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March 3, 2023

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March 2023 Sew-Along

Win a free Rosie's pattern

After the end of the month, a spinning wheel will be used to randomly select a Sew-Along entrant to receive a free pattern of their choice from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns website. The pattern will be added to the online profile of the selectee as a thank you for joining in the Sew-Along.

We’d love you to join in our monthly Sew-Along. This time our theme is “Skirts, Pants & Overalls!”

This year, we’re sewing through the categories, focusing each month on once segment of our overall catalog. This month, we kick it off with our Bottoms Pattern collection. Members of this group had the chance to vote on Skirts, Pants, and Overalls, and the Overalls for All Seasons pattern was selected to get a special 50% discount for the month of March. Coupon code is: MAROVERALLHALF. Be sure to put it in your shopping chart when you checkout!

Your fun challenge is to have a good time with making Skirts, Pants, and Overalls. Sew something cute with any “Bottoms” Pattern from Rosie’s, or make any of those items using part of any of Rosie’s other patterns such as the Winter PJs, skirt from the Pinafore Dress and Skirt, etc. Yes, Sports Shorts count as pants. Underwear and nappies are fine. Invent-Your-Own Rompers using part of a Rosie’s pattern are a go. Have a blast! Make something you enjoy. Bring St. Patrick’s Day into it if you’re feeling the Luck of the Irish. Show us how creative you can get with Skirts, Pants, and Overalls, tell us how you did it, and share your pictures with us.

Or course, we want you to also sew whatever strikes your fancy every month, so every garment sewn with one of Rosie’s patterns gets at least one entry in the Sew-Along Wheel Spin. This month, if it’s Skirts, Pants, or Overalls, it gets two entries.

Join our Facebook Group

To participate in the Sew-Along, you must be a member of the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share group. Joining is easy. Just point your browser here, answer the membership questions, and request to join. It’s a wonderful community of creative grown-ups who love to sew for dolls. Everyone will welcome you with open arms.

To be inclusive, absolutely anything and everything that you make with one of Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns can be entered in the Sew-Along for one chance to be chosen by the Spinning Wheel. Yes, that even includes the free Beanie or free Sewing Machine Pin Cushion! Remember that there’s a video for every Rosie’s pattern, so watch, learn, sew along, and have fun sewing and sharing.

You can use the 18 inch American Girl Doll or Cabbage Patch Kid size patterns, or you can resize those patterns to fit any doll. If you wish to alter the pattern to add your own personal twist or add a special embellishment, please feel free. These personal touches create great inspiration for others!

There’s no obligation to sew every month. You can sew one outfit or a dozen. It’s totally up to you. Each item from a Rosie’s pattern that you sew and post in the album (see instructions below) will be worth at least one entry towards the wheel spin at the end of the month. If you sew to the challenge specifications, you get two entries towards the wheel spin.

All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun as there will be no judgement, only encouragement.

The winner of the February ’23 Sew-Along Wheel Spin is Jane Harper Vernon, who submitted this adorable photo of her American Girl doll wearing Rosie’s Summer Dress. She used Valentine’s Day fabric, changed the skirt a bit, and attached a lovely black lace around the collar. If you stop by our Facebook group and look at the February Sew-Along album you can see the other wonderful doll clothes our group members made last month.

How to submit your creation

It's easy: just follow these simple steps

When you craft and photograph your item, please add it to the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share Photo Album for this month’s Sew-Along. If you are not sure how to do this on your computer (albums are not available on mobile devices), please see the instructions below.

  1. Click on ‘See All’ which can be found under the ‘Recent Media’ box on the right-hand side of the page.
  2. Once you’re in Media, you’ll see 3 tabs: Photos, Video, and Albums. Click the Albums tab.
  3. Click on the Album for the Sew-Along we are doing for this month.
  4. In the top right corner, you will see ‘Add Photos/Video’ – click on this and you will be able to upload your photo.
  5. Once you have uploaded your photo, please click on it to add a few words. If you want, you can even write a description explaining what you enjoyed most about this pattern, what you found challenging, what alterations you made, what inspired your choice of fabric, embellishment, etc. or anything pertinent to the Sew-Along that you feel you would like to share about this outfit/pattern.

Browser notes: Please log in via Safari or Google Chrome instead of using the Facebook App, and this will give you the view you’d have via your desktop computer. Microsoft Edge is somewhat uncooperative, so we recommend using Chrome.

Pictures submitted in the feed or in the album may be included in blog posts on or mailings from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Web site. If for any reason you don’t want your picture to be included, please let us know.

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February 5, 2023

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February 2023 Sew-Along

Win a free Rosie's pattern

After the end of the month, a spinning wheel will be used to randomly select a Sew-Along entrant to receive a free pattern of their choice from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns website. The pattern will be added to the online profile of the selectee as a thank you for joining in the Sew-Along.

We’d love you to join in our monthly Sew-Along. This time our theme is “You’re the Top!”

