Doll Making Newsletter Archive

September 10, 2010 Issue 224: Finding the Patterns
September 3, 2010 Issue 223: Making More Than One
August 27, 2010 Issue 222: Preparing to Paint Brows
August 20, 2010 Issue 221: Plan Before Loading the Kiln
August 13, 2010 Issue 220: Using Plastic Bags
August 6, 2010 Issue 219: Piecing it Together
July 30, 2010 Issue 218: Attaching Legs or Arms
July 23, 2010 Issue 217: Attaching Limbs to Cloth Bodies
July 16, 2010 Issue 216: Measuring Arms
July 9, 2010 Issue 215: Using Moleskin
July 2, 2010 Issue 214: Eyes
June 25, 2010 Issue 213: Pricing Bisque
June 18, 2010 Issue 212: Online Auctions
June 11, 2010 Issue 211: Preparing for storage or shipping
June 4, 2010 Issue 210: Cleaning Eyes
May 28, 2010 Issue 209: Cleaning Greenware
May 21, 2010 Issue 208: Cleaning Greenware
May 14, 2010 Issue 207: Cleaning Greenware
May 7, 2010 Issue 206: Cleaning Greenware
April 30, 2010 Issue 205: Dome Heads
April 23, 2010 Issue 204: General
April 16, 2010 Issue 203: Greenware
April 9, 2010 Issue 202: Moving Greenware
April 2, 2010 Issue 201: Reducing Breakage
March 26, 2010 Issue 200: Buying A Kiln
March 19, 2010 Issue 199: Shoulderhead
March 12, 2010 Issue 198: The Final Price
March 5, 2010 Issue 197: Get What You Need
February 26, 2010 Issue 196: Blush with Dry China Paint
February 19, 2010 Issue 195: Canīt reach the eye?
February 5, 2010 Issue 194: Using a Syringe
January 29, 2010 Issue 193: Do you have it all?
January 22, 2010 Issue 192: Getting the Most for your $$$$
January 15, 2010 Issue 191: Another Use for Paper Clips
January 8, 2010 Issue 190: Making the Shoulder Plate Easy to Remove?
January 1, 2010 Issue 189: More Is Better
December 25, 2009 Issue 188: Prop
December 18, 2009 Issue 187: Using TIBs
December 11, 2009 Issue 186: Cover Those Legs
December 4, 2009 Issue 185: Slip Freezing
November 27, 2009 Issue 184: How NOT To Be Disapointed
May 18, 2007 Issue 183: Pouring Molds
May 11, 2007 Issue 182: Dome Heads
May 4, 2007 Issue 181: Groove Cleaner
April 27, 2007 Issue 180: Silica Sand
April 20, 2007 Issue 179: Paint Box
April 13, 2007 Issue 178: Blushing
April 6, 2007 Issue 177: Blushing
March 30, 2007 Issue 176: Painting Problems
March 23, 2007 Issue 175: China Firing
March 16, 2007 Issue 174: Checklist to Use When Cleaning Your Doll
March 9, 2007 Issue 173: Painting Teeth
March 2, 2007 Issue 172: Brows
February 23, 2007 Issue 171: Brows
February 16, 2007 Issue 170: Antique Reproductions
February 9, 2007 Issue 169: Mohair
February 2, 2007 Issue 168: Loading Legs Into The Kiln
January 26, 2007 Issue 167: Making More Dolls In Less Time
January 19, 2007 Issue 166: Knee Joints
January 12, 2007 Issue 165: Mixing Slip
January 5, 2007 Issue 164: Lash Brushes
December 29, 2006 Issue 163: Lashes
December 22, 2006 Issue 162: Recycling
December 15, 2006 Issue 161: Feather Knife
December 8, 2006 Issue 160: Cost Tracking
December 1, 2006 Issue 159: Finding the Patterns
November 24, 2006 Issue 158: Making More Than One
November 17, 2006 Issue 157: Preparing to Paint Brows
October 27, 2006 Issue 156: Plan Before Loading the Kiln
October 20, 2006 Issue 155: Using Plastic Bags
October 13, 2006 Issue 154: Piecing it Together
October 6, 2006 Issue 153: Attaching Legs or Arms
September 29, 2006 Issue 152: Attaching Limbs to Cloth Bodies
September 22, 2006 Issue 151: Measuring Arms
September 15, 2006 Issue 150: Using Moleskin
September 8, 2006 Issue 149: Eyes
September 1, 2006 Issue 148: Pricing Bisque
August 25, 2006 Issue 147: Online Auctions
August 18, 2006 Issue 146: Preparing for storage or shipping
August 4, 2006 Issue 144: Cleaning Greenware
July 21, 2006 Issue 143: Cleaning Greenware
July 14, 2006 Issue 142: Cleaning Greenware
July 7, 2006 Issue 141: Cleaning Greenware
June 30, 2006 Issue 140: Dome Heads
June 23, 2006 Issue 139: General
June 16, 2006 Issue 138: Greenware
June 9, 2006 Issue 137: Moving Greenware
June 2, 2006 Issue 136: Reducing Breakage
May 26, 2006 Issue 135: Buying A Kiln
May 19, 2006 Issue 134: Shoulderhead
May 12, 2006 Issue 133: The Final Price
May 5, 2006 Issue 132: Get What You Need
April 28, 2006 Issue 131: Blush with Dry China Paint
April 21, 2006 Issue 130: Canīt reach the eye?
