dolly makeover for these little six inch Anna and Elsa Disney princess dolls.
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Anna and Elsa 6 inch dolls are magically transformed! #Disney #Frozen

About a year ago, I found this lovely lady at my local Goodwill store, in Twin Falls, Idaho. She needed some TLC, and I was happy to give her the love she needed. In August of 2023, I did a blog post called, “How to Improve a Doll’s Bangs (Fringes)” and shortly thereafter, I did another blog post about “How to Unbraid a Doll’s Braided … Continue reading Anna and Elsa 6 inch dolls are magically transformed! #Disney #Frozen

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The thumbnail's heading reads, "simplicity 4883" and shows an image from the envelope of the pattern, with a blond Ideal Tammy doll chatting on the phone; she wears a white dress that's dotted with tiny orange and yellow roses and itty bitty green leaves. The sheath dress she wears is sleeveless, belted, and has a ruffle at the bottom of the dress. Beside this close-up from the Simplicity 4883 envelope's front, a Tammy doll models a dress that's belted, sleeveless, and has a long, double-layered ruffle. There are two photos of the doll modeling the handmade dress, which has been made with pale blue denim floral fabric.
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Sewing hack: what to do when you don’t have enough fabric! #SewingHack #Fabric

Recently I made a denim version of the View 1 dress from my Simplicity 4883 sewing pattern for vintage Ideal Tammy dolls. I used a lightweight denim fabric that had a soft pastel floral print pattern on it, but there was a very SMALL amount of this fabric available. It was really just three long thin strips of fabric, and that’s all. So I had … Continue reading Sewing hack: what to do when you don’t have enough fabric! #SewingHack #Fabric

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How to do a basic fly stitch #Embroidery #Boderie

  Today I’m re-posting my fly stitch embroidery tutorial from 2019. That’s because you may find this stitch helpful if you want to embroider my little jacket project that I’m posting tomorrow, for 6 inch dolls like Chelsea, Strawberry Shortcake, Anna and Elsa mini toddler dolls, and the 6 inch Dawn/Pippa dolls. Here’s a preview of that coat project: See that zigzag-shaped stitch running along … Continue reading How to do a basic fly stitch #Embroidery #Boderie

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Framed by a blue and purple quilt, the ChellyWood.com logo accompanies a close-up image of Simplicity 4883 Ideal Tammy doll clothes patterns and a pattern for making a shoe box closet that would work for most 11 inch or 12 inch fashion dolls like Ideal Tammy, Mattel's Barbie dolls, Rainbow High dolls, and dozens of other fashion dolls in this size range.
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Are there vintage patterns for Tammy’s little sister, Pepper? (AKA Sindy’s sister Patch?) #VintageToys #VintageSewing

If you’re a regular follower of this website, then you are probably already familiar with my special relationship to the Simplicity 4883 sewing pattern I’m holding up, in the image above. This was the first sewing pattern I remember ever using, and I even did a blog post on how precious this pattern is to me, back in April. You can read that blog post … Continue reading Are there vintage patterns for Tammy’s little sister, Pepper? (AKA Sindy’s sister Patch?) #VintageToys #VintageSewing

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Image of "Sew-Easy Patterns by Advance" vintage Mattel, Inc. Toymakers Barbie doll clothes sewing pattern #2895 with the ChellyWood logo, surrounded by a variety of quilting fabrics in turquoise blue and purple.
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How to make gloves or mittens for dolls #VintageToys #Sewing

In June of 2021 and again more recently, I published a blog post about this Mattel Advance Sew Easy pattern number 2895, with a focus on the wedding dress and veil. Today I’m going to look at the Barbie gloves that appear on two of the Barbies in this pattern. After all, for my followers who live below the equator, winter is approaching quickly, so … Continue reading How to make gloves or mittens for dolls #VintageToys #Sewing

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In this image, a quilted frame surrounds a close-up of the swimsuit image from McCalls Teen doll fashion 3429 doll clothes pattern, but the swimsuit (which normally appears in blue) has been redesigned in a salmon or coral colored-shade of pink. It's very becoming on the strawberry blond haired doll drawn there as the model.
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Vintage McCall’s “Teen Fashion Doll” swimsuit pattern Part Deux #Vintage #DollClothesPatterns

As you may recall from yesterday’s swimsuit pattern article, I’m doing some blog posts about the swimsuit/bodysuit pattern shown as View B, on the vintage McCall’s Teen Doll Fashion pattern number 3429, which appears above. On Monday, I showed you my sewing fail, with regard to this swimsuit / bodysuit pattern. Once I’d tossed my salmon-colored first attempt aside, I decided to give it another … Continue reading Vintage McCall’s “Teen Fashion Doll” swimsuit pattern Part Deux #Vintage #DollClothesPatterns

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The image shows the bottom half of a modern Barbie wearing a purple swimsuit. She stands beside McCall's Teen Fashion Doll Pattern number 3429. This photo is surrounded by a purple cotton square frame dotted with tiny white polka dots. Over the photo and slightly to the left of the photo are the words "free pattern" under which is the Chelly Wood dot com logo.
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Which “mystery Barbie” fits best in my vintage McCall’s “Teen Fashion Doll” swimsuit pattern? Surprise! #Vintage #DollClothesPatterns

  Yesterday I showed you my sewing fail, with regard to the swimsuit / bodysuit pattern in McCall’s vintage “Teen Doll Fashion” patterns. Once I’d tossed my coral-colored first attempt aside, I decided to give it another shot with the purple fabric, which turned out much better. But the big surprise came when I tried this finished swimsuit on my dolls. I first tried it … Continue reading Which “mystery Barbie” fits best in my vintage McCall’s “Teen Fashion Doll” swimsuit pattern? Surprise! #Vintage #DollClothesPatterns

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