Famous Couples Fashion Doll Patterns by Hazel McMahon (2003, Paperback)

I really think this book is fantastic, has the best patterns I have gotten from a book of this kind. Judy 6767

I bought this book thinking I could adapt some of the patterns for Barbie but now am not so sure. The patterns are ok, but author doesn't specify what fits what kind of doll. The only one I easily recognize is Gene, so...but not a bad buy if you don't pay too much.

This book has been thoughtfully written with interesting historical and film references for each costume. This makes it interesting to read even if you don't want to use the patterns. There are suggestions for using a pattern to create different looks. There are many photos to show how to put the pattern together in a step by step way.

Wonderful but projects complicated to complete, Great artistic inspiration. An excellent rescource. Lavishly illustrated detailed directions so if you can focus and concentrate you indeed will be able to create thise fantastic costumes

Although I have Gene and Trent dolls I bought this book for my ABJ Orientdoll Tae, he's about the same size, and because this book has boy clothes. The great parts are the shoes and wig making parts, what irks me is having to enlarge the patterns before you can use them.

If the people at the copy store are no help and your scanner settings aren't spot on you're in for a tough time. I printed out a shirt back as a test piece and printed at least five before I figured out what settings to use with my system. After spending the better part of a day scanning and printing I would have gladly spent more on a bigger book with full sized patterns, some pieces are repeats, the same shirt appears several times, or even a second volume. Plenty of other pattern books offer fold out pages with full sized patterns.