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SOFT TOY & DOLLMAKING SUPPLIERS

Links are still good as of October 2019. Please report any broken links to me, or other suppliers that you find and like using, to Leigh at akamoraih[at]gmail[dot]com - and you know to replace the [at] and [dot] with the appropriate symbols, right?...

CRAFT SUPPLIERS:

EYES: may well be the most important part of any soft toy. While buttons, paint, beads, marbles, Felt and embroidery all work for creating eyes, there is also a wide range of realistic plastic and glass eyes being made. I particularly like the safety lock eyes that come with a metal washer to hold the eye firmly in the head of the toy - a child isn't getting this eye out without completely destroying the toy first. By then, hopefully a parent or babysitter has noted the mangled corpse and will remove it for safe burial before the cadaver gets to the point of being dismembered or worse - eaten!

           BJ's Craft Supplies
           203 Bickford Rd.
           Tivoli, TX 77990-4546
Phone: (361)286-3366
Open Mon-Fri 8:30am to 7pm, central Time

                      Marasco's Craft King
           12750 W. Capitol Dr.
           Brookfield, WI 53005
           Phone: (262)781-9660
           1-800-373-3434(orders only)
           Open Mon-Fri 10am-8pm.

           Armor Crafts Woodworking Plans and Supplies
           Not a large variety, but I like them because I can purchase metal washers for the eyes!
           PO Box 445
           East Northport, NY 11731
Phone: 1-631-643-2823
           Open Mon-Thurs 9:30am - 4:30pm EST

           G. Schoepfer Inc.
           They've been doing really beautiful custom glass eyes for about 100 years. Expensive, but worth it.
           460 Cook Hill Rd.
           Cheshire, CT 06410
1-800-875-6939(orders only)
           (203)250-7794
           Open Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm EST

BEADS:

Beads are crucial to most crafts, in my experience - they're so versatile. Finding the right beads can be tricky, though. If you have a source that you're wild about, please let me know about it. I would like to beef this section up...

           Fire Mountain Gems and Beads
           (Best on-line source for beads that I know of. Great prices, very reliable)
           One Fire Mountain Way
           Grants Pass, OR 97526-2373
           Phone: (800)423-2319
           (800)355-2137 (order only)

DOLL AND SOFT TOY PATTERNS, CLASSES, FABRICS & TOOLS SUPPLIERS:

It has been a while since I've gone hunting for patterns, so anyone who's found a great resource I don't have listed here, please give me a heads up!

           Cloth Doll Connection
      Lists events, clubs, classes, and links to suppliers

           Cloth Doll Patterns
           1500 patterns to choose from listed by designers!

           Dollmaker's Journey
           Sells patterns, fabric, tools, books
           PO Box 523192, Springfield, VA 22152

           Joggles
           Patterns, tools, a huge assortment of glues and adhesives, and other Supplies

           The Woolery
           lovely supplier of material for fiber arts, felting tools and kits
           PO Box 468, Murfreesboro, NC 27855

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