Category Archives: craftyness

posts about crafts, crafting and being a maker who makes things

weekending with the gang

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I’ve spent rather a lot of time with this lot over the weekend. Not quite all weekend though. There was time for other types of fun in between sewing. I discovered I have a new food crush on Korean cuisine. Which is good for … Continue reading →

all in the detail

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I do love a bit of creative upcycling. There is nothing dearer to my heart than someone who, using their creativity and talent, manages to turn the old and discarded into something new and beautiful. And quite frankly, you can’t get any more beautiful upcycling … Continue reading →

boy meets girl

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I love a challenge, me.  Well, sometimes. When Kate from Tall Tales from Chiconia challenged me to make a boy doll, at first I dismissed the idea. “Don’t I have enough boys in my life already?” I thought. I remembered that … Continue reading →

mary mary, quite contrary

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It had all been going so well. I had been rattling along making dolls at a fine old pace. The process was relatively smooth – and enjoyable. I had a feeling it wouldn’t last forever. This doll was where things … Continue reading →

bunny girl

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I made this yesterday, totally on a whim. I already had another doll half-completed, but had reached an impasse with her clothes. Crimplene mini-skirted, I just couldn’t think where to go with it next. So I went somewhere else entirely. I’d had … Continue reading →