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Sometimes You Have to Throw Away
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It's the small areas
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old slip
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Doll Making Newsletter Archive
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Get What You Need
Blush with Dry China Paint
Canīt reach the eye?
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Do you have it all?
Getting the Most for your $$$$
Another Use for Paper Clips
Making the Shoulder Plate Easy to Remove?
More Is Better
Prop
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Cover Those Legs
Slip Freezing
How NOT To Be Disapointed
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Checklist to Use When Cleaning Your Doll
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Antique Reproductions
Mohair
Loading Legs Into The Kiln
Making More Dolls In Less Time
Knee Joints
Mixing Slip
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Lashes
Recycling
Feather Knife
Cost Tracking
Finding the Patterns
Making More Than One
Preparing to Paint Brows
Plan Before Loading the Kiln
Using Plastic Bags
Piecing it Together
Attaching Legs or Arms
Attaching Limbs to Cloth Bodies
Measuring Arms
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Eyes
Pricing Bisque
Online Auctions
Preparing for storage or shipping
Cleaning Greenware
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Dome Heads
General
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Reducing Breakage
Buying A Kiln
Shoulderhead
The Final Price
Get What You Need
Blush with Dry China Paint
Canīt reach the eye?
Using a Syringe
Do you have it all?
Getting the Most for your $$$$
Another Use for Paper Clips
Making the Shoulder Plate Easy to Remove?
More Is Better
Prop
Using TIBs
Cover Those Legs
Slip Freezing
How NOT To Be Disapointed
Holiday Time Is Fast Approaching
All About Dolls Has Added New Items
Try this for your next project!
For First Time Doll Maker
Style My Wig 101
Now What Do I Do?
What the heck is a mm?
Talk The Language
Doll Stands 101
No Shoes To Match
You Can Do It!
Some eye opening talk on doll eyes
Let me introduce myself.
Timing Is Important
Reading Before Cutting!
Cutting Patterns
Other uses for everyday items
Attaching Arms and Legs
Testing Your Ads
Marking Your Molds
Save That Greenware
Less Time, More Dressed Dolls
Seasons are Changing
Times Are Changing
Practice Makes Perfect
Making More Than One
Getting Ready for Christmas
Doll Reader changes hands
Dressing Little Dolls Can Be Easy
Getting It All Together
Keeping Rejects Take Up Needed Space
Make the Most of Your Time When Making Displays
Putting Your Doll Together
The Doll Business - Making sales
Shipping Molds
Another Great Loss in the Dollmaking World
Signing A Doll Shows a Sense of Pride
Short Cuts to Dressing Your Doll
Business of Selling Your Goods
Is it cleaning time at your house/shop?
Dollmaking - A Seasonal Happening
Business of DollMaking
Dressing Your Doll
Seasonal Change is in the Air
Finding Tools In Odd Places
Where Did The Time Go?
Change of Season Can Be Fun
Beginning the Art of Dollmaking
Problem Mold Pours
Kiln Question
Reviewing is a Good Thing
Little Details Makes a Differencee
Dressing Your Dolls
Refresh
Business of Dollmaking
Odds and Ends - New Product for Me
Looking Back and Moving Forward
Preventing Firing Problems
How Long Is OK?
Plan for the Unexpected
Sewing for Your Doll Can Be a Challenge
Getting the Most Out of Doll Magazines.
Getting Ready to Enter a Contest
Dressing Your Doll or Not
Tools of the Trade
Should You Go Into The Business of Doll Making?
Business of Dollmaking - Advertising
Timing is Everything
Slow but Steady Wins This Race
The New Year Doesn`t Need to Wait for January
Business or Hobby?
Holiday`s aren`t far away
Doll and Craft Shows
Wash or Not -- That is the Question
Sewing for Your Dolls
Business of Dollmaking
Buying The Mold or SFGW
Creating a Picture
Beauty in Porcelain
Business of Dollmaking
Bring the Season Inside
Bring the Season Inside
Dressing Your Doll
Firing Tricky Pieces
Assembling
Painting Problems
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Taking Care of Your Brushes
The Business of Dollmaking
Putting It Together - A Doll is Born
Dressing Your Doll
DollMaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 9: Painting
DollMaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 8: Tools
DollMaking-tips Newsletter, Issue : 7, Completing Your Doll
DollMaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 6: Firing Techniques
Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 5, China Painting
Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 4, Tools
Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 3: Dressing Your Dolls
Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 3, Cleaning Greenware
Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 2: The Business of Dollmaking
Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 1: Dollmaking
Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 2: The Business of Dollmaking
Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 1: Dollmaking
Doll Making Frequently Asked Questions
What does it mean when I can´t access a link?
