Category: Handmade Original Dolls

here’s a little orange shelled turtle for orange friday. now we know who has been lording over this little kingdom I’ve been making lately.

I’m having fun with this colorweek but the lack of sun all week is killing me. I love trying to take cool photos but the effort involved wipes me out. I’m just too impatient. I think of all the things I could be sewing while I’m rummaging around the house for the perfect prop or the … More

holy hotdogs! (one of the new toddler friendly swears we’re trying out) thanks so much for all the HILARIOUS comments on the butterfly. some of the best comments ever! sorry I’m so pokey in posting a big fat thank you but I’ve been working at, well, a snail’s pace over here.

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Things have been a little bit up in the air around here lately. I’ve been trying to make some tough decisions and I think, with the help of Alicia’s goldilocks theory, I’ve finally got things settled in my mind. (speaking of goldilocks – cute!) Trying to decide what’s the right size/fit for me right now is super tough. Hopefully the decisions I’ve made are truly ‘right fit’ decisions and not
‘ruin your life and regret it forever decisions’. I … More

I couldn’t take it any longer. I had to put aside my must-do-now projects and take some time to make myself a stuffed. I finally got back to the big footed bunny design I’ve been wanting for over a year to redo. I’m very happy with this bunny girl. She’s huggable and floppy. And look she has poms! (thanks Patricia!) Peekaboo — Tim named her and I think his Olympic fever is showing — came together very easily but her … More

first I tried felt, then wee, now patchwork

I had the idea of making a robot in the same was as my dolls and while I don’t want to play robot favorites, this guy is making me very happy because he’s so squishy and huggable.

The patchwork panels on his chest and the stripes on his arms are from a quilt block Amy sent me a while back. I just love brown and yellow together. These fabrics were very close … More