On Friday (July 31st, 2015) we'll have one of the following patterns available for free from Melinda Schlimmer. Voting is over and the Bluebelle pattern won. Download it for free on Friday, July 31st.
More About Melinda and Melody Valerie Couture: Melinda is an accomplished craftswoman and pattern designer. She spent her childhood making anything and everything, but began to specialize in sewing and patternmaking in high school. During her university studies, she cultivated her gifts for design, presentation, and garment construction. In 2008, she founded Melody Valerie Couture, which provides limited edition, couture-quality dresses to 18″ dolls. In 2012 she joined Liberty Jane Clothing and is a vital part of our design work, courses, and educational content.
Help us decide which one of these fun patterns should be free by voting below. Then come back to Pixie Faire on Friday to see which pattern won and get the free download.
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Here is more information about each pattern:
The Check Dress For 18 Inch Dolls Such As American Girl:She was all set to leave for the day - but I made her run through the list one last time anyway. Wallet - check. Phone - check. Library books - check. Good attitude - check. Fabulously smashing frock -check? - check! Yes, that was the works. Beaming a smile, she turned and skipped out the door, into the noise of the city. Treat your 18” doll to this girly, yet elegant, frock - perfect for running errands around town or studying at the library. The unique design lines and extreme dropped waist combine beautifully with the short skirt, and tiny pleats in the sleeve cap add a vintage touch. The “Check” PDF Pattern works best when made from lightweight cotton shirting, chambray, or lawn; the Fall 2012 collection original was made from silk dupioni. For lining, any lightweight cotton or poly lining will work nicely - or turn up the glamour and use silk!
Lily Of The Valley Dress For 18 Inch Dolls Such As American Girl:Treat your doll to this unique blend of corners and curves — from the box pleats to the sinuous yoke sections, Lily of the Valley is a frock for the doll who likes a bit of spice in her wardrobe. It’s hard to beat a classic ribbon bow, though; and when you pair it with some fabulous buttons, chances are you’ve got a dress your doll will turn to time and again. The Lily of the Valley PDF Dress Pattern was engineered for the cleanest, smoothest finish possible — despite the six sloping pleats, which begin lower in front than in back for the most flattering line, the skirt has a minimum of seams. A partial lining floats down from the neckline to just below the waist, while strips of self-fabric bind the armholes. The dress closes up the back with an invisible zipper. This dress works well in a fine-wale corduroy, but you could also use a lightweight wool or a fun printed cotton. We suggest a lightweight polyester, rayon, or cotton muslin for the lining.
The Bluebelle Dress For 18 Inch Dolls Such As American Girl: Bluebelle is a beautiful dress with elements that hearken back to the flower it was named for. The scalloped hem, the curved multi-piece collar, the petal sleeves, and the tiny mother-of-pearl buttons all echo the bluebell's distinctive swoops and curves. The Melody Valerie bow graces the back of the dress -- a mark of our approval! Inside, the dress doesn't disappoint. The bodice is fully lined, the armhole seams are neatly bound with self-fabric, and, to avoid velcro damage to either your doll or the dress, it fastens smartly with snaps. This PDF dress pattern works well with two similar-weight fabrics in harmonizing colors. This example uses cotton shirting, but any lightweight cotton or linen would also work well.
The Monday Morning Dress For 18 Inch Dolls Such As American Girl:The Melody Valerie Couture Monday Morning PDF Dress Pattern is a study in classic elegance, with a twist. It’s familiar, A-line silhouette and pleated skirt are standbys in traditional dress design. But the asymmetrical detailing (like the contrasting shoulder panel and the oversized Melody Valerie bow) keeps it fresh well-known yet new, just like so many Mondays.
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We'd love to hear your opinion - which one of these fun patterns should be free? Leave a comment below with your opinion!
100 Comments
Estella
August 04, 2015
I would love Lilly of the Valley.
Peggy Shade
August 04, 2015
Lilly of the Valley Dress should be the free pattern. It is sleeveless and it still can be made in time and worn for the rest of summer.
