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New Doll

Between the holidays, eye surgery and life in general, this doll has taken me almost three months to complete. I have a few more of these wrapped dolls in the works. I just can't seem to do anything else these days. I want to do some ballerinas for my granddaughters. But, I was inspired by Patti Culea's new pattern, Aerin. So, of course I had to order it! Now I need to search for all the materials necessary to make her!. She looks like so much fun!

Art Quilt Class

A few months ago I did a small art quilt with some hand dyed fabrics. It was on diplay at a quilt shop where I teach classes and work some times. I was asked to work it up for a class, so, I made it using some Kaffe Fasset prints. I drew her face and colored it with watercolor pencils. I then machine appliqued her hair, did some free motion embroidery and did some light beading. What do you think?

Wacky Women

This little doll was in the most recent issue of CLOth Paper Scissor. She was lots of fun and the technique was simple. You can really use your imagination with her.

A Little Critter Stuffie

These cute little critters were in a recent issue of CLoth Paper Scissors. A piece of canvas and some paint and you have a very cute gift for a litle one!

New Dolls

I will be in an art show next month, so, I am busy making dolls. They are made on a wire armature, wrapped with quilt batting, fabric and fibers. I then do some beading and maybe add a piece of vintage jewelry. I have never sold my dolls before, so this is a brand new experience for me. Hope it goes well!

Selvage edge purse

I've been playing with the selvage edges of my fabric lately. After I finished the selvage edge skirt, which my granddaughter loved, I wanted to try something else. I used the pattern I designed a few months ago, which is selling pretty well at the local quilt shop. Hope you like it.

Halloween Doll

Yet another wrapped doll! I have taught this method a number of times and never seem to tire of it. I came across this chiffon skirt I had made for my daughter for a dance back in high school (quite a few years ago) and thought it would be perfect for a witch. I had wrapped an armature in black already so all that was left was the fun part! She was going to be a Halloween witch, but she turned out way to cute for that....so she is just a Halloween doll. I will call her Kat, after a very dear and sick friend.

New Art Quilt

I used hand dyed fabrics in this quilt. I took a class in dyeing a few months ago and dyed twenty yards of fabric. Guess it's time to start using some of it.