I bring you a fabulous and unique idea from the 304 pages of the jam-packed-everything-you-need-to-make-fabulous-dolls book Creative Cloth Doll Collection: A Complete Guide to Creating Figures, Faces, Clothing, Accessories, and Embellishments. Want to win a copy of this book? Leave a comment or a link to your blog (see instructions at the bottom of the post) by midnight ET on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 and you are in the running!
Click on this page from Creative Cloth Doll Collection to enlarge and read about Maeve, a doll created by Rosie Francis and the unique material steel wool (Brillo) that she used to create a shrug and hair.
So if you like making dolls or want to get started in this great craft, grab yourself a copy of:
Creative Cloth Doll Collection:
A Complete Guide to Creating Figures, Faces, Clothing, Accessories, and Embellishments
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This book is a compilation of the first four of Patti Medaris Culea's bestselling books: Creative Cloth Doll Making, Creative Cloth Doll Faces, Creative Cloth Doll Couture, and Creative Cloth Doll Beading.
This comprehensive book guides readers through all the basics of creating cloth figures, with step-by-step fully illustrated instruction. Readers get complete patterns to create several styles of dolls, many with interchangeable parts. The book provides methods for creating beautiful faces, hair, garments, clothing, and supplies instruction in a wide variety of surface design techniques including dyeing, painting, stamping, beading, applique, hand and machine embroidery, image transfers, using Tyvek, and more. There is also a gallery of doll designs by other leading doll artists, all made using the patterns from the book!
To enter to win a copy of this book you can do 2 things!
First, you can leave a comment in the comments section.
Second, you can leave a link to your blog featuring your latest creativity. If you haven't used this feature before it is super easy and super cool!!!
All you do is:
1. Click on the red "Click to enter" below and fill in the clearly labeled boxes!
2. Copy and past the blog link in the first box, write a 25 character title, choose an image from the post (web), and you're done!
3. Soooo easy and we all get to see! Plus, you are entered to win a fun book too!
Try it!
I have seen and love this book. Who ever wins will be very happy!
Posted by: sherelyn n | March 23, 2011 at 01:47 PM
I would love to be entered in the drawing but don't have a blog. This is a book I have been wanting. You can reach me at [email protected] in case my name is drawn.
Posted by: Tere Pet | March 23, 2011 at 02:00 PM
Please enter me in the drawing for this wonderful book...
[email protected]
http://pennykitz.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Penny Kitzmiller | March 23, 2011 at 02:42 PM
Patti was just on Mark Lipinski's Creative Mojo radio show today. I'd love to win this book.
Posted by: Rebecca | March 23, 2011 at 03:03 PM
Oooooo what an interesting and inspiring book! I'd love to win! Thanks for the chance.
Doreen aka LuniLadi
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Posted by: Doreen Cosenza | March 23, 2011 at 04:45 PM
Would be great to win a copy of this publication! Sorry I don't have a blog to share...
Posted by: www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlFhQ2dPQaJl5wcucRY4KDTFo-lzKv0l8o | March 23, 2011 at 07:17 PM
Hi,
I have read many really good things about Ms. Culea's previous doll books. To know find out they have all been combined in a compilation is AWESOME! I'm a wanting me a copy ASAP!
Posted by: Yvonne | March 23, 2011 at 10:25 PM
Patti's dolls are so amazing and her wonderful instructions make it easy to want to jump in and make a beautiful doll. Even those of us who have doll making experience can learn a thing or two from Patti's techniques!
Lotus
[email protected]
Posted by: Lotus Vele | March 24, 2011 at 12:39 PM
What a cool tool that linky thing is!
I'm going to check out some of the other thumbnails.
Posted by: Eileen | March 25, 2011 at 12:45 PM
What a great book -- thanks for the chance to win a copy! :)
Happy creating,
Birgit
Posted by: Birgit | March 25, 2011 at 05:49 PM