REINWEAR
MADE BY HORSE LOVERS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HORSES
We specialize in offering equestrian sewing patterns for 18-inch dolls such as American Girl and Gotz (46cm). Our exclusive patterns incorporate the detail and style associated with traditional riding clothes in TWELVE popular equestrian disciplines. We want you to have a win-win experience -- fun creating the garments and satisfaction sharing your garments with someone you love.
The unique step-by-step instructions make sewing a breeze. We have worked hard to make sure that this is a sewing project that will be easy enough to finish in a few hours but will look like you spent days and days slaving over your sewing machine. We are proud to offer you, the home sewer, sewing patterns that will help you create beautiful garments and accessories that look and feel just like garments that are worn in the real-world by equestrians in their chosen disciplines.
Each pattern comes with detailed, start-to-finish, illustrated instructions that will assist you in your creative process. Along with the pattern pieces, we have included fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, and the cutting layout. Be sure and check out two special pages on our web site-- “Attire” and “Helpful Hints”. The “Attire” page gives a detailed description of the what should be worn for each discipline. For example, a rider showing in a Hunter Seat Equitation class would require a variation on the attire that would be appropriate in a Jumper class. This information is vital for you to make fabric and color choices that will add to the “reality” of your project. The “Helping Hints” page has many suggestions, clever ideas and shortcuts just for you. We want to assist you in making riding clothes, not “doll” clothes.
If you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced sewer, you will enjoy sewing clothes for 18-inch dolls. The most gratifying moment will be when you dress your doll for the first time and see that the cut of each garment is beautifully tailored and you are ready for the show ring! We know that when you invest your time and money in sewing a garment for that special girl in your life, you want to end up with a garment that you will be proud to say, “I made it myself with a REINWEAR pattern!”
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We would like to introduce you to our product line. Each equestrian discipline is featured on an individual page.
Pattern styles available for purchase are:
*DRESSAGE SET
*HUNTER - JUMPER SET
*WESTERN SEAT/ REINING SET
* COWBOY HAT ONLY in
paper format
* COWBOY HAT ONLY digital
download
*NATIVE ARABIAN COSTUME
FOR RIDER & HORSE
*SIDE SADDLE RIDING HABIT
*LEADLINE-SHORT STIRRUP-
PONY CLUB SET
*ESCARAMUZA CHARRA-
ADELITA-FIESTA
COSTUME
*SADDLE SEAT ATTIRE
*FLAT RACING SILKS
*HARNESS RACING SILKS
*ROADSTER SHOW SILKS
*POLO ATTIRE
Look for a special page titled “Attire” that describes the correct clothing that should be worn for all of these equestrian disciplines. Please use this page as a reference when you are selecting your fabrics or accessories.
$14.00 +s/h at ETSY. SEARCH: REINWEARpATTERNS
DRESSAGE SET
The Dressage Outfit will take you from Training Level to Grand Prix. The tailored dressage jacket with waist seam, correct riding shirt with stock tie, handsome riding breeches with knee patches, appropriate half chaps and required helmet will let any judge know that you and your doll are ready for any test. The shad belly coat with vest points will impress the casual observer and the toughest Olympic Judge.
The Set includes complete step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, cutting layout and patterns for:
Shad Belly Coat with Vest Points, Dressage Coat with Waist Seam, Riding Shirt with Stock Tie, Riding Breeches with Knee Patches, Half Chaps, and Helmet
(Doll and shoes not included)
$14.00 +s/h at ETSY. SEARCH: REINWEARpATTERNS
HUNTER - JUMPER OUTFIT
The Hunter-Jumper Outfit will be a huge hit with your young equestrian. The form-fitting jacket, sleek riding breeches with knee patches, a smartly fitted riding shirt, impeccable half-chaps, and required helmet will score points with any judge. For schooling days, your doll can show up at the barn in a stylish turtleneck, comfortable warm-up vest and matching riding tights!
