The Swell Doll Shop
Toy Store
Why pick this one
The Swell Doll Shop sells historically researched doll-fashion patterns, including 26 Wish Booklets and immediately available digital downloads.
Best for
- Collectors dressing dolls in historically accurate fashions
- Dollmakers seeking period-specific clothing and wardrobe patterns
- Costumers working with miniature or fashion dolls
- Customers needing immediate digital doll-fashion resources
- Buyers seeking historical paper dolls or specialized doll-making supplies
Look elsewhere if
- Seeking general children's toys rather than doll-making resources
- Needing local in-person toy shopping
- Looking for emergency or time-sensitive repair services
Specialties
- Historically accurate doll clothing and accessory patterns
- Historical miniature fashion resources for dolls
- Wish Booklets covering period-specific doll wardrobes
- Doll-making and costuming supplies
- Historical paper dolls
What makes them different
- The Wish Booklet series currently includes 26 volumes covering specific historical fashion periods
- Digital Wish Booklet downloads are available immediately after purchase
- Susan Sirkis created patterns and creative resources for dollmakers and collectors beginning in 1965
- The paper doll collection includes nine historically researched biographies and fashion surveys
- Supplies include doll shoe buckles, replacement eyelets, eyelet kits, pleating tools, and doll dresses in multiple sizes
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 106 E Railroad Ave, Gibsonville, NC 27249-2300
- Phone
- +19196989860
- Website
- http://www.swelldollshop.com
Services
- Doll pattern sales
- Digital fashion-resource downloads
- Printed booklet and pattern sales
- Doll-making supply sales
- Paper doll sales
- Electronic educational resources