Creating & Crafting Dolls: Patterns, Techniques, and Inspiration for Making Cloth Dolls (Craft Kale Idoscope)
A good basic introduction to the fundamentals of dollmaking,Creating &  Crafting Dollsexplains how to sew dolls from your own fabrics or make them from  purchased blank bodies. Beginners and novices will learn how to utilize two easy patterns  to construct simple but charming doll bodies, and how to adorn them with a variety of  hairstyles, facial features, clothing, and accessories. (A number of patterns are included  for the clothing and accessories.) Though a bit plain-looking--mostly text augmented with  line drawings--the procedures are clearly explained and the book contains 14 full-color  spreads showing photographs of many different versions of the basic dolls. Unlike other  dollmaking books aimed at the art-doll audience, the results of the techniques covered in  this book are dolls that can actually be played with by children.