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Learn to create your own tiny figures and accessories using wool felt, chenille stems, simple embellishments, and Salley's new step-by-step guide. Ideal for dollmakers, quilters, embroiderers, and crafters of every skill level.

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Salley Mavor is an award-winning children's book illustrator and the owner of Wee Folk Studio, She lives in Falmouth, MA.

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This book is about sewing by hand in a playful, fanciful way, with an eye toward the natural world. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Create beautiful little dolls - but careful, it's addictive!, April 25 2010

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eci (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Felt Wee Folk: Enchanting Projects (Paperback)

I bought this book because I wanted to make some of Salley Mavor's fairy dolls for my daughter's birthday. Little did I know I was going to get addicted! 13 fairies and one royal family later, and I've still got more ideas!

This is a really wonderful craft book - the actual dolls are quite straightforward, once you learn how they are constructed, with infinite possibilities for creative embellishment. I appreciate how many different little people are included in the book, with patterns for all sorts of different clothing variations and lots of pictures for inspiration. There are also instructions for a variety of doll sizes, from a tiny 1 1/2" baby to the largest doll, 4".

I found the instructions easy to follow after I made the first doll - as another reviewer points out, the instructions are kind of scattered around the book, so the first doll takes a bit of time. After that, however, they are all made basically the same way, so it becomes much easier to follow.

One small drawback is that Mavor is very attached to using acorns as hats for the fairies - I would have liked more non-acorn head covering options, especially as acorns are scarce in many places! There are a few non-acorn hats scattered through the patterns, but you have to find them and there aren't many pictures of those dolls.

I am unimpressed by the non-doll projects included in the book, and probably won't make any of those. However, since I bought the book for the doll making instructions, this isn't a big deal to me.

All in all, if you want to make wee little bendable dolls that are absolutely adorable, I highly recommend this book!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great for all ages; could use some reorganization, April 6 2004

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Melissa (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Felt Wee Folk: Enchanting Projects (Paperback)

I received this book for my birthday, and one of the first things that struck me was the universality of the projects. I immediately found myself showing others the book! There are projects specifically for children, and a child I know who usually rushes through projects wanted to make more and more and more "little people"...she just couldn't get enough, and my almost-60 mom has become obsessed with looking for "silk" flowers for fairy projects! For anyone interested in miniatures, the book is excellent. The dolls do seem a bit fragile, but I think the ones wrapped in embroidery thread could be "reinforced" with glue if meant for children.

The bad news about the book is its disorganization. The author admits she has a hard time putting concepts into directions for others, and this is noticeable within the book. There is a lot of page turning which must take place, and sometimes you will forget where you read certain instructions and where you must turn to get them. In making one project (I'll randomly choose a 3 1/2" fairy), you must find instructions on pages 29-30, 25, 34, and 36. Not necessarily in that order, and often needing to turn to these pages more than once! There is a lot of flipping around involved, which can be frustrating when the instructions aren't all in one spot and you have your hands full of craft materials that you're afraid to set down lest the embroidery thread unravel or the glue come unfixed.

Also, the instructions about how to do certain stitches (basically one illustration each, with no accompanying text) are confusing and really not helpful. In other places there is also not enough textual instruction on how to connect certain things; the jester's hat and clothing (two pieces of felt, without instructions on how to connect them) is one that comes to mind offhand.

I'd give it five stars if not for the disorganization and lack of instructions, but I think most people would find these both frustrating. Nevertheless, no one should pass this book up just because of these problems. Just go into it knowing they are things you might encounter. Once you figure out how to do the projects you won't need to flip around for instructions, and can probably overlook the author's instruction oversights and disorganization. After all, most of us artists/crafters can identify with that!

It's definitely a great book, and loads of fun. After already completing three projects, I nevertheless can't wait to try many more.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected., Jan 17 2004

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This review is from: Felt Wee Folk: Enchanting Projects (Paperback)

Given Sally Mavor's fame as a 3-D storyboard artist, this one is a disappointment. There's nothing in it on making the type of wood and fabric storyboards seen in books she illustrates. Just endless tiny fairies which, basically, all look alike. Cute, but without the lush outdoor backgrounds against which they were photographed, they're uninspiring.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Arts and Crafts Book
This book is bursting with detailed photos of projects that are sure to inspire the creation of your own wee folk dolls and crafts. Read more

Published on April 9 2003 by amy_secrest

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
One of the best books published. Sally Mavor shares her best ideas for designing whimsical characters and shows how to display them to their full advantage. Read more

Published on April 3 2003