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Show Dolls Grow Under Carol Linebaughs Nimble Fingers "I try to make my dolls special - you might say collectors items -- with lots of detail on them," Carol Linebaugh said as she stood one of her completed creations on a stand, ready for delivery. Mrs. Linebaugh, a Pleasant Grove area homemaker, had just completed 61 of her creations for friends, neighbors and others in time for Christmas giving. "It has really developed into a family project," she laughed, with her two sons helping cut and assembling patterns, and four teenage daughters helping with the sewing and detail work. The dolls include Jannifer, a 22-inch beauty; 17-inch 17-inch Angela and Emma, and Baby Ann. All have that "old-fashioned look" and, with the exception of Baby Ann, are more to look al than to play with. They are named after family members or friends, Mrs. Linebaugh noted. Jannifer was among the first Mrs. Linebaugh designed and made up. She has a dainty face, curled yarn ringlets and a frilly old-fashioned dress and pinafore. Baby Ann is a lifelike 17-inch baby. Her hair is looped with a curl tied on top. She has a delicate baby face, dainty dress and bootie socks and youngsters find her "so irreslible and cuddly lo hold." Emma and Angela are both 17-inches tall and pictures of feminity. One wears a brimmed hat with lace (rimming over beautiful curled yarn ringlets. The dress is calico with a lacey pinafore. The other has ponytails that peek out from under a pioneer bonnet, and a long skirl that just lops her high-top shoes. Mrs. Linebaugh says she has added a baby Janel this year, a 17-inch reproduction of Jannifer, and has olher items in mind for the future. She makes each doll unique and embroiders the faces. Each face has dimensional cheeks and chin an detailed hairstyles and clothes. Mrs. Linebaugh started making dolls when her girls were little. She purchased a pattern, but didn't like the results, so designed her own -- and says she has been al il ever since. As her dolls became more well-known, she was asked by friends lo make others, and, the word-ol-moulh advertising developed into more and more business. Finally she branched inlo having her patterns printed and copyrighted, and putting with them an agency for distribution throughout Utah and other areas. "You can purchase the patterns in many area clothing and craft stores," she said. They are under the brand name "Cameo Collection." "My husband (John Linebaugh) is very supportive sup-portive or I couldn't do il," Ihe mother of six said. "He gives me ideas, and puts up with an awful messy room when we are in the midst of everything." She buys pink and white material, for the doll bodies and legs, by the bolt, and uses yards and yards of broadcloth in Ihe production. ("I find broadcloth works best in Ihe long run because it doesn't split," she commented). She also recommends certain brands ot yarn tor the hair, brands that she has found lo work best through experimenting.. "And I watch lor sales to get my stuffing, because I use so much ot it ." She says she tries to put all the details into her -patterns so potential doll makers can easily find the required material. And says it takes her six to seven hours lo make a finished 17-inch doll "il I don't have any interruptions." For now, she has closed her workshop in favor of her own Christmas projects, but says she will be back at it when Ihe new year rolls around. |
