"Costume Dolls and How to Make Them",
by Winifred M. Craven
This is a CD copy of the vintage book of costume doll patterns,"Costume Dolls and How to Make Them", by Winifred M. Craven
It was published in London,
England in 1962 by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. This book has been carefully scanned
to a CD, maintaining the historic flavor of this publication.
A quote from the Introduction of this book:
"People who have an urge
to collect dolls may also be inspired to make them. There could hardly be a more
interesting or inexpensive hobby for the needlewoman who is also something of an artist,
traveller, historian, or observant connoisseur, or who, living away from towns, watches
television with interest. Each pursuit provides ideas for making dolls."
No difficult shaped patterns are needed for making the dolls described in this book.
Both bodies and clothes are made from straight pieces, with very few simple deviations
from this rule, a fact which should surely give courage to the beginner, and no wood-work
or metal-work intrudes into this woman's sphere. The clothes are sewn to the bodies;
there is no dressing and undressing; that is left to purists in needlework. Many amusing
and strange expedients are used to obtain a successful effect; indeed, "effect" is the
desired aim, and attention should be centred on the main lines of the body and dress.
Remember, they are dolls and, a little exaggeration of their characteristics is no
defect and much to be preferred to a casual or popular fancy-dress edition. A museum
exhibit or faithful portrait usually provides better detail than a fashion book.
A fairly wide choice of characters is shown, from Henry VIII and his daughter Elizabeth I,
to the African woman with her basket of oranges. In planning these dolls every effort
has been made to eliminate unnecessary trouble and obtain the greatest effect easily,
both in bodies and clothes. I hope that the directions for making these highly decorative
little figures will lead to the production of a far wider range than is shown here."
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Materials
How to Make and Display Dolls
Queen Elizabeth I
King Henry VIII
Queen Victoria
Elizabeth Woodville--Wife of King
Edwward IV
King Charles II
Nell Gwyn
The Infanta Margarita Teresa
The Tower
Warder
Ballet Dancers (The Swan--Giselle--Swanilda
The Giraffe-necked Women of
Padaung
An African Girl
Chinese Coolie
An Indian Woman
Patrician Lady of
Old Venice
Lemon-Seller of Venice Today
Eskimo Women
More Dolls for Future
Making
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