How to make soft, natural fiber Waldorf-style dolls. Comprehensive and hand illustrated, even the most nervous beginner will feel confident sewing a unique, handcrafted toy from natural materials. The friendly, conversational text preceding each section shares insights for doll play and child development.
Lots of practical tips, instructions for knitted, sewn and embroidered hairstyles and many patterns for all kinds of dolls and their clothes and accessories including several ethnic variations and clothes for an elf. Plus you'll find ideas for recycling clothing for doll making.
Ten doll designs progress from simple baby dolls and knot dolls to the realistic dressing doll with jointed limbs:
- Tiny Baby Doll for ages 3 and up
- A Knotted First Doll for baby
- Pouch Doll
- Angel Pouch Doll
- Poseable Dolls House Dolls
- Doll with Hands
- Doll with Hands and Feet
- Baggy Doll
- Cuddly Sack Doll
- Traditional Limbed Doll (3 sizes)
- Jointed Doll, arms and legs (3 sizes)
- Jointed Doll Variation, arms only
- Teddy Bear for Dolly
Softbound: 158 pages (new cover on this 2013 reprint)
Author: Maricristin Sealey