Peggy Shade
August 04, 2015
Lilly of the Valley Dress should be the free pattern. It is sleeveless and it still can be made in time and worn for the rest of summer.
marcy wacek
August 02, 2015
love Lily of the Valley
Sarah
August 02, 2015
Monday Morning!! So adorable!
Amelia
August 01, 2015
To Cecilia:
That is the most adorable thing ever! I am so glad that the Bluebelle dress was picked.
Cecilia
July 31, 2015
I just want to thank you Ms. Cinnamon and Ms. Melody Valarie for today’s free pattern the beautiful bluebell dress. I have share what my grandson said, he knew I wanted that specific pattern to win so he told me don’t worry grandma, if it doesn’t win I will buy it for you for your birthday. I thought that was the sweetest thing to say, I just had to share with you.
paulette
July 31, 2015
j’aime bien lily of the valley pour les courberbes et les pointes un bon apprentissage
toujours de ravissants modèles merci beaucoup amicalement paulette
галина
July 31, 2015
ландыши бесподобны!
Beverly
July 30, 2015
My favorite is Bluebelle: they all are darling patterns. You are truly an artist in clothing design. Thank you for your generosity.
Jolene
July 30, 2015
It was a hard choice as I love them all…Settled on CHECK with Lily of the Valley a close second…wish i had them all lol.
Elaine
July 30, 2015
I absolutely love the Blue Belle dress because of it’s shape overall. I love the scalloped bottom, the pretty delicate collar, neckline and the little sleeves as well. It is so cute.
Debbie Miller
July 30, 2015
This week they are all adorable.My vote is bluebelle.
Ruth
July 30, 2015
This is my first time to visit this web site. My Grandaughter is nine and all wrapped up with the American girl dolls. I live on the west coast, she lives on the East Coast, By sewing doll clothes for her dolls it makes me feel closer to her. I love the Lily of the Valley and think she will too.
lois
July 30, 2015
gotta go with monday morning but a hard choice i love them all!!
Diana
July 30, 2015
Oh my! Super tough choice! What nice patterns! Ultimately I voted for the Bluebelle dress pattern. Just love the style! Thanks so much for the Friday Freebies!!!
cristina
July 30, 2015
wow, these are so gorgeous, but I choose Lily Of The Valley Dress
can’t wait
jan
July 30, 2015
They are all so cute – tough to choose this
one. I think I will pick “Monday Morning”.
Laura L.
July 30, 2015
Lily of the Valley looks cute to me.
Laurainne Williams
July 30, 2015
I absolutely LOVE them all. However, for me personally, Lily Of The Valley is outstanding. Its design seems to be out of the ordinary and it is INCREDIBLY stylish. I wish I had a dress like that in MY wardrobe!!!!!!
Beverly
July 30, 2015
They are all so cute it’s hard to chose a favorite. My vote goes to Lily of the Valley. Thank you for offering such wonderful patterns for free.
Sharon Gollnick
July 30, 2015
Monday Morning! Also like Check!
Toni
July 30, 2015
The Check dress is my favorite; I can see it sewn out in many different to follow the yearly occasions. BUT I like them all, soooo cute!
Janet
July 30, 2015
bluebelle gets my vote after much deliberation!
Ruth Rupe-Sopata
July 30, 2015
I vote ,,MONDAY MORNING Dress…..beautiful!!
KathleenB
July 30, 2015
WOW!! All the nice compliments…I’ll just add my voice to them! They are all so adorable…what a talent to have to design these beautiful dresses! My vote is for “Bluebell”! Congratulations on a job well done!!
Sandy
July 30, 2015
It was so hard to choose, I like them all. I voted for Lily of the Valley.
Janice
July 30, 2015
I have the Lily of the valley and Check so I vote for Bluebell! Scallops, curves, and petal sleeves…oh my! Bluebelle gets my vote hands down!!!!
Ansje
July 30, 2015
Monday Morning. I like them all.
Nancyb
July 30, 2015
All the dresses are beautiful but I had a hard time deciding between The Bluebelle or Lily of the Valley. I went with bluebelle. Thanks for the freebie Fridays, it’s always interesting to see what will be offered next.
