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• Doll Clothing Patterns of the Past
• by theclassykidcollection( 7380)
• The earlierst patterns date back to 1860. William Jennings Demorest and Ellen Curtis Demorest began the home sewing pattern industry in 1860 by holding fashion shows in their homes and selling the patterns.... 

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  vintage doll patterns | Simplicity | McCalls | Butterick | doll sewing

• 199 of 220 people found this guide helpful

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• Compo doll restoration? YES or NO?
• by 817larrya( 170)
• Buying a doll is for most people an emotional decision, replacing childhood dolls or getting the one you never had! However, with the costs of antique and vintage dolls being what they are, you need to have a... 

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  restoration | compo dolls | doll values | doll preservation

• 48 of 55 people found this guide helpful

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• Tiffany Taylor Dolls
• by laurellane70s( 83)
• In 1974, when Ideal decided to discontinue the production of the Crissy doll, they introduced Tiffany Taylor. She also was an 18-inch fashion doll, but her claim to fame wasn't that she grew hair. Instead,... 

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  Tiffany Taylor | Ideal Dolls | Tuesday Taylor | 18 inch Fashion Dolls

• 18 of 19 people found this guide helpful

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• How to Determine if a 1950s doll garment is factory
• by camelot48( 3077)
• The 1950s was a time of high-fashion and the doll clothing of this era reflects this. Most collectors look for original 'factory' clothing. The fifties was a time where moms made doll clothing for their... 

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  fifties clothing | fabric | closures | doll | factory

• 15 of 15 people found this guide helpful

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• collecting that special doll
• by dollysecrets( 5021)
• I believe we loved our special dolls when we were young, but perhaps not anymore than we do now...we looked forward to that special doll at Christmas...Now we spend hours searching for that special doll we... 

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  american character | shirley temple | composition doll | doll clothes | hard plastic doll

• 2 of 17 people found this guide helpful

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