![]() ![]() So, while I’ve been pondering and doodling some ideas for patterns of my own to share with you all here, I’ve also been researching and shopping for Barbie clothes sewing patterns like crazy, just for fun. I’ve also read Barbie and Ruth, a biography of Ruth Handler, Barbie’s creator and absolutely loved it. I’d love to recreate some of the vintage Barbie outfits in there. I was elated! And it sounds silly because my girls are teenagers now, but I’ve really been wanting to sew for Barbies! I stumbled on a book at Barnes & Noble called Dressing Barbie and it was so fun to look through. amazing vintage Barbie clothes from the 50’s through the 70’s. They’re amazing and well loved and they have their original cases and so. I really would have liked to keep those!įast forward a few years to last summer and my mom offered us her vintage Barbie dolls from when she was young. A few were sewn, but many were delicately crocheted and they were beautiful. I don’t know who was more bummed, Layla or me! That bin didn’t just have the Barbies and furniture, it also had a handful of Barbie clothes that my mom and aunt had made me when I was young. I remembered telling my husband which things were to go to Goodwill and the Barbie bin must have gotten swept up in the process. We looked everywhere, even though I knew in my soul it was gone, because I’m not much of a keeper so we don’t just have bins hanging around in places and I knew I hadn’t seen it. Except we didn’t realize it had happened until a month or so later when she was asking where I’d put the Barbie stuff. About four years ago, when my daughter Layla was cleaning out her room, the bin got put in the living room … among a lot of other bags and bins that were destined for Goodwill. When my girls were younger, we had a big bin of Barbies, clothes and Barbie house furniture for the DIY Barbie house I’d made them (which I’ll share at the end of this post). I still feel super bad about this, y’all. This doll's hair was sooooo wonky and long that I trimmed it to make it look better.I’m about to confess one of my worst mom fails to you. Sometimes I trim the hair, sometimes I don't. ![]() This isn't some wonderfully, fantastic doll, it's supposed to be whacked! Don't worry about perfection on this one! Hand stitch the hair in place along the stitching line on the yarn. Sorry about the fuzzy photo, if you look closely you can see the white stitching line that goes through the yarn to secure it. Slip the yarn off your hand and use your sewing machine on a straight stitch to sew right through the middle of your yarn. The more open your hand is, the longer the strands of 'hair' you will have. Wrap about 10 wraps of Lion Brand Fun Fur (or whatever yarn you have in your stash) around you hand. Do the neatest job you can sewing up the seam. The photos I took of stitching up the open seam were terrible! Sorry about that. Stuff! I use some poly fill, but you can take apart an old stuffed animal and re-use the stuffing, or use pieces of quilt batting. I use a tube to help turning it right side out, but using a dowel or the eraser end of a pencil works fine, too. I also trim really close to the outside curving seams (you can see how close I clipped the seam around the head.) I clip everywhere there is an inside seam so rounded seams are smoother when you are done stuffing. ![]() You can see the little clips on the inside seams. Sew all the way around the doll and clip the seams. It makes it easier to sew around the curves smoothly. Set your stitch length to 1.5 (or whatever a small stitch length is on your machine). You can do it after, no worries, but it's easier when you don't have to bury the knot. ![]() Transfer the marks to the upper arm so you don't sew there.ĭammit! I forgot to sew on the face before I started sewing! It's easiest to sew the eyes and mouth on before you sew the doll together. I'm a fan of rotary cutters, but not when the curves are this tight!Īll cut out. Pin your pattern and cut out with scissors. ![]()
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