April 14, 2006 Issue 129: Using a Syringe
April 7, 2006 Issue 128: Do you have it all?
March 31, 2006 Issue 127: Getting the Most for your $$$$
March 17, 2006 Issue 126: Another Use for Paper Clips
March 10, 2006 Issue 125: Making the Shoulder Plate Easy to Remove?
March 3, 2006 Issue 124: More Is Better
February 24, 2006 Issue 123: Prop
February 17, 2006 Issue 122: Using TIBs
February 10, 2006 Issue 121: Cover Those Legs
February 3, 2006 Issue 120: Slip Freezing
January 27, 2006 Issue 119: How NOT To Be Disapointed
October 22, 2004 Issue 117: Holiday Time Is Fast Approaching
September 24, 2004 Issue 116: All About Dolls Has Added New Items
April 2, 2004 Issue 114: Try this for your next project!
February 13, 2004 Issue 113: For First Time Doll Maker
February 6, 2004 Issue 112: Style My Wig 101
January 30, 2004 Issue 111: Now What Do I Do?
January 23, 2004 Issue 110: What the heck is a mm?
January 16, 2004 Issue 109: Talk The Language
January 9, 2004 Issue 108: Doll Stands 101
January 2, 2004 Issue 107: No Shoes To Match
December 26, 2003 Issue 106: You Can Do It!
December 12, 2003 Issue 104: Some eye opening talk on doll eyes
December 5, 2003 Issue 103: Let me introduce myself.
December 20, 2002 Issue 98: Timing Is Important
December 13, 2002 Issue 97: Reading Before Cutting!
December 6, 2002 Issue 96: Cutting Patterns
November 29, 2002 Issue 95: Other uses for everyday items
November 22, 2002 Issue 94: Attaching Arms and Legs
November 15, 2002 Issue 93: Testing Your Ads
November 8, 2002 Issue 92: Marking Your Molds
November 1, 2002 Issue 91: Save That Greenware
October 18, 2002 Issue 89: Less Time, More Dressed Dolls
October 11, 2002 Issue 88: Seasons are Changing
October 4, 2002 Issue 87: Times Are Changing
September 27, 2002 Issue 86: Practice Makes Perfect
September 20, 2002 Issue 85: Making More Than One
September 13, 2002 Issue 84: Getting Ready for Christmas
August 2, 2002 Issue 82: Doll Reader changes hands
July 26, 2002 Issue 81: Dressing Little Dolls Can Be Easy
July 19, 2002 Issue 80: Getting It All Together
July 12, 2002 Issue 79: Keeping Rejects Take Up Needed Space
July 5, 2002 Issue 78: Make the Most of Your Time When Making Displays
June 28, 2002 Issue 77: Putting Your Doll Together
June 21, 2002 Issue 76: The Doll Business - Making sales
June 14, 2002 Issue 75: Shipping Molds
June 7, 2002 Issue 74: Another Great Loss in the Dollmaking World
May 31, 2002 Issue 73: Signing A Doll Shows a Sense of Pride
May 24, 2002 Issue 72: Short Cuts to Dressing Your Doll
May 17, 2002 Issue 71: Business of Selling Your Goods
May 10, 2002 Issue 70: Is it cleaning time at your house/shop?
