dobbit

modflowers: dobbit dollYesterday was the last full day of school before the holidays.

I’ve been feeling a bit under par this week, just exhausted and probably fighting off a cold or some other minor ailment, so I haven’t actually done much making for a few days.

But I thought I really should make the most of having the quiet time needed for a bit of sewing experimentation, whilst I still could.

So I got a few fabrics out and set to…

modflowers: dobbitI thought I’d try a doll using different fabrics in the body, and adding separate ears. I had in mind rabbity ones, possibly floppy, possibly not.

But these things, as they tend to, like to go their own sweet way.

And I’m not sure that what I made turned out quite 100% rabbity.

modflowers: dobbitIn fact what resulted from my endeavours came out somewhere, I think, in the no-man’s-land between rabbit and dog.

modflowers: dobbitSo I named it Dobbit.

Or should that be Raggit? ♥

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8 thoughts on “dobbit

  1. Is Dobbit just a tiny bit sad? Identity-conflicted? She’s adorable, but she’s so lovely I’d love to see her smile a little bit… And I hope you’re feeling better very soon.

    • Thanks Kate! I seem to have sleeping sickness – need to nap every afternoon when a huge wave of tiredness crashes over me – and finding it hard to get up in the mornings. But it’s the summer holidays tomorrow, so I can sleep without guilt!
      Dobbit does seem a little sad. I embroidered the face freehand, so she just is what she turned out to be when the needle had done it’s work!

      • With you on the waves of tiredness… can’t sleep, can’t stay awake… I bet there are more Dobbits waiting to be born, with all sorts of lovely ears, and some will probably have different expressions.

        • I’m going to start another one now actually…
          The only thing to do with waves of tiredness is to let them crash and to go with their flow.

          • I think they will all be generic “Dobbit dolls”, with the owner picking their own first name, should they wish to.

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