easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in dolls, embroidery on Jun 21st, 2011
Hopefully this parcel has arrived at its destination by now – I don’t want to spoil a surprise! These little dolls are for Paul’s cousin and her husband, who are now the proud parents of identical twin girls. Catherine and Elizabeth are thankfully known as Katy and Beth for short – otherwise I’d have had [...]
A friend of mine collects clowns. He found this one in a charity shop, sadly trouserless. A fat quarter of sparkly gold jersey later, and the clown is much better dressed!
Posted in dolls on Jul 31st, 2010
This little lady’s been on hold since April. I’ve been looking at some amazing dolls on the Art Dolls Only blog, and thought it was about time that I put a little bit of effort into this one. I did have a plan for who she was going to be, but I’m thinking now that [...]
Posted in culture, dolls, exhibitions, sewing on Jul 19th, 2010
Here I am, in the Science Museum, with my Stitched Self! Which, in fact, looks nothing like me. But a few months ago the resemblance would have been uncanny, I promise. Just in case you can’t spot my Mini-Me, here’s a close-up: I’m not sure what’s happened to my hair, or why my scarf’s all over my [...]
Here’s my completed submission to the Stitched Self project. It’s a collaboration between Stitch London and the Science Museum, where an exhibition of all the Stitched Selves will take place for the re-opening of their Who Am I? gallery in June. This little doll has had more changes of clothes than I like to admit. I just couldn’t seem [...]
Please excuse the nudity – this is a 6″ felt doll that I’m making for my submission to the Stitched Self project. It’s a collaboration between Stitch London and the Science Museum, where an exhibition of all the Stitched Selves will take place for the re-opening of their Who Am I? gallery in June. I wasn’t very [...]
Posted in dolls on Apr 6th, 2010
A while ago I decided I’d like to make some dolls. Shortly after that, a friend sent me a book about making dolls by Patti Medaris Culea. For what is possibly the first time in my life, I decided to try and make something exactly according to the pattern, so this is Doll #1. (Okay, [...]