dollmaking

Instructions for making a variety of dolls from such materials as clothespins, pipe cleaners, soap, bottles, and nylon stockings.

Step-by-step illustrated instructions for creating cloth doll faces and bodies, offering detailed lessons on drawing, sculpting, and painting with a variety of mediums including watercolors and pastels.

Full-color patterns and instructions for creating cloth dolls, along with detailed beading techniques.

Fanny asks for a Connie doll like those of her friends, and when her mother says no, Fanny tries to make one for herself.

Examines the process of making a sculpted head portrait doll from mold to costuming in the studio of a master dollmaker.

Introduces a family of softsculptured dolls made from pantyhose, fabric and thread and provides instructions on how to make them.

Patterns and instructions for making the various members of the Littlefield doll family, from grandparents to grandchildren. Includes a family history.

Includes instructions for making thirty dolls, each from a pair or two of socks, a needle and thread, yarn, and stuffing. Includes illustrations of stitches, suggestions for painting or sewing faces and creating hair, and tips on shopping for socks.

Introduces basic techniques of tie dyeing, batik, and dollmaking and suggests simple projects using these techniques.

Provides instructions for making dolls from pipe cleaners, yarn, paper, and other common items.