Well, it’s been a funny old year. At the end of last year I did a fabulously successful fair at The Custard Factory in Birmingham. It was the first fair for which I had travelled out of Nottingham to sell … Continue reading
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Category Archives: craftyness
the trouble with boys
I have no idea why I have such trouble with boys. Making boy dolls, I mean (not real life boys – thankfully!) I start off with ideas and then more often than not, they just look wrong when I actually … Continue reading
lockdown life and bauhaus belles
Life is a funny thing. One minute I am floundering in a creative mire that has me wondering whether I will ever make another doll… and the next I am working on several dolls at once, with commission enquiries coming … Continue reading
craft as therapy (or: how to use patchwork to stay sane and hopefully find your flow)
It’s been a while since I posted last, round about the time lockdown started. I said then that I was going to go on making the small things that I make, whether or not anyone was in a position to … Continue reading
hair of the dog
I rarely buy fabric these days. But having run out of the scraps of vintage bear fabric (as used in the little bear below) that I picked up in a de-stash sale, and having such a limited supply of the … Continue reading
buns in the oven
When I say buns in the oven, I don’t mean I’ve been baking. And I certainly don’t mean the other kind either! I’m talking about rabbits. This week I started out trying to see if I could make a bear from … Continue reading