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Porcelain Doll Making 
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  • by Debra Anderson & Peter Bell


Step-by-step instructions and colour photos to create a doll from beginning to end.  For modern and antique reproduction dollmakers who want to create tomorrow's heirlooms.  Excellent book for the dollmaker who wants to know it all.  38 pages.

  • £9.95     


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Creating Clothes for French Dolls 
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by Joan Nerini

Creative Dressmaking for French Dolls contains sewing patterns to make four outfits in two sizes to fit 20" and 24" reproduction antique French dolls.  Hints and ideas to use these interchangeable patterns in many ways.  Hats as well as underwear.  20 pages of pattern pieces.  Full length colour photographs show eight dolls modelling the clothes.   A4 portrait size. 40 pages plus pattern pieces.  

  • £24.00


BKCCFD - ISBN 0 9512835 6 1

Knitted & Crochet Dresses for Dolls 
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by Joan Nerini

This book contains patterns in knitting and crochet using fine knitting needles and cotton or wool yarn to fit small all-bisque dolls as well as dolls up to 15" (38cm) in height.  Full length colour photographs of the dolls are included while close-up colour photography highlights the variety of stitches used in these projects.  Anne Lim also contributed her costuming skills with several crochet dress and hat patterns.  A4 portrait size.  40 pages.  

  • £18.00


BKKCDD - ISBN 0 9512835 7 X

Creating Clothes for Dolls 
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by Joan Nerini

Creating Dolls for Clothes is more than just a handbook on dressmaking techniques, it is a complete course in creating original clothes for your dolls.  It contains a wealth of information, especially applicable
to the small scale of doll dressmaking, with illustrations and clear diagrammatic line drawings to help you find the answers to the many questions you are likely to ask about dressing dolls: measure your doll correctly; obtain that perfect fit with step-by-step guide to pattern alteration; create and design your own patterns; select and use antique and modern fabrics, lace and trimmings; construct dolls clothes simply, as well as understand the intricacies of period doll costuming to achieve that authentic look.  A4 landscape size. 107 pages.

  • £12.00


BKCCD - ISBN 0 9512835 0 2

Little Dolls Clothes 
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by Joan Nerini

This book contains a collection of 32 garments forming eight complete outfits for all-bisque dolls shown on the front and back covers, as well as a full length photograph of each doll inside.  Also included are sewing patterns and full instructions to make these garments.  A5 landscape size. 52 pages.

  • £8.50


BKLDC - ISBN 0 9512835 4 5

Socks for Dolls 
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by Joan Nerini

A collection  of ten knitting patterns based on original doll's socks of the 19th Century.  Full instructions for making each style of sock and colour photographs of each design.  A5 landscape size. 40 pages.

  • £7.50


BKSFD - ISBN 0 9512835 2 9

Trimmings for Doll 
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by Joan Nerini

This book contains decorative trimmings of Victorian originals and small reproductions in sizes suitable for trimming reproduction antique dolls' clothes.  The book contains colour photographs which show the Victorian originals held in a gloved hand and the reproduction trimmings indicated by a doll's.  A5 landscape size. 40 pages.

  • £7.50


BKTFD - ISBN 0 9512835 3 7

Clothes for Little Bears 
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by Joan Nerini

Contains both sewing and knitting patterns and detailed making up instructions for 32 garments to fit these Smaller Teddy bears.  There are full length colour photographs of the bears dressed in their new clothes.  A5 landscape size. 56 pages.

  • £9.50


BKCLB - ISBN 0 9512835 5 3

Doll Artworks Dolls 
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This book is essential for all modern dollmakers.  It shows Doll Artworks massive range of doll moulds, compatibility charts for the different shoulder plates and limbs that can be used on different head moulds.  Over 450 pages showing moulds, patterns, etc.  The catalogue gives china paint colours to use for many of Doll Artworks dolls.

  • £20.00

Dear Dolly Aral is full line distributor for Doll Artworks molds and products.



BKDAWCAT

Byron Doll Mold Catalogue 
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This full colour book is essential for all antique reproduction dollmakers.  It shows Byrons massive range of doll, body and accessory molds, compatibility charts for the different heads and bodies.  Sizes for body moulds in papier mache and porcelain.

  • £4.95

Dear Dolly Aral is full line distributor for Byron molds and products.



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Bell Mold Catalogue 
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This full colour book shows Bells Gold Marque, Regular and Antique mold ranges, plus porcelain slip, china paints and dress & body patterns.

  • £4.00

Dear Dolly Aral is full line distributor for Bell molds and products.



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