Creative Cloth Doll Couture: New Approaches to Making Beautiful Clothing and Accessories (Paperback)

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This book is the third installment on making creative art doll clothing and accessories from successful doll artist Patti Culea, following Creative Cloth Doll Making and Creative Cloth Doll Faces, both from Rockport Publishers. This book builds on the previous two by delving into how to make exotic and beautiful garments and accessories such as hats, shoes, and purses for art dolls.

This is the only book available on making clothing for art dolls. Moreover, it not only includes a pattern for various wardrobe staples, but the author offers basic garment making techniques, as well as information on decorative fabric treatments and embellishments.

Culea provides tips and techniques for creating everything from a vintage 1940's ensemble to a 1960's type of outfit. There are techniques for dyeing, painting, and stamping to create a beautiful evening gown and how to drape a doll body to create your own pattern. Professional tips, ideas for embellishments, cutting-edge techniques, short cuts, pattern making ideas, and more are also included.

About the Author

Patti Medaris Culea has a full line of cloth doll patterns and her work has appeared in books, magazines, and galleries. She is the author of Creative Cloth Doll Making (2003) and Creative Cloth Doll Faces (2005). She resides in San Diego, California

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Product Details Paperback: 128 pages Publisher: Quarry Books (May 1, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 1592532179 ISBN-13: 978-1592532179 Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #249,315 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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upper threader, pattern drafting paper, sample doll, been making dolls, silk dupioni, jacquard products, hand sew, bridal lace, beading thread, collage fabric, seed beads, double the fabric, ladder stitch, machine sew, beading needle, beaded flowers, blouse front, drop beads, beaded fringe, fabric scissors, lining fabric, doll making, batik fabric, pattern pieces, sunset gold

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Body Back, Hat Side, Head Back, Heel Side, Heel Front, Lower Body Front, Lower Leg, Shoe Sole, Jacket Upper Bodice

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This book cites 3 books:

• Creative Cloth Doll Faces: Using Paints, Pastels, Fibres, Beading, Collage and Sculpting Techniques by Patti Medaris Culea in Back Matter
• Serging Australia by Anne Van Der Kley in Back Matter
• Fashion Design by Sue Jones in Back Matter

