Many factors come into play when you are looking for or creating heirloom quality doll dresses. One of the most important factors is using the right fabrics, trims and embellishments! Because we only use appropriate fabrics, trims and embellishments in the creation of the heirloom quality doll dresses we sell, we frequently refer to these details in our product descriptions. Over the years I have gotten many emails asking about these terms and what they mean.

Here you can find free information about the fabrics, trims and embellishments we use as well as premium (subscribers only) articles on how to properly select and use materials in the creation of your own heirloom quality doll clothes.

Silk Ribbons for Your Antique Doll Dresses

I never use anything but pure silk ribbon on doll dresses for dolls made before 1940-- unless I get lucky ...
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Who Is the Cissy Doll?

Many of my dress customers are enchanted by and collect the dolls of their childhood, and for a goodly portion, ...
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How I Made This Patsy Dress

I made this Patsy dress   using my basic Patsy pattern that is for sale here. The pattern is also ...
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Silks for Heirloom Doll Dresses

Silk is always a choice for dresses for antique dolls-- whether dolls from the 1700s or from the 1930s-- there ...
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More About Cotton Fabrics for Heirloom Doll Dresses

I don't want to bore you  with post after post of types of cotton-- there are many more than the ...
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Button or Snap Foot for Your Machine

This foot is another that helps me cut the time on sewing so I can afford to sell dresses at ...
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Dimity Fabric– What is it

Dimity is another  fabric that has been made since the 1800s--- it is  the weave that gives it its name ...
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Fabric for Heirloom Doll Dresses–Taffeta

Rayon taffeta was a popular fabric for "fancy" clothes, first gaining popularity in the 1920s and during the depression, because ...
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Doll Dress Embellishments

There are so many embellishments that it would take way too much time and space to list them all, so ...
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Heirloom Doll Dress– Cotton Lawn

Lawn is another cotton favorite for doll dresses for  dolls made before 1960, but even more appropriate for those made before ...
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