The Set includes complete step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, cutting layout and patterns for:
Hunter-Jumper Jacket, Riding Shirt, Breeches with Knee Patches, Warm-Up Vest, Turtleneck Top, Riding Tights, Half-Chaps, and Helmet
(Doll and shoes not included)
$14.00 +s/h at ETSY. SEARCH: REINWEARPATTERNS
WESTERN SEAT / REINING SET
You are no “City Slicker” in your authentically styled Western attire complete with a stylish Western Cowboy Hat. You will be the envy of the show outfitted in your beautifully cut Shirt with front and back yoke detail. Your legs look fantastic in either your Straight-Leg or Boot-Cut Jeans. You are excited and confident to enter the ring in you new Chaps featuring a scalloped yoke detail and fancy fringe. Later in the show you will change-up your look with a classic Vest featuring front and back yoke detail.
The paper pattern Set includes complete step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, cutting layout and paper patterns for:
Western Style Shirt, Straight-Cut Jeans, Boot-Cut Jeans, Western Vest with Yoke Detail, Chaps with Yoke Detail and Fringe, and WESTERN COWBOY HAT.
(Doll and boots not included)
$5.00 +s/h at ETSY. SEARCH: REINWEARPATTERNS
COWBOY HAT ONLY PAPER PATTERN
A paper pattern ONLY is available for the Western Cowboy Hat. Go to Etsy.com and search for reinwearpatterns. You will be able to purchase a paper pattern and sewing instructions for the COWBOY HAT ONLY .
Again, the $5.00 price plus the shipping cost is for the Cowboy Hat ONLY.
(Doll not included)
$5.00 at ETSY. SEARCH: REINWEARPATTERNS
COWBOY HAT ONLY DIGITAL PATTERN
A digital download for the Western Cowboy Hat ONLY is available. Go to Etsy.com by clicking on the "Take me to Etsy" button in this website. You will be able to use your printer to download the sewing instructions and the pattern pieces immediately once your purchase is complete..
Again, the $5.00 price is for the digital download of the Cowboy Hat ONLY.
(Doll not included)
$15.00 +s/h at ETSY. SEARCH: REINWEARPATTERNS
NATIVE ARABIAN COSTUME FOR RIDER & HORSE
You are ready for the Arabian Native Costume class. This is your favorite class. You close your eyes. Your heart is beating. You feel the hot desert wind of the Sahara against your face. You take a deep breath, open your eyes and you enter the ring. You are excited to show off your beautiful Bedouin-inspired costume. The rich colors and intricate detail enhance the flowing beauty of your robe. You and your horse are a perfect compliment of style and function. All of the elements are there from the beautiful bridle to the tasseled blanket. No detail has been overlooked. The history, tradition and beauty of your Arabian costume will be worthy of the blue ribbon!
The Set includes complete step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, cutting layout, embroidery options and patterns for: Robe (jallabia), Harem Pants, Midriff Top, Headscarf (hijab), Headband, Horse Blanket, Saddle with Bedouin-Style Stirrups, Breastcollar, Bridle with Browband Cover, Poll Cover and Reins.
(Doll, horse and shoes not included)
$15.00 +s/h at ETSY. SEARCH: REINWEARPATTERNS
SIDE SADDLE RIDING HABIT
The first time you saw a Side Saddle Riding Habit you fell in love with the history, romance and excitement of the discipline. The elegant formal rider complete with a felt Top Hat and Veil creates an image that you long to achieve. The tailored, slightly cut-away Riding Jacket with a Hunt Collar is paired with a modern safety Apron that is hooked-up when not riding. The smart Vest, detailed Stock Tie Shirt, fitted Breeches and Half Chaps complete the authentic look for a formal hunt. For a less formal look, we have included a felt Derby as an option to complete your ensemble.
The Side Saddle Riding Habit pattern includes step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements and pattern pieces for nine items.
(Doll and shoes not included)
$14.00 +s/h at ETSY. SEARCH: REINWEARPATTERNS
LEADLINE / SHORT STIRRUP / PONY CLUB SET
You may be one of the youngest competitors in the Lead-Line class, but you are ready to enter the ring and do your best. You are so excited to wear your first “big-girl” riding jacket, a brand new ratcatcher shirt, form fitting jodhpurs complete with belt and garters and an all important helmet with safety harness.