Elaine
July 30, 2015
Voted for Lily of Valley. So hard to choose love them all.
Penny Meaux
July 30, 2015
I vote Check!
Sharie
July 30, 2015
Tough choice! Voted for Momday Morning.
Terry
July 30, 2015
they are all so beautiful! but I voted for Check! it looks very much like a dress my Grandmother made for me when I was a little girl!
Paula Wilkerson
July 30, 2015
Voted for Lily of the Valley but love them all.
Rhonda
July 30, 2015
My 7 year old granddaughter picked Monday Morning. I could not decide so we will go with that. Again thank you for your generosity.
Rosemarie
July 30, 2015
Monday Morning. Love the bow!
Rosemarie
July 30, 2015
Monday Morning. Love the bow!
Donna C.
July 30, 2015
Though I love bluebell, scallops can be very hard to execute well, maybe even more so at a small scale. I vote for Monday morning…graceful curves, sophisticated lines…ooh I can even see this as a ballgown with the right fabric combo!
Linda
July 30, 2015
Lily of the Valley!
HELENE
July 30, 2015
Bluebell is a favorite!
Kathy
July 30, 2015
Love them all but Bluebell is a favorite!
Janet
July 30, 2015
Morning Monday is my favorite.
LINDA
July 30, 2015
They are all equally adorable! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talents with us Melinda and Pixie Faire for your so so generous Freebie Friday’s and now Monday’s too!! I will vote today for Lily of the Valley.
valerie
July 30, 2015
I love the Bluebell dress and look forward to the Freebie Friday pattern. Today someone gave me a 16" or 18" Pedigree doll, her hair is not perfect but I am so thrilled as I had one when I was a little girl 60+ years ago. I look forward to making some new clothes for her.
Pnderhaar@aol.comat
July 30, 2015
My favorite is the lilly of the valley
Shosy G
July 29, 2015
All are striking and graceful designs, but ‘Lily of The Valley’ is my favored look; youthful, clean, delicate yet strong at the same time.
Thanks – take care _
Cassandra
July 29, 2015
Lily of the Valley is my favorite.
Karen
July 29, 2015
All are awesome!!
Susan
July 29, 2015
The “Monday Morning” I vote for but would not mind to have one of the other dresses because they are all so beautiful! Thank you so much!
nancia
July 29, 2015
beautiful dresses all.being a texan at heart, i choose the bluebell. just darling!
Winter
July 29, 2015
Good golly, all of them are gorgeous! I chose bluebell, the hemline is fabulous.
Dottie
July 29, 2015
OMG you have 3 patterns that I don’t have The lily of the valley dress makes up so cute. Can I vote for all of the other 3 that I don’t have??? LOL thank for such cute patterns!!
Tammy
July 29, 2015
My favorite is Lily of the Valley. Bluebell is a close second. All very pretty.
Liddlefashions
July 29, 2015
I have one of the other patterns, can not wait to try it. The Lilly of the Valley looks real nice too. Thank you for all the free patterns, ad the great ones I have purchased. Go to get busy now!
Heather McLaughlin
July 29, 2015
I like the Lilly of the Valley. To me it is the most unique of the four and is the one that is whispering “make me, make me, make me” to me.
Rita C.
July 29, 2015
Scallops, curves, and petal sleeves…oh my! Bluebelle gets my vote hands down!!!!
Diana
July 29, 2015
Wow i like them all..i voted Lilly of the valley
Jean
July 29, 2015
Hello,
This week I chose the Monday Morning Dress. Thanks so much, I so look forward
to these Freebie Fridays
Glenda
July 29, 2015
It was a hard decision but I finally choose Monday Morning. Thanks for the freebee Friday and all the great patterns.
Linda M
July 29, 2015
I love them all, but will choose Bluebell for now.
Barb M.
July 29, 2015
I chose the Bluebelle dress. It’s on my wish list and I love everything about it—sweet collar, overlapping sleeves, the scalloped hemline! The others are great too if my choice doesn’t win. Thanks to Melody Valerie Couture for their generosity! Also to Pixie Faire for all these fun Freebie Fridays!
