Aren't Topsy Turvy dolls cool? Sort of creepy, but also sort of amazing! Once I started making reversible toys, I felt like I had to make this classic children's toy. I named her Trixie and Tess. Trixie is a rather stern girl, dressed in deep purple with a severe hairstyle. She is not in a…
A Spooky Giveaway
I've been a big fan of Wendi Gratz's blog Shiny Happy World for a long while now. I admire Wendi's goal of showing everyone that they can, indeed, learn to sew. No matter how new or intimidated you may be, no matter how many bad Home Ec. memories you may be harboring, you can get…
Lila: A Cloth Doll
I couldn’t resist making another. This is Lila and she is a little sweetheart. Her dress is a piece of vintage fabric from my rarely opened box of purple fabrics. And it is adorned with two vintage garter buttons. She is up in my shop now. Roxanne and I took part in a kid’s ATC…
Zoe: A Cloth Doll
Last night I couldn't resist the urge to make a doll. Meet Zoe. I first drew up the pattern for this doll nearly two years ago and I always liked her. What a fun project! I love picking fabrics and embellishments for dolls. The choices are nearly endless. Zoe's dress is a lovely green vintage…
Esme
For the last few days I’ve been working on this doll. She is made from the same pattern as Sonya and Sarah, but this time I tried my hand at yarn hair. I’ve been afraid of attempting yarn hair that is sewn to the head for a long while now, but I’m glad I gave…
2nd Flapper Girl Doll
I made another flapper girl doll with the same pattern I created for the first one. I used some of the scraps from the Plain Spoken quilt top I made for my yet-to-be-born neice, Emerson Rose. The beads on her boots are made from Sculpey and she has a cloth-covered button I made on her…
New doll and a little pumpkin patch
My newest doll has a kinda flapper look, I think. I was really inspired by this site, originally posted by Molly Chicken (thanks!), and I wanted to try my hand at making some patchwork in the style of Unfinished Business from The Modern Quilt Workshop. I used the patchwork for her dress and her hat….
Dolly Purse
Last night I finally had some crafting energy and made this dolly purse. At the top of the head there’s a button and when you open it up you can store all your treasures inside. The pattern came from A Treasury of Needlecraft for the New Baby which I’ve posted about before. Here are some…
Lollipop Doll
Here is the Spicy Brown t-shirt I was wearing yesterday and here is the lollipop doll, asleep and awake Not my favorite project, but it did give me a chance to do shashiko on polka dots, which I wanted to try and to make some felted beads from the roving moki gave me.
Tea Time Mod Doll
Sometimes I feel badly that I spend much of each evening up in our room with my sewing machine, instead of downstairs with my husband so last night I tried staying downstairs for a while. I was hanging out on the couch, starring vacantly at the baseball game on T.V. and starting to doze. So,…