The Doll's Dressmaker: The Complete Pattern Book

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Summary: Great for experienced sewers
Review: I first checked the book from the public library and liked it so much I bought it. It has patterns for all sizes and types of dolls (baby, fashion, toddler). The instructions are clear and the illustrations are beautiful. Even has a chapter on shoes and accessories. I believe this book is indispensable for anyone sewing for dolls.

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Summary: The Dolls DressMaker by Venus A. Doge
Review: The Dolls Dressmaker Book is the most complete pattern book I have ever found. It includes everything one could want to dress their doll. Clothes, underwear, accessories, hats, shoes. Excellent instruction information on assembly, mix-n-match pieces. Great rcommendations of trims, laces, etc. All full size patterns grouped by size, easy access in back of book.
I Very Highly recommend.

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Summary: If you only had one doll dressing book, this should be it.
Review: The subtitle of 'The Dolls Dressmaker' by Venus A.Dodge is The Complete Pattern Book. The subtitle says it all. This comprehensive guide to making antique reproduction to modern baby-doll clothes has interchangable pattern pieces. Therefore, any of the dresses or other clothing items can use almost any style sleeve, collar or bodice in any length. The photographs of her beautifully executed examples, make you want to re-dress every doll you own. The patterns fit the dolls that they are intended for. This book allows the experienced and novice seamstress to make just the right frock. I highly reccomend this book

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Summary: The best all-around costuming book I've seen!
Review: This book has a vast areae' of the most wonderful doll clothes. It has complete accurate sizrd patterns for the various size dolls. It has several period dresses to the more modern styles. I highly recommend this book for everyone who wants to make doll
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Summary: The Dolls DressMaker by Venus A. Doge
Review: This is perhaps the best and most comprehensive book on making clothing for dolls. The sewer is limited only by his or her imagination. Clothing is for the child type doll body and includes many extras such as hats, bags, etc. I highly recommend this book to anyone who sews for dolls.

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Summary: A Must for The Doll Costumer
Review: This is perhaps the best and most comprehensive book on making clothing for dolls. The sewer is limited only by his or her imagination. Clothing is for the child type doll body and includes many extras such as hats, bags, etc. I highly recommend this book to anyone who sews for dolls.

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Summary: Ms. Dodge helps you make your doll the envy of the playroom.
Review: Venus Dodge's lavishly illustrated *The Doll's Dressmaker* is more than a collection of sewing, knitting, and crochet patterns: it's also a how-to book suitable for both experts and beginners, as well as a good read. The book is clearly organized in sections for every conceivable item of clothing, from diapers, underwear, shirts, dresses, and pants to sweaters, shawls, hats, shoes, and trimmings. Patterns are given for dolls from 11 to 25 inches. Want to make a puff-sleeved, round-collared, full-skirted dress for an 18" doll? You simply take the doll's measurements, compare them to those of the appropriate pattern pieces, and put the elements together, guided at every step by Dodge's crystal-clear instructions. She includes every possible bodice style, sleeve, collar, cuff, and skirt, tells you how to sew each, then sets you free to combine them however and in whatever fabrics you wish. For the uncertain sewer, she suggests suitable fabrics; often, she bases her suggestions on what would be historically accurate for a given style. That so many styles are possible makes this book an excellent bargain. With Dodge's patterns, one may duplicate ready-made doll's clothes, including that sold in upscale catalogs, at a fraction of the price, and, with fabric store remnants, in much better fabrics. One can even duplicate a child's clothing so she and "dollie" can dress alike! I've had this book for a couple of years, used it many times, and can honestly say that my daughters' dolls are better-dressed than I am.