
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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 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?
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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