These cute little 15" overweight, middle aged, pot bellied dolls with short arms and legs teach my new version on the "antique" sling button joint. They are jointed at the shoulders, hips, and knees. With separate faces, arms, thighs, legs, and breasts (Mrs.), and no armature, they are the easiest Mimi patterns ever.

There are both easy instructions for beginners and more advanced techniques for experienced dollmakers. You have many choices to customize the dolls, including shoes, ears, hands, arms, and faces. These dolls are not armatured but can stand alone if properly stuffed. You can make these dolls into any short, pot-bellied fantasy character that has short arms and legs. These versatile bodies will also accept hard media heads and hands.

You Have a Choice of Faces

• The 3-dimensional face has a trapunto nose, a quilting technique consisting of stitching the features to a lining and stuffing with small bits of fiberfill to define the facial contours.
• The alternate face has traced features that can be colored with colored pencils, painted, or embroidered. It is then defined with very little needle modeling.

You Have a Choice of Ears

• Pointy elf ears.
• Round human ears.

You Have a Choice of Hands

• Open finger hands with stuffed fingers.
• Open finger hands with wired fingers that can grasp things.

You Have a Choice of Arms

• o Straight arm.
• o Bent arm.
• o One of each.

You Have a Choice of Shoes

• o Pointy Elf shoes.
• o Flat soled boots.
• o High-heeled boots/shoes.

Full-sized, cut-out patterns and 32-page instruction book filled with pictures, drawings, and hints for dollmakers. This pattern can be used for any short-limbed, pot-bellied, fantasy character doll. You are licensed to sell dolls made from this pattern.

$9.95 (Free P & H in USA and Canada)