This year, we’re sewing through the categories, focusing each month on one segment of our overall catalog. This month, we kick it off with Rosie’s Tops collection.

Members of our Facebook group had the chance to vote in a poll for a desired top, and the Fun and Frilly Top was selected to get a special 50% discount for the month of February 2023. Coupon code is: FUNFRILLYFEB50.

Your fun challenge is to have a good time with making tops. Sew something cute with any of Rosie’s Tops Patterns, or make a top using part of any of Rosie’s other patterns. Some of Rosie’s tops have great dress options, and those count, too. Have a blast! Make tops you enjoy for your 18 inch dolls, your Cabbage Patch Kids doll, or resize for any other doll. Bring Valentine’s Day into it if you’re feeling the love. Show us how creative you can get with tops, tell us how you did it, and share your pictures with us. Every garment gets at least one entry. If it is specifically Tops themed, it gets two entries.

Join our Facebook Group

To participate in the Sew-Along, you must be a member of the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share group. Joining is easy. Just point your browser here, answer the membership questions, and request to join. It’s a wonderful community of creative grown-ups who love to sew for dolls. Everyone will welcome you with open arms.

To be inclusive, absolutely anything and everything that you make with one of Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns can be entered in the Sew-Along for one chance to be chosen by the Spinning Wheel. Yes, that even includes the free Beanie or free Sewing Machine Pin Cushion! Remember that there’s a video for every Rosie’s pattern, so watch, learn, sew along, and have fun sewing and sharing.

You can use the 18 inch American Girl Doll or Cabbage Patch Kid size patterns, or you can resize those patterns to fit any doll. If you wish to alter the pattern to add your own personal twist or add a special embellishment, please feel free. These personal touches create great inspiration for others!

There’s no obligation to sew every month. You can sew one outfit or a dozen. It’s totally up to you. Each item from a Rosie’s pattern that you sew and post in the album (see instructions below) will be worth at least one entry towards the wheel spin at the end of the month. If you sew to the challenge specifications, you get two entries towards the wheel spin.

All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun as there will be no judgement, only encouragement.

The winner of the January ’23 Sew-Along Wheel Spin is Ulrike Hingst, who submitted this adorable photo of her happy crew of dancing salamanders wearing their beanies made with the help of Rosie’s Free Beanie pattern. Ulrike sewed 21 hats for our challenge! If you stop by our Facebook group and look at the January Sew-Along album, you can see the wonderful beanie hats Ulrike and the other sewists made for their dolls and stuffed toys..

How to submit your creation

It's easy: just follow these simple steps

When you craft and photograph your item, please add it to the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share Photo Album for this month’s Sew-Along. If you are not sure how to do this on your computer (albums are not available on mobile devices), please see the instructions below.

  1. Click on ‘See All’ which can be found under the ‘Recent Media’ box on the right-hand side of the page.
  2. Once you’re in Media, you’ll see 3 tabs: Photos, Video, and Albums. Click the Albums tab.
  3. Click on the Album for the Sew-Along we are doing for this month.
  4. In the top right corner, you will see ‘Add Photos/Video’ – click on this and you will be able to upload your photo.
  5. Once you have uploaded your photo, please click on it to add a few words. If you want, you can even write a description explaining what you enjoyed most about this pattern, what you found challenging, what alterations you made, what inspired your choice of fabric, embellishment, etc. or anything pertinent to the Sew-Along that you feel you would like to share about this outfit/pattern.

Browser notes: Please log in via Safari or Google Chrome instead of using the Facebook App, and this will give you the view you’d have via your desktop computer. Microsoft Edge is somewhat uncooperative, so we recommend using Chrome.

Pictures submitted in the feed or in the album may be included in blog posts on or mailings from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Web site. If for any reason you don’t want your picture to be included, please let us know.

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January 5, 2023

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January 2023 Sew-Along

Win a free Rosie's pattern

After the end of the month, a spinning wheel will be used to randomly select a Sew-Along entrant to receive a free pattern of their choice from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns website. The pattern will be added to the online profile of the selectee as a thank you for joining in the Sew-Along.

We’d love you to join in our monthly Sew-Along. This time our theme is “Freebies and Beanies, Baby!”

We have some exciting new Sew-Alongs planned for 2023. This year, we’re going to create through the categories, focusing each month’s topic on one segment of our overall catalog. We’ll have special discounts that you can vote on as a group as we progress through the year. We’re going to sew a lot of cute clothes together!

To kick things off, this month our theme is “January: Freebies and Beanies, Baby!” Your fun challenge is to have a good time with our free offerings. We have patterns to make a free beanie (a most adorable winter hat, but since the weather is different all over the world, it can be a summer hat, too, if sewn up in a lighter knit fabric), and a super useful sewing machine pin cushion which will come in handy if your New Year’s resolution is to sew lots of doll clothes. Have a blast! Make something you enjoy. Show us how creative you can get with something as simple as a hat or pin cushion, and share it with us.

