The online class you've been waiting for!

She's finally done it! Dawn is offering us the secret to making these cute Pocket fae! This onlone class will teach you polymer clay techniques in fully illustrated lessons.

"What Have They Got in Their Pocketses...?"
Dawn M Schiller will teach you to make this little Faerie dude. Class begins december 6, 2013.

Dawn recently visited a watch repair shop and happened upon a Chrono Seidh (pronounced "seed"), one of the Tribe of Odd Folk that used to live in the Forest, but have become fascinated with timepieces and mechanical things.

These tiny fae will dwell in any type of clockcase they can find, but are especially fond of pocketwatches. Chrono Seidh can be very helpful in watch repair, as they can repair the tiny works without need for tools....

Learn to sculpt your OWN Chrono Seidh, also known as Pocket Trolls, in this NEW class from Dawn M Schiller. Over 200 photos will take you step-by-step thru the process of creating your own little fae!.

Dawn is the author of “FaeMaker: Making Fantasy Characters in Polymer Clay”.

Available exclusively at Doll Street Dreamers!

AND it's on sale for two more days!

Hey Doll face!

News from Doll Street Dreamers. Here's an online class by Judy Skeel that will help you perfect your faces and doll making. It's all about technique!

Hey Doll Face

Intensive doll face painting class with Judy Skeel

Do faces befuddle you? Would you include people in your art or make cloth dolls if you could make them all headless? Choose this step by step online class with doll artist Judy Skeel and learn to relax about your faces. Whether you want a detailed doll head or to learn to draw and color a face you'll find it all in this detailed 4 session workshop.

Begin by learning tips and tricks for proper sewing and stuffing techniques to create a well shaped 3-dimensional head using 100% cotton fabric. Learn to use a needle and thread to add dimension to a cloth doll head with needle-sculpting by pronouncing the nose, detailing nostrils and recessing eye sockets for a more realistic face. Graduate to the cloth over cloth method where a layer of cotton is secured over the sculpted face for a smooth finish that hides all the seams and hand stitching from needle-sculpting.

Learn to alter the face with heat to make gorgeous pronounced lips that are just waiting for a kiss. Continue your journey with adding color to your dimension. Not only will you learn the difference in facial proportions for realistic and fantasy characters but you will learn how to shape lips so they are symmetrical and believable through detailed photos on two different heads.

Step by step photos will guide you through adding color to not only detail features but to add highlighting and shading for a realistic “portrait” appearance. Complete your work with hair in the final lesson which teaches how to custom fit a Tibetan lamb skin wig as well as root eye lashes and brows for a spectacular 3-dimensional touch.
Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced
Enjoy these four detailed lessons with hundreds of step by step photos:

Lesson One
• Sewing and stuffing a cloth head, facial proportions and needle sculpting the face
Lesson Two
• Cloth over cloth technique
Lesson Three
• Drawing features, adding color and highlighting and shading on two different heads
Lesson Four
• Custom creating a Tibetan Lamb skin wig and rooting eye lashes and brows
Class starts November 8, 2013. Register today!

Mushrooms are growing

Paula McGee will be teaching this fun class next week on Doll Street Dreamers. He's called Wynnstan. Make him with or without a base, make him to shelter  a tiny fairy or as a seat for a fairy to sit upon. While doing this, you will learn to needle sculpt and create character with deft use of color.

Click the image to join the class. Get your supplies organised and you'll be all set for class next Friday!

Never taken an online doll making class? They’re a lot of fun. Here’s how they work on Doll Street…

• Once you sign up you will receive a confirmation email from me, then shortly thereafter an invitation to a Yahoo Group, which is the classroom.
• Once you join the group/classroom you can go to the Files section and download the Supply list. This gives you time to look for (or order) any needed supplies.
• Once the actual class start date arrives the first class lesson will be posted to the Files section of the classroom. It will be a PDF file (you will need the Adobe reader to view it).
• The lesson will consist of photos and text that will walk you through each step of the process. You can save the file to your hard drive, print it out, or both.
• The teacher will be available to answer any questions that you might have. Some of our teachers like to hold scheduled chats too – so there’s lots of interaction.
• Additional lessons will be posted each week. Some classes are really talkative – you’ll be helping and encouraging each other.
• As you work through the lessons you can upload photos of your in-progress work in a personal photo album – which is also helpful for the teacher if there is a problem or you want to be critiqued.
• The class will stay ‘up’ for approximately two weeks after the last lesson is posted.

