A guide to creating unusual dolls features instructions that take the reader step-by-step through cutting the patterns, painting faces, and fashioning clothes for the dolls.
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For stitchers tired of making dresses, placemats, curtains, etc., here's just the thing--a nicely illustrated guide to rag-doll making filled with charming projects even novices can handle. In fact, several are easy enough for kids, with just a little adult help, to make. The book presents a number of full-size doll patterns, each with a checklist summarizing directions and a list of necessary materials. Photographs of finished projects and suggested fabrics, yarns, and gewgaws complement the drawings that illustrate the clear, step-by-step instructions. The classic Raggedy Ann and Andy aren't here, but there are lots of fetching alternatives to them--a sweet, two-headed, upside-down doll with costumes for night and day; an angel with a generous skirt meant to hide a child's pajamas; and keepsake dolls that may be fashioned from scraps of lace from a wedding gown or beads from a favorite family brooch. Stephanie Zvirin
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Solid choice for beginner,
By NoCleverNick (Aurora, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rag Dolls & How to Make Them (Hardcover)
This is a good choice for getting a start in toy doll-making (this is not an "art doll" book). Clear instructions, lots of color photos and color diagrams, descriptions and methods for types of hair and faces, and a stitch glossary make this book a good one for the novice dollmaker. What I like best is the natural skill progression the book takes, from simple flat dolls that are quick to make and customize all the way to three-dimensional dolls and complex button-and-bead dolls (11 types of doll in all). It might be difficult to find but it's worth the search.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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This is a great book.,
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This review is from: Rag Dolls & How to Make Them (Hardcover)
This book is very nice and easy to understand. It has a lot of projects. There are different types of dolls and it has the patterns with clear instructions.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book,
This review is from: Rag Dolls & How to Make Them (Hardcover)
I love the book it has alot of great info and easy to read to. Nice pictures in the book too.
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