The beanie pattern includes two sizes, one for 18-inch dolls and one for Cabbage Patch kids! Every doll garment made with one of Rosie’s patterns gets at least one entry. This month, if it’s a beanie or a pincushion, it gets two.

Join our Facebook Group

To participate in the Sew-Along, you must be a member of the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share group. Joining is easy. Just point your browser here, answer the membership questions, and request to join. It’s a wonderful community of creative grown-ups who love to sew for dolls. Everyone will welcome you with open arms.

To be inclusive, absolutely anything and everything that you make with one of Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns can be entered in the Sew-Along for one chance to be chosen by the Spinning Wheel. Remember that there’s a video for every Rosie’s pattern, so watch, learn, sew along, and have fun sewing and sharing.

You can use the 18 inch American Girl Doll or Cabbage Patch Kid size patterns, or you can resize those patterns to fit any doll. If you wish to alter the pattern to add your own personal twist or add a special embellishment, please feel free. These personal touches create great inspiration for others!

There’s no obligation to sew every month. You can sew one outfit or a dozen. It’s totally up to you. Each item from a Rosie’s pattern that you sew and post in the album (see instructions below) will be worth at least one entry towards the wheel spin at the end of the month. If you sew to the challenge specifications, you get two entries towards the wheel spin.

All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun as there will be no judgement, only encouragement.

The winner of the December ’22 SewAlong Wheel Spin is Donna Angell, who submitted this adorable photo of her handmade doll wearing Rosie’s 50s Vintage Dress. The doll pattern is the Christmas Gingerbread Cookie Doll # 126 from Etsy seller cottonwoodcountry, and the vintage dress fit the doll without alteration.

If you stop by our Facebook group and look at the December Sew-Along album you can see the other wonderful dolls Donna made wearing their Rosie’s finery, as well as the creations from all our wonderful Rosie’s sewists.

How to submit your creation

It's easy: just follow these simple steps

When you craft and photograph your item, please add it to the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share Photo Album for this month’s Sew-Along. If you are not sure how to do this on your computer (albums are not available on mobile devices), please see the instructions below.

  1. Click on ‘See All’ which can be found under the ‘Recent Media’ box on the right-hand side of the page.
  2. Once you’re in Media, you’ll see 3 tabs: Photos, Video, and Albums. Click the Albums tab.
  3. Click on the Album for the Sew-Along we are doing for this month.
  4. In the top right corner, you will see ‘Add Photos/Video’ – click on this and you will be able to upload your photo.
  5. Once you have uploaded your photo, please click on it to add a few words. If you want, you can even write a description explaining what you enjoyed most about this pattern, what you found challenging, what alterations you made, what inspired your choice of fabric, embellishment, etc. or anything pertinent to the Sew-Along that you feel you would like to share about this outfit/pattern.

Browser notes: Please log in via Safari or Google Chrome instead of using the Facebook App, and this will give you the view you’d have via your desktop computer. Microsoft Edge is somewhat uncooperative, so we recommend using Chrome.

Pictures submitted in the feed or in the album may be included in blog posts on or mailings from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Web site. If for any reason you don’t want your picture to be included, please let us know.

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December 14, 2022

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December 2022 Sew-Along

Win a free Rosie's pattern

After the end of the month, a spinning wheel will be used to randomly select a Sew-Along entrant to receive a free pattern of their choice from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns website. The pattern will be added to the online profile of the selectee as a thank you for joining in the Sew-Along.

We’d love you to join in our monthly Sew-Along. This time our theme is “Happy Holidays Around The World”.

Your fun challenge is to have a good time with creating whatever you want for the December holidays. The weather is different all over the world, so whether your doll is celebrating a Mele Kalikimaka in Hawaii wearing a sleeveless Summer Dress made up in a lovely candy cane fabric, doing Christmas at the North Pole dressed like Santa in a Funky Fur Jacket and Pants set, having a Happy Hanukkah on the West Coast of the USA in a Vintage Dress, enjoying a bright Kwanzaa in Chicago wearing a dress made of traditional African fabric, planning an Australian New Year’s Eve extravaganza in a Gown, or getting cozy in Canada watching holiday movies at home in holiday print Pajamas or a Nightgown, as long as it’s made from one of Rosie’s patterns, or a clever combination of them, you do you!

Have a blast, make something you enjoy, and share it with us. Let us know what your doll is celebrating and where, and a little bit about how you conceived your creation. Every garment gets at least one entry. If it is specifically holiday themed, it gets two entries.

Join our Facebook Group

To participate in the Sew-Along, you must be a member of the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share group. Joining is easy. Just point your browser here, answer the membership questions, and request to join. It’s a wonderful community of creative grown-ups who love to sew for dolls. Everyone will welcome you with open arms.

To be inclusive, absolutely anything and everything that you make with one of Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns can be entered in the Sew-Along for one chance to be chosen by the Spinning Wheel. Yes, that even includes the free Beanie or free Sewing Machine Pin Cushion! Remember that there’s a video for every Rosie’s pattern, so watch, learn, sew along, and have fun sewing and sharing.

