I have The Doll Book by Estelle Ansley Worrell. It covers costumes from the
17th century to the late 19th century. The patterns are designed to fit 1/6
scale fashion dolls/Barbie dolls (female, male and child sized). She also
includes patterns to make cloth dolls the size of Barbie dolls. It
These were the dolls and historical costumes I started with about 30 years
ago.? I still consider Worrell to be an adequate source to begin with...Her
pattern shapes, as a matter of fact, were a springboard to Historical Costume
for me before all the wonderful Resources we now have. She manages
Since my retirement about three years ago, I have been continuing my interest
in historical costume by making Costume in miniature; the series is captured in
a collection I have named Cut Down to Size.? To date I have recreated style
and splender for about 120 characters which are modeled for
Kathleen,
Did you get the link to the George Stuart figures? I am wondering what
you thought ;) He doesn't use dolls, he builds his own figures and
sculpts each face separately.
they are very impressive up close. Very.
== Marjorie Wilser
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Learn to laugh
Yes, I did look at them.? Impressive detail. My method has been to search for
character with costume, choose a model based on face and maturity (rebuild body
to be costumed, if necessary) and proceed with fabric, lace and trim,buttons
jewelry (sometimes fashioned to replicate) wigged to period
I hear that on the 2 years of beading :)
== Marjorie
On Jan 16, 2011, at 10:38 AM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
Yes, I did look at them.? Impressive detail. My method has been to
search for character with costume, choose a model based on face and
maturity (rebuild body to be costumed, if
I was unaware of the series of Historical Costumes for Barbie. I have
tried to google every thing I could think of during my search for Barbie
in historical dress, but my searches did not find much, with exceptions
made for a very few one-of-a-kind garments. Lots for 15-16 dolls.
Could you
If you look on ebay you will probably be able to see most of the costumes by
searching for Barbie.
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From: Natalie natali...@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] historical costume in miniatureI was unaware