Is there a quick fix if I forgot to make the holes?
Is there another way to apply blush?
How can I make it easier to assemble things at the shows.
What do I do with frozen slip?
How do I paint brows to look the same on both sides?
How can I lower a price when there isn´t any leeway?
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How can I handle those little pieces when sewing?
How can I get eyes set if it has a dome head?
Is there a way of keeping little pattern pieces together?
How can I bring the cost per item down?
What do the dolls look like?
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Does it pay to pour only what you need?
Where can I find affordable fancy material?
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How can I keep the head from caving in when I empty the mold?
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Do I have to make a casing to attach an arm or leg?
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Where can I find a picture of the doll I´m painting?
What can I use to spread the blush medium?
How do I load my brow brush?
How many times can I china fire?
Is it ok to use bargain fabric when dressing my doll?
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How can I help students pick their next doll?
How to I load the brush to paint lashes?
Is there a way to avoid cutting the eye too big?
How to I keep the china paints from separating when I paint my doll?
How can I keep track of the colors I used to get that perfect shade?
How can I keep my shoulderheads from spreading out from the weight?
How can I get a good pour out of a small mold?
What is antique reproduction mean to me?
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How do I keep the brow hairs looking the same on both sides?
Why did my cheeks fade out?
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How do I make the teeth white and shiny?
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How do I load my brush?
Can I use slip right out of the jug?
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Which bush would be the frist bush to buy?
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What is indirect cost?
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Should I turn off the kiln when I hear cracking sounds inside?
Do I have to paint eyes on dome heads or can I insert them?
How can I tell where the request for price list comes from?
How can I avoid several trips to the fabric store?
How can I increase my sales?
What do I use to fill arms and legs?
Can I clean SFGW when it is dry?
Where did the little holes on the seamline come from?
What is all that noise inside the kiln when it just turned off?
How long should the arms be?
How can I load legs so they will not flatten out?
How do I identify a mold that is too small to fit all the words?
What is the first tool I will need?
What do I do when different dolls use the same hands and legs?
How to I write small enought to fit on a little mold?
Why does my brush shed?
What kink of cleaning tools do I need?
How do I know if I have enough paint on my brush?
Why does my SFGW desolve in water?
How do I fix a broken shoulderplate?
How do I ship molds?
How far in advance should I make a seasonal doll?
Does it matter if I clean between the fingers?
Do I have to put the over-all wash in the hair area?
What doll should I make to sell?
Do I need to strain the slip everytime I use it?
What kind of brush do I need for lashes
How can I avoid missing steps when cleaning?
Do I need to get rid of my brushes if they are bend in odd directions?
Is it better to paint one doll at a time?
How close can I put the pieces in a bisque fire?
How do I figure the selling price of greenware?
What is a secure way to ship ro store my dolls?
What causes scratches along the seam line?
How do I put a head in the kiln?
What is the best part of the doll to start with?
Can I use any part of the stocking?
Can I make cleaning tools at home to save money?
How can I be sure the molds will be secure when shipping?
What is the best way to save information from magazines?
How can I save money but not stop making dolls?
Is there an easy way to retreave information from magazines?
Can I use lotion to protect my hands?
Which is better: greenware or SFGW?
How can I prevent legs from breaking?
Can I use anything instead of silica sand?
What can I use if I can´t find silica sand?
How do I string my doll?
How close can I put the pieces when I do a china fire?
How big do I make the neck opening?
How can I get rid of that sound of porcelain against porcelain?
What can I do with rejects?
Why am I getting scratch marks at the seam line?
What can I do with the water I used to clean SFGW?
How are the scratch marks getting on my greenware?
How can I put legs in the kiln so they don´t flatten out?
How do I steady the legs in the kiln?
How do I mix my slip?
How come my 24" dress doesn´t fit my 24" doll?
How do I load arms and legs into the kiln?
How do you pick up greenware?
How can I open the head on a dome doll?
How can I protect the greenware?
How can I stop breaking greenware?
How can I learn how much to bid?
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How can I connect the shoulder plate to a cloth body?
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Is there a tip on cutting out material?
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How many molds do I need to buy?
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