You can use the 18 inch American Girl Doll or Cabbage Patch Kid size patterns, or you can resize those patterns to fit any doll. If you wish to alter the pattern to add your own personal twist or add a special embellishment, please feel free. These personal touches create great inspiration for others!

There’s no obligation to sew every month. You can sew one outfit or a dozen. It’s totally up to you. Each item from a Rosie’s pattern that you sew and post in the album (see instructions below) will be worth at least one entry towards the wheel spin at the end of the month. If you sew to the challenge specifications, you get two entries towards the wheel spin.

All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun as there will be no judgement, only encouragement.

The winner of the November ’22 Sew-Along Wheel Spin is Diana Ramos, who submitted this lovely Drop Waist Dress upcycled from a beloved blouse that her husband gave her as a gift years ago.

How to submit your creation

It's easy: just follow these simple steps

When you craft and photograph your item, please add it to the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share Photo Album for this month’s Sew-Along. If you are not sure how to do this on your computer (albums are not available on mobile devices), please see the instructions below.

  1. Click on ‘See All’ which can be found under the ‘Recent Media’ box on the right-hand side of the page.
  2. Once you’re in Media, you’ll see 3 tabs: Photos, Video, and Albums. Click the Albums tab.
  3. Click on the Album for the Sew-Along we are doing for this month.
  4. In the top right corner, you will see ‘Add Photos/Video’ – click on this and you will be able to upload your photo.
  5. Once you have uploaded your photo, please click on it to add a few words. If you want, you can even write a description explaining what you enjoyed most about this pattern, what you found challenging, what alterations you made, what inspired your choice of fabric, embellishment, etc. or anything pertinent to the Sew-Along that you feel you would like to share about this outfit/pattern.

Browser notes: Please log in via Safari or Google Chrome instead of using the Facebook App, and this will give you the view you’d have via your desktop computer. Microsoft Edge is somewhat uncooperative, so we recommend using Chrome.

Pictures submitted in the feed or in the album may be included in blog posts on or mailings from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Web site. If for any reason you don’t want your picture to be included, please let us know.

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November 10, 2022

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November 2022 Sew-Along

Win a free Rosie's pattern

After the end of the month, a spinning wheel will be used to randomly select a Sew-Along entrant to receive a free pattern of their choice from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns website. The pattern will be added to the online profile of the selectee as a thank you for joining in the Sew-Along.

We’d love you to join in our monthly Sew-Along. This time our theme is “Fall Free-For-All: Anything Goes”.

Your fun challenge is to have a good time with creating whatever you want. Whether it ties into the theme of Autumn or Thanksgiving or Falling Leaves or anything else, as long as it’s made from one of Rosie’s patterns, you do you! Have a blast, make something you enjoy, and share it with us.

Have fun with it!  Every garment gets one entry.

Join our Facebook Group

To participate in the Sew-Along, you must be a member of the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share group. Joining is easy. Just point your browser here, answer the membership questions, and request to join. It’s a wonderful community of creative grown-ups who love to sew for dolls. Everyone will welcome you with open arms.

To be inclusive, absolutely anything and everything that you make with one of Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns can be entered in the Sew-Along for one chance to be chosen by the Spinning Wheel. Yes, that even includes the free Beanie or free Sewing Machine Pin Cushion! Remember that there’s a video for every Rosie’s pattern, so watch, learn, sew along, and have fun sewing and sharing.

You can use the 18 inch American Girl Doll or Cabbage Patch Kid size patterns, or you can resize those patterns to fit any doll. If you wish to alter the pattern to add your own personal twist or add a special embellishment, please feel free. These personal touches create great inspiration for others!

There’s no obligation to sew every month. You can sew one outfit or a dozen. It’s totally up to you. Each item from a Rosie’s pattern that you sew and post in the album (see instructions below) will be worth at least one entry towards the wheel spin at the end of the month. If you sew to the challenge specifications, you get two entries towards the wheel spin.

All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun as there will be no judgement, only encouragement.

The winner of the October ’22 Sew-Along Wheel Spin is Jill Rashleigh, who submitted this magical photo of her handmade doll wearing Rosie’s Witch Costume and Witch Hat. The doll pattern is the Winsome Witch Standing Doll from In The Hoop With Lee. The great news is that the outfit fit without much alteration, so Rosies patterns can be great companions to these gorgeous handmade dolls.

How to submit your creation

It's easy: just follow these simple steps

When you craft and photograph your item, please add it to the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share Photo Album for this month’s Sew-Along. If you are not sure how to do this on your computer (albums are not available on mobile devices), please see the instructions below.

