Period & Contemporary: Patterns for Fashion Dolls: Amazon.ca: Hazel McMahon: Books

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At last, a new pattern book that brings to life a century of fashion highlights! Filled with over fifteen ensembles, each costume is complimented with historically researched accessories. The 200 colour photographs show the reader how styles have evolved throughout the century. This book includes designs from the Edwardian era, the Roaring Twenties, and outfits right out of the 21st century. Rated according to difficulty, basic sewers need not be intimidated and can be inspired to even bigger projects. Each pattern also includes directions as to how it can be embellished for the more accomplished sewer.

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Hazel McMahon

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5.0 out of 5 stars Forget those paper patterns, Jun 25 2002

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Mrs Carol Clark (Worcestershire, England) - See all my reviews

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I bought this title because I enjoy making outfits for Gene and Madra. In the past I have mainly used patterns by leading manafacturers, which by the time you have bought two or three you would have paid for this book which gives you lots more designs to choose from.
After reading the reveiws of others, I thought I'd give it a try.
The book gives you plenty of ideas and you can adapt pattern pieces together to create an outfit all of your own. It also gives you tips on making accessories and suppliers of items needed to complete your outfit.
The only thing against this book for some people may be the fact that you have to enlarge the pattern pieces to scale, but I tried enlarging them on my scanner, then I printed them onto cheap paper this worked fine for me.
I still gave the book 5 stars because it is well thought out, beautifully illustrated and I think well worth the money.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, but, Jan 27 2002

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This is an exciting book with some beautiful designs that are well presented. The only down side, and for me it was a big one,is that after purchasing the book, you have to enlarge the patterns on a copier. Since this will make the enlargement larger than a standard page, it takes either extra large paper (expensive) or several copies to get the entire pattern. This adds considerably to the price of the book. I would have preferred the publisher include the patterns in the correct size.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Fashion Doll Resource, Dec 29 2001

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This book contains patterns to make fashions for the 15 1/2 and 16 inch fashion dolls such as Gene and Tyler with full color step-by-step instructions. Also contains sewing hints, costume history, web links for resources and supplies, instructions for knitting, crocheting and beading, and instructions for hats and purses. Well written, informative, with excellent photography. Designs appear to be perfectly scaled to the size of the dolls.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Fashion Doll Resource
Excellent book on sewing for fashion dolls such as Tyler, Gene, Scarlett, etc. I found the photographs, helpful tips and suggestions inspiring. Easy to use, very well done!

Published on Dec 13 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars What Fun!
I am a very recent Gene groupie and ordered this book for myself for Christmas and what fun I have been having! Read more

Published on Jan 5 2002 by A. Lupia