Paige here is going to live in a pillow. I made a handful of quilted pillows when I had a burst of quilt energy, right around Covid I think. They didn’t really match any of our sofas so I’m not sure what I was thinking. Now they’re doll containers. I sewed two buttons on to give that sleeping bag feel when bundled up. Paige has a teddy bear buddy and so far 4 outfits including a handknit sweater and some … More
This gal was in the discard pile, tough choices had to be made, but I had so many outfits that were peachy and were calling out for a redhead. I actually love the yarn used for this doll’s hair. It’s from Joanns (sob) and is so soft and doesn’t unravel at all. This color is gorgeous.
I have a stack of doll quilts from when I decorated my daughter’s nursery wall with them and I’m starting there when looking for … More
Cleaning out the craft room and all the handmade dolls and projects from the past 20 years. My own version of Swedish death cleaning. I want every project that I leave behind to be thoughtful, complete, transferrable. I started by weeding the dolls down to a sort of manageable amount, 30 maybe? The crumpled doll clothes were dumped out of the bags and bins and assigned to a specific doll. Now the dolls live in a big basket waiting for … More
Gnome? my husband asked. Wizard? my daughter asked. No, just a cute pointy hat. Knit with this gorgeous sock yarn and size 2 DPNs.
It’s been years and years since I’ve tackled a full sized quilt. I can’t really remember what sent me down this recent quilting rabbithole, I think mostly a need to get away from the doomscrolling. I bought two bundles from laundry basket quilts, scrappy light and dark and started playing around, piecing together some stars for pillow. Then I decided to take the rest and see what I could make. I landed on a flying geese pattern (wandering nomad… More
I made a new Kit-Kat doll from my Make-Along Animals pattern and did a little tik-tok video while I did it. Which is a little harder to do now that Phoebe has abandoned me for school. Since I’m having all the quilty feels these days I decided to make a sort of patchwork version of Kit-Kat. Kitty is made up of 3 fabrics. Normally I do a solid for the body, a print for the head gusset and another solid … More
Any yarn can be used to make hair for a handmade cloth doll like the Make-Along dolls… bulky, dk, sport… wool, acrylic, roving, mohair. Whatever you like to achieve the look you’re going for. It’s also fun to use a few different yarns together. Here I used two very similar shades of a golden yellow and it gives her a great full head of sunny blonde hair.
For this doll I pulled the yarn from both balls at the … More
A captivating gang of 24 huggable, lovable creatures to sew—from classics like Margot, a topsy-turvy doll, and the button-jointed teddy bear Bjorn Bjornson, to irresistible Evelyn, a wool felt inchworm decked out in mod glasses and a kerchief, and Koji, a fiercely cute spiked softie monster. There’s something for everyone here—from kids to grown-ups and from beginning sewers to advanced dollmakers. Published by STC Craft, August, 2010.
