An edition of Dolls to Make for Fun and Profit
(1938)
Dolls to make for fun and profit
[Rev. ed.]
by Edith Flack Ackley
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A beautiful book of patterns and instructions for making beautiful old-fashioned cloth dolls and beautiful wardrobes for them.
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First Sentence
"A Letter To Whoever Opens this Book. This book is to help you to have some of the fun that I have had in making dolls."
Table of Contents
A Letter to Whoever Opens this Book page xi
The Baby Doll page 1
A Little Girl Doll page 23
A Little Boy Doll page 45
The Large Doll page 50
Dressing An Old-Fashioned Doll page 54
A Clown page 67
A Gypsy page 75
Doll-House Dolls page 80
Character and Costume Dolls page 93
Hats and Jackets page 108
Portrait Dolls page 124
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This vintage how-to book is a favourite with dollmakers and collectors. The book provides patterns and instructions for several stuffed dolls and their clothes, including a baby doll, little girl or boy, large doll in Victorian dress, costume dolls, and a family of dollhouse dolls. Patterns are full-sized and traceable. The book is illustrated with line drawings by Ackley's daughter, Telka Ackley.
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| September 18, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| August 4, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
| December 14, 2009 | Edited by WorkBot | link works |
| March 4, 2009 | Edited by 75.92.23.179 | Added copyright date, added first sentence, description, and table of contents. |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from Scriblio MARC record |