Doll makers design, create and repair dolls using various materials such as porcelain, wood or plastic. They build moulds of forms and attach parts using adhesives and handtools.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Repairing defective or damaged portion of cloth or garment by hand, using matching thread and needle;
(b) Removing stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades;
(c) Selecting thread according to specifications or colour of parts or dyeing thread to match colour and shade of cloth to be darned;
(d) Patching holes, sewing tears and ripped seams, or darning defects in items, using needles and thread;
(e) Pulling knots to the wrong sides of garments, using hooks;
(f) Trimming ends with scissors to make mended portion look uniform with pattern of cloth;
(g) Sewing ornamental designs by hand over stamped, printed or stencilled patterns on fabric using needle and coloured thread;
(h) Embroidering ornamental designs on cloth by hand or machine using needle and coloured threads;
(i) Softening leather or shoe material with water to prepare it for sewing;
(j) Sewing or gluing decorative trimmings to articles, such as hats, caps or millinery;
(k) Hand-sewing umbrella covers to frames, tacking cover to ribs along seams, sewing corners to tip of rib and sewing ties to outside of cover to hold umbrella when folded;
(l) Fabricating and assembling thick cloth, canvas and similar materials into sails, awning, tarpaulins and tents.