Better Homes and Gardens Old-Fashioned Dolls and Toys
Category: Books,Crafts, Hobbies & Home,Crafts & Hobbies
Better Homes and Gardens Old-Fashioned Dolls and Toys Details
Offers instructions for twenty-six toy and dollmaking projects, including raggedy dolls, a wooden Noah's ark, and a jack-in-the-box
Reviews
This book is a treasure for toy makers and doll makers.The dolls are some of the most beautiful and charming I've seen. Included are not only dolls but wooden toys as well, Teddy Bears, Bunnies, Giraffes, cats, Raggedy dolls, hobby horses, Cows, angels and the list goes on.The book is chock full of gorgeous color pictures of every doll. The patterns are all full size and clearly printed so they are easy to trace.To start, the book begins with 3 short sections on How to Use This Book, Dollmaking Techniques and Doll Hairstyling Tips. These sections include embroidery stitches, tips for stuffing a doll and how to make fabric, yarn and wool wigs for dolls.I have decided that I am going to make at least three of the projects in this book and my fingers are itching to get started. I love the Rachel Doll, from the top of her curly-haired head to the tip of her suede slippered toes, she is the ultimate romantic doll.Next on my list of upcoming projects is a moire and brocade shoe filled with the Old Woman and all her little children in dolls. I would like to frame the picture of the shoe, it's lovely.Project number three is the Topsy-Turvy Twosome, a cat at one end and a mouse at the other end of this adorable topsy-turvy doll.This book belongs in every doll and toy maker's library.