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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION TO OUR METHODOLOGY
- THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT
- Figures, Body Considerations, Heads, Torso, Neck, Boobs, Belly Button, Arms, Hands, Legs, Feet
- INITIAL DESIGN
- REFINING THE DESIGN
- Head, Torso, Arms and Hands, Legs and Feet, Boobs, Size
- DESIGNING AND SEWING
- Heads, Torso, Gussets, Arms, Legs, Feet
- ASSEMBLY
- Arms and Legs: The "X" Method, The Botton Method, Sewing in Place, Mushing Together; Head
- ANIMALS
- Heads, Torso, Paws and Claws, Tails, Designing, Refining, Sewing and Assembling
- IN THE END
- OTHER BOOKS AND ITEMS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
- APPENDIX A: CUTTING OUT AND SEWING
- APPENDIX B: TURNING AND STUFFING
INSTRUCTION RATING:
. This is a basic guidebook to design, and the instructions are for true beginners. The instructions are easy to follow, and there's a nice short bibliography in back for further reading.
BONUS MECHANICS RATING:. This book was all about the mechanics of doll and toy-making. It covers the basics pretty well, but lost stars for not covering any advanced techniques, and for the simplicity of the illustrations. I really wanted more pictorial detail.