How to Make Cloth Dolls

By: Horrox, Jan

Containing 6 wonderful step-by-step projects and ideas for many, many more, this highly practical guide to cloth doll making contains the best of Jan Horrox's previous titles: Introduction to Making Cloth Dolls and Making Fantasy Cloth Dolls.

Containing 6 wonderful step-by-step projects and ideas for many, many more, this highly practical guide to cloth doll making contains the best of Jan Horrox's previous titles: Introduction to Making Cloth Dolls and Making Fantasy Cloth Dolls.

The book is aimed at those who are new to doll making, as well as more experienced needlecrafters. Jan's beautiful dolls are exquisitely made, yet by breaking the process down into easy-to-follow steps, they become surprisingly easy to achieve. Full of character and life, Jan's dolls are made using a wide range of colourful fabrics, trims, ribbons and buttons and are ideal for using up scraps and oddments of materials.

There are clear, step-by-step instructions for making hands, feet and faces; how to make the hair; and how to needlesculpt and paint the exquisite faces to really bring your character to life. There are instructions for making webbed fingers and delicate fairy wings as well as a mermaid's tail. The book contains diagrams where needed, and useful templates for all the body pieces are supplied at the back of the book. With 6 projects to choose from, including fairies, wood nymphs, mermaids, an enigmatic witch and a steampunk doll with attitude, this book provides the means to make your own gorgeous doll, whatever your ability, and gives ideas and inspiration for many more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178221786X
• ISBN13: 9781782217862
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Search Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"