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How to make my own Barbie clothes?

Found my old Barbie Dolls and would love to pass them to my niece. But after so many years the dolls have no clothing. I would like to sew some for them but patterns are expensive or only one skirt is cute. How can I make my own patterns without needing a special software? Making patterns from scratch? Or a good web site what has free printable patterns.

Goggle free pattern fashion doll clothes.
Here are some I came up with:

http://embyquinn.tripod.com/dollpats.html

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/dolls_clothes.php

http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/barbie.html

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Each Christmas, shimmering in her sparkly gown is a new Holiday Barbie Doll waiting for you. 2008 was the twentieth anniversary of the collectible Holiday Barbie doll. For many little (and big) girls, Christmas would not be the same without a Holiday Barbie doll to share it with. Many of us have delightful childhood memories of finding a Holiday Barbie doll waiting for us under the tree on Christmas morning.

Following the success of the porcelain Rhapsody in Blue Barbie that was the first Barbie to be aimed at the collectible market, the Happy Holiday Barbie doll was born in 1988 and continued to grace our Christmas' until 1998. She was not produced in large numbers and as a result quickly sold out to little girls and collectors alike. Today, this doll fetches around $500 on the secondary market.

Realizing they were onto something; Mattel designed and released the very first Holiday Barbie Doll back in 1988. With her model looks she had a bouffant of blond hair with a big silver bow. Her holiday gown is made of red tulle accented glitter and a white satin bow at the waist. She was an instant sell out and could be found almost straight away for re-sale at a vastly increased price.

The story was the same pretty much until after 1994, when the 35th Anniversary Barbie doll, a reproduction of the original 1959 doll was released. Barbie fans and doll collectors went mad for this edition and they sold out rapidly and were hoarded. The trend continued and Barbie doll collectors began to covet and collect each Holiday Barbie Doll with the intention of re-selling for a large price.

In order to counteract this hoarding behavior, Mattel simply made more of each doll and she remained as popular as ever just without the craze factor and the excessive price tag on the secondary market. After 1998 the 'Happy' was lost from her title and more individual designs emerged, the first of which was Millennium Princess Barbie in 1999. She was designed to welcome the year 2000 and the new millennium.

This year see's the release of the 21st Holiday Barbie doll. It is also Barbies 50th anniversary so she is a pretty special Holiday Barbie doll this year. She is wearing an elegant pink and gold ball gown with layers of sparkling pink tulle which has pink rhinestone embellishments. Her bodice is wrapped in gold lame, which ends in a large bow at the back. And like the majority of the Holiday Barbie doll editions she is available in an African American model.

The last few years release of the Holiday Barbie Doll, while they remain a beautiful collectible doll don't command such a high price when re-sold. Many can be picked up at discount prices on the recommended value by searching online sellers like eBay.

About the Author:

Marion lives with her Husband and 2 labradors. One of her passions is collecting the Yearly Holiday Barbie Dolls released by Mattel. She used this site earleir in the year to bring her collection up to date.

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