Cover Image
1975 Softcover edition. Scanned from my personal collection

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • INTRODUCTION
  • Preparation of Patterns
  • Assembling Tools and Choosing Materials
  • Cutting Out
  • Stitching
  • Stuffing and Modelling
  • Inserting Glass Eyes
  • Making Felt Eyes
  • Eyelids, Lashes and Whiskers
  • Making and Attaching Ears
  • Noses, Mouths, and Beaks
  • Jointing
  • Wiring
  • Dressing a Toy
  • Cutting Your Own Patterns
  • Some More Books

Title: Hints on Soft Toys, Craft Notebook No. 11
Author: Margaret Hutchings
Publication Date: HC:1961
Publisher: Mills & Boon Ltd., London, UK
Page Count: 32
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 7 1/2" x 5"
ISBN: None

SUMMARY- This little book gives a lot of useful advice for creating your own toys from scratch. There are a lot better books now, of course, and it would be impossible to do a comprehensive job in just 32 half-size pages, but there is still useful and relevant information here.

THE CRAFT NOTEBOOK SERIES:(Mills & Boon Ltd., London, UK):
No. 1 Embroidery, by Winsome Douglas,
No. 2 Canework, by I.V. Bogardus,
No. 3 Flower Arrangement, by E. M. Lyall,
No. 4 Advanced Canework, by I.V. Bogardus,
No. 5 Lampshades, by Margaret Rourke,
No. 6 Artificial Flowers, by M.D. Howard,
No. 7 Advanced Lampshades, by Margaret Rourke,
No. 8 Fabric Pictures, by Dorothy Cooper,
No. 9 Tatting, by E.A. Ashdown,
No. 10 Raffia, by Eunice Close,
No. 11 Hints on Soft Toys, by Margaret Hutchings,
No. 12 Advanced Flower Arrangement, by E.M. Lyall,