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200 Years of Dolls:
Identification and Price
GuideNow in full colour,
200 Years of Dolls, 3rd
Edition is the most
easy-to-use comprehensive
identification and value
guide, designed for both
novice and experienced
collectors of vintage
dolls, dealers, auction
houses and appraisers.
With updated pricing,
new colour photos and new
manufacturer marks
listings - the principle
tool used for
identification - the
third edition of this
best selling book will
serve as an invaluable
resource.About the
AuthorDawn Herlocher has
been collecting dolls for
nearly 35 years. As a
consultant for historical
societies, private
collectins and museums,
she travels throughout
the USA holding seminars
and giving lectures. She
currently serves as
technical adviser for
various auction houses
and publications.
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£18.68
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Dolls House Do It
Yourself: CurtainsFrom
curtains, blinds and
drapes, to pelmets,
tiebacks and valances,
everything you need to
create inspirational
window dressings for our
dolls house is included
here. Over 25
step-by-step projects
show how to make a
variety of window
treatments. Further
variation ideas,
illustrated in colour,
allow you to adapt many
of the project to suit
your dolls house. A
section on the basic
tools and equipment used
offers practical guidance
on choosing fabrics and
miniature haberdashery
such as silks, cords,
fringes and trimmings.
Essential techniques such
as making a pattern,
fabric pleating and
making tassels and cords
are included and guidance
on installing your
finished project is also
covered. Easy-to-use
templates are provided
where necessary, and
inspirational colour
photographs show the
finished curtains
displayed in situ.
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£5.99
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Doll Fashionistas:
Beautiful Dolls and
Ultra-Cool Fashions You
Create with Needle and
ThreadUsing this book,
readers will be able to
create truly customized
dolls - literally from
head (curly hair?
Straight?) to toe (ballet
slippers or sandals?).
Skin dyeing technique
alone will allow readers
to create a range of
ethnicities, and is
unlike anything in any
other book on the market.
The fashion templates
allow readers to start
creating simple fashions
immediately, but the
techniques give readers
the ability to start
their own fashion
designs.About the
AuthorEllen Lumpkin Brown
is a dollmaker,
businesswoman, pattern
designer, and author,
whose original felt dolls
are collected by doll
enthusiasts around the
country. She is the owner
of The Doll Loft, an
Internet shop for
custom-made dolls,
dollmaking kits and
patterns, and doll
clothing patterns.
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£9.94
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Food Displays:
Step-by-step Instructions
for More Than 40 Projects
(Dolls House
Do-it-yourself)This book
contains an extensive
selection of step-by-step
projects for making
miniature food items for
the 1/12 scale dolls
house. The
realistic-looking meals
range from simple fruit,
vegetables and bread to
celebration food and
banquets. A comprehensive
section, featuring the
step-by-step techniques
of working with polymer
clay, involves shaping
the clay, mixing
colours, texturing and
finally, baking it. The
necessary tools and
materials are also
detailed, as well as how
to put them to their most
effective use. Colour
photographs show the
finished items and
display ideas and
instruction are given,
from bread baskets to a
complete table setting.
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£4.80
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Bring characters from
your favourite stories to
life with creative
stitchery! This unique
guide to making cloth
dolls offers you patterns
from Dorothy from The
Wizard of Oz, Pollyanna
and Mary of The Secret
Garden plus assorted
clothes, pets and
accessories. Perfect for
beginners, this guide
includes 263 black and
white illustrations, an
eight page colour insert
and easy to follow
instructions.
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£10.79
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Dolls House Do It
Yourself: Carpets and
Rugs This book is all you
need to create beautiful
carpets and rugs of all
shapes, sizes and
designs, whatever the
size or period of the
house. The historical and
style details of each
piece are given, with
suggestions for where
each one could go in the
dolls house. There are 25
stitched projects, with
several variations based
on the originals. Each
project has a short
introduction explaining
the techniques used, and
ways of adapting the
design. There is a wide
selection of canvas sizes
and fabrics, with
stitches including tent
stitch, cross stitch and
a variety of other
stitches to cater for all
abilities. Charts for
alternative colour ways
or designs are regularly
included. All the designs
have symbol-on-colour
stitching charts, and
materials, tools and
techniques are fully
explained, accompanied
by step-by-step diagrams
and photographs.
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£5.98
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