The new girls, that is. These four are the first of a new batch of vintage Liberty fabric dolls, made using some of the wonderful stash I was sent by Sarah Campbell the other day… My vintage button and trim stashes have … Continue reading
new girls
Category Archives: craftyness
making a mess
So this is what I’m currently busy with. My kitchen and living room have become a doll factory. There have been – and still are – dolls at various different stages of completion scattered, nay strewn across every available surface. The kitchen floor … Continue reading
patchwork hearts
I like making things. I particularly like making one-off things. After all, most people don’t, as Ryan O’Neal demonstrates in What’s Up Doc, tend to like repeating themselves, do they? But sometimes I need to make not one of something, and not even … Continue reading
sheep & rabbit
You may remember that, back in April, I went to see an exhibition at the Lace Market Gallery in Nottingham. Whilst I was there, a whole bunch of people got together to contribute to a collaborative embroidered work by artist Joy … Continue reading
magic mushrooms
Incredibly, I am having to start to think about that festive time of year already. It seems incredible to me, firstly because it is barely five minutes since we returned from sunning ourselves on the beaches of Crete, and secondly, because I am … Continue reading
slackness personified
When I used to work in an office I was always a really hard worker. Unlike some people, for whom the term “slackness personified” got coined, I didn’t slope off to lunch early and return late. I never hung around … Continue reading