Celluloid Doll Repair
This poor body is in really sad shape as you can see. This is the first leather body I restored and I just figured it out as I went along. The broken celluloid was daunting at first, but [...]
Tiny Pleats – How to Flute Without a Fluter
Tiny Pleats How to flute without a Fluter Fluting looks like fabric or lace that is wavy. It is a nice variation from tiny pleats and gathering and gives a different look than either. One advantage of fluting [...]
Silk Scarf Doll Dress
Silk Scarf Doll Dress Make a silk scarf doll dress! I know that many of you have lovely silk scarves tucked away. They are just too pretty to throw away, but most of us don’t wear them all [...]
Mini Pleater – For Doll Clothes
Mini Pleater - For Doll Clothes I love all the tiny pleats that are on many of the vintage doll clothes, but it takes so long to make them that I decided to make a mini pleater to make it easier. There [...]
Needlefelting
My Kay Petal DVDs and needles got here finally and I have watched them all. Kay has produced a wonderfel DVD set and is also wonderful about answering questions by email. I have spent sooooo many hours on this [...]
KoolAid Dye
KoolAid Dye Oh My Goodness! I have been bitten by the needle felting bug, and as I usually do with new projects, I have gone completely overboard. I am going to use KoolAid Dye! I have wool all over [...]
Quality Cloth Dolls
I have been making antique reproduction dolls for over 30 years. The other day I was surfing the net, as I do too often, and somehow I got off onto cloth doll making. I am amazed at the quality [...]
Authentic Costuming For Dolls
Authentic Costuming For Dolls Authentic Costuming for Dolls - Today there are many wonderful sewing machines, beautiful fabrics and trims, and doll patterns available for the doll costumer. If you are sewing for a modern doll, your choices are [...]
Memories
Dolly Memories I have always loved dolls and all their tiny costumes and accessories. I grew up on the side of a mountain and made dolls out of acorns and hollyhock flowers, but of course, none of them survived. [...]