Before you begin 4
Projects
In the park 6
Do-It-Yourself 12
Fairy 17
Time for tea? 22
Disco fever! 28
Fashion fun! 32
Sleep time 36
In the country 40
Superwoman! 44
At the beach 50
Princess 56
In the city 62
Keep moving! 68
Garden party 72
In the snow 76
At the theatre 82
A walk on the beach 86
Ready for work 92
Tying the knot 98
Vintage chic 104
On the red carpet 108
Bohemian chic 114
Mermaid 120
A night on the town! 124
A graduate of the Duperré Applied Arts School in Paris, Annabel Benilan is a stylist and illustrator. After working as a costume designer, she created her own clothing brand and opened a clothes shop in Paris. She is the author of many books about dressmaking, fashion and illustration. Visit her website: www.annabelbenilan.com
'If you have got one of the billion dolls that have been sold to
date, and can handle a needle, you will love this book. The
techniques included are easy to follow and outfits can be sewn by
machine or by hand. It is a perfect book for any Barbie lover.'
*The Sun*
A costume designer and author of many books about dressmaking,
fashion and illustration, Annabel shares a collection of
twenty-four stylish outfits for the well-dressed Barbie doll.
Each outfit is beautifully presented and styled in full colour,
with trace-off patterns, each colour-coded for the different types
of Barbie doll. The outfits range from beach-wear through formal
and informal day clothes to evening and wedding dresses.
Small-scale clothes-making can be fiddly, but Annabel’s
comprehensive instructions simplify the process, ensuring success
for sewers of all abilities. Barbie doll-lovers of all ages
will adore this fun and inspiring book
*East Kent Embroiderer's Guild*
It's a beautiful book with inspiring pictures, ideas, fabrics.
*Customer review*
Lovely fun book, lots of imaginative ideas with easy to follow
instructions.
*Customer review*
This book is beautifully illustrated and easy to follow.
*Customer review*
A great book which will come in really useful for making some
outfits.
*Customer review*
brilliant book, lots of colour pictures of the made-up items…my
grandaughter loves it.
*Customer review*
This is a beautiful and inspiring book on sewing clothes for
Barbie.
*Customer review*
Patterns are great as you don't have to enlarge and they cover the
new body shape Barbies.
*Customer review*
Make a little girl’s fashion wishes come true with this book of
twenty-four outfits for Barbie. It doesn’t matter which doll
she has either, as the patterns are sized for original, petite,
curvy and tall Barbies – just like real patterns! Save money
on pricey premade outfits and be a green crafter by using up all
those scraps from other projects. I like the way the outfits
run the gamut of styles from glamorous to everyday, with a bit of
fantasy thrown in for fun. Barbie gets to dress up as a
princess, super hero, mermaid and fairy as well as in a bikini and
evening gown but she is also shown in a long boho summer outfit,
trousers, jumper and woolly hat, and walking on the beach in her
yellow mac. All the patterns are full sized and can easily be
traced or photocopied if you don’t own a scanner; some simple
shapes such as rectangles are given as measurements and require a
ruler. The projects consist of a page-sized photograph of
Barbie wearing the outfit in situ, together with a list of what you
need and written instructions with the type of simple drawn
diagrams you see on patterns. If you are a beginner sewer
this is not the best book to start with as it does not teach the
basics, being just a book of patterns with instructions. You
don’t need much sewing knowledge to tackle these tiny garments but
you certainly need to know how to use a sewing machine as well as
cope with seams and hems, darts and do things like set wee
sleeves. This is a well presented book that is easy to use
and a lot of fun, as Barbie gets dressed up in her culottes to
visit Paris, puts on her dungarees for a bit of DIY, tours a city
in her smart coat and gets married. A fun way to use up
scraps and make some presents that are sure to be appreciated by
every Barbie fan.
*myshelf.com*
Perhaps you know a small girl with a Barbie doll? If so, here's a
wardrobe of 24 outfits to make, from jeans to a wedding dress.
Step-by-step diagrams and real-size patterns can be adapted for
petite, curvy, tall or original Barbie. The techniques are simple
and outfits can be sewn by hand or machine.
*Machine Knitting Monthly*
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