
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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Cording Foot
The cording foot is another tool I use a lot. The Cording Foot allows you to attach thin cording, yarn, ...

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 ...