I have been crocheting for over 30 years.

Because I also love doll collecting, the things I love to crochet most are historical gowns and costumes for 11 1/2 inch fashion dolls (such as Barbie®).

If you'd like to try this yourself, Annie's Attic, Inc. and Paradise Publications are two companies that sell wonderful patterns for fashion doll gowns.

If you're just starting out, try Annie's first. I think those are easier for beginners.

Dolls

Some examples of my work that has previously sold to collectors:

• "Gone With the Wind"-style dresses (based on Annie's Attic Southern Belle series):

• A Victorian Ball gown in periwinkle and rose based on a pattern from Annie's Attic, 1993.
  
  
• Three Gibson Girl dresses: A light blue ball gown, a winter walking suit in Christmas green and antique gold, and a summer gown accented with crocheted lace. Patterns from Annie's Attic, 1994.
  
  
• An Edwardian period dress in shades of blue, based on a pattern from Annie's Attic, 1995.
  
  
• A 19th Century walking suit with parasol in yellow, based on a pattern from Paradise Publications.
  
  
• A 1908 Wedding Dress with full length lace veil, miniature handkerchief and beaded necklace, based on a pattern from Paradise Publications.
  
  
• An Ann Boleyn costume with beaded necklace and hand-sew beads along headpiece and neckline, based on a pattern from Annie's Attic.
  
  
• An Angel in dark blue adorned with gold stars.
  
  
• An 1830's-style Wedding Dress with full length tulle veil, satin underskirt and miniature fan, based on a pattern from Paradise Publications.
  
  
• A Storybook Princess Gown.
  
  
• Old South Picnic Dress, based on a pattern from Annie's Attic.
  
  
• A series of Turn of the Century Visiting Dresses in a variety of colors and styles:
  • Light aqua and black with feathered hat and purse
  • Light pink with black & red with black
  • Peach and black with purse
  • Turquoise and black with parasol

In the past, I have auctioned custom dolls on Ebay, but lately I've been selling them through my Etsy.com store Crafts By Cathy. If you love handmade items, give Etsy a try! No auctions, just straight buy and sell. What could be simpler?

If you interested in being notified when new custom dolls are on Etsy, please drop me a note and I'll add you to my mailing list.

Patterns

People often ask me if I write and sell my own patterns, I have just started to do this through Craftsy.com but I do not have any doll patterns available right now. Many of the dresses I crochet are based on patterns already published and available from Annie's Attic or Paradise Publications. If the patterns are out of print, you can often find them on Ebay or Etsy.

Supplies

Some useful online companies for crochet supplies are:

• Herrschners
• Mary Maxim
• Lionbrand Yarns
• Annie's Attic  

Magazines

Over the years I've subscribed to many crochet magazines. If you'd like to contact them for subscriptions, I've posted what information I have/had on them (as of the date indicated in each box). I've made notes where some have ceased publication as far as I can tell.

This link is useful for looking up the status of magazines to see which are still published: Magazines of America.

Interested in back issues? Ebay is a great resource for that! And I've also seen them for sale at Etsy.com. From time to time I clean out my pattern library and put old issues up on eBay, bur right now, I don't have anything for sale. If I do add some I'll mention it here.

Crochet World	Annie's Hooked on Crochet	Crochet!
PO Box 9014 Big Sandy, TX 75755 Published by: House of White Birches 6 issues per year. $14.97 per year. Updated 3/1/2000 Still available. Price has likely changed. Use link above for more information. (10/2007)	(Formerly "Hooked On Crochet") 23 Old Pecan Road Big Sandy, TX 75755 6 issues per year. $14.95 per year. (Addr as of 3/1/2000) As of April 2008, this magazine has ceased publication :-( *sniff*. It was one of my favorites. Subscriptions are being filled by issues of Crochet World. (4/2008)	Subscribe online using the link to their website above. Updated 10/2007
Interweave Crochet	Crochet Today	Magic Crochet
Contact via their website linked above 4 issues are 21.95 (4/2008)	6 issues for 14.97 (4/2008)	No longer published. (10/2007)
Annie's Favorite Crochet	Annie's Crochet to Go	Quick & Easy Crochet
(Previously known as Annie's Crochet Newsletter) Has been merged into Annie's Hooked on Crochet as of August 2007 issue. (10/2007)	1 Annie Lane Big Sandy, TX 75755 Published by: Annie's Attic, Inc. 6 issues per year. $15.95 per year. (3/1/2000) No longer published as far as I can tell. (10/2007)	Can't find a website, but it seems to be still available on various online magazine subsciption sites. $30.00/6 issues appears to be the going rate. Here's an entry at Magazines of America. (10/2007)
Crochet Home & Holiday	Crochet With Heart	Crochet Fantasy
(previously known as Crochet Home) Listed at Magazine Direct but I'm not sure this is still published. (10/2007)	PO Box 420494 Palm Coast, FL 32142-0494 (800) 276-2438 Published by: Leisure Arts. 6 issues per year for $24.95 ( 3/1/2000) No longer published as far as I can tell. (10/2007)	PO Box 313 Mt. Morris, IL 61054 9 issues per year. $19.97 per year. Published by All American Crafts, Inc. Updated 3/1/2000 Still published? Website no longer works. (10/2007)
Fast & Fun Crochet
(formerly: Crochet Digest) Notice on the web says it ceased publication in 2002. (10/2007)

Magazine Info Last Updated Fall, 2008
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