all patched up

I thought I’d make another puppy doll, this time with a patch over the eye. Unfortunately, a millimetre too thin, and the legs turned into a bit of an ordeal to turn right side out. A case of “death by chopstick” … Continue reading

wine o’clock & cold tea

When I started making this, it was going to be another Dobbit. And so it is, although this dobbit-y thing is more doggity than rabbity – on purpose, I hasten to add. I got as far as completing the body and face, apart … Continue reading

fairy tale

Once upon a summertime, a plan was hatched. But as some plans do, this plan kind of stalled a bit. The plan was to make a fairy doll. Things started well. But there were things about the fairy doll that needed to be worked out. … Continue reading

summer baggage

So this is the result of my latest bit of bag making experimentation. It’s the same basic pattern as I made before, but this time made in Sarah Campbell’s lovely Melodies fabrics. I wasn’t certain whether these cotton fabrics would … Continue reading

etsy… eventually!

It’s been way too long. My shops have been shut for ages. I must be the world’s most rubbish shopkeeper. I kept meaning to put aside time to re-stock at least one of them. But the thought of all that photographing, … Continue reading

creature feature

You may remember the families of creature dolls I made a while ago. There was the Jewel creature family, pictured above, and the Tropics creature family, pictured below… Well, I just wanted to say that I am dead chuffed to … Continue reading