Yay! Patti's fourth book Creative Cloth Doll Beading is finally here. Well actually Steve ordered this for me a while back and I'm just now writing about it. This is an amazing addition to Patti's doll-making series by Quarry Books. As always there are beautiful color photographs and line drawings to illustrate how to do beading techniques. A new body pattern with extra goodies are in the back pages of the book. I was lucky enough to see some of the dolls from the book in person when I was at the San Mateo Sew Expo a couple months ago. Wow, they are even more stunning in life!
Here's the other three books in the series: Creative Cloth Doll Making, Creative Cloth Doll Faces, and Creative Cloth Doll Couture. I think they're a must have for any cloth doll maker. And what's even better is that you don't have to worry about buying separate patterns since Patti includes a variety of pattern pieces at the back of all of her books. I can't begin to tell you how fabulous these books are ... the quality
is outstanding and the explanations are very clear and easy to
understand. Now maybe I'll be able to use some of the seed beads that
I've had since college days. I've only used them in little bits for
past projects. It'd be nice to use them for more beaded embellishments
on my dolls.
Now I just have to get back to work on my Secret Pal doll for next Tuesday's Gals & Dolls doll club meeting. I'll show you pictures next week!
