Chelsea from GYCT Designs shares some free patterns for making cloths for a Cabbage Patch doll. The soft fabric doll is a favorite of many, and with her free pattern you can make a whole wardrobe of clothes for it. She has patterns for a dress, a onesie or t-shirt, and a pair of leggings. All pieces are made from knit fabric to make it easier to stretch over the doll’s head. Her patterns come in two sizes to fit 12″ and 17″ Cabbage Patch dolls
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Click the link below to get the free pattern and tutorial:
Cabbage Patch Cloths – Free Pattern, by GYCT Designs
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Coleco Industries introduced the Cabbage Patch Kids brand of cotton dolls with plastic heads in 1982. They were inspired by the rare Little People soft sculptured dolls offered by Xavier Roberts.
If you were a child, parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, sister, brother, or anybody else in the 1980s, you were aware of the Cabbage Patch Kids craze that swept the country in 1983. Parents in the United States feverishly sought everywhere for the desired Cabbage Patch Kids dolls during the 1983 Christmas season. Each Cabbage Patch Kids doll was said to be unique.
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The true genesis of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls had little to do with Bunnybees; instead, the real tale began with 21-year-old Xavier Roberts, who came up with the first doll design in 1976 while studying painting.
By 1978, Roberts had teamed up with five of his high school pals to form the Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc., which marketed the fully plush, hand-made Little People dolls (the name was subsequently changed) for $100 or more. Roberts would sell his dolls at arts and craft exhibitions, which already had a specific adoption component to them.
In 1982, Roberts and his pals were unable to keep up with requests and inked a contract with Coleco, a toy manufacturer, to mass-produce the dolls, which would now have plastic heads and be known as Cabbage Patch Kids. Coleco charged $35-45 for the dolls.
Did you own a Cabbage Patch doll? My doll was Quentin, he was bald with brown yees and a blue jumpsuit.
Do you have a pattern for the body of the doll?
The doll is purchased.
About 32 years ago there was a pattern to make the “Cabbage Patch” type doll. Is there still patterns like this available any where?
Hi, I took a look and all I could find was the clothing. I’ll keep looking and let you know if I find something. I will post the request on our facebook page.
The pattern your looking for is for the “original doll baby” pre sewn doll pattern by Martha Nelson. These are the dolls that you could stuff and make to look like cabbage patch dolls you can find them on eBay.
I am looking for free cabbage dolls and babies, they are for a little girl I know
If you haven’t found one yet look at Goodwill and thrift stores. I have seen them there. The real ones mostly without clothes..
I just purchased a pattern entitled the Original Doll Baby Pattern Book” on e-bay. It includes a one piece, full size pattern for the doll’s body, and a two-piece play set. (You’ll still have to buy a doll head.) It looks like it was printed in 1984 by Fibre-Craft Materials Corp., Niles, IL 60648. The authors are Martha Nelson Thomas with Marla Sytecher. I haven’t had time to try the pattern as yet because it just arrived.. Hope this helps.