Tag: Vintage Francie

This thumbnail shows a cloud-shaped 1970's style rainbow in the colors yellow, blue, green, and purple, superimposed on the usual purple cotton fabric background frame that Chelly Wood dot com often uses for its thumbnails. This frame surrounds a cell phone with a photo of a vintage "Francie" Barbie doll wearing the "Bloom Zoom" classic vintage doll clothes outfit. The text reads "Do a Pick: Outdoor Music Festival." If you click on this image in the gallery, it will take you to the "Do a Pick" game where you get to choose which super-cool outfit you want your Barbie (or in this case Francie) doll to wear when playing at the outdoor music festival your parents will attend in the hypothetical situation presented in this YouTube shorts #DoAPick mini video.
Do a Pick! Game, Doll Play Videos, Vintage Barbie, Vintage Francie

Let’s Do a Pick at an Outdoor Music Festival #DoApick #vintageDollCollector

When I was a kid, whenever it was playtime with dolls, we would lay out all our dolls and their clothing items. Then we would “do a pick.” That’s where you take turns picking which doll or dolls you’ll play with and which outfits or accessories you’ll get to play with. Your playtime companion would take a turn picking her dolls, clothes, and accessories too. … Continue reading Let’s Do a Pick at an Outdoor Music Festival #DoApick #vintageDollCollector

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The image shows a Vintage Teresa Barbie doll modeling a pretty chiffon and cotton strapless wedding dress along side three other clothing items that a Vintage Barbie might wear: shirts, an apron, and a purse. To locate, download, and print these and many more free patterns for vintage Barbie dolls, please go to ChellyWood.com where you can find hundreds of free printable sewing patterns for making doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes.
11-inch doll clothes patterns, Barbie Patterns, Vintage Barbie, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Free Sewing Patterns for Vintage Barbie Dolls (Gallery)

Please click on the doll clothes you would like to make. Not what you’re looking for? Behind the scenes, I’m creating a series of classes in doll clothing design techniques, so you can design your own doll clothes for your dolls, using simple techniques, household tools, and your amazing imagination! Click on this link to learn more about my paid courses on the Creative Spark Online Learning platform. If you would like … Continue reading Free Sewing Patterns for Vintage Barbie Dolls (Gallery)

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A made-to-move Barbie models a short pajama nightgown made of cotton and lace with straps. She also wears handmade felt slippers. She stands before a bedroom wall that's decorated with unicorns and rainbows. Her expression is sleepy-eyed.
10-inch doll clothes patterns, 11-inch doll clothes patterns, Barbie Patterns, Skipper Patterns, Vintage Francie, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Free printable #sewing patterns for #pajamas to fit Barbie and similar-sized #dolls

As a wrap-up to this week’s tutorials and free patterns, I’m going to go back to revisit the Barbie pajamas you see in the image above. I designed these a while back, but I’m not quite done working with them. This post offers all the patterns and tutorials needed to make each piece of the outfit, including the babydoll top, the shorts, and the slippers. … Continue reading Free printable #sewing patterns for #pajamas to fit Barbie and similar-sized #dolls

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The image shows a screenshot of numerous doll clothes that have been sewn to fit a Mattel vintage Francie doll. Outfits include jeans with a T-shirt, several stand-alone dresses, a pajama, doll shirts, a purse, and a 3-tier skirt with a raglan-sleeved tee shirt.
11-inch doll clothes patterns, Vintage Francie, Whole Costumes for Dolls

Free Sewing Patterns for Vintage Francie Dolls (Gallery)

Please click on the doll clothes you would like to make. Not what you’re looking for? Behind the scenes, I’m creating a series of classes in doll clothing design techniques, so you can design your own doll clothes for your dolls, using simple techniques, household tools, and your amazing imagination! Click on this link to learn more about my paid courses on the Creative Spark Online Learning platform. If you would like … Continue reading Free Sewing Patterns for Vintage Francie Dolls (Gallery)

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Here we see a vintage Francie doll walking in pajamas and handmade slippers. She's walking on a hardwood floor with unicorn-and-rainbow wallpaper behind her. The cotton fabric of her short nightgown is decorated with tiny cupcakes. The bodice of her nightgown is white lace, and the nightgown also has little ribbon straps.
Doll Measurements, Vintage Francie

#TapeMeasureTuesday: Can Francie wear Barbie’s clothes?

You may have noticed in yesterday’s post, that Francie was shown wearing my latest free Barbie doll clothes pattern: a babydoll pajama pattern (to be posted here on ChellyWood.com tomorrow). Which brings us to today’s #TapeMeasureTuesday doll-clothes-swapping question: Can vintage Francie dolls wear Barbie doll clothes? The answer is a bit vague: it depends on the garment. You see, Francie is a bit smaller in … Continue reading #TapeMeasureTuesday: Can Francie wear Barbie’s clothes?

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