Felt Wee Folk – New Adventures: 120 Enchanting Dolls
By: Salley Mavor
Rating: 5 of 5
In “Felt Wee Folk New Adventures”, there are so many types of dolls – boys and girls. They are made with a variety of materials including small wooden beads for heads and pipe cleaners for arms, legs, and wings. Felt, however, is the primary material used for these dolls.
The author gives detailed instructions on how to photocopy her patterns and create templates (if you plan to make more than one or two of the same dolls.) As I am heavy into crafting, there wasn’t anything I needed to purchase before beginning a couple of the doll projects. I have already completed the first two I started and am ready to do some more.
I really like that the author has broken some of the instructions down to standards, such as the doll bodies from 1.5 inches up to 4.5 inches. You can make a number of the bodies in preparation for making future dolls and become quickly proficient at the steps that each of the size dolls require. Then you can put your focus on the making of the clothes and accessories that turn each doll into such a cute and unique little being.
The subject of the dolls are adorable. The chapters say it all: Blossom Fairies, Dollhouse Family, Harvest Folk, Driftwood Clan (includes a pirate), Woodland Folk, Royal Family, Nativity Scene, Winter Play, Hansel and Gretel, Sherwood Forest (oh so cute), Mary Had a Little Lamb, Nursery Rhymes (so many characters), and finally, Wedding Cake Toppers. Each chapter has more than one character and they are all so very cute.
I understand that this is a second edition of a much older book – I have never seen that one so I cannot provide a comparison. All I can say is that each of the projects is cuter than the last, there are plenty of dolls for both boys and girls, and the instructions are excellent. I am sure to be working with this book for years to come and am thrilled to have found such a sweet book to re-invigorate my love of felt doll making.
In “Felt Wee Folk New Adventures”, there are so many types of dolls – boys and girls. They are made with a variety of materials including small wooden beads for heads and pipe cleaners for arms, legs, and wings. Felt, however, is the primary material used for these dolls.