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a Most Important Tool I Could Not Work Without-Tracing Paper

a Most Important Tool I Could Not Work Without-Tracing Paper

Great tracing paper! Great tracing paper has to be sturdy enough to pin without tearing, to use over and over, ...
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Tweezers-- Another Absolute Essential for Sewing Doll Clothes

Tweezers– Another Absolute Essential for Sewing Doll Clothes

Click picture to  enlarge When sewing doll clothes, you can be dealing with very small pieces-- for example the sleeve ...
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One More Book for Learning About Period Dolls

One More Book for Learning About Period Dolls

Are you a fan, or collector, or just asked to sew heirloom quality dresses for early 20th century antique bisque ...
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Important Machine for Beautiful Doll Dresses

Important Machine for Beautiful Doll Dresses

I hope you are not bored with the machines I describe. Without the serger with the tiny rolled hem, I ...
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More Dolls' Clothes Research

More Dolls’ Clothes Research

Collector's Book of Dolls' Clothes: Costumes in Miniature, 1700-1929 This book (the title is a link to where you can ...
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Another Great Research Resource Especially for Composition Dolls

Another Great Research Resource Especially for Composition Dolls

Collectible Dolls and Accessories  of the Twenties and Thirties from Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog If you are just getting ...
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How Should My Antique Doll be Dressed?

How Should My Antique Doll be Dressed?

To do Heirloom quality doll clothes, the first thing you need to know is how your doll should be dressed ...
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Silk Ribbons for Your Antique Doll Dresses

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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The Cording Foot

The Cording Foot

The cording foot is another tool I use a lot. The Cording Foot allows you to attach thin cording, yarn, ...
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A Bodkin--- Do You Need One?

A Bodkin— Do You Need One?

I didn't have one for many, many years. Half a century or more. Who needs that? I can do it ...
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Doll Repair & Restoration Seminars

Now offering  more than one kind of seminar - Call Rubie at 1-214-403-7077 to decide which seminar is best for your goals. Full seminar, antique dolls to modern, including china and bisque dolls, includes cloth, papier Mache, and other … Get Details!

Doll Repair & Restoration Seminars

Doll Repair and Restoration Seminars — not a hobby, a lifetime career!

Now offering  more than one kind of seminar - Call Rubie at 1-214-403-7077 to decide which seminar is best for your goals. Full seminar, antique dolls to modern, including china and bisque dolls, includes cloth, papier Mache, and other

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Doll Repair – Stringing

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About the Lace I Am Putting On….

Because of illness, I am liquidating  a 70 year accumulation of fabrics, trims and goodies in my sewing room. I am unable to sell by the yard as there is simply too much of it!  So all items will be … [Read More...]

Queen Anne Dolls

Since I am not actually in the doll business but am offering these for sale,  I feel I need to share the whole story with my customers. Many years ago I bought a collection of old dolls, and in the collection was a carved wooden Queen Anne doll from … More...

Frequently Asked Questions

Joann…I feel stupid but I can not tell the grain on material… You said it really matters that it is cut right.. If you get a chance explain to me how to tell.. I appreciate your time.. Looking forward to trying the patterns you just sent me but afraid

Hi Mary, sorry it is confusing for you.  Here is a picture of a bolt of fabric telling how to tell … [Read More...]

I have an antique doll by Lena Schwartz. How do I sell it?

I am sorry, I have been out of the doll business for almost 20 years and all the dealers I knew have … [Read More...]

What Makes a Doll Antique or Vintage

Before eBay set their own ideas for what is antique or vintage, a doll to be considered vintage had … [Read More...]

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