Marge R (mer)
July 29, 2015
Would love any of these gorgeous patterns (already own Lily of the Valley)!!! Voted for Bluebelle due to it’s pretty curvy scallops; excited to see which one wins Friday!
sandie
July 29, 2015
Lilly of the valley, gets my vote. Love the design.
Lezlie
July 29, 2015
ALL of Melinda’s patterns are fantastic ! She is such a great & creative designer so there is no bad choice. I am torn, but I do like the design of Blue Belle. Thank you LJC/Pixie Faire for always making our Fridays ( and now Mondays) such a treat !!!
Bluebell has the most interesting lines and wins hands down.
Lin
July 29, 2015
Although they are all very pretty,I love the Bluebelle.
Judi Wilson
July 29, 2015
I really like the Lily of the Valley dress best.
Laurie
July 29, 2015
I love all of them for their unique design lines. I would pick Bluebell for the challenge of working with all those curves.
Ann
July 29, 2015
I love Bluebell
beverly mcallister
July 29, 2015
Monday morning has my vote . Clean cut lines and many ways to make with color variety
Cindy
July 29, 2015
Bluebelle, love it.
Marty
July 29, 2015
Check, please, because of the higher neck. Thanks!
Margaret
July 29, 2015
Love Zmonday Zmorning, will make that soon
Deb
July 29, 2015
All of these dresses are great and it was hard to choose, but I think I will go with the Lily of the Valley dress.
Martha Wexler
July 29, 2015
i like the Lily of the valley
Mary
July 29, 2015
Lily Of The Valley!
Teresa
July 29, 2015
It’s a very hard decision I think they are all pretty, since my favorite color is green, I’ll chose Lilly of the Valley.
Mary Zurn
July 29, 2015
I am voting for Bluebell I love the sleeves and the scalloped hem. It is beautiful dress!
Felicia
July 29, 2015
Monday morning is my vote the dress is super cute. So many color combos can be done.
Nancy L
July 29, 2015
Bluebelle is adorable
Karen Hanna-rosson
July 29, 2015
Bluebell, love the sleeves!
Robyn
July 29, 2015
I had a hard time picking a favorite, they are all beautiful! My vote is for Monday morning. I am excited to see the winner Friday!
Ginger
July 29, 2015
Monday Morning is my choice.
Jerry Coats
July 29, 2015
The Bluebell dress is a study in vintage to me, gentle curves, two tone styling and of course, buttons. I favor this design and would love to try to adjust a child’s pattern to do also,
Robyn
July 29, 2015
Gee, I think I could just throw a dart and choose whatever it landed on! They are all adorable. I guess I will pick Lily of the Valley as my vote this time but I will be thrilled with whatever one wins!!
kim
July 29, 2015
Any of the choices works for me but the Lily of the Valley would look pretty on my Asian Madame Alexander doll. Thank you so much for all the patterns.
Debbie
July 29, 2015
Bluebell
Susan
July 29, 2015
I like the Monday Morning dress – I have the Lily of the Valley Pattern which is very pretty but very confusing to put together. Monday Morning dress would be a good substitute.
Linda
July 29, 2015
I love them all but would vote for Monday morning!
lois
July 29, 2015
I pick Monday Morning as a favorite but they are all winners!
Clara
July 29, 2015
Lilly of the Valley.. would be great.
Rita M
July 29, 2015
I, too, would be happy with any of these. However, I think Monday Morning is my favorite—probably because it looks fairly simple and because of the beautiful colors!! Thank you so much!
Kathleen L
July 29, 2015
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Monday morning is lovely, but I’d be happy with any of therse beautiful dress patterns.
Victoria
July 29, 2015
Monday morning! Love it!
Eveline
July 29, 2015
lily of the valley would be my choice, coming in not far behind would be Monday morning but either way, all your choices are great lol
During her university studies, she cultivated her gifts for design, presentation, and garment construction. In 2008, she founded Melody Valerie Couture, which provides limited edition, couture-quality dresses to 18″ dolls. In 2012 she joined Liberty Jane Clothing and is a vital part of our design work, courses, and educational content
Estella
August 04, 2015
I would love Lilly of the Valley.