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The evening sun was streaming through my window so I snapped a quick pic of the mayhem on my table....

• half made dollies - some in the box and some on the window sill
• an idea for a pretty pincuchion made from crazy quilting
• wool waiting to made into dollies hair
• scraps of sheer fabric with my practice - tiny hems - ready for when I tackle the wedding dress. It's ages since I have done any very fine sewing - I felt I needed to practice before I launched into the real thing!! Of course my very clever little seamstress sister was on hand with excellent advice so I am sure all will be well when I get round to doing it. Max came over on Monday and we had a trying on session. She will make a beautiful bride I am sure.
• PS - only shortening the dress - not making it from scratch!!!!

Do have a good snoop and then join in the blog hop fun over with the lovely Julia at her Stamping Ground.

OK folks - I am off to tackle the frock - I may be gone for some time!!

Have fun and thanks for calling by.

x Jo

Friday Smile - and finished by Friday!

The view is fine

The sky is sunny

There's snow on the hills

This Spring is funny!

My hot cross buns

 Are rumbling my tummy

And here is Snow Bun

Playing Easter Bunny!!!

This is my latest bunch of dollies.
They have proved very popular with the tinies in our family so I have made a couple of sets.

If you want to join our Friday smile fun then follow this link to Annie's "A stitch in time blog".

Have a wonderful Easter weekend everyone.

x Jo

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Good morning all!!
I hope it's not too cold and snowy where you are.
We have had about 20cms of snow but all roads are clear so it's not really a problem to us.
I feel very sorry for all the farmers round here who are busy lambing. I guess they may lose any that they can't get into shelter.

My table is covered with dolly mayhem!

I found the idea on Flutterby Patch.
Eli made little dancing dollies inspired by Julia Donaldson's book Paper Dolls. (author of The Gruffalo)

We always make paper dollies for our little ones so these fabric ones (all link handswith velcro) are just an extension of that idea.

Annie showed the twins the proto types that I made last week and Sam's response was... "Wow!"
What a poppet and he is only 18mths old.
So here is my third batch of dollies - these are going in the post for my great nieces/nephew who have chicken pox at present. I thought they would be fun to play with/ count etc.

They are only made with tiny scraps from my scrapbox - a bit like the scrapbox dollies (- another idea from Flutterby Patch) but no beads or buttons etc so safer for tinies to play with. Their features are all hand stitched and the hair and decorations are all securely stitched on.

Well that's it for today.
I am going to make a few Easter cards now, ready to post tomorrow when I go to see Annie and the twins.

Have a great week - keep cosy.
Join in the blog hop over at Julia's Stamping Ground - there are lots more happy crafters out there!!
Thanks for calling in and leaving lovely messages.

x Jo

Friday Smile

 

Happy snowy,  wet Friday everyone!!

 

These are the scissor sisters.

Twiglet and Wipso!

Twiglet the blonde on the left and Wipso with the tufty steel grey hair on the right.

Twiglet, a bit taller, folds her arms under her bosom whereas Annie tucks hers on top!

What a pair!

 

Join in with our Friday Smiles over on Annie's blog.

 

x Jo

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Where did last week go?

Another Wednesday and time for a trip over to Julia's Stamping Ground to check out a few super crafters desks and see what everyone  has been up to.

Well, I almost just posted this as an "out of office" notice today!



Not much has been going on in my craft room so I thought you might like to meet my little owl doorstop that I was given at Christmas.
I love owls, so this was a very appropriate gift.
It was badly needed because, even though I kept promising to make one for myself, I didn't and was using a large reel of thread to hold my door open!







I have managed a tiny bit of sewing and some knitting but I gave both items away before I took a photo - hopeless memory!

So, here is just a sneaky peek at something I have been making for a friend's granddaughter. More pics next time.









Have a great week.
Thanks for popping in here to see what I have beeen up to.
It's lovely to hear from you and I will try to get back to you through the week.
x Jo