Skipper Christmas Dress

I am always excited to find free pattern that I can make to use for the donation. This is a free Barbie Santa Claus pattern you can find here. It required little adaptation to make it fit the smaller Skipper doll.



Notes:

I used Aunt Lydia's size 10 Atom red and white for this project with a size B hook.

I changed the directions for joining and joined after row 6 of the bodice using only 2 snaps to close the back.

Skipper is shorter than Barbie and flatter chested so I only did 4 rows of the white trim on top. I originally added more but it was too overwhelming for the dress.

This is designed as a Mrs. Claus outfit but I decided to leave it as more of a Christmas dress as I thought if you took off the Santa hat it could be used for other dress up play.

16 Inch Baby Doll Wipes

While I've replaced many of the diaper bag items with the Melissa and Doug Feeding Kit I've continued to make the diapers, bibs, and these wipes.

While many of the kits include bibs they don't always fit the dolls I buy so I fit the bibs to the model dolls I keep for clothes making to make sure they do fit. I crochet the diapers because the plastic disposible ones don't last long and I don't sew so making real cloth diapers isn't happening. The crochet ones provide a fun play experience that I have been able to sustain over the years.

That brings me to the wipes. Most of the diaper kits do include a fake wipes kit. Some are empty and others include paper either wet or dry but they don't last long. I found this no longer available diaper bag kit from Crochet n'Play. The wipes are reusable and washable which gives it the potential to last longer.

With this complete the first 16 baby doll diaper bag accessories are complete. This is a change from previous years when I completed items not sets. I would do all the diapers, then the bibs, etc. It feels good to know one doll is done.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all who visit here. I wish you a healthy and happy day.

A big thank you to all who help with the yearly doll donation. We had an amazing 2025 donation and work has begun on 2026.