Creating Fabulous Footwear For Fantastic Dolls [Spiral-bound]

Bonnie B. Lewis (Author), Mary Ann Kaahanui (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1998

Packed with hundreds of tips and ideas, this spiral bound workbook guides the doll maker through an array of shoe making techniques from sewing shoes onto the legs, through painting applications to creating a wide variety of removable footwear with a strong emphasis on duplicating human shoe styles.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Creating Fabulous Footwear for Fantastic Dolls" by Bonnie B. Lewis and Mary Ann Kaahanui, 120 pages, 8.5x11, a Dollmaker's Journey Publication, Springfield, VA, spiral bound, black and white.

Providing solid solutions to one of the most overlooked aspects of doll making, the shoes, this workbook is packed with hundreds of tip and ideas. Written by cloth doll makers for dollmakers, it guides the reader through an array of shoe making techniques from sewing shoes onto the legs and painting applications to creating a wide variety of removable footwear. This workbook is an excellent reference source for any dollmaker. -- The Cloth Doll Magazine, p. 45, Vol 13, Number 3, Summer 1999

This is a terrific book. It is spiral bound and organized like a textbook with chapters, sub-chapters, appendices and patterns. The appendices include a glossary, sources, bibliography and index. I am very impressed with this book, 120 pages of very useful information organized to make it easy to use. -- Mimi Winer, mimidolls.com

From the Author

We were so frustrated at the lack of adequate shoe making resources pertaining to dolls that we decided to research and develop the most complete doll shoe making book on the market. To prefect our techniques we first taught the material through an Internet course at CraftyCollege.com. Our readers and students have been overwhelmingly enthusiastic about our book.

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 120 pages
• Publisher: Dollmaker's Journey (October 1, 1998)
• ISBN-10: 096742190X
• ISBN-13: 978-0967421902
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,892,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only book you'll ever need on this subject, March 4, 2000

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Bobbi A. Chukran (Leander, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creating Fabulous Footwear For Fantastic Dolls (Spiral-bound)

This is the only book you'll ever need on how-to make doll shoes. It's comprehensive,and teaches you how to make shoes for any kind of doll, any size. Loaded with hundreds of illustrations...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful resource!, June 16, 2004

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Heather Hilburn "Prince of Dolls" (Someplace Warm) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creating Fabulous Footwear For Fantastic Dolls (Spiral-bound)

This book was wonderful from the moment I opened it. I used to dread making doll shoes, or having to pattern a foot to fit Amercian Girl sized shoes. But now I know more then I ever thought I would.
The ideas presented here are clear and inspiring and very easy to learn from. From slippers to boots to sneakers, everything is here. Learn to make soft cloth shoes, sculted shoes, removable boots with leather soles and laces, and a myriad of others.
The book proclaims that you'd need to make hundreds of shoes to try out every idea in here, and that's just for the first half of the book! This is highly recommended! Making dolls shoes was never so enjoyable, or easy!