  1. Click on ‘See All’ which can be found under the ‘Recent Media’ box on the right-hand side of the page.
  2. Once you’re in Media, you’ll see 3 tabs: Photos, Video, and Albums. Click the Albums tab.
  3. Click on the Album for the Sew-Along we are doing for this month.
  4. In the top right corner, you will see ‘Add Photos/Video’ – click on this and you will be able to upload your photo.
  5. Once you have uploaded your photo, please click on it to add a few words. If you want, you can even write a description explaining what you enjoyed most about this pattern, what you found challenging, what alterations you made, what inspired your choice of fabric, embellishment, etc. or anything pertinent to the Sew-Along that you feel you would like to share about this outfit/pattern.

Browser notes: Please log in via Safari or Google Chrome instead of using the Facebook App, and this will give you the view you’d have via your desktop computer. Microsoft Edge is somewhat uncooperative, so we recommend using Chrome.

Pictures submitted in the feed or in the album may be included in blog posts on or mailings from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Web site. If for any reason you don’t want your picture to be included, please let us know.

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October 8, 2022

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October 2022 Sew-Along

Win a free Rosie's pattern

After the end of the month, a spinning wheel will be used to randomly select a Sew-Along entrant to receive a free pattern of their choice from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns website. The pattern will be added to the online profile of the selectee as a thank you for joining in the Sew-Along.

We’d love you to join in our monthly Sew-Along. This time our theme is “Happy Halloween”.

Your fun challenge is to have a good time with the idea of Halloween. Whether it’s a Halloween themed outfit to wear around in October, or Halloween accessories, or full Halloween costumes (whether scary, or fantasy, or pretty fairies or princesses, etc.) or anything in between, have a blast with any of Rosie’s patterns. You can use the patterns specifically designed for Halloween, or repurpose any of Rosie’s patterns for your Halloween themed creations.

Since Halloween is on October 31st, we’re giving a very special 31% discount on all costume patterns for the entire month of October 2022. Add as many of our costume patterns as you want to your shopping cart, and check out with the following code: HALLOWEEN2022

Join our Facebook Group

To participate in the Sew-Along, you must be a member of the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share group. Joining is easy. Just point your browser here, answer the membership questions, and request to join. It’s a wonderful community of creative grown-ups who love to sew for dolls. Everyone will welcome you with open arms.

To be inclusive, absolutely anything and everything that you make with one of Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns can be entered in the Sew-Along for one chance to be chosen by the Spinning Wheel. Yes, that even includes the free Beanie or free Sewing Machine Pin Cushion! Remember that there’s a video for every Rosie’s pattern, so watch, learn, sew along, and have fun sewing and sharing.

You can use the 18 inch American Girl Doll or Cabbage Patch Kid size patterns, or you can resize those patterns to fit any doll. If you wish to alter the pattern to add your own personal twist or add a special embellishment, please feel free. These personal touches create great inspiration for others!

There’s no obligation to sew every month. You can sew one outfit or a dozen. It’s totally up to you. Each item from a Rosie’s pattern that you sew and post in the album (see instructions below) will be worth at least one entry towards the wheel spin at the end of the month. If you sew to the challenge specifications, you get two entries towards the wheel spin.

All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun as there will be no judgement, only encouragement.

Debra Sharon contributed this lovely outfit. Her American Girl doll is modeling her creation, which is the Drop Waist Dress and boots made from the 3 Way Shoe pattern. Debra said, “The frill is shortened by one and a half inches. I have used a faux leopard skin fabric which was quite soft and flexible.”

How to submit your creation

It's easy: just follow these simple steps

When you craft and photograph your item, please add it to the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share Photo Album for this month’s Sew-Along. If you are not sure how to do this on your computer (albums are not available on mobile devices), please see the instructions below.

  1. Click on ‘See All’ which can be found under the ‘Recent Media’ box on the right-hand side of the page.
  2. Once you’re in Media, you’ll see 3 tabs: Photos, Video, and Albums. Click the Albums tab.
  3. Click on the Album for the Sew-Along we are doing for this month.
  4. In the top right corner, you will see ‘Add Photos/Video’ – click on this and you will be able to upload your photo.
  5. Once you have uploaded your photo, please click on it to add a few words. If you want, you can even write a description explaining what you enjoyed most about this pattern, what you found challenging, what alterations you made, what inspired your choice of fabric, embellishment, etc. or anything pertinent to the Sew-Along that you feel you would like to share about this outfit/pattern.

Browser notes: Please log in via Safari or Google Chrome instead of using the Facebook App, and this will give you the view you’d have via your desktop computer. Microsoft Edge is somewhat uncooperative, so we recommend using Chrome.

Pictures submitted in the feed or in the album may be included in blog posts on or mailings from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Web site. If for any reason you don’t want your picture to be included, please let us know.

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September 6, 2022

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Thoughts On Resizing Clothes Patterns

I have received a number of enquiries asking if I do smaller size doll clothes sewing patterns and the occasional request for larger doll clothes sewing patterns.  Branching into other size doll clothes patterns is definitely something I would love to do in the future but I realize that many of you cannot wait until I get around to it.  So I thought I would share a tip that may help you to adjust my existing doll clothes patterns that you already have so that you can use them with other size dolls.  This blog applies equally to either my 18 Inch American Girl or Cabbage Patch Kids doll clothes patterns.