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 29 of 30 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars TO BE HONEST Creative Cloth Doll Couture, August 3, 2006 By  Sharon Nordgren "Sharon Nordgren Of Symple Ty... (Oldsmar, FL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    To be absolutely honest..When I first received Creative Cloth Doll Couture I was disappointed, Know how creative Patti Medaris Culea is , is just beyond words, I have all her books, Creative Cloth Doll Couture at first glance I thought oh no! This isn't my style of creating my dolls, I thought !!! BUT as you truly dive into each and every page of Creative Cloth Doll Couture's You will learn not only knowledge but wisdom also! I am learning so much about creating a dolls clothing for ANY type of dolls, learning about "ALL THE HOW TO DO IT'S" From :body construction, making darts, how to draw a face , face sculpturing, 3 piece heads, jointed legs, straight legs and so much more How to create Clothing, and Accessories, Learn from creating clothes from Fairy, Whimsical, Formal, BIGGEST thing I have wanted to learn was the different types of materials, this book tells ya!!!! collage, layering,appliques' fiber and transfers I HIGHLY recommend this book..from beginners to advanced! 23 of 24 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Great Pictures and Ideas, July 27, 2006 By  Teagan Blue (Texas) - See all my reviews This book begins with directions to make the doll. This is good, because you are not forced to buy a separate book for this. Most importantly this is a book for the truly creative, for those who want something different. If you need inspiration and ideas, this book is for you, there are a few galleris of examples throughout the book. The cloths range from all the pieces of a skirt suit (including lingerie and shoes) to 60's bell bottoms to fairy-ware. They are colorful, unusual and some are high fashion evening ware. The pictures are great and the instructions seem clear (I have not made any of the clothes yet. Unfortunately there are more gallery pictures than patterns, that is my only complaint. There is engough of the basic theory to help you design some simple clothes on your own. I have all three books in this series and they are all very good! 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Doll Book, January 5, 2007 By  Carole D. Brinkley "carole d in wv" (west virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    For the avid doll maker this book is full of inspiration and information. I highly recommend this book, regardless of your skill level at sewing. I can not sew well, but the directions make it easy to follow basic patterns. The pictures are beautiful and the book is a job to look at. Truely a must have for any cloth doll maker!		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Great. I think this is a great book , very informative and great pictures. I like it very much good addition to my library Published 4 months ago by Kristen K. Cameron 4.0 out of 5 stars structured doll clothes i was hoping that this book would help me with costuming my dolls by creating clothes that were draped on the doll body.. Read more Published 9 months ago by T. dyce 5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational! I love all of Patti's books, but this one is probably my favorite. They're not just instructional, they're fun to read or just admire. Read more Published 12 months ago by Melissa Durant 5.0 out of 5 stars Another Good One Although Patti Culea's books on doll making tend to be reptitious in some respects, it's nice to know that you don't have to buy all of them - or if you do, you don't have to pull... Read more Published 15 months ago by K. Callaghan 5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Doll Couture I love all her books, very well illustrated and Amazon is fast at getting my orders to me. Thank you. Great information on clothing for doll making! Published 17 months ago by Josie 4.0 out of 5 stars Creative Cloth Doll Couture This book is marvelous! Couldn't put it down until I read it from cover to cover. Has great instructions and illustrations to get the creative juices flowing. Highly recommend. Published on September 29, 2007 by J. C. Taylor 5.0 out of 5 stars Another fine book Patti has done it again! She has inspired me to improve embellishments in all my work. This is yet another fine book by a fine artist, Patti Medaris Culea... Read more Published on July 19, 2007 by Carole Larson 5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Cloth Doll Couture This is a must get book! I am a beginner doll maker and you should see my first doll. I got so motivated,I want to make more . Read more Published on May 15, 2007 by Sherry Collier 5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Cloth Doll Couture Good book. I really love to see all the different dolls made by so many artists and it is nice to have ideas for clothes and embelishments to make them be truely unique... Read more Published on May 14, 2007 by Abby J. Hatfield 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent This book is a must have as a dollmaker. I have taken classes with this wonderful author. She is a genius when it comes to cloth dollmaking. This book is a must. Read more Published on March 8, 2007 by A. J. Huggins Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Quarry Books (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592532179
• ISBN-13: 978-1592532179
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #249,315 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TO BE HONEST Creative Cloth Doll Couture, August 3, 2006

By	Sharon Nordgren "Sharon Nordgren Of Symple Ty... (Oldsmar, FL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

To be absolutely honest..When I first received Creative Cloth Doll Couture
I was disappointed, Know how creative Patti Medaris Culea is , is just beyond words,
I have all her books, Creative Cloth Doll Couture at first glance I thought oh no! This isn't my style
of creating my dolls, I thought !!!
BUT as you truly dive into each and every page of Creative Cloth Doll Couture's
You will learn not only knowledge but wisdom also!
I am learning so much about creating a dolls clothing for ANY type of dolls, learning about
"ALL THE HOW TO DO IT'S"
From :body construction, making darts, how to draw a face , face sculpturing, 3 piece heads, jointed legs,
straight legs and so much more
How to create Clothing, and Accessories, Learn from creating clothes from Fairy, Whimsical, Formal,
BIGGEST thing I have wanted to learn was the different types of materials, this book tells ya!!!!
collage, layering,appliques' fiber and transfers
I HIGHLY recommend this book..from beginners to advanced!

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Pictures and Ideas, July 27, 2006

By	Teagan Blue (Texas) - See all my reviews

This book begins with directions to make the doll. This is good, because you are not forced to buy a separate book for this. Most importantly this is a book for the truly creative, for those who want something different. If you need inspiration and ideas, this book is for you, there are a few galleris of examples throughout the book. The cloths range from all the pieces of a skirt suit (including lingerie and shoes) to 60's bell bottoms to fairy-ware. They are colorful, unusual and some are high fashion evening ware. The pictures are great and the instructions seem clear (I have not made any of the clothes yet. Unfortunately there are more gallery pictures than patterns, that is my only complaint. There is engough of the basic theory to help you design some simple clothes on your own. I have all three books in this series and they are all very good!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Doll Book, January 5, 2007

By	Carole D. Brinkley "carole d in wv" (west virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For the avid doll maker this book is full of inspiration and information. I highly recommend this book, regardless of your skill level at sewing. I can not sew well, but the directions make it easy to follow basic patterns. The pictures are beautiful and the book is a job to look at. Truely a must have for any cloth doll maker!