Making Waldorf Dolls [Paperback]

Maricristin Sealey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2005

How to make simple, hand-made dolls including body types, hair and clothing.

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About the Author

Maricristin Sealey is a professional doll maker, who has many years' experience of teaching people how to make dolls. Her dolls draw on a rich variety of European traditions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 157 pages
• Publisher: Hawthorn Press; 2nd edition (September 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903458587
• ISBN-13: 978-1903458587
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Authoritative Book, June 11, 2007

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Rebecca Coke "Rebecca" (Beijing, China) - See all my reviews
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I disagree with the last reviewer regarding the content of Maricristin's book. This book has everything you need to make a wide variety of Waldorf-style dolls. I have made three versions already, and I am working my way through the rest of the patterns. The instructions are clear and complete. The book doesn't have big pretty pictures, true, but it has all the information needed to make dolls. And that is really what matters. This is a niche market book, and it is one of very few available. In my opinion, the chapter on hair alone is worth over $30.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Expensive but great instructions and patterns, October 17, 2007

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Magda Denes (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews

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I think this book is the same as the author's earlier title, Kinder Dolls (something like that) and the "used book" prices on that earlier title have been inflated too high. "Making Waldorf Dolls" is expensive at $30 yet a bit more cheaply made in that it has no color photographs. No matter, I have to say this is a great! book with wonderful patterns, S-M-L size bodies, very clear drawings and instructions, how-to(s) for hair. This book also has a jointed "doll" body. If you're looking for a jointed "baby" body, that is in the book "Baby Dolls and Their Clothes" by Valeria Ferrari (also an excellent book) but I have to say that Making Waldorf dolls is better because the patterns are MUCH! easier. This book is my favorite of 5-6 sock doll books I own.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book, December 12, 2009

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I love this book -- I put off buying it for so many months, and I wish I'd bought it sooner. It has all the information you need to start making dolls. The chapter on hair is especially wonderful -- it has so many variations! I have made dolls from kits before, and the directions included with the kits generally only show one hairstyle/body style/head style. This book has so many doll variations, you can choose what you're most comfortable with. The clothing patterns are very basic, with minimal instructions -- so you can kind of do as much or little with them as you like.