An Introduction...

Welcome to my new blogspot...and to start, a little about my journey here...

I have a background in costume design and I have been making dolls for many years. My recent creations have been cloth dolls inspired by antique dolls and my family history (another of my favourite pastimes). I also love creating anything with fabric and I'm enjoying experimenting with different styles and designing unique items.

In this blog I will share doll info, tips and tricks that I have learnt over the years and also pics and even a few patterns, so please check back often to see what's new....

Thursday 21 October 2010

A bee in my bonnet!


I made quite a few of these bonnets for the Pudsey fair, thinking how nice they would look on the wooden peg dolls...and sold most of them to teddy bear artists..turned out they looked lovely on the little antique style bears too!

All the fun of the fair...


I had a lovely day at the recent Pudsey Doll and Teddy Fair, I received lots of lovely comments and had several very interesting conversations. This repro parian doll was probably the most remarked upon, though I found myself unable to part with her and ended up putting a sold sign on her so I could bring her home...think I need a little work on my sales techniques!!