Original circa 1960 Simplicity Pattern No. 3669 - Wardrobe for Betsy Wetsy, Tiny Tears and Barbara Jo Baby Doll

Original circa 1960 Simplicity Pattern No. 3669, a seven-view baby doll wardrobe for Betsy Wetsy, Tiny Tears, and Barbara Jo, 20 inches: two party dresses, a coat with bonnet, a slip with panties, a top with pants, overalls with bonnet, and pajamas. Complete Nice Condition.

Quick Facts

• Pattern Number: Simplicity No. 3669
• Year: Circa 1960
• Designed For: Betsy Wetsy, Tiny Tears, and Barbara Jo Baby Doll, Size 20"
• Views Included: 1) Dress with Sash and Bonnet, 2) Lace-Trimmed Dress, 3) Coat and Bonnet, 4) Slip and Panties, 5) Top and Pants, 6) Overalls and Bonnet, 7) Pajamas
• Condition: Complete Nice Condition
• Envelope Condition: Worn and Professionally Repaired; The Bon Marché, Northgate store stamp on the front

Design

Simplicity Pattern 3669 is one of the fullest baby doll wardrobes of its day, with forty-two pieces across seven views. Both dresses have puff sleeves, a round collar, and a full gathered skirt: View 1 is trimmed in rick-rack with a contrasting band, a wide ribbon sash, and a matching bonnet, and View 2 is finished with lace insertion, lace edging, and a ribbon bow. The coat (View 3) has raglan sleeves, a collar, four buttons, and braid trim, with its own bonnet. Underneath goes a slip with a gathered, ruffled skirt and matching panties with elastic at the waist and legs, both trimmed in lace (View 4). For play there are pants with elastic at the back waist, shoulder straps, and rick-rack, worn with a puff-sleeved top (View 5) or as overalls with a matching bonnet (View 6). The pajamas (View 7) have a top gathered at the neck, long raglan sleeves with elastic at the wrists, and lace-trimmed pants. Simplicity suggested cottons and blends or linen throughout, with corduroy, velveteen, rayons, silks, or synthetics for the coat and playclothes, and wools for the coat.

Doll Details

This wardrobe was drafted for the popular drink-and-wet and crying baby dolls of the era: Ideal's Betsy Wetsy, American Character's Tiny Tears, and the Barbara Jo Baby Doll, named on the envelope. This pattern is a Size 20", for a doll 20 inches tall with an 11¾-inch waist. For this size, the dress takes ½ yard of fabric plus ½ yard (View 1) or ⅜ yard (View 2) of contrast; the coat and bonnet ⅞ yard of 35" fabric; the slip and panties ⅝ yard; the top and pants ⅜ yard plus ½ yard of contrast; the overalls and bonnet ½ yard; and the pajamas ⅝ yard.