Yesterday was the last full day of school before the holidays.
I’ve been feeling a bit under par this week, just exhausted and probably fighting off a cold or some other minor ailment, so I haven’t actually done much making for a few days.
But I thought I really should make the most of having the quiet time needed for a bit of sewing experimentation, whilst I still could.
So I got a few fabrics out and set to…
I thought I’d try a doll using different fabrics in the body, and adding separate ears. I had in mind rabbity ones, possibly floppy, possibly not.
But these things, as they tend to, like to go their own sweet way.
And I’m not sure that what I made turned out quite 100% rabbity.
In fact what resulted from my endeavours came out somewhere, I think, in the no-man’s-land between rabbit and dog.
So I named it Dobbit.
Or should that be Raggit? ♥
I love Dobbit! Is she for sale?!
Yes, she is £25 + postage.
Is Dobbit just a tiny bit sad? Identity-conflicted? She’s adorable, but she’s so lovely I’d love to see her smile a little bit… And I hope you’re feeling better very soon.
Thanks Kate! I seem to have sleeping sickness – need to nap every afternoon when a huge wave of tiredness crashes over me – and finding it hard to get up in the mornings. But it’s the summer holidays tomorrow, so I can sleep without guilt!
Dobbit does seem a little sad. I embroidered the face freehand, so she just is what she turned out to be when the needle had done it’s work!
With you on the waves of tiredness… can’t sleep, can’t stay awake… I bet there are more Dobbits waiting to be born, with all sorts of lovely ears, and some will probably have different expressions.
I’m going to start another one now actually…
The only thing to do with waves of tiredness is to let them crash and to go with their flow.
Is Dobbit her whole name, or her surname? Is she, for example, Daisy Dobbit, or Dora Dobbit, and will other Dobbits have their own name?
I think they will all be generic “Dobbit dolls”, with the owner picking their own first name, should they wish to.