What’s the best thing about online classes? It doesn’t matter where you live in the world – or what time zone you are in – you can work at your leisure and at your own pace. Work in the middle of the night or the middle of the day. It’s up to you.

Dancing With the Stars

I'm happy to announce the new online class I'm teaching on Doll Street. If you've never made a doll before, begin here. If you've never taken an online class, begin here. How it works: you download each lesson, which is chock full of photos showing each step of the creation of the dolls. There's an online group, where you can post all your questions and I'll be there to answer them, everyday! You can't go wrong, can you? Click the picture to go tot he registration link:

Dance With The Stars as we learn to make these two cloth dolls - yes, two dolls from one pattern! Explore male and female characteristics as we take this class step by step together.

Read all about it -

Dawn Quixote and Sancho Samba have been dancing partners for seven years. Specializing in the Latin American dances, they have danced their way to the top of many competitions, including the National Championships in Guadalajara. By day, Dawn is a hairstylist in Twickenham, while Sancho devotes his life to the dance and training of young dancers and wearing fabulous hairstyles created by Dawn. Join Dawn, Sancho and me as we create their fabulous look! 

In this class, you will learn how to create a simple armature figure, how to make a moveable head, how to needle sculpt and paint the head, how to work with clay over cloth to create imaginative shoes and creative options for hair and costume treatments.

This class begins June 29th, 2012 and costs just $35. 

New doll pattern ready!

Here's Tilly! No longer silly.

I dressed her in 1812 style, to test out my online class once more.

I've had some great comments from those who have taken the class.

Tilly as a doll pattern has been sent off to Cyndy Sieving at AFIC. Cyndy is preparing a booklet of designer's patterns for those attending this event. I'm honoured to be included in this collection.

Once I get my new website ready, I'll be offering Tilly as a free pattern.

My next project with Tilly is to dress her in modern clothing or maybe convert her to boy figure. The pattern works either way! It's a juvenile figure, do can easily be a 10-12 year old boy or girl.

My Edwina Dolls web site is still up and running, so orders will not be delayed in any way by the re-do of the site. I'm pretty excited with what my designer has come up with. Louise Ingram

also creates fabulous glass beads, under her Fireseed name.

Free class give away this month!

I'm very excited to offer my first blog giveaway. I am offering my 1812 online class FREE to three people who comment on my blog in January.

Yes, all you have to do is comment on any of my blog posts this month and you will be entered in the draw. Please make sure you add your email to your comment, so I know how to find you!

The class explains how to create a period costume for a doll. It can be any doll. I guide you through the process of creating the costume, cap and shoes, step by step.


If you want a preview of the class, you can see it on my web site. Just click the link on this page and follow the links to see a preview. It takes a few seconds to load, so be patient! http://www.edwinadolls.com

Learning online - Yvette, a period costume doll

This online class started last Friday. I am walking the students through the process of creating a free standing cloth doll, then costuming it in late 18th century style.

The transition from correct period costuming to a dolls' costume is an interesting one. Scale is very important. While keeping the lines of the original garments, they need to be simplified to make construction possible in the scale.

One place I did this was on the short gown. I eliminated the sleeve seams, which would have created bulk. I also faked the chemise and lace cuffs, which would have been part of the chemise sleeves.

Yvette is 16" tall and wears a corset, short gown and petticoat. She also wears bloomers. Strictly speaking, not accurate for the time. So why put bloomers? Because people always peek under the skirts to see if there is underwear. I kid you not! They do! To them, the doll is not complete unless she has underwear. So, modesty is another reason to add bloomers. The lace on the cuffs also helps the skirt stand out. So there's a practical reason, too.

The beauty of online learning is the teacher (me) is there to answer your questions, just like a live class.

The class started last Friday. It's a work at your own pace class, so no worries, you can still join in. Sign up at Doll Street Dreamers Creative College.