You can’t wait to grow up and enter your first Short Stirrup class and ride your pony all by yourself. Of course, you’ll need a brand new riding jacket and coordinating ratcatcher. Your jods, belt and garters are a perfect fit and you’d never ride without a helmet with safety harness!
You are finally ready to join the Pony Club. You will be a hit in your classy Pony Club shirt, jods with belt and garters and your lucky helmet with safety harness.
Some day very soon you will be 13 years old and you can wear tall half-chaps.
The Set includes complete step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, cutting layout and patterns for:
Riding Jacket, Ratcatcher Shirt, Jodhpurs, Belt, Gaters, Half-Chaps, Polo Shirt and Helmet with Saftety Harness.
(Doll and shoes not included)
$15.00 +s/h at ETSY. SEARCH: REINWEARPATTERNS
ESCARAMUZA CHARRA / ADELITA / FIESTA COSTUME
Today is the best day ever! You and your team members have been practicing for hours and hours and today is the day that you will perform the escaramuza or skirmish. You love the speed and excitement of performing your choreographed ride in front the enthusiastic crowd.
Your special escaramuza performance has been an added attraction to a charreada or scheduled in ferias amistosas (friendly fairs), and formal competitions on the state, regional and national level many times. You are proud to be sanctioned by the Mexican Charro Federation. The official contests require strict adherence to complex rules and regulations that govern every aspect of the event, from a code for acceptable dress and tack to exact judging and scoring procedures.
Your escaramuza team is composed of eight riders who wear matching outfits. You have the option of wearing either the identical traditional full-skirted Adelita style dresses or a fitted skirt and jacket ensemble similar to standard charro attire. You really prefer the Adelita-style costume. It is so beautiful. Likewise, your wide-brimmed sombreros, the customary charro head gear, must be identical in color, style and decorative detail.
Your escaramuza routine is made up of a dozen individual exercises presented in uninterrupted succession. The presentation runs an average of 10 minutes and is performed throughout at a full gallop, with all of the riders mounted on charro-style sidesaddles. You love riding to the backdrop of lively Mexican music that adds to the rhythm and drama of the thrilling string of geometric movements. Heart-stopping crosses and quick turns are executed with great precision to avoid accidents and minimize point deductions for loss of synchronization and symmetry. Your team is the best—on horseback and in the barn.
Your beautiful Adelita-style costume set includes complete step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, cutting layout, decorative options and pattern pieces for: Blouse, Petticoat, Skirt, Sash, Bloomers, Sombrero, Boot tops, Shawl and Hair Bow.
(Doll and shoes worn under the Boot Tops are not included)
Escaramuza/Adelita/Fiesta Costume
$14.00 +s/h at ETSY. SEARCH: REINWEARPATTERNS
SADDLE SEAT ATTIRE
You can’t wait to show in the Saddle Seat Equitation class in your beautiful new outfit. In your stylish coat with flashy lining, matching fitted vest and Kentucky jodhpurs, coordinating fold-down collar riding shirt and matching derby you will be a cut above the rest of the class. You will need to switch to your brand new Day coat and matching derby for your Performance class. Your Saddle Seat Outfit will be the envy of everyone at the horse show.
The Set includes complete step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, cutting layout and patterns for:
Saddle Seat Coat, Saddle Seat Shirt, Saddle Seat Vest, Kentucky Jodhpurs and Saddle Seat Derby.
(Doll and shoes not included)
$14.00 +s/h at ETSY. SEARCH: REINWEARPATTERNS
FLAT RACING SILKS
You are thrilled to be riding the crowd-favorite in the big race. You have waited a long time for this opportunity and you’re ready to make the most of it. Your Racing Silks are a reflection of the long honored tradition of registering the owner’s chosen colors with the Jockey Club. You know it’s going to be a good day when the owner’s silks just happen to be your favorite colors. Your valet will lay out your silks with matching
helmet and safety harness; crisp, clean jodhpurs with a belt and polished racing boots before your “Run for the Roses” at the Kentucky Derby.