I wish I had of thought about this many years ago when I first started drafting my doll clothes patterns for Rosie’s Dolls Clothes, an online business I sold in 2021 after 17 years, it certainly would have made my job a lot quicker and easier.

Firstly and most importantly, you need to have access to a photocopier that can make copies in different sizes or know how to use your printer to reduce pdf pattern pieces.  The next thing to do is have the measurements of the doll that your present patterns fit and the same measurements for the doll you are adjusting the pattern for.  When resizing my patterns you will need the measurements for the American Girl doll or Cabbage Patch Kid and you can find these measurements on my Doll Sizing page.  You then work out how much smaller (or larger) the new pattern needs to be as a percentage.  To do this you divide the measurement of the doll you are adjusting the pattern for by the measurement of the doll of the existing pattern and then multiply by 100.  Repeat this for each of your measurements.

The table below shows the measurements of the Cabbage Patch doll on my website that my Cabbage Patch doll clothes patterns fit and the Little Baby Born doll that I am wanting to adjust the patterns for.  I am using cm as it is easier for me to calculate.

 

Cabbage Patch

(existing pattern)

My Little Baby Born

(new pattern)

% of original pattern

Length

 44cm 32cm 32/44 x 100 = 72.7%

Torso

 18cm 13cm 13/18 x 100 = 72.2%

Waist

 31cm 25cm 25/31 x 100 = 80.6%

Neck

 20.5cm 15cm 15/20.5 x 100 = 73.1%

As the resultant percentages are between 72.2% and 80.6% I am going to use 75% as an average and the amount that I will be reducing my pattern to i.e. 75% of the original size.

Now go to the photo copier, find the reduce button, set that to 75% and take copies of all pattern pieces at this setting.  Then make small adjustments where necessary.  In my case above, I will add a small amount to the waist as I have reduced the pattern more than I should have on this particular measurement.  Now make the outfit up using scraps of fabric and test it on your doll.  At this point you can determine if any further adjustments need to be made.

The following photo shows an original pattern on the left, then reduced to 75% of the original size and finally at 50% of the original size.

Resizing crop top doll clothes pattern

As the resultant percentages are between 72.2% and 80.6% I am going to use 75% as an average and the amount that I will be reducing my pattern to i.e. 75% of the original size.

Now go to the photo copier, find the reduce button, set that to 75% and take copies of all pattern pieces at this setting.  Then make small adjustments where necessary.  In my case above, I will add a small amount to the waist as I have reduced the pattern more than I should have on this particular measurement.  Now make the outfit up using scraps of fabric and test it on your doll.  At this point you can determine if any further adjustments need to be made.

The following photo shows an original pattern on the left, then reduced to 75% of the original size and finally at 50% of the original size.

Original pattern, photo copied at 75% and 50% of original

If your doll was larger than the original doll clothes pattern you have, you would simply find the enlarge button and set it to the bigger size e.g. 110% to make the original pattern 10% larger.

You will notice that I did not worrying about the length of the arms or legs as these are easy to shorten or lengthen as necessary.   If my original doll has an arm length of 14cm and the doll I am making the pattern for has an arm length of 12cm, I would simply adjust the smaller photocopied sleeve pattern so that it was 2cm shorter than the original sleeve pattern length.  The same would apply for the leg measurement if you are making long pants.

Although this method does not take into account all measurements and is based on the premise that the proportion of the dolls are the same (which is not necessarily correct), it is a great method to use to get the basic pattern for you to start from and is much easier than drafting the pattern from scratch each time you wish to make a new smaller or larger pattern.

If you like this tip, I know you’ll love my How to Make Doll Clothes course as I show you tons more tips that take the frustration out of sewing small doll clothes which means you can enjoy sewing doll clothes for yourself or loved one instead of dreading/fearing it.  As a special bonus, the course comes with 8 free 18 inch doll clothes patterns with full video tutorials so you will be on your way to creating a wonderful wardrobe for your doll in no time at all.

Happy Sewing

 

by Rosie Saw

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September 4, 2022

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September 2022 Sew-Along

Win a free Rosie's pattern

After the end of the month, a spinning wheel will be used to randomly select a Sew-Along entrant to receive a free pattern of their choice from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns website. The pattern will be added to the online profile of the selectee as a thank you for joining in the Sew-Along.

We’d love you to join in our monthly Sew-Along. This time our theme is “September Socks and Shoes”. Thanks so much to Joyce Moore for suggesting this topic!

Your fun challenge is to make some shoes with Rosie’s Doll Clothes Pattern’s 3 Way Shoe pattern, or make something for your dolls out of socks using some of the tips available on Rosie’s blog:

Have fun with it! Anyone who makes any kind of shoes from the 3 Way Shoe Pattern, or makes something out of socks using one of Rosie’s blog tips gets **TWO** entries, as long as you post a picture and share a little bit about how you accomplished creating your project. Other garments get one entry.

