this is to flamingo in ar: this is from craftylinda: the book is 80 pages long. They say to use wool felt, which I did, it's a little heavier than regular felt. You can use some regular felt on some things. It has a lot of differnt fairies, which are very pretty. It also has a lot of other dolls. The dolls are sized from 1 1/2" 2 12/" 3" 3 1/2" and 4" is the tallest. They have men, ladies, and children dolls. They have Hansel, Gretel, and a witch doll. They have a Royal Family -- king, queen, prince, princess knight, jester, and a wizard. They also have a Harvest Folk group -- shown on a page with fall pumpkin houses(not included in book) parents, boy, girl, mother & baby, older kids. They have a page called the Driftwood Clan -- shows a rustic house (plans not in book) shows all differnt size dolls -- boys, girls, parents, babies, twins, pirate -- 17 dolls on that page. Also has a page of felt pins --all are appliqued & beaded - the shapes are round, oval, hearts, 1 shows a small fairy on a fall leaf -12 in all. Another page has small felt appliqued purses(looks more like wallets_ 8 styles. Another page has felt appliqued checkbook holder and cellphone cover. Another page has felt appliqued Balsam Pillows - 3 designs. Another page has a 3D look felt appliqued picture -- size says 8" x 11" -- has 2 color border - house on hill with tree & leaves, sky -- bottom half is rectangle garden with flowers, boy, girl, dog, bottom has 3 fall leaves. Last page has a square 7" x 7" picture -- main color & then border color - 6 differnet fall leaves, center leaf has a fall fairy on the leaf sleeping. I hope theat helped answer your question. I love this book and think it was worth the price I paid for it. My family loved the fairies. They had not saw them before. Linda

Hancock's (if you have one nearby) carries all the brands of patterns, and they have regular sales which usually include patterns for .99 cents. Yes, the ones that usually sell for $12 or more. You might also look in the crafts dept for the ''baby doll'' kits that come with clothing patterns....couldn't cost much more than the branded patterns, Another idea is a doll from a thrift store or yard sale that has clothing you could deconstruct.

Thank you DavidR and TSWeigart for your kind replies. After extensive research online (I even tried to find out the names of the manufacturers of the rotary/parallel/umbrella clothesline devices without luck - They are probably ordered from an off-shore wholesaler and there is no customer support), I have come to the conclusion that the reason I can't find it anywhere is because there is no demand for it (except for me), that it is an inferior product and has been discontinued. I refuse to pay $13.99 plus shipping per roll of 5/32 inch line and will instead buy it from my local, independent hardware store and support the little businessman. I will also buy more of the spring-loaded clothes pins to add to my collection. We live on Long Island, NY and our taxes and electric bills are very high. Our Northport power plant, run by PSE &G, pays the most taxes for a commercial building in the U.S. - $82 million a YEAR in taxes, more than the Empire State Building and more than Disneyland in CA. Therefore, we save where we can.

I did give that a bit of thought, lovemrmewey when I decided to give up the first floor bedroom to add more living space in the kitchen area for today. If need be, I can reconfigure another area of the first floor for a small bedroom if one is required in the future. For now...I am holding a vision that I will be healthy and able to manage stairs to an upstairs bedroom. Both floors will now have bathing/showering options. In the past, that was only on the first floor.