Today I have the honor of reviewing Hillary Lang’s new book, Wee Wonderfuls: 24 Dolls To Sew and Love, as part of her blog tour! Hillary and I share the same publisher, STC Craft, who was nice enough to send me a copy of this gorgeous book.
When I first heard Hillary was writing a book I was so happy! Hillary’s style is clean and modern yet so very tied to the past. Her love of all-things-vintage and eye for color is undeniably spot on. Her blog, Wee Wonderfuls was one of the first craft blogs I had ever visited, way back in…gosh, maybe 2005? I was so inspired by her ideas and craftsmanship, I devoured every word, image, and link. If you are interested in making dolls and toys, I think you’ll feel the same way about her book.
Wee Wonderfuls: 24 Dolls To Sew and Love has everything from simple dolls, to teddy bears, animals, puppets and more. Since I am a MOB (mom of boys), I am happy to see that there are definitely some great “boy” projects included. Plus I can make some of the sweet girlie doll projects for the nieces in my family.
I love this “Ellie Bag” and can imagine it made for boys (sans hair bow) in grey or blue with plaid flannel ears. It reminds me of something we used to have as kids to put our jammies in.
And this little monster, Koji, couldn’t be cuter. Although most of the projects skew to younger ages, my 8 year old would still love to have this guy!
If you haven’t made toys before, you couldn’t have a better resource than Hillary. She’s got all of the technical details figured out and shares all of her tricks with you from choosing appropriate fabric to stuffing your creation just right. The back of the book has 2 sections with colored edges for easy reference. One is basic techniques and the other is all of the pattern pieces. The patterns are not removable from the book, but they are all actual size for easy tracing/copying. Hooray!
If you ‘d like to win a copy of this book, head on over the STC Craft Blog to enter! Too see more peeks inside the book, check out the adorable video Hillary and her husband made. Oh the cuteness. 🙂
Thanks for including your perspective as a MOB. It can be hard to be a crafty MOB! Everything seems so geared towards girly things. It’s like when you go into a kid’s clothing store in the mall, and 70% of the store is girl clothes and only 30% are for boys.
Hello Betz!
I’m brazilian and love this blog.
It is so lovely that I easily became a fan.
I’m 24 years old and loved the Koji doll! (Ok I’m a girl, but for sure your boy would like it too 🙂 )
I’ll buy the book, learn how to sew and make one for me!
hahaha
Thank you for this blog!
Kisses from Brazil!
Just this morning I added this book to my wishlist on Amazon!
I’m thrilled to see this book. Thanks so much for pointing it out. I love to sew and knit dolls and clothies for them. I’ll be adding it to my “must have” list.
I bought Hillary’s book the second it came out! I seriously plan on making every single project in the book.
I got the book last week and I love it. I have been sewing softies for some years and I just love hillary’s projects. They are just too stinkin cute. Can’t wait to make the caterpillar
They are so cute – it’s a bit premature as I don’t have kids yet but I can’t wait to start making bits. They look great – i’ll definitely have to get the book when I eventually have some little ones to make things for!
This is going on my Christmas list. I have tried to make a few dolls before, and failed miserably. MISERABLY! It’s not as easy as it looks.
i got it. i love it. i make things from it. can’t get enough.