June 7, 2018 

Introducing Lee & Pearl Pattern 1035: Olá Brasil! Samba Top, Bahia Dress and Baiana Headwrap — newly redesigned for 16 inch and 14 1/2 inch dolls. BUY ALL THREE PATTERNS FOR THE PRICE OF TWO.

And for our friends who already own Pattern 1035 for 18 inch dolls, get BOTH smaller sizes for the price of ONE pattern FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!

When we set about to design the ultimate summer vacation dress, we surrounded ourselves with inspirations from the ultimate summer vacation destination — beautiful, tropical Brazil.

We combed runway images from São Paulo Fashion Week, collected pictures of Brazilian children's clothes, studied the fairytale-lovely dresses, cascading beads and elegant headwraps of the beach community Baianas. And of course, we listened to glorious Brazilian music — smooth bossa novas, bright sambas, and driving, percussive batucadas.

Through all the fashion inspirations, one essentially Brazilian silhouette kept reappearing: a blouse or dress with a neckline that cuts straight across the body in one unbroken line from shoulder to shoulder.

Turns out, we weren't the only ones combing those runway images for inspiration. That Brazilian "cold shoulder" look became the BIGGEST FASHION STORY OF THE DECADE and was soon proclaimed an iconic style — flattering on everyone, a new classic for the ages.

Pair our beachy, fun "cold shoulder" SAMBA TOP with its slightly cropped waistline, with summer separates, like our Pattern #1004 cargo shorts, Pattern #1033 cuffed shorts, and Pattern #1041 denim and pencil skirts. These patterns are currently available in 18 inch doll size — and they are COMING SOON in 16 inch and 14 1/2 inch doll sizes as well!

Add the waistband, skirt and ruffled underskirt included in the Olá Brasil! pattern, and you've made our tropical-inspired BAHIA DRESS — the perfect project for easy-to-sew cottons and splashy, bold prints.

Both pieces feature a fun, Bohemian ruffle bound onto the edge of a perfectly-fitted bodice, with an easy-to-insert lining that makes your top or dress almost as pretty on the inside as on the outside.

We've also included a page of instructions to turn the Bahia Dress into a traditional Afro-Brazilian BAIANA DRESS, complete with lacy, white tiered ruffles.

These are such beautiful dresses — and they're perfect on our 14 1/2 inch Play Zone® Style Girl "Skylar" and 16 inch A Girl for All Time® "Nisha."

If you're one of the lucky ones who has a gorgeous, pre-ordered A Girl for All Time® Bex arriving from the UK this week, you know you NEED this pattern now!

To complete the look of a traditional Afro-Brazilian Baiana, follow our easy, no-sew directions to make your own two-toned "Crown" BAIANA HEADWRAP to go with the dress!

Do you like the jewelry featured on our doll models?

While you're in our Etsy store, be sure to pick up a copy of our recently released PDF craft guidebook: Introduction to Jewelry Making for Vinyl Play Dolls.

This detailed, photo-illustrated guide includes directions to make your own earrings, bracelets, chokers and cascading bead necklaces for dolls. The eBook also includes detailed directions for piercing your own doll's ears — for either American Girl-sized stud earrings, or ordinary human-sized earrings.

Here are the Pattern 1035: Olá Brasil! details —

Pattern 1035: Olá Brasil! is available for purchase in our Etsy store either as single size patterns — or as a multi-size pattern BUNDLE, with 18 inch, 16 inch and 14 1/2 inch doll sizes included.

The multi-size pattern is only twice the price of the single size patterns — so if you buy the multi-size version, you're getting one pattern for FREE!

We know that many of our loyal friends already own Pattern 1035: Olá Brasil! for 18 Inch dolls, and we want to reward that loyalty.

So for a limited time — through Thursday, June 21, 2018 — we are offering an extra special deal on the two smaller Olá Brasil! sizes, bundling them together for the price of only one pattern, to make the three-pattern bundle price the same, even if you already own the 18 inch doll size.

Here are the links —

Pattern 1035: Olá Brasil! for 18 Inch, 16 Inch and 14 1/2 Inch Dolls

Pattern 1035: Olá Brasil! LIMITED TIME ONLY BUNDLE for 16 Inch and 14 1/2 Inch Dolls

and here's the original 18 Inch pattern listing as well:

Pattern 1035: Olá Brasil! for 18 Inch Dolls

See you next time!