May 3, 2002 Issue 69: Dollmaking - A Seasonal Happening
April 26, 2002 Issue 68: Business of DollMaking
April 19, 2002 Issue 67: Dressing Your Doll
April 12, 2002 Issue 66: Seasonal Change is in the Air
April 5, 2002 Issue 65: Finding Tools In Odd Places
March 29, 2002 Issue 64: Where Did The Time Go?
March 22, 2002 Issue 63: Change of Season Can Be Fun
March 15, 2002 Issue 62: Beginning the Art of Dollmaking
March 8, 2002 Issue 61: Problem Mold Pours
March 1, 2002 Issue 60: Kiln Question
February 22, 2002 Issue 59: Reviewing is a Good Thing
February 15, 2002 Issue 58: Little Details Makes a Differencee
February 8, 2002 Issue 57: Dressing Your Dolls
February 1, 2002 Issue 56: Refresh
January 25, 2002 Issue 55: Business of Dollmaking
January 18, 2002 Issue 54: Odds and Ends - New Product for Me
January 11, 2002 Issue 53: Looking Back and Moving Forward
December 7, 2001 Issue 51: Preventing Firing Problems
November 23, 2001 Issue 50: How Long Is OK?
November 2, 2001 Issue 49: Plan for the Unexpected
October 26, 2001 Issue 48: Sewing for Your Doll Can Be a Challenge
October 19, 2001 Issue 47: Getting the Most Out of Doll Magazines.
October 12, 2001 Issue 46: Getting Ready to Enter a Contest
October 5, 2001 Issue 45: Dressing Your Doll or Not
September 28, 2001 Issue 44: Tools of the Trade
September 21, 2001 Issue 43: Should You Go Into The Business of Doll Making?
September 14, 2001 Issue 42: Business of Dollmaking - Advertising
September 7, 2001 Issue 41: Timing is Everything
August 31, 2001 Issue 40: Slow but Steady Wins This Race
August 24, 2001 Issue 39: The New Year Doesn`t Need to Wait for January
August 17, 2001 Issue 38: Business or Hobby?
August 10, 2001 Issue 37: Holiday`s aren`t far away
August 3, 2001 Issue 36: Doll and Craft Shows
July 27, 2001 Issue 35: Wash or Not -- That is the Question
July 20, 2001 Issue 34: Sewing for Your Dolls
July 13, 2001 Issue 33: Business of Dollmaking
July 6, 2001 Issue 32: Buying The Mold or SFGW
June 29, 2001 Issue 31: Creating a Picture
June 22, 2001 Issue 30: Beauty in Porcelain
June 15, 2001 Issue 29: Business of Dollmaking
June 8, 2001 Issue 28: Bring the Season Inside
May 25, 2001 Issue 26: Bring the Season Inside
May 18, 2001 Issue 25: Dressing Your Doll
May 11, 2001 Issue 24: Firing Tricky Pieces
May 4, 2001 Issue 23: Assembling
April 27, 2001 Issue 22: Painting Problems
April 20, 2001 Issue 21: Painting Brows
April 13, 2001 Issue 20: Ceaning/firing Greenware
April 6, 2001 Issue 19: Taking Care of Your Brushes
March 30, 2001 Issue 18: The Business of Dollmaking
March 23, 2001 Issue 17: Putting It Together - A Doll is Born
March 16, 2001 Issue 16: Dressing Your Doll
March 9, 2001 DollMaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 9: Painting
March 2, 2001 DollMaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 8: Tools
February 23, 2001 DollMaking-tips Newsletter, Issue : 7, Completing Your Doll
February 16, 2001 DollMaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 6: Firing Techniques
February 9, 2001 Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 5, China Painting
February 2, 2001 Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 4, Tools
January 26, 2001 Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 3: Dressing Your Dolls
January 19, 2001 Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 3, Cleaning Greenware
January 12, 2001 Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 2: The Business of Dollmaking
January 5, 2001 Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 1: Dollmaking
December 29, 2000 Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 2: The Business of Dollmaking
December 22, 2000 Dollmaking-tips Newsletter, Issue 1: Dollmaking
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