Ena,all in soft purple and spring green.

 This is Ena, she is one of my new Nora Dolls.  A tubby lady with a potent spirit and gently vitality. She stands just 14 inches tall and has a hand painted face with embroidered features.  Her hair is hand styled wool tops and she is wearing a new fabric by Lewis and Irene's Spring range 'The Botanist'.

The fabric in this range is beautiful and I have really enjoyed using it in this combination for Ena and in a reverse combination for her sister Ellen, who is nearly finished.  Each doll is styled to be all woman, warm and full with a protective spirit. Ena has lavender and camomile inside her tummy and sports a hand embroidered fern patterned lavender bag around her shoulders that reflects the details of her underskirts.

I love making these dolls.  They are real little totems, true earth mothers and have a protective spirit, such as you find in much folk art.  Each one when she is complete seems to be her own person which had little to do with me their maker.  It's like making someone their very own special Aunty to watch over them, I am very fond of these dolls.