{"id":5413,"date":"2012-05-26T16:07:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T20:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=5413"},"modified":"2013-03-09T18:22:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-09T23:22:37","slug":"notes-and-thoughts-on-we-make-dolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2012\/05\/notes-and-thoughts-on-we-make-dolls\/","title":{"rendered":"notes and thoughts on We Make Dolls"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think the book<\/a> looks amazing and feels good too. There is a great range of projects including 3 needle-felted animals. I enjoyed reading the other artists’ bios and advise. I found it interesting to see similar advise from several different artists- for example that you don’t have to start with a whole new pattern for every new doll- work off of something that you know you like and have been successful with. Yes! One slight critique- the book mentions the international artists involved, but I couldn’t find anywhere in the book that mentions where the artists’ come from- that left me wondering!<\/p>\n

About my section-<\/p>\n

a confession- I am so self-conscious about what I said that I only finally read my section last night because I knew I was going to write this. I want to be sure you know, the tattooed man pattern that I did for this book is a modified pattern. It is smaller than the ones I make and sell. Also, the legs are cut and sewed as one piece. Here is a comparison-<\/p>\n

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I will admit it- I am a control freak about my work. It was really hard to let someone else take control of my patterns. I am hoping that people will be able to follow the directions and photo steps. It was nearly impossible for me to envision writing a pattern for any of my dolls that would end up being a 4 page spread. If you’ve bought any of my patterns you know I am more of a 20 page kind of explainer. The writer took what I wrote and rewrote it to fit the style of the book. That lead to a few odd directions such as to use spray glue as part of the process. I can adamantly say that I would never use spray glue on a doll or even in my studio. But, whatever, eh?!<\/p>\n

The other pattern is a sweater baby. I used to make these and here<\/a> and here<\/a> are some photos in my flickr stream. I made 2 for the book, but they only included one- here they both are-<\/p>\n

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The pattern in the book is slightly smaller than my originals.<\/p>\n

Now, go leave a comment on the give-away post<\/a> and maybe you will win a free copy!<\/p>\n

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