Three Little Lancashire Witches

This month I have made witches all month, some for weddings and others just for the shop but I have enjoyed them all. Lovely fabrics and sweet faces, I even enjoy making the little hats.

So here are Whistry, Waverly and Wherry all in Liberty prints and all looking gentle and calm. Whistry wears Liberty Tana Lawn Arrow B and has a piece of smokey quartz at her heart for grounding. Waverly weara Floral Eve aquamarine with turquoise at her hearst for strength and Wherry wears a classic Liberty print called Betsy in Summer blues and pinks with a rose quartz at her heart for love. All stuffed with lavender and other herbs for a gentle scent. They each stand just nine inches with an extra inch for their hat.

I really hope you like them xx

Tuesday Talent, Parico22

 Parico22 is a Japanese lady I follow on instagram and that is all I know about her.  I don't understand Japanese so that when I visit her site I cannot follow the writing but I am absolutley smitten with her cats and her rabbits. These are real works of art and so adorable to boot.

Their clothes are removable, they have little leather shoes and hand styled accessories, I find them utterly appealing. Usagi, Cat uses German mohair from Steiff Schulte and she stands about 30cm tall. 

Completely in love.

For more details try https://minne.com/@parico22 and get google to translate the page. Not much information but gorgeous photograghs.

Briar, a bullfinch doll

 Made Briar to celebrate my bullfinches coming back to the garden. Have had a terrible trouble with a pesky rat visiting the garden all winter.  He started coming in November and stayed, eventually all the birds left and even the squirrels got fed up with him. I don't like the idea of poison but my neighbour got him with a trap.  As soon as he was gone within the week all the birds came back, really happy.  So Briar was made!

All her plumage is delineated with stitch, no paint, giving her a deep textural look and feel. She is embroidered front and back making a lovely rich doll.  This little bird is dressed in a pretty Liberty print called Edenham with rich purples, grey and blacks that just set off her embroidery details. Love maaking my little birds, all that stitch, delicious xx

Tuesday Talent, Edith Blue Dolls

 Two doll makers, creative friends, Gilly and Jill make these delightful cloth dolls from a little wooden cabin at the bottom of their garden in Woodbridge in the county of Suffolk. A beautiful part of England in the east of the country.

It is the faces and the lovely details I find so appealing. The faces are hand embroidered in a distinct style and the hair is usually yarn with interesting clothes and little accessories all in varying fabrics and yarns. They use a lot of Liberty a particular favourite of mine.

I follow them on Etsy at
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/EdithBlueDolls
and they have a lovely story on Instagram, well worth having a peep at. A twist on a traditional doll done very well.

Damson, A Daisy Mouse

 Damson is a little daisy mouse with leather ears and a leather tail. She is a tiny mouse dressed in Liberty Quilting Cotton and finished with organza ribbon and tiny buttons. She has little leather shoes and striped legs. She has a crocheted daisy on her little bag.

Like all my dolls she has a rose quartz crystal to her heart and lavender in her stuffing for a gentle scent. I make more mice that any other doll and love making them.  I hope you like her xx

Rhona, A Rhoda Doll

 I have neglected my blog and this stops now, it is a lovely record of my development from a tinkerer in doll making to a busy full time doll maker and I want to continue that. That being said I wanted to share Rhona a doll made to my Rhoda doll pattern that has just been purchased so I want a record of her.
I had not made these dolls for some time and then a lovely lady called Samara asked for one to be commissioned for her Mum's birthday.  She wanted the Rhoda doll to have her colouring and her style of clothes so I revisited a long abandoned pattern and thoroughly enjoyed making her. So I made a few more.
Rhona is 50cm tall and is a long slim doll with big bottom! She is dressed in a pretty Liberty Lawn called Poppy and Daisy in delicate shades of pink and green.  She sports a cute little beret in blackberry cotton and a little embroidered sachet with her name embroidered upon it. She makes a lovely girl in soft pastels that I am very happy to have made.

Reba, A Robin for the New Year

 This is my first robin of 2019 in a glorious fabric called Christelle by Liberty. I have embroidered to her front and back as usual with stitch to delineate the plumage but have replaced the chain stitch with a white darning stitch and I think I like it better.
The fabric is lovely it is in shades of pink and orange with a little green highlight. I have teamed it with a soft pink Oakshott cotton and finished with a pretty lace petticoat.  She has a rose quartz heart and lavender in her stuffing for a gentle scent. I love making her and just adore this fabric xx