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Enjoy optional size options and alternate fabric choices. This book will help you create a quilt that suits your needs in both size and fabric choices. Doll Quilts, Mini's & More is the perfect choice for no-risk purchasing. It allows the quilter to try miniatures with the option to make larger if they find it's not to their liking. There are seven different technique tutorials to improve and advance skills. Doll Quilts, Mini's & More is the perfect choice for the quilter not sure if they will l...

15 projects featuring more than 30 step-by-step amigurumi inspired by the works of William Shakespeare. Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio being published, this fabulous collection of creations ranges from the iconic Romeo and Juliet to Hamlet and the Ghost, and from the Three Witches from Macbeth to Bottom and Titania from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Not forgetting the one and only Woolliam Shakespeare himself. Each project features an introduction to...

Knit your own team of Olympic athletes and be a part of the blockbusting sporting event of 2012! Includes full instructions for how to knit the athletes alongside hilarious photos of them in action and how to customize them for your own team. Featuring 18 knitting patterns for athletes including Fiona the Fencer and Wayne the Weightlifter, The Olympknits is guaranteed to get you giggling while your needles are clicking. Step instructions mean that even novice knitters can get in on the action...

The 20 original designs in this book are based around tiny mechanical creatures, crobots, each with his or her own qualities and abilities: from Babybot, who is just growing into his silver suit; to Geisha, with her downcast gaze, blushing pink cheeks, and efficient demeanor; and Dogbot, the crobots' best friend, who sports a natty white face mask and a jauntily upright tail. With the attitude of creatures 10 times their size, these little dolls are only 3 or 4 inches high, and are finished with...

You don't have to be a doll maker...if you craft and sew, you'll love learning how to create a whimsical fairy, an impish elf, or a sweet pincushion girl. All four projects have head-to-toe instructions for fabric sculpting, expressive faces, perfect hair, cute clothes, and an abundance of accessories. Every captivating detail of your keepsake doll will be appreciated for years to come. A charming gallery of variations will inspire you to add personal flair to your creations. Perfect for both be...

This book is the most comprehensive how-to book about all aspects of doll-making, and serves as a reference and technique guide to making dolls in a wide variety of styles. Full-sized patterns are provided, plus artists' galleries for inspiration, and step-by-step directions with colour photographs, tools, materials, advice, tips and hints, from basic design to installing eyes and making accessories for your dolls – clothes, bags, hats, etc. – to painting them, posing them, stuffing and even bea...

More than 220 photos of works by over 50 dollmakers reveal the art’s dynamic scope. More than 220 color photos, together with descriptions of over fifty dollmakers’ richly varied works and techniques, make up this fascinating overview of the state of the dollmaking art. The diverse range of designs, styles and media—from plastic to wood, metal to found objects—serves as an inspiration, a reference, and a summary of the dollmaking world in the early 21st century. The doll artists f...

A step-by-step visual guide to making a lighthearted and charming collectible for the doll-lover in your life! Bring these endearing characters to life with patterns you can personalize for a chef, gardener, knitter, mother, scrapbooker, shopper, or lover of all things handmade. Learn face-painting techniques that make each doll unique.

Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: You are purchasing a print on demand edition of this book. This book is printed individually on uncoated (non-glossy) paper with the best quality printers available. The printing quality of this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated. The information presented in this version is the same as the latest edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages. If the pullout patterns...

Marilyn Monroe is a cultural icon, even more than 60 years after her death, and now, with the Unofficial Marilyn Monroe Book and Crochet Kit, you can turn Marilyn into an adorable keepsake crochet doll.The crochet instruction book includes everything you need to know to make your own amigurumi Marilyn doll. This mini Marilyn is styled in one of her signature outfits: the billowing white dress she wore over the subway grate in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch.The instruction book explains all th...