This is a story of an extraordinary woman and a unique german company Steiff. The story of children’s dreams come true: As an energetic young girl, Margarete Steiff fought for her place in life, against much resistance. Read More
Category: Dolls & Friends
DIY: Artist Teddy bear Hedgehog Free Step by step TUTORIAL by SoftlyBearPaw
This is a Teddy bear Hedgehog free tutorial by SoftlyBearPaw. Teddy Hedgehog is 19cm tall while standing. Read More
Ning Lau’s Handmade Fashion Dolls
Ning holds a master of business administration (MBA) in Fashion Business academic qualification, she has over 15 years experience in the fashion retail industry.
Founder of www.whoareinvited.com, formerly worked as Vice President of Marketing Communications Read More
Cuddly Toys History
A stuffed toy is a toy sewn from a textile, and stuffed with a soft material. In North American English they are variously referred to as plush toys, plushies, snuggies, stuffies, snuggled animals or stuffed animals while in British English they are soft toys or cuddly toys. Read More
History of Lenci Dolls
Lenci dolls are pressed felt dolls with painted features, manufactured in Turin by Enrico and Elena (Lenci) Scavini from 1919 until 1944. They are now collectables.
The bodies and the clothing of Lenci boy and girl dolls are made of pressed woolen felt. The bodies were machine stitched up the back and across the shoulders then hand stitched between the legs. This allowed them to wear low Read More
History of Amigurumi
Antique Teddy Bears
Michtom’s jointed mohair “Teddy’s bear” was very popular when first designed and remains so with collectors today. Fake bears look suspiciously new and unhandled: their noses are unworn, and their seams may be thick and uneven. All Ideal bears have jointed hips Read More
Amateur Teddy Bears
Teddy bears are a favourite form of soft toy for amateur toy makers, with many patterns commercially produced or available online. Many “teddies” are home-made as gifts or for charity Read More
Charlie Toys – dolls, teddy bears and ..wonders
Hi , today I want to present to you an artist from Russia, Nastya Zhuravleva aka Charlie Toys. She makes amazing colourful creatures. She loves fairy tales Read More
History of Dolls
A doll is a figure of a human being (or sometimes of an animal) used most often as a children’s toy, in magic and religious rituals. There are documents that prove that dolls were use in Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Read More