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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Note on Table: This list is not complete. She has a very detailed Table of Contents that makes it easy to find exactly the instruction you're looking for page by page. I've only given the main headings for each chapter here.
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE
- FELT APLIQUES
- CHAPTER TWO
- SIMPLE PATTERNS, DARTING ABOUT
- CHAPTER THREE
- COMPLEX PATTERNS
- CHAPTER FOUR
- MAKE A FACE
- CHAPTER FIVE
- FAIRY MARIONETTES
- CHAPTER SIX
- SCALE DOLLS
- SOURCES
Title: DOLLMAKING: THEORY and PRACTICE VOLUME TWO: CLOTH DOLLMAKING (an expanding notebook)
Author: Antonette Cely
Publication Date: Binder:1993
Publisher: Self-published
Page Count: 115, plus pattern pages in back
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 8 1/2" x 11"
ISBN: None
PATTERN RATING:
. Ms. Cely gives 6 different cloth doll style patterns in the binder I purchased - the title page hinted that there may be more supplements floating around out there that are not in the copy I purchased. The patterns are well laid out and very well marked with Grainline arrows and instructions - but like most doll patterns, lack seam allowances, since working small you tend not to cut out till you're done stitching. That is my only complaint about the book, and I am well aware I'm swimming against the tide on this small point!
INSTRUCTION RATING:
. Ms. Cely's instructions are top notch. They are heavily illustrated and broken down into painstaking detail. There are no places where I could insert "then a miracle happens" in the three chapters I've read so far!
MECHANICS RATING:. Since this book is about teaching cloth dollmaking to beginners, and I think it faithfully completes its mission, Ms. Cely gets the rare full five stars in this category. She made an instruction manual that is useful to own.