Here's another childhood favorite! Since it was first published in 1957, this book has established itself as a unique children's classic. I think it's because of the fascinating photographic illustrations. The detail in each picture captures a child's imagination, making the doll and teddy bears come alive! This is the story of Edith, a lonely doll, that hopes one day to find a friend. Mister Bear and Little Bear move in as an answer to her prayers -- and the fun begins. Any child who makes believe with dolls and stuffed toys will love this book.
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Edith and Mr. Bear
by Dare Wright
Paperback, 32 pages
Another in this delightful series, first published in 1964. In this story, someone has broken Mr. Bear's clock. "I didn't," said Little Bear. Edith opened her mouth to say, "I did it," but the words didn't come. The time for truth passes and Edith has to live with her feelings of guilt and uncertainty. Children are intrigued with this story because they can relate to Edith's dilemma and are pleased when all is resolved. All of the Lonely Doll books are wonderful and will be remembered long after you close the cover.
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A Gift From the Lonely Doll
By Dare Wright
Paperback, 32 pages
I am thrilled to offer this reprinted edition of a delightful Christmas story about a little girl doll that knits (and knit and knits) the perfect scarf for all of her friends! I adore all of the Lonely Doll books, but this was the first to attract my attention when it was given to me as a gift when I was 9-years old. It remains the all-time favorite from my childhood! In this age of color, the beautifully detailed black-and-white photographs lends a certain realism and timelessness to the story. I was certain then, and still believe the Lonely Doll and her Teddy Bear companions are alive and well! Highly recommended for children ages 3 and older.
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Fairies: Petal People You Make Yourself
A Book and Kit by Rachel Haab
Create a garden full of your own enchanted Flower Fairies with this wonderful kit and illustrated instruction book. The kit includes everything you need to make a dozen darling sprites: wooden beads, wire, faux petals, embroidery floss, colored pencils and more. The spiral-bound book explains the creation process step-by-step, including how to make faces and hair, plus many examples and ideas for your own designs. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
This delightful story about a little girl and her dolls was originally published in 1949 and retains the innocence of that age in children’s literature. In the story, Mary’s father is a sea captain who takes long trips across the ocean, bringing back a doll from each journey. Soon Mary is the mother of six dolls from all over the world, but she wishes for a seventh to become her “Sunday doll.” So she sets off to the dollmaker and the result is Mary’s surprise doll that is as original as she is! This sweet story will captivate the heart of any young girl who plays with and loves her dolls. Recommended for ages 3-8.
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The Nature Corner: Celebrating the Year's Cycle With a Seasonal Tableau
by M. V. Leeuwen and J. Moeskops
Paperback, 88 pages, with diagrams & colorful photographs
Whether you have a Seasonal Table or not, you will find this to be a valuable addition to your craft library. First published in Dutch, and now available in English, this translation is a joy to read. The photographs alone are inspiring! Learn to make small dolls, animals, gnomes, objects in nature, and more. The instructions are well written, often giving more than one method for completing a project. Sewing, knitting, dollmaking -- this book has it all!
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Making More Flower Children
By Sybille Adolphi
Paperback, 88 pages with full-size patterns
From buttercups to blackberries and poppies to mistletoe, this beautifully illustrated book contains the patterns, color photographs and clear instructions for making a broad range of small flower children dolls for the dollhouse or nature corner. This sequel to the ever-popular Making Flower Children includes all the basic instructions and offers an entirely new set of flower children to create. The projects are arranged by season and are so adorable you’ll want to make them all!
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Making Fairy Tale Scenes
By Sybille Adolphi
Paperback, 93 pages
Bring the magic of classic fairy tales to life! This book provides instructions and patterns for felting a variety of figures and settings from Grimm’s wonderful stories, including Cinderella, Hansel & Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Directions for both needle felting and traditional wet felting are given. The color photographs are marvelous and highly motivating for either a skilled or beginning felter.
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Sewing Dolls
By Karin Neuschutz
Paperback, 110 pages
Small dolls, baby dolls, baggy dolls, knitted dolls, button-jointed dolls and so much more! This book is an invaluable guide for sewing a wide range of Waldorf-style dolls and their clothes. It has easy projects for beginners to the dollmaking process, as well as more advanced dolls for the skilled dollmaker. This book includes all patterns and up-to-date techniques for shaping the head and body, plus offers a variety of methods for applying and styling the hair. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in learning to sew their own cloth dolls. The delightful color photographs will inspire you to create them all!
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with examples of dolls made from this CD-ROM.
NOTE: A computerized embroidery
machine is required to make these dolls.
Fabrics are not included.
Sprites
A dollmaking CD-ROM for Embroidery Machines
Be your own doll designer and create posable fairy dolls for all seasons! This multi-format CD-ROM includes "stitch in the hoop" embroidery designs for making an adult doll and a baby or girl fairy doll, plus a wide variety of clothing designs and wings! After stitching out designs on your computerized embroidery machine, simply cut & lightly stuff with poly-fill or pipe cleaners, then assemble and dress your doll by hand. The design possibilities are endless! By choosing different fabric colors, you can create fairies with any skin tone or hair color and outfits for all seasons. Excellent step-by-step instructions with photos are included on the CD-ROM. The formats included are ART, HUS, JEF, PCS, PES and VIP. A 5x7" hoop is required for the adult doll and a 4x4" hoop is required for the baby doll. Finished sizes are approximately 7½” tall adult and 4¼” tall baby or girl fairy.