Join our Facebook Group

To participate in the Sew-Along, you must be a member of the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share group. Joining is easy. Just point your browser here, answer the membership questions, and request to join. It’s a wonderful community of creative grown-ups who love to sew for dolls. Everyone will welcome you with open arms.

To be inclusive, absolutely anything and everything that you make with one of Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns can be entered in the Sew-Along for one chance to be chosen by the Spinning Wheel. Yes, that even includes the free Beanie or free Sewing Machine Pin Cushion! Remember that there’s a video for every Rosie’s pattern, so watch, learn, sew along, and have fun sewing and sharing.

You can use the 18 inch American Girl Doll or Cabbage Patch Kid size patterns, or you can resize those patterns to fit any doll. If you wish to alter the pattern to add your own personal twist or add a special embellishment, please feel free. These personal touches create great inspiration for others!

There’s no obligation to sew every month. You can sew one outfit or a dozen. It’s totally up to you. Each item from a Rosie’s pattern that you sew and post in the album (see instructions below) will be worth at least one entry towards the wheel spin at the end of the month.

All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun as there will be no judgement, only encouragement.

The winner of the August ’22 Sew-Along Wheel Spin is Diane Davis, who created this outfit for her Wellie Wisher Bryant doll for our uniform challenge. Diane used Rosie’s Winter Pyjamas pattern. Diane says, “I used the recommended 65% reduction and additional inches to the pants as per the website. Always comes out great. I do however also add a little to the front facing.”

How to submit your creation

It's easy: just follow these simple steps

When you craft and photograph your item, please add it to the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share Photo Album for this month’s Sew-Along. If you are not sure how to do this on your computer (albums are not available on mobile devices), please see the instructions below.

  1. Click on ‘See All’ which can be found under the ‘Recent Media’ box on the right-hand side of the page.
  2. Once you’re in Media, you’ll see 3 tabs: Photos, Video, and Albums. Click the Albums tab.
  3. Click on the Album for the Sew-Along we are doing for this month.
  4. In the top right corner, you will see ‘Add Photos/Video’ – click on this and you will be able to upload your photo.
  5. Once you have uploaded your photo, please click on it to add a few words. If you want, you can even write a description explaining what you enjoyed most about this pattern, what you found challenging, what alterations you made, what inspired your choice of fabric, embellishment, etc. or anything pertinent to the Sew-Along that you feel you would like to share about this outfit/pattern.

Browser notes: Please log in via Safari or Google Chrome instead of using the Facebook App, and this will give you the view you’d have via your desktop computer. Microsoft Edge is somewhat uncooperative, so we recommend using Chrome.

Pictures submitted in the feed or in the album may be included in blog posts on or mailings from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Web site. If for any reason you don’t want your picture to be included, please let us know.

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August 8, 2022

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August 2022 Sew-Along

Win a free Rosie's pattern

After the end of the month, a spinning wheel will be used to randomly select a Sew-Along entrant to receive a free pattern of their choice from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns website. The pattern will be added to the online profile of the selectee as a thank you for joining in the Sew-Along.

We’d love you to join in our monthly Sew-Along. This time our theme is “Back to School and Other Uniforms”. August is a back to school time for a lot of places, and lots of schools have uniforms. We thought we’d open it up to all kinds of uniforms just to give it more variety.

Your fun challenge is to take any Rosie’s Doll Clothes Pattern and turn it into a school uniform, or a uniform of any kind. As inspiration, consider everything from police and military uniforms, to your favorite team, to medical personnel, science fiction characters, etc. Have fun with it! Anyone who makes any kind of uniform will get **TWO** entries, as long as you tell us what kind of uniform it is, and how you accomplished creating your project. Other garments get one entry.

Join our Facebook Group

To participate in the Sew-Along, you must be a member of the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share group. Joining is easy. Just point your browser here, answer the membership questions, and request to join. It’s a wonderful community of creative grown-ups who love to sew for dolls. Everyone will welcome you with open arms.

To be inclusive, absolutely anything and everything that you make with one of Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns can be entered in the Sew-Along for one chance to be chosen by the Spinning Wheel. Yes, that even includes the free Beanie or free Sewing Machine Pin Cushion! Remember that there’s a video for every Rosie’s pattern, so watch, learn, sew along, and have fun sewing and sharing.

You can use the 18 inch American Girl Doll or Cabbage Patch Kid size patterns, or you can resize those patterns to fit any doll. If you wish to alter the pattern to add your own personal twist or add a special embellishment, please feel free. These personal touches create great inspiration for others!

There’s no obligation to sew every month. You can sew one outfit or a dozen. It’s totally up to you. Each item from a Rosie’s pattern that you sew and post in the album (see instructions below) will be worth at least one entry towards the wheel spin at the end of the month.

All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun as there will be no judgement, only encouragement.

