By Hook, By Hand

This is a blog for sharing dollmaking patterns, images of my life, and some poor poetry. The links to patterns should now be restored.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Puppy Love

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My Free Spirit girls wanted some pets, so I decided to apply hook and yarn to making them some puppy companions. So far there is a German S...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Latest Steam Punk Free Spirit

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My latest Steam Punk Free Spirit is Samarkand Artemis Lewis, younger sister of Istanbul Athena. She is dressed in a split skirt for bicyc...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Steam Punk Free Spirit

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Meet Istanbul Athena Lewis, a steam punk Free Spirit :-) To make her, I modified her body slightly by giving her a bit of a bosom and more ...
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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Comparisons and new work

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So, today I received my first Blythe! And like most little girls that get a new doll, I had to undress her :-) Of course, I couldn't...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009

How Many?

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Well, I was curious how many different outfits I could make from one basic Edwardian dress pattern. As of today, my count stands at five (...
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Friday, September 25, 2009

Edwardian Nightgowns

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Well, the Edwardian Free Spirit's trousseau is almost complete. The girls now have their choice of nightgowns. The nightgown on the l...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Another Edwardian Variation

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I have two new patterns to share, plus a new girl to model them! Emily is another Edwardian Free Spirit. She has peachy skin (Red Heart Cl...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Edwardian Variations

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One of my favorite places to find inspiration when designing vintage clothing is from Dover Publications. Above are three of the resource b...
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Friday, September 11, 2009

The Edwardians

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For several weeks I have been wanting to make an Edwardian Free Spirit. The Edwardian era can be loosely defined as the period of time fro...
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