Another one by Julie's Jess pattern. Cotton velvet, quilter's cotton, organza ribbon, vintage sequins, bells, silk ribbon . . . 2008.
Polysuede head and hands. The 'gold' discs on his headpiece have words on them: 'dream' on one and 'create' on the other.
Original design. Cotton, painted and embellished with various bits and pieces. Silk ribbon headdress. 2003
Test doll for Mary Tressler's online class, Birds. Her "feathers" are silk flower petals. 2006
Original design, 2004. Body fabric is painted and stamped, then overdyed with Dy-Na-Flow paints after stuffing. His hair is quiviut, a souvenir from a son's trip to Alaska.
Made from a combination of the patterns in Patti Culea's book Creative Cloth Doll Making. Her clothing is mostly silk blouses from Goodwill; the overskirt is a crocheted lace collar. Not shown in this picture, but she was seated in a bird's nest on a branch stand. 2005.
Original design. I was experimenting with bare feet . . . with fairly good results, I think. Tibetan lamb hair, bits of thrift store blouses for most of her clothes (though I did buy the stripe). 2004.
Hilda is made from one of Mimi Winer's patterns, but I can't remember which one. Marguerite's pattern is by Rainie Crawford. This was my Hoffman Challenge entry for 2000, and she was part of the traveling show.
My interpretation of the fable of Leda and the Swan . . . my original design. The ultrasuede swan, however, is a pattern by Margaret Hutchings, from her book Modern Soft Toy Making. (Modern, in this case, being the late 60s/early 70s, I believe.)
My original pattern. I had these purple and scarlet feather thingies, and the scarlet roving . . . she evolved from there. Black and white checks are so classic . . . 2005
Made in 2006 for the DollStreet Snow and Winter Challenge. Julie McCullough's "Secret Keepers" pattern, again. Skirt embroidered with seed beads, vest with seed beads and vintage sequins, scarf crocheted by me.
Made from Julie McCullough's "Jess" pattern. Velveteen body, various cottons for the rest. 2006
Based very, very loosely on an old photo of one of my great-great grandmothers, who raised chickens (as I do). The body and some of the clothes are from Mary Tressler's pattern The Goodwife, but I alone am responsible for the chicken. 2005
Another older piece, probably 2001. My original design; not entirely successful, but I do like her tail. The rock is paper mache over styrofoam, and her hair is marabou.
Made for a swap on the LikeMinded Threads list, this is my original pattern. Handmarbled fabric (not by me, alas), embroidered and beaded. 6" tall, 006
Made from Julie McCullough's Secret Keeper pattern. The idea was born when I came across a package of giant plastic beans at the local craft store . . . 2005.
My original design, loosely inspired by Maxfield Parrish illustrations. His eyebrows are felted . . . a first for me! Once again, clothing is mostly thrift store finds. 2005
My original pattern, made in 2006 for DollStreet's Wacky Fairy challenge. Ultrasuede beaded shoes, crocheted fun fur hair. Her wings are poinsettia petals, and the glass is a wedding favor I'd saved.
Original design, made for the IOLCC show in 2004. I fell in love with this fabric, and went from there . . . too much is just about enough, in this case!
Adapataion of Marcel, by Mary Tressler. The original pattern was for a Mardi Gras clown . . . but Willie had other ideas. 2006
Test doll for Mary Tressler's pattern. Her clothes are thrift-store silk; hair is dyed roving that someone gave me about ten years ago, accented with fake orchids and spiderwort! 2006
