You find a great fashion doll at a market, but she has obviously been played with. Or you go through your parent's attic and find your childhood doll. She's worn, but you remember how great she used to look. If this scenario sounds familiar, then this book is for you. Author Aimee Eckert shares tips on how to conserve your fashion dolls, but she also shows readers how to restore well-loved fashion dolls to their former beauty. This book has 100 full-coloured photographs to guide readers step-by-step through the process of refurbishing dolls that have been torn, marred by ink, or have tangled or missing hair. She also shows how to recondition discoloured and damaged clothing. You have got the doll. Now you can get direction.
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"I would never have attempted the repairs before reading this book..." -- Galatea Magazine, Autumn 2002.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not worth it.,
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This review is from: From Worn to Wonderful: A Step-By-Step Guide to Fashion Doll Restoration (Paperback)
This book was not worth the money. It's 96 pages of mostly pictures. Pictures are good in a how-to book but the first third of the book is not about instructions, just pictures of some of her dolls. The rest of the book has really, really simplified basic instructions. Maybe if you have never even thought of making over a doll, you might find some useful info here, but I recommend reading something with a bit more detail. For example, to pop off a doll's head (something I've never tried) she says to either pull it off or soak it in boiling water and then pull it off. Sounds rather risky to me. I've read better instructions just surfing the internet. (Jim Faraone's books are good and there's even better info in "Barbie Bazaar" magazine.) And her instructions for making jewelry are to 1) get some beads (nothing on size or type of bead), 2) make a knot, 3) thread the needle, 4) string the beads, and 5) tie the ends together. Nothing about clasps or how the heck you would get it around the doll's neck if you were making a choker. So I would not recommend this book to anybody.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
somewhat disappointed,
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This review is from: From Worn to Wonderful: A Step-By-Step Guide to Fashion Doll Restoration (Paperback)
There are a few helpful hints in this book, but I was expecting something more in depth with more tips on repainting and such details. The directions are very simple and most of these tips are just plain common sense. It will stay in my reference library, but I don't highly recommend it for someone seriously wanted detailed information on restoring dolls.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Total Waste!,
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This review is from: From Worn to Wonderful: A Step-By-Step Guide to Fashion Doll Restoration (Paperback)
I found this book to be a total waste of time. A good portion of it is pictures of her dolls, which are not by any means noteworthy examples. The instructions she gives are so rudimentary as to be worthless. There are no good "how-to" photos accompanying the text. But what disturbs me the most is that the instructions she gives for removing green ear can severely damage the face paint on vintage Barbies. All in all, a total waste of time and money.
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