WBR2 - SERIES OF ANCIENT PORTRAITS
Contains 44 color plate reproductions published in Court Magazine between 1830 and 1840. The high resolution scans can be printed for reference or to frame and hang decoratively. A cover is included so the pages can be bound as a book if desired. Included are royal and interesting personages from Isobel of Angouleme to Madame de Pompadour to the Empress Josephine. The pictures will be found useful in decoupage, scrapbooking and altered art as well as costume research for reenactments.
$19.95 plus $2.00 for P+H

WBR4: DRESS YOUR DOLL IN STYLE

A Seminar CD handout with information about dressing a variety of small dolls. It contains a color wheel, measurement chart, design page, project page, sampler page, a pattern measurement page and a slide program to inspire and teach dressmakers of small dolls. The slide program has beautiful photographs of dolls as well as a “how-to” section about assembling a doll’s dress. Suitable for club projects. $14.95. Add $2.00 for P & H

WBR5: THE COSTUME QUARTERLY FOR DOLL COLLECTORS—THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

This two CD presentation is the authorized CD reprint of all copies of the famed series of patterns drafted by Helen Barglebaugh.  It contains even long out-of print numbers eagerly sought by doll seamstresses.  Originally published on a subscription basis between 1974 and 1991, all 33 issues have full size patterns, drawings and photographs to make different sets of clothes for various types of antique dolls. These reprints are presented so that they can be assembled into a notebook for easy reference or printed directly from the disc when needed. The Costume Quarterly for Doll Collectors is the standard by which other patterns are measured. It belongs in every doll seamstresses library!  $19.95.  Add $2.00 for P & H.

WBR6: THE WISH BOOKLET VOLUME 26, A CHILD OF THE TWENTIES,

has been converted to electronic delivery. The entire 38 page booklet is complete with the color cover, all written material, patterns and 16 pages in full color. The color pages are a copy of a booklet, published in 1924, entitled Dolly and Her Dresses. The black and white pages include the normal patterns and instructions that you would expect in a Susan Sirkis book. the booklet is on one CD and is presented in four separate sections for ease of printing. $19.95.  Add $2.00 for P & H.

WBR7: LITTLE LILAS AND ME

This is the record of a year-long adventure recreating some of the clothing belonging to a wonderful Rohmer doll who lives in the the Paris Doll Museum. All of the the childlike clothing belonging to the French doll has been recreated for Cathy Hansen's Victoria doll and Alice Leverett's Marie Terese. Both were souvenirs for UFDC events. There are two sets of patterns -- one for 9 inch dolls and one for 10 1/2 inch dolls. Patterns include 11 pieces of underwear, 7 dresses, 1 coat, a fur cape and muff, 7 bonnets, a pair of shoes, a pair of boots, and some jewelry. Also contained on the CD is a collection of color photographs showing construction details, finished garments and a few actual doll garments of the 1860s. Complete instructions are included. all patterns and instructions, as well as a booklet or notebook cover, are listed as separate items so that they may be printed as needed. Discover your own sewing adventure with LITTLE LILAS AND ME $19.95.  Add $2.00 for P & H.

WBR8: MARY FRANCES AND ME, A SEWING MEMOIR

Celebrates the centennial of the Mary Frances Sewing Book. It contains a review of sewing lessons published for children during the last half of the 19th Century and the first years of the 20th Century. PDF copies from five children’s sewing books are included. History, fashion and home life in the year 1912, and a discussion of ladies’ magazines and the articles in them features A Needle, A Thread and A Little Girl and The Jenny Wren Corner, both children’s columns published in The Delineator. History, fashion and home life are touched on as historical background. The handouts for a Mary Frances seminar are included, reviving a series of seminars originally done in the 1990’s. In addition to the full size patterns featured in the original book, all of the patterns have been scaled to fit today’s popular doll sizes: 11 inches for Bleuette sized dolls; 8 inches for several UFDC souvenir dolls; and, 7 inches for Riley sized dolls. Hours of reading and years of sewing ideas are contained in this one convenient little disc! $19.95. Add $2.00 for P & H

DVDs!

All DVDs have been digitized from earlier videos by Susan. The DVDs play on most DVD players.

Add $2.00 postage for first DVD; $1.00 for each additional DVD.

The Art of Ribboncraft
DVD 1. Ribbons can be used to decorate packages and homes, bedding and tables. Most importantly, ribbons make wonderful decorations for doll clothes and bonnets. This video describes many beautiful ribbon trims. Susan shows you how to make them in your choice of ribbons. Roses, ruffles and ribbons, pleats , puffs and poufs—each is described in lush terms. 68 minutes. $12.95.

Miniature Dolls – An Introduction to Dressmaking
DVD 2. An Introduction to Dressmaking. Fine camera work shows closely detailed video footage of beautiful miniature dolls—antique as well as modern artist's creations in 1” and ½” scale. Each doll is discussed with particular attention to costume details. The DVD also shows you how to construct a basic dress with romantic puffed sleeves and full skirt. The dress will fit 51/2” doll house dolls in 1” scale. The simple “French had gluing” technique popularized by Susan is clearly shown. Finally, various types of trims are shown and described. Use this DVD to begin to make the miniature clothing you have dreamed about. 60 minutes. $12.95.