I had grand plans for this post! But as usual I thought way too long about it and ran out of time to actually create the outfit I wanted to make.
When I was a kid I would make Barbie clothes for my and my sister’s Barbies. I think I sewed them outfits off and on from age 9 until 12. I shared a pic of me holding a Barbie in a dress I made sometime when I was about 11 or 12 years old on Instagram recently as part of a collage. Yup that’s me.
I wanted to share a tutorial for a Barbie dress, but I’m still working on getting the look I wanted. I was thinking of something classic 60’s Barbie but for that I might just look for a pattern instead.
In the meantime here are few free Barbie tutorials/patterns that I’ve found:
Janel Was Here has four different Barbie patterns PLUS a guide on how to tell the different Barbie doll bodies apart.
Craftiness is Not Optional has a classic style dress tutorial.
and Sewing and Pattern has tons of scanned vintage Barbie patterns on her site.
And if you’re as fascinated with the idea of repainting a Barbie’s face as I am there is a tutorial here which explains what you need.
Thanks for the grear links. I used to used the Craftiness is not Optional one all the time. And I wish we had photos of me sewing. My first Barbie projects were cutting baby socks and calling them dresses/hats lol.