Doll designer & maker, fabric designer, author, illustrator and mother of 10 (ten!)—elinor peace bailey is a doll making dynamo!
She has written "Mother Plays With Dolls", "The Rag Doll From Plain to Fancy", and recently, "Two Doll Makers Meet In the Middle", published by Krause. elinor has self published 65 doll patterns and 7 books which cover doll making from the simple to the complex.
She is an industry consultant, designer, and illustrator working with, among others, Bernina of America, Fairfield Process, Concord Fabrics, Crafts Magazine, and Prym Dritz Corp.
She has a fun website, epbdolls.net with lots doll making hints and tips, a blog, and lots of her doll patterns, books, and fabrics that you can order!
About the making of one of her dolls:
"[It was] made with Stabalized Fabric using the pattern of the doll to trace around & then dye with Dye-na-Flow, Tee Juice, rubberstamps, Neopaques and Lumiere. I then cut out the fabric – peeled away the paper and sewed up the doll. I have found this Stabilized Fabric wonderful. I've been touting it all over."
elinor peace bailey
About herself: (paraphrased from a recent conversation)
"First thing to know about me – I'm the mom of 10 kids. That's my first commitment. That's also what's helped me sharpen my skills as a gatherer and i'm good at it...I'm able to pull together parts that work well together and create the bridge between them and then describe the bridge so other people can see it too."
elinor peace bailey
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Sherrill Kahn
Sherrill does a wide variety of art including fiberart, clay art, rubber stamping and more.
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Celia Buchanan
Celia Buchanan is an accomplished artist who's chosen medium is silk painting and mixed media.
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Sue Stover
Sue Stover is an artist that works in a variety of mediums including textiles, furniture, sculpture and painting.
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Natasha Foucault
Natasha’s works on silk have been exhibited and sold in both non-profit museums and commercial galleries throughout the world.
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Patti Culea
Patti Culea is a well known doll artist. Patti combines her love of silk and dyes by creating beautiful fairies and mermaids.
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Marie Segal
Marie Segal is a nationally known polymer clay artist. Her work ranges from beads and jewelry to figurative pieces.
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Marcy Tilton
Marcy is a textile adventuress. She designs patterns for Vogue featuring embellishments and surface design.
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Lynn Krucke
Lynn Krucke is a well known crafts designer, teacher and demonstrator. She works in a variety of mediums including clay, paper, and fabric.
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Jill Miller
Jill a scrapbooker, artist and author. She has demonstrated her craft on DIY Scrapbooking in 23 shows to date.
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Teresa Goins
Teresa's elegant hand painted textiles, that often contain repeats, are well suited to a wide variety of design situations.
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elinor peace bailey
Doll making dynamo, elinor peace bailey, brings color, style, and lots of fun to her gorgeous creations!
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Diane Ericson
Diane's creative techniques have raised stenciling from simple craft into the realm of fine fiber art.
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Chris Taylor
A selection of gorgeous batiks from award winning multimedia artist Chris Taylor.