Beautiful Animal Dolls: Handcrafts to Treasure

by Miriam Gourley

Book Overview

"A simple, old-fashioned concept...Mother-daughter team Stone and Lowe have obviously perfected the how-tos... theirs begins by telling all-materials, tools, and the basic shaping and attachment instructions. There are more than 35 projects with dolls fashioned on zoo and farm creatures as well as anthropomorphic beings....Color photographs are plentiful."- Booklist.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806960884
• ISBN13: 9780806960883
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Chapelle
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Simple to make and a treasure to create.

This book holds all the patterns and details to make adorable animals with their clothes - not made of plastic or metal, just a little imagination and a little bit of time. A soft, stuffed animal can become something a child can hold and love and can become a treasure they'll never forget. Most likely too, they'll always remember who made it for them.

Pretty good, but not complete

This book includes patterns and details on how to make the animals. However it really doesn't discuss the fabric types used, and you can tell from the photos that they are using different fabric than quilting cotton. I do like that it has real size patterns for the animals and plenty of inspiration to go your own way. The clothing is always a bit difficult, and I find making the clothes for dolls so much harder than making the dolls. They just never fit right. This book didn't answer that question for me, but I still think its worth keeping in the craft collection if you are interested in animals.