Three In A Row

One of the new listings in my Etsy store is for a doll kit consisting of a finished "Pensive Child" head painted by me along with the pattern for the body and instructions for completing the doll. Here are a few of the finished heads that have been sent off......redheads have been popular. I thought this would be a more affordable way for people to buy my dolls......plus I love painting them! As you can see, although they are very similar, there are distinct differences between them. I also have the kit available with the head uncompleted, with instructions for doing the "clothover" and the moulded thread hair included as well as the body pattern.

Musical Kitty?

I was playing my violin a little while ago as one is wont to do on a Sunday morning................I turned around and look who had taken up residence in my violin case and appeared to be listening intently to what I was playing!

There is a bit of a story behind this kitten - my grand-daughter was staying at a friend's house one night a few weeks ago. On their way to the school bus stop next morning they found two tiny, abandonned kittens in the middle of the road. Of course they had to rescue them! One went to live with the friend, the other now seems to have adopted us as his new family. He can't have been more than four weeks old when she found him and very skinny and starving. He took to solid food very well, but of course, got a dose of the runs before his little tummy adjusted. He's growing so fast and is a feisty, playful little cat. I wonder if he knows how lucky he is, that a soft-hearted fifteen year old found him? I think he probably does!

Every Boy Needs A Horse.........

........even if it is only a stick horse!
Here's my little boy completed with scarf, socks and shoes - he looked like he needed a little something else, so he got this hobby-horse. Now, no doubt his sister will be tapping me on the shoulder asking for a toy as well!

Remember this little baby I made a couple of months ago? The one looking a bit frightened by a jack-in-the-box? Well, I entered her in the Doll Net 2012 cloth doll baby challenge - and she won first place in the "advanced" category! *does little happy dance around studio table*.

Thanks to every one who gave her a vote.

Click on the link to have a look at all the doll-babies.

Brother and Sister

These two are nearly completed in their warm winter woollies. I've only shown the top half because the brother is still waiting for one sock and his shoes.
(They are 'spoken for' and will be heading off to a new home soon.)

Miniature cobbling and so forth........

This new rather quiet child is nevertheless a little demanding - she DEMANDED I make her these hand-knitted socks. I haven't made any of these in quite a while, so I was happy to oblige. She also wanted some brown ankle-strap shoes with black buttons, so she got those as well. Of course, she has no underwear yet, but she doesn't seem too concerned about that. Little hussy!

She's now waiting patiently for her brother to be finished.......she might be waiting a little while as I have quite a bit on my plate for the next week or two.

Two Heads Are Better?

I'm working on these two little dolls at the same time - a boy and a girl. I am very happy with how the moulded boy hair turned out - it's the first time I've done it like this. And if they look a bit familiar I used my "pensive child" mould to make their faces, so they are sister and brother to the little girl I blogged about a few posts ago. It's been a bit damp and cool the past few days, so I've had the woodheater in the studio going - just above it is a great place to dry out works in progress!

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