Comments on: whiptips: online cloth dolls resources

By: Feral Beetle

Feral Beetle — Sat, 19 May 2007 01:18:56 +0000

Weir dolls, http://www.weirdolls.com/ , has the best supplies!

By: Wendi

Wendi — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:32:04 +0000

Anatomy of a Doll by Susanna Oroyan is the best book I’ve ever read on the subject. As I recall, it didn’t have any patterns but lots of descriptions of a variety of techniques – enough detail so that you can jump in and start creating right away. It’s also full of fabulous, inspiring photographs. She has another book too – I think it’s called Designing the Doll – that was also very good, but start with Anatomy of a Doll.

By: Tami

Tami — Thu, 17 May 2007 05:50:08 +0000

Two really good sources are http://www.clothdollconnection.com and http://www.dollstreetdreamers.com. Both are dedicated to primarily cloth doll designers and have links to online classes. I think there are also some free patterns listed on clothdollconnection. Making cloth dolls can become very addictive. You may even decide to join a doll club near you. Have fun! :-)

By: Heather Bailey

Heather Bailey — Thu, 17 May 2007 04:32:10 +0000

Oh my, my mother-in-law is the cloth doll goddess. She totally knows her stuff. And her stuffing too ; )

She carries some amazingly useful tools on her website. Some pretty obscure, including my personal favorite, The Stuffing Fork. That thing is the ideal tool for stuffing dolls.

She also has some turning tools, flesh-colored fabrics (nothing insipid) and the needles and thread you use for sculpting or attaching eyes or whatnot. She’s written books on how to do cloth doll faces (”Let’s Face It”) and how to do all sorts of doll hair (”Big Fat Hairy Deal”).

If that’s not enough, you can always email her from her blog with questions. Here are her links…

Tools & Instructions:
https://shop.epbdolls.net/splashPage.hg

Elinor Peace Bailey’s Blog:
http://www.epbdolls.typepad.com/

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 17 May 2007 04:21:58 +0000

Simmy has a great tutorial on Waldorf dolls and there are links to others’ photos of their dolls. http://simmy.typepad.com/echoesofadream/2006/10/basic_instructi.html

Have fun!

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:41:48 +0000

This is a great selection of links to free patterns and tips

http://www.clothdollconnection.com/FreePatterns.html

This website also has some great patterns, but they can be a little complicated.

http://dollmaker.nunodoll.com/