cindysowers

Thank you for stopping by! Below you will find some important information about my payment, shipping and return and other important info and policies.

All of my patterns are designed and written by me. Copyright of the written information, photos and patterns is retained by me. Upon purchase of pattern/tutorial, you may make this outfit for yourself, to give away, or to sell, but you may not sell or distribute my copyrighted pattern or tutorial. If you sell your handmade items made from my patterns, please give credit to me as the pattern designer, Cindy Sowers and add a link to my shop http://www.cindysowers.etsy.com Mass production prohibited.

All physical items are designed and constructed by me. I use high quality materials for everything I do. All items are constructed individually one at a time, by me. In all cases, my items are not intended for children, but are meant for adult collectors. Although I construct things to be sturdy, often things will have small parts that would not be suitable for children.

***When purchasing doll clothing items, be aware that dolls made from vinyl, plastic, resin, etc. may stain easily. Some synthetic materials stain more easily than others. With Blythe dolls, the legs are the most vulnerable. My hand-dyed items are laundered and I use color retaining products to aid in colorfasting, but unless clothing items are white or very light colors, I recommend using light colored tights or other protective cover on dolls when using clothing any color darker than white on your dolls. Nothing I make is guaranteed to be 100% colorfast. Fabrics and dyes are meant for safety on human skin. There is no colorant for clothing that is meant specifically to be worn against vinyl, plastic or resin. Plastic, resins and vinyl, etc., do not behave like human skin. They seem to draw color out of colored fabric products to attach to the doll. No matter what color retaining products are used. some colors will tend to bleed out over time, whether dyed at home or dyed commercially. In addition, do not leave dyed or non-white clothing on dolls for extended periods. No matter how a fabric is treated, Blythe dolls and other plastic/vinyl/resin dolls are likely to soak up dye and stain over time. Generally speaking, benzoyl peroxide (zit cream) seems to get the stains out on stained blythe doll bodies, but it takes time and sometimes repeated applications. Warmth (not to melting obviously) from sunlight seems to quicken the procedure. Up to a month (one application a week for a month of benzoyl peroxide) in some cases may be needed to remove stains. Please use caution. I cannot be responsible for what you do or do not do to your dolls.

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Cindy