Building on the success of Jan Horrox's previous book Introduction to Making Cloth Dolls Jan's new book focuses on her exquisite fantasy dolls including beautiful fairies amazing mermaids an enigmatic witch & a steampunk doll with attitude These magical dolls are full of character & are amazingly easy to achieve with the help of this practical book Step-by-step instructions are provided for all the basic techniques including how to make the bodies heads arms legs hands & feet; how to make the hair; & how to needlesculpt & paint the exquisite faces to really bring your character to life There are instructions for making webbed fingers delicate fairy wings as well as a mermaid's tail & there are three easy-to-follow projects to put all your newly acquired skills into practice Jan encourages the reader to use their imagination & create dolls of their own & the alternative designs that accompany each project show how easily this can be done simply by changing the faces colours fabrics & embellishments used