Shows you how to create your own collection of dolls without using expensive equipment & materials. The dolls range from naive cloth dolls & traditional peg dolls with painted faces, to elegant dolls with porcelain bisque heads. Provides a concise guide to the tools & materials that are needed, including sewing equipment, threads, wig-making tools, fibers & yarns for hair, & modeling & carving tools. Basic techniques on pattern-making, cutting & sewing fabrics, & stuffing bodies are also described. Discusses limb articulation, making faces, styling hair, costuming the dolls, & more advanced skills such as sculpting, making press molds, armatures & needle modeling. Shows a selection of dolls to make using the techniques described. Over 300 full-color illus.