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 enlarge | Author: Carolyn Vosburg Hall
Publisher: Krause Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
Buy Used: $15.00
You Save: $6.95 (32%)
Used (11) from $15.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 570451
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0873417879
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5924
EAN: 9780873417877
ASIN: 0873417879
Publication Date: December 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Easier than they look! August 18, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am twelve, yet this book seemed to have done the trick for me. I was enthralled at the image of these tiny critters at first at a small craft market. They seem to be so hard, only because they look so good. (They seemed to attract a crowd, but nobody bought any from the store front, they all wanted to commission, but hey...) They are great fun on long drives to a relative's house, up to a ski slope, off to camp, and anywhere else you decide to go! Easy keepers in bags too. Don't leave home without it! =)
Quick and fun projects June 23, 2000
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
These tiny toys take just minutes to sew - although you may take longer than that deciding which one to make first! I especially liked that they can all be sewn by hand, making them great take-along projects. I made the teddy bear and bunny at Easter time, and they are small enough to fit inside a plastic egg - which was a big hit with the recipients. It is also nice to see such a wide variety of animals in addition to the classics - there is a camel, a mole, a ladybug, and many others. To top it all off, every pattern is illustrated with a close, clear, color photo so you can really see what your toy will look like. This book will be in frequent use on your pattern shelf!
Tiny Toys: In a Class by Themselves! May 23, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have recently bought this book and have made two animals from it so far--and I plan to make them all! My children love them, and other adults who see them all marvel at the expressiveness of these truly tiny animals. All or most of them can be made by hand, and I have found these small hand-sewing projects to be very relaxing. I also own Ms. Hall's "A to Z of Soft Animals" (out of print, published in the 80's), and have made several toys from it. This book features patterns for larger toys. Both books have a large number of clear patterns and instructions (though sometimes the "Tiny Toys" book assumes the reader will be able to figure out some small details on his/her own; I'm not so sure everyone will be able to do this). I love making toys, and consider these two books bibles of the craft. I've read a lot of other books on the subject, but Ms. Hall really takes toys to a totally different level from any other book I've seen--the patterns are very detailed, and carefully designed so that the animals are startlingly realistic and also expressive, as I wrote above. I think any toymaker who looks at these books will see what I mean--they are, you might say, operating on a higher plane than other toy pattern books! My thanks to Ms. Hall for writing these books. To my mind, she's a toy genius.
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