Dollmaker's Journey Blog

I am a self taught cloth doll designer and maker, who has been dedicated to teaching others the craft since the mid 1970s. I had a little craft and doll store in Idaho from 1974 thru 1979 and started my doll pattern business from that tiny store. I taught cloth dollmaking classes in the store and designed my first cloth doll for a pattern there. I only cut directly from the fabrics at that time, so every doll was a one of a kind because I had no pattern, but my partner in the store was a patte …