The Set includes complete step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, cutting layout and patterns for:
Racing Silks Shirt, Racing Jodhpurs with Belt, Helmet with Safety Harness and Half-Chaps.
(Doll and shoes not included)T
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HARNESS RACING SILKS
The Harness Racing Silks will be perfect for your race at the Historic Track at Goshen or The Hambletonian. You are thrilled to represent your family wearing your beautifully fitted jacket flashing your family’s winning colors, stylish racing pants with side stripe, and coordinating helmet with safety harness .
With your talented horse, your superb driving skills, and your personal style, it won’t take you long to be inducted into the Harness Racing Museum Hall of Fame.
The Set includes complete step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, cutting layout and patterns for:
Harness Racing Jacket, Harness Racing Pants with side stripe, and Harness Racing Helmet.
(Doll and shoes not included)
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ROADSTER SHOW SILKS
You can’t wait for your class to be called. You are ready to show your pony in your unique show silks. Your superbly detailed jacket, handsome racing pants and your flashy helmet will let your competitors know that you mean business.
The Set includes complete step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, cutting layout and patterns for:
Roadster Show Silk Jacket, Racing Pants and Helmet.
(Doll and shoes not included)
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POLO ATTIRE
You are ready for your first match and honored to be number 1 on the team. Your string of ponies won’t let you down. You are confident that you will not disappoint your fans when you arrive in your unique polo attire. Your embroidered polo shirt, well-appointed jodhpurs with belt, correct half-chaps and a classic polo helmet will let the world know that you are a player! The Polo Attire patterns will make sure that you’re ready for your charity polo match with Prince Harry!
The Set includes complete step-by-step sewing instructions, fabric suggestions, yardage requirements, cutting layout and patterns for:
Polo Shirt, Polo Jodhpurs, Belt, Half Chaps, and Polo Helmet.
(Doll and shoes not included)
Visit Attire Info & Helpful Hints Pages
Page links are located near the "Home" button at the top of the website.
The ATTIRE INFO page will give you the low-down on the proper garments and accessories for each discipline.
The HELPFUL HINTS page will offer sewing techniques to create professional looking garments and accessories.
Cowboy hat pattern is included in the Western/Reining Seat set.
WHO WE ARE
REINWEAR Sewing Patterns are for non-commercial use.
Create Your Own Unique Equestrian Garments
- All patterns are sized for an 18" doll only.
- All patterns include step-by-step illustrated sewing instructions.
- All patterns include patterns for appropriate headgear.
- All patterns include patterns for appropriate footwear.
- Each pattern style includes a color photograph of the garments.
About Us
Karen Hummel Kinsley (Founder & CEO) is a retired Assistant Professor of Costume Design, a freelance costume designer, and an equestrian. She has designed costumes for many venues, including Off-Broadway, regional theaters, national tours, museums, colleges, and universities. Born and raised in Montana, Karen started as a western rider. As a theatrical costume designer, she moved to New York City and, ironically, learned hunter seat equitation and dressage in the heart of Manhattan. For many years Karen rode at the legendary Claremont Riding Academy located on West 89th Street. She enjoyed many holiday rides through Central Park that included a stop at Tavern-on-the-Green for a cup of mulled wine for the riders and a tray of carrots for the horses. As co-director of the Claremont Drill Team for many years, she enjoyed sharing Claremont’s “dancing horses” with audiences in Manhattan, Long Island, and New Jersey.
In 1995, Karen founded a company featuring equestrian-themed gifts and crafts called COUNTER CANTER CREATIONS. When her daughters fell in love with their 18-inch dolls, she couldn’t find equestrian patterns with the style and proportion that looked like “real” riding clothes. REINWEAR was born in 2001.
Both Claremont and the Tavern-on-the Green are gone. Still, Karen’s love and appreciation of horses, their owners, and their riders continue. These patterns are dedicated to the girls, moms, aunts, godmothers, grandmothers, and dear friends who have never stopped dreaming about horses.
When you sit behind the sewing machine creating these lovely garments, stop for a moment and let your imagination take you for a ride with the wind in your face and your heart in your hands. You’ll feel fantastic!