The winner of the July ’22 Sew-Along Wheel Spin is Debra Sharon, who created this outfit. Debra used Rosie’s Wedding Dress pattern in a pinwale cord. She modified the sleeve hem shape to create a point.

How to submit your creation

It's easy: just follow these simple steps

When you craft and photograph your item, please add it to the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share Photo Album “Back to School and Other Uniforms August 2022 Sew-Along”. If you are not sure how to do this, please see the instructions below.

  1. Click on ‘See All’ which can be found under the ‘Recent Media’ box on the right-hand side of the page.
  2. Once you’re in Media, you’ll see 3 tabs: Photos, Video, and Albums. Click the Albums tab.
  3. Click on the Album for the Sew-Along we are doing for this month.
  4. In the top right corner, you will see ‘Add Photos/Video’ – click on this and you will be able to upload your photo.
  5. Once you have uploaded your photo, please click on it to add a few words. If you want, you can even write a description explaining what you enjoyed most about this pattern, what you found challenging, what alterations you made, what inspired your choice of fabric, embellishment, etc. or anything pertinent to the Sew-Along that you feel you would like to share about this outfit/pattern.

Browser notes: Please log in via Safari or Google Chrome instead of using the Facebook App, and this will give you the view you’d have via your desktop computer. Microsoft Edge is somewhat uncooperative, so we recommend using Chrome.

Pictures submitted in the feed or in the album may be included in blog posts on or mailings from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Web site. If for any reason you don’t want your picture to be included, please let us know.

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July 7, 2022

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July 2022 Sew-Along

Win a free Rosie's pattern

After the end of the month, a spinning wheel will be used to randomly select a Sew-Along entrant to receive a free pattern of their choice from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns website. The pattern will be added to the online profile of the selectee as a thank you for joining in the Sew-Along.

We’d love you to join in our monthly Sew-Along. This time our theme is “July Jumble Clothing Upcycle”. July is a popular month to visit yard sales, flea markets, jumble sales, op shops, and even clean out the closet.

Your fun challenge is to incorporate upcycling into your entries somehow. Have fun with it! Anyone who makes anything from an upcycled garment or other upcycled item will get **TWO** entries, as long as you tell us what you upcycled and how.

Join our Facebook Group

To participate in the Sew-Along, you must be a member of the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share group. Joining is easy. Just point your browser here, answer the membership questions, and request to join. It’s a wonderful community of creative grown-ups who love to sew for dolls. Everyone will welcome you with open arms.

To be inclusive, absolutely anything and everything that you make with one of Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns can be entered in the Sew-Along for one chance to be chosen by the Spinning Wheel. Yes, that even includes the free Beanie or free Sewing Machine Pin Cushion! Remember that there’s a video for every Rosie’s pattern, so watch, learn, sew along, and have fun sewing and sharing.

You can use the 18 inch American Girl Doll or Cabbage Patch Kid size patterns, or you can resize those patterns to fit any doll. If you wish to alter the pattern to add your own personal twist or add a special embellishment, please feel free. These personal touches create great inspiration for others!

There’s no obligation to sew every month. You can sew one outfit or a dozen. It’s totally up to you. Each item from a Rosie’s pattern that you sew and post in the album (see instructions below) will be worth at least one entry towards the wheel spin at the end of the month.

All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun as there will be no judgement, only encouragement.

The winner of the June ’22 Sew-Along Wheel Spin is Sherrie Trudgett, who created these two outfits. April models Rosie’s Crop Top with lace trim and the Sport Shorts lengthened to long pants with elastic frill. Naya shows you Rosie’s Crop Top joined with a gathered skirt adding 2 cute little pockets and the matching Rosie’s Frill hat.

How to submit your creation

It's easy: just follow these simple steps

When you craft and photograph your item, please add it to the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Sew and Share Photo Album “July Jumble Clothing Upcycle, July 2022”. If you are not sure how to do this, please see the instructions below.

  1. Click on ‘See All’ which can be found under the ‘Recent Media’ box on the right-hand side of the page.
  2. Once you’re in Media, you’ll see 3 tabs: Photos, Video, and Albums. Click the Albums tab.
  3. Click on the Album for the Sew-Along we are doing for this month.
  4. In the top right corner, you will see ‘Add Photos/Video’ – click on this and you will be able to upload your photo.
  5. Once you have uploaded your photo, please click on it to add a few words. If you want, you can even write a description explaining what you enjoyed most about this pattern, what you found challenging, what alterations you made, what inspired your choice of fabric, embellishment, etc. or anything pertinent to the Sew-Along that you feel you would like to share about this outfit/pattern.

Browser notes: Please log in via Safari or Google Chrome instead of using the Facebook App, and this will give you the view you’d have via your desktop computer. Microsoft Edge is somewhat uncooperative, so we recommend using Chrome.

Pictures submitted in the feed or in the album may be included in blog posts on or mailings from the Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns Web site. If for any reason you don’t want your picture to be included, please let us know.