If you have a good eye for patterns and know how to alter them, you can make enough changes to commercial patterns to make them unique. Many commercial patterns are easy to alter - once that's done you have a unique pattern and no-one can accuse you of theft or misuse. If you take a look at several patterns (for dolls or humans), you will see that they are all based on a few basic shapes which are then made into different pieces of clothing by adding darts, different sleeves, different lengths, etc. Also, some of the people who provide free patterns on the Internet may be willing to allow you to use their patterns if you simply ask for their permission. It might mean you paying them a small user's fee or royalties, or they might even allow you to use the patterns for free.

I am very happy to see that I'm the only one that has inherited the specific problem. I had a next door neighbor actually that left me her entire doll making collection because her kids were no longer interested in it I'm still going through it as I have just taken possession of it less than a week ago. So far I have come across between 20 and 40 of the Seeley's molds everything from teeth to tongues to heads to arms and legs I have green where eyeballs wigs clothes stands paint brushes slips porcelain and my collection even came with the American Beauty kiln model number AB18 serial number 408. If anyone is looking for anything at all please contact me at austindoublea83@gmail.com. I'm located near Houston Texas and will be more than happy to provide you with pictures or anything you might need. I have no preference whether it is an individual item or sold as a lot. I will try to keep you guys up to date on what it is I find but I have over 60 boxes to go through and so many individual pieces.

Thank you Emma, I collected porcelain dolls for years but never really had a good place to display them. I then decided to begin collecting porcelain figurines. Now I have a rather large collection in a smaller display cabinet. I still love making dolls and redressing them like this one. If you have seen some of my other posts I have been working on a large amount of Barbie and Ken clothing. Unless my customer adds more to their order I will be changing course onto something new. I've had the urge to go back to my jewelry making for a change of pace. Time will tell. I think we all know how the creative moods are.

i am looking for the dumplin bed doll patterns, abbey,libby,nora,etc. if anyone has these and wishes to share or sell copies please let me know. i lost all my patterns in relocation when i married. thanks pattie at patiern@sc.rr.com