Amish Doll Patterns
Amish Doll Patterns

Author: Jan Mast

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781561482948

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A simple project for the intermediate seamstress or crafter. This easy-to-use book includes patterns for making Amish dolls with authentic clothing in the style of the Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Here for the first time are quick and simple patterns for ever-popular Amish dolls. Create a family complete with Mamm and Datt (Mom and Dad), Dawdi and Mami (Grandpa and Grandma), and as many children as you like. These soft fabric dolls can provide hours of imaginative play for a youngster or can serve as lovely display pieces in your home. Many ideas and details are included for creating charming characters like Jake the Farmer, Annie the Quilter, and Levi the Carpenter. Complete patterns and instructions for 22" adult dolls and 15" child dolls, fashioned without faces in keeping with the Amish tradition of humility. Includes detailed but simple patterns for traditional Amish clothing for men, women, boys, and girls.

Twenty Little Amish Quilts
Twenty Little Amish Quilts

Author: Gwen Marston

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 0486275825

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Provides detailed patterns for miniature quilts featuring Amish-style designs

Amish Patchwork
Amish Patchwork

Author: Suzy Lawson

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0486257010

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Treasury of Amish patchwork artistry considers color combinations, borders, quilting methods, backings, binding. Instructions, full-size patterns for such colorful beauties as "Honeycomb," "Sunshine and Shadow," "Wild Goose Chase," many more — all derived from Amish quilts of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

How to Make Yarn Dolls
How to Make Yarn Dolls

Author: Joanne Singley

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

Published: 2009-04

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 1934925802

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The perfect project guide for scout troops, craft classes, and everyone who wants an easy and inexpensive activity. sell at craft shows or make just for fun and recreation! How to Make Yarn Dolls is an easy-to-follow guide for creating many different doll characters using one basic pattern. This book will show you how to: Make the basic doll body, the beginning of every doll character Create faces for People, Animals, and Birds Add just the right hair or other facial feature Finish the character with clothes and accessories Included are step by step instructions as well as full size pattern pieces for the different doll costumes. About the Author: JoAnne Singley lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has been doing crafts for over 40 years. Her love of crafts started when she was only 15. Yarn dolls were something a classmate taught her when she was only 10 years old. She has been creating new and exciting doll characters ever since. Yarn dolls are not the only interest that JoAnne has. She also enjoys pouring composition dolls, sewing, reading, designing and making new crafts, gardening, cooking, designing costumes for bears and cloth dolls, and reupholstering furniture.Not enough hours in the day, as you can see! JoAnne does out-of-state craft shows in addition to working and designing craft kits for local nursing homes. She has also attended cosmetology school and has studied business and healthcare. She wants to share all her designs and crafting tips with others. So, with the publication of How to Make Yarn Dolls I and II, her writing career has begun. In her spare time, when she has some, she chases after her two cats, Red Cat and Junior.

The Amish
The Amish

Author: Holden R. Williamson

Publisher: Nova Biomedical Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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The Amish movement, whose members live in 19 states of Canada and Central America are a mystery to just about everyone except themselves. Here is a group which has deliberately passed on just about everything modern society has to offer, extending as far as electricity, gasoline, television, automobiles and movies. Yet Amish children are not educationally deprived in any way and regularly score above average on standardised tests. This book presents background information including a bibliography on this most interesting movement and includes also a review of Supreme Court rulings related to the Amish.

Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
Encyclopedia of American Folk Art

Author: Gerard C. Wertkin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 1135956154

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For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of American Folk Art web site. This is the first comprehensive, scholarly study of a most fascinating aspect of American history and culture. Generously illustrated with both black and white and full-color photos, this A-Z encyclopedia covers every aspect of American folk art, encompassing not only painting, but also sculpture, basketry, ceramics, quilts, furniture, toys, beadwork, and more, including both famous and lesser-known genres. Containing more than 600 articles, this unique reference considers individual artists, schools, artistic, ethnic, and religious traditions, and heroes who have inspired folk art. An incomparable resource for general readers, students, and specialists, it will become essential for anyone researching American art, culture, and social history.