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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Barbie Clothes So Easy A Kid Could Make Them,
By Ruth A. Nelson (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fashion doll fun: A collection of patterns and instructions for creating a fast and fun wardrobe for 11 1/2" fashion dolls (Mass Market Paperback)
Did you ever have a favorite kid - maybe a daughter or a granddaughter - come to you begging for clothes for her Barbie doll? And you thought to yourself, I'd love to make them but all those tiny little pieces and seams! Oh! I could never do that.Well! Buy this book and your worries are over! There are about 34 patterns in this book for simple, contemporary clothes for Barbie. (They have to say "Fashion Doll" but it's Barbie!) These are just the kind of clothes kids like to put on their dolls - because they look like what the kids themselves wear. The patterns are almost all just one piece. There are no set-in sleeves. There are very few - if any - snaps. Most of the closures are simple 1/8" ribbon that you can buy at the local fabric store for 25 cents a big roll. The sewing methods are geared for beginning sewers with most finishes being as simple as turning under 1/4 inch and stitching it down. Plus, the clothes are easy for little fingers to dress with the elastic and waistbands wide enough to pull over those humongous Barbie hips. You can make them as fancy as you please with easy embellishments like buttons and laces. Or fabric paints. There is lots of room for you and your favorite child to do designing. In fact, this is a terrific book for beginning sewers to use themselves - so if your child wants to learn to make her own things for Barbie, she'll have instant success. And the clothes are great: shorts, pants, palazzo pants, straight skirts, sarongs, dresses, jackets, coat, nightie, robe, I counted and there are at least 34 pieces. Experienced sewers: I did everything in the book - twice - in four easy evenings with scraps and small pieces from my fabric stash. This is a wonderful book for the money. Go for it!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply inviting, great for customization,
By Elizabeth A Triano "lizziewriter" (In Transition, NY (watch this space)) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)
This review is from: Fashion doll fun: A collection of patterns and instructions for creating a fast and fun wardrobe for 11 1/2" fashion dolls (Mass Market Paperback)
This is such a neat book. It has really really simple patterns that can be enlarged for the Tonner dolls and so forth. I want to try some of these for the bbi Perfect Females and CY Girls and Get REAL Girls and others of that articulated ilk. I don't sew very well, and I like that there are things here which I can cut out of a non-fraying fabric (or leather, or what-have-you) and add embellishment to. Does anyone know to whom I lent my copy? !!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent sewing directions!!,
By "anngigi" (Glen Mills, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fashion doll fun: A collection of patterns and instructions for creating a fast and fun wardrobe for 11 1/2" fashion dolls (Mass Market Paperback)
I LOVE this book. It has 30 patterns and a great color section on how to combine them for numerous looks. It has some unique patterns as well as some very similar to commercial pattern companies, but THESE have MUCH more sensible sewing directions. Out of print or not, if you sew for 11.5-inch fashion dolls, you MUST get this book!!
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