Making and Dressing a Rag Doll

By Suzy Ives

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877492484
• ISBN13: 9780877492481
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Drake Publishers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

How to make a Mod ragdoll!

This is a smallish book, focusing on one particular kind of long-legged rag doll. Several variations of hairstyle and facial features are shown. The book was published in 1972, and the doll does have an early-70's look, with her large eyes fringed with Twiggy-style eyelashes. The "modern-day" outfits are charmingly "mod," too--mini dresses with daisy trim, a maxi skirt and peasant blouse topped with a maxi-length sleeveless vest ("waistcoat," if you're British). There are several period costumes too--an Edwardian blouse to go with the long skirt, a long Romantic ballet tutu, a Regency-style dress (think "Sense and Sensibility)...The patterns are half-sized, shown on a grid, and step-by-step instructions are given, with clear illustrations. Each outfit is shown in a clear line drawing, and each drawing features a different hairstyle and face. I like the variety of historical costumes; even if I don't make the doll using the pattern given, I can adapt the outfits to the dolls we have at our house. I like books I can learn from. And I love the doll, with her fabulous eyelashes!