{"product_id":"learn-to-sew-for-your-doll-a-beginners-guide-to-sewing-for-an-18-doll-9781475082357","title":"Learn to Sew for Your Doll: A Beginner's Guide to Sewing for an 18\" Doll","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you would like to teach a special child how to sew, this book presents a series of skills in a learning sequence that takes the new seamstress from the first use of a sewing machine through making an attractive wardrobe for a doll. The book gives the student a place to start and then builds on the initial skills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis book includes instructions and full size patterns for 18\" doll clothes.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMeasurements are given in both US and metric units.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStitching bookmarks introduces machine sewing and zigzagging.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBeginning fabric skills are taught with simple projects to sew bed clothes for a doll. While sewing a doll bed cover, pillow, and pillow case the student learns to recognize the right and wrong sides of fabric, and to find the straight of grain, cross grain and bias of fabric. Skills in tearing fabric and cutting along a pulled thread are taught.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe student then moves on to sew an attractive wardrobe for an 18\" doll \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSundress\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA-line skirt\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShorts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTwo-tiered skirt\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSmock top\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNightgown\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSkills taught include \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePattern reading and cutting\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMachine stitching\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFinishing seams\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGathering\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSewing casings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTopstitching\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHemming\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAttaching closures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSherralyn St. Clair taught herself dollmaking by reading pattern guides, books, and magazines. When she began designing patterns, she found that her MA in Curriculum and Instruction helped her write pattern instructions. Her book \"Easy to Make Storybook Dolls\" was published in 2009. \"Soft Dolls and Animals\" has published her patterns and articles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415656763666,"sku":"9781475082357","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7852df5e-9b02-4e1b-a32b-f791e1f739e1.jpg?v=1729408441","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/learn-to-sew-for-your-doll-a-beginners-guide-to-sewing-for-an-18-doll-9781475082357","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}