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These are just a few excellent websites & suppliers to get you started. 
There are many more and some more dotted around the other pages of this website.

Useful UK Websites & Suppliers

Cloth Doll Creations UK   The UK's largest cloth/rag doll website with patterns, supplies, dolls, classes. It's bursting with information on all things about cloth figures and rag dolls by Madeleine Sara Maddocks.

www.creative-crafts-needlework.co.uk
Craft Suppliers 18, High Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9  Tel: 01803 866002 for mail order / enquiries.

http://www.jan-horrox.com/  Jan Horrox Cloth Doll Supplier 

http://www.alteredelement.co.uk/
Whether you enjoy altered or mixed media art, dabble in  doll making or creative textiles or simply love to use different materials in your scrap booking and card making, you'll find all sorts of eclectic, unusual and hard-to-find supplies here

http://www.craftdirectory.org/directory/links/Doll_Making/index-2.php
Craft Directory: A place for craft enthusiasts

http://www.craftysites.co.uk/patterns.htm
Sue Gibson's caricature cloth figures

www.rainbowsilks.co.uk
printable fabric, textile supplies etc

http://www.twistfibrecraft.co.uk/felt/felt.html
Wool Felting Needle suppliers for attaching hair to dolls heads. (NB: Crown needles snap more easily)

http://www.moonbeamworld.com/ Shashi Nayagam was born and brought up in a small hill station in India where as a little girl she was inspired to make cloth dolls by a friend of her mother's. She now lives in the UK. 

http://www.yorkdollybirds.co.uk/home.htm
UK website: York Dolly Birds group website for local cloth doll makers 

Recommended USA & CANADA SUPPLIERS/ Websites

www.clothdollconnection.com 
This is an excellent site for free patterns, showcase of designers and information on cloth doll making etc. etc. 

www.dollmakersjourney.com 
Dedicated to fine art of doll making, the Doll Maker’s Journey website was created by two cloth doll artists and designers, Bonnie B. Lewis and Mary Ann Kaahanui. It contains books, patterns and classes. hand-dyed ethnic fabrics, supplies. It showcases some very talented doll makers. 
  

www.barbarawillisdesigns.com/
Barbara Willis is an experienced and talented cloth doll artist. There are classes and she sells patterns and tools, including her own stuffing tools.

http://pmcdesigns.com
Patti Medaris Culea's website

http://thedollnet.com
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he Doll Net website is for anyone who loves dolls of any description and contains On-line Shops, Bulletin Boards, Mailing List, Chat Rooms, Virtual Cards, Awards, Gallery, Free Patterns and Tips, Doll Challenges, Profiles, Books, Online Classes.  

http://www.artvango.co.uk
Dyes, fabric paints, printable fabric, workshops, textile supplies

Lisa L Lichtenfels Cloth Doll Artist  

Cloth-A-Dollics: Canadian site which fosters cloth doll making by sharing ideas, expertise and a passion with fellow doll making enthusiasts.

NZ & AUSTRALIAN SUPPLIERS/ Websites  
Jane Coughlan a maker of "stuff." Soft stuff that feels good - stuff that makes her laugh. Brightly coloured textural delights that she creates from yarn & cloth & fur.

http://www.yadenofibrecraft.com.au/mohair%20queensland.html Yadeno mohair supplier

 

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