Easy Shirt Extender for Barbie – DIY Sewing Tutorial

Young fashionistas can expand Barbie’s wardrobe with these easy shirt extenders from ruffles. Simply cut to size and secured in back by any number of options. This fast craft is easy enough to make several colors in minutes! Go to DIY Barbie Blog to see how to make this fun craft.

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DIY Barbie Peasant Top Tutorial This tutorial teaches you how to make a beautiful peasant top for your Barbie doll. The tutorial is easy to follow and includes step-by-step instructions, making it perfect for beginners. With just a few basic sewing skills and some fabric, you can create a stylish and unique top for your Barbie that she will love to wear.

How To Make a Knit Outerwear Vest for Barbie How To Make a Knit Outerwear Vest for Barbie This tutorial shows you how to make a warm and cozy knit outerwear vest for your Barbie doll. The tutorial includes detailed instructions and is easy to follow, making it suitable for beginners. With just a few supplies and some basic sewing skills, you can create a stylish vest that will keep your Barbie warm and fashionable.

Felt Barbie Jacket Free Sewing Pattern

This tutorial provides a free sewing pattern and step-by-step instructions for making a stylish felt jacket for your Barbie doll. The tutorial is easy to follow and is suitable for both beginners and experienced sewers. With just a few basic sewing skills and some felt, you can create a unique and fashionable jacket for your Barbie that she will love to wear.

Chelsea Dress from Ribbon’Easy Barbie Sewing Tutorial

This tutorial shows you how to make a beautiful Chelsea dress for your Barbie doll using ribbon. The tutorial is easy to follow and includes step-by-step instructions, making it perfect for beginners. With just a few basic sewing skills and some ribbon, you can create a stylish and unique dress for your Barbie that she will love to wear.

Barbie Skirt with Faux Button Placket DIY Sewing Tutorial This tutorial teaches you how to make a beautiful skirt with a faux button placket for your Barbie doll. The tutorial is easy to follow and includes step-by-step instructions, making it perfect for beginners. With just a few basic sewing skills and some fabric, you can create a stylish and unique skirt for your Barbie that she will love to wear.

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I’m always tempted by the pretty velvets at the fabric store. So much texture! And the way the fibers catch the light! But sewing on velvet is trickier than you’d think. That nap that lends beautiful texture also likes to slip and crawl. That nap can also spell disaster if you cut a piece the wrong direction. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use buy that velvet and sew it into something gorgeous, you just need to go into your velvet sewing project prepared. And Melissa at Melly Sews has a post that takes you step by step through sewing on velvet.

Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects. Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter. Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long.

Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success. There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid. She describes the different types of velvet available. And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric. Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric. There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.

Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric.

And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.

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