Easy-to-Make Storybook Dolls

A "Novel" Approach to Cloth Dollmaking

$14.95

Publication Date: 22nd September 2009

Bring characters from favorite stories to life with creative stitchery! This unique guide to making cloth dolls offers patterns for the eternal optimist, Pollyanna, as well as Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Mary of The Secret Garden. Ther book also features patterns for clothes, pets, and accessories. Easy-to-follow instructions include 263 black-and-white illustrations, plus an eight-page color insert. Perfect for beginners, this manual will also appeal to more experienced dollmakers.
All three characters use the same basic doll body and accessories such as... Read More
Format: Paperback
126 in stock
Bring characters from favorite stories to life with creative stitchery! This unique guide to making cloth dolls offers patterns for the eternal optimist, Pollyanna, as well as Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Mary of The Secret Garden. Ther book also features patterns for clothes, pets, and accessories. Easy-to-follow instructions include 263 black-and-white illustrations, plus an eight-page color insert. Perfect for beginners, this manual will also appeal to more experienced dollmakers.
All three characters use the same basic doll body and accessories such as... Read More
Description
Bring characters from favorite stories to life with creative stitchery! This unique guide to making cloth dolls offers patterns for the eternal optimist, Pollyanna, as well as Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Mary of The Secret Garden. Ther book also features patterns for clothes, pets, and accessories. Easy-to-follow instructions include 263 black-and-white illustrations, plus an eight-page color insert. Perfect for beginners, this manual will also appeal to more experienced dollmakers.
All three characters use the same basic doll body and accessories such as hats, shoes, and slips. Dorothy's wardrobe, based on descriptions of her clothing in the Oz books, comprises six dresses and a nightgown. Mary's ensembles include five dresses, a coat, and a housecoat; and Pollyanna's costumes consist of six dresses and a gown. Extras include Dorothy's green spectacles and Toto the terrier; a miniature copy of The Secret Garden, a bed cover, and a pillow for Mary; and Pollyanna's pets, Fluffy the cat and Buffy the dog.

Dover Original.
Details
  • Price: $14.95
  • Pages: 112
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Crafts: Dolls & Toys
  • Publication Date: 22nd September 2009
  • Trim Size: 8.25 x 11 in
  • Illustration Note: 8 pp. color insert
  • ISBN: 9780486473604
  • Format: Paperback
  • Age: 10-99
  • BISACs:
    CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Toymaking
Table of Contents
Introduction
Making the Dolls
Techniques
The Wardrobe
Planning a Wardrobe
Undergarments
Dresses
Fitted Waist Dresses
Dropped Waist Dresses
Coats
Accessories
Extras
Patterns
Bring characters from favorite stories to life with creative stitchery! This unique guide to making cloth dolls offers patterns for the eternal optimist, Pollyanna, as well as Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Mary of The Secret Garden. Ther book also features patterns for clothes, pets, and accessories. Easy-to-follow instructions include 263 black-and-white illustrations, plus an eight-page color insert. Perfect for beginners, this manual will also appeal to more experienced dollmakers.
All three characters use the same basic doll body and accessories such as hats, shoes, and slips. Dorothy's wardrobe, based on descriptions of her clothing in the Oz books, comprises six dresses and a nightgown. Mary's ensembles include five dresses, a coat, and a housecoat; and Pollyanna's costumes consist of six dresses and a gown. Extras include Dorothy's green spectacles and Toto the terrier; a miniature copy of The Secret Garden, a bed cover, and a pillow for Mary; and Pollyanna's pets, Fluffy the cat and Buffy the dog.

Dover Original.
  • Price: $14.95
  • Pages: 112
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Crafts: Dolls & Toys
  • Publication Date: 22nd September 2009
  • Trim Size: 8.25 x 11 in
  • Illustrations Note: 8 pp. color insert
  • ISBN: 9780486473604
  • Format: Paperback
  • Age: 10-99
  • BISACs:
    CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Toymaking
Introduction
Making the Dolls
Techniques
The Wardrobe
Planning a Wardrobe
Undergarments
Dresses
Fitted Waist Dresses
Dropped Waist Dresses
Coats
Accessories
Extras
Patterns