Plough Day

Progress continues on a new fashion art doll. It takes many steps to create something worthwhile. On days when mistakes are made I tend to take more coffee breaks. When fewer pattern revisions are needed I'm more likely to plough through the day and the designing. Today was a ploughing day for me.

Following are shots of Draft #3 of the current doll design…

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Pretty in Orange & Pink

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    One of my favourite colour combinations is orange and pink. That began years ago when I bought an orange and pink short sleeve raglan shirt from Target, during the Charlie's Angels film craze. I loved that shirt so much, and had I known then what I know now, I would have bought a second one.

    Now that you've heard my orange and pink opener let me tell you about what I have done. I have just finished making two doll size orange and pink bags. One bag is on sale in my store. The second bag is intended as a blog giveaway prize.

    To go into the draw to win this sparkly doll bag do one or all of the following:

1. Blog about this giveaway.
2. Tweet about this giveaway.
3. Share details of this giveaway on Facebook.
4. When you have done any of the above, comment below so that your name will go into the draw. Giveaway will end 19th March 2015, 4PM. Winner will be announced shortly after that.

Good luck!

A Bag of Surprises in Store

    Been on the quiet side of late and getting quieter here in blog-world. But just when I thought I'd finished up with this site, I reunite with my love of making things with my own hands [after a much needed good health hiatus].

    I have made a few changes to this blog - tidied it up, gave it more focus, included the reopening of an online doll store. Proud? Yes!

    Have a look around and enjoy your visit in my little world.

New Work

    I have been working on a completely new doll design. It is kind of a new direction for me to be designing a more 3D shaped doll. What I'm working toward is a cloth fashion doll.

    Today I actually hit upon just the right body shape - it took three drafts and fabric tests to get there.

    Between the second and third try I took a break and helped my kids set up a paint station. While they were being little artists I grabbed a brush and painted a face on Draft 2 doll. Sometime down the track I might do more painted dolls.

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Made Mermaid

I had time on my hands this afternoon, so I made the paper doll mermaid… and here she is. I have one extremely pleased client.

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A Box Troll called Fish

One very happy little kid put in a request for a box troll doll. I couldn't say no to this project, because I love the Box Trolls movie. So I designed and made the doll in just one afternoon. Yeah, I know I'm showing off.

A very naked box troll

A clothed box troll

Badges Were Made

Yesterday I made a fabric badge for a lil' girl's birthday present. The badge was well liked by my kids, so today I sat down and made additional badges for them.

Badge Making

    I haven't posted much here lately. Admittedly I am not certain about my place in bloggie-blog-land. But I did some crafting this afternoon and it seemed right to share here my lil' effort.

    I made a badge using a safety pin, paper, button, ribbon, felt fabric and thread. It is going to be a birthday present for my eldest's friend. Now that my eldest has seen the badge she has put in a request for her own.

Life Lesson #2

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Life Lesson #1

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