Doll-making is my hobby. I sell most of my dolls on eBay, except for a few which I give as gifts to family and friends.
I started out making my first cloth doll a few years ago. I have always loved cloth dolls and it had always been my wish to create my own dolls someday.
Nowadays I also make dolls using different media like paper clay, wood, felt etc. Some of my paper clay doll designs are inspired by Izannah Walker and other famous doll makers of yore. Most of my paper clay and wood dolls are one-of-a-kind. For my cloth dolls, I buy small quantities of fabrics at a time, so no two dolls will be alike. I also experiment with various doll-making techniques of my own.
I also enjoy collecting antique dolls, and reading and researching about different kinds of dolls.
Pictures of Izannah Walker inspired dolls
The picture above is not a doll from days gone by, but a photo of my mother when she was a baby!
My group Rags to Riches Dolls is having its third group challenge of 2008. The theme of the challenge is 'Twas The Night Before Christmas.
Since the day we moved to our new place, I had not been getting the inspiration to create any new dolls. Well...not anymore. Our group challenge started on the 16th of this month. I got so inspired seeing all the amazing creations by my group members that all of a sudden I had this urge to create something. And then... I could hear the doll in the next room, that I had started making in my previous home. She was screaming at me to pick her up and start painting her shoes and sew her clothes.
Meet Hollie, a very sweet girl. She is ready to go to her grandma's house to celebrate Christmas Eve with her.
Hollie's face has been oil-painted. She has been inspired by a very dear child I know.
Roxy, my golden pup, kept following Hollie anywhere she went.
Please click below to visit Hollie's eBay auction.
Below are a few pictures of my latest creations....
First is Alayna, a jointed cloth doll. Her face and hands have been needle sculpted and hand painted. She wears a beautiful peacock feather print skirt. The second is a raggedy doll named Bella.
I hope you enjoy looking at their pictures and also take the time to visit their auctions.
The following banner for our Wizard of Oz group challenge has been made by Judy Daigle of Jude Art Dolls.
SOLD! Dorothy and Toto are at present on their way to Germany.
Dorothy and her little black dog Toto are eagerly waiting to go on auction on eBay on August 3rd.
My eBay group Rags to Riches Dolls will be having it's second group challenge of 2008 starting August 3rd 2008. Please type R2RD to view unique story book creations made in the theme of the book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum.
I chose to make Dorothy and her little black dog Toto for the Oz challenge.
A few weeks ago, when I came to know that I had won the blog giveaway by Annie of Annie Beez Folk Art, I was overjoyed! It was a great pleasure receiving all those wonderful gifts from Annie and unwrapping them one after the other.
Thanks a lot Annie! Thanks to sweet Isabel for helping out with the drawing!
If you haven't visited Annie's blog, then please take the time to do so. She creates beautiful one-of-a-kind dolls. Please click on the link below to visit Annie's blog.. Annie Beez Folk Art
I am back in the blogging world once again:)! I am here to talk about my new doll Sweetpea, whom I made for the Hoffman Challenge of 2008. She is my first entry. I came to know of the Hoffman challenge from Deanna Hogan of Blue Heron Dolls.
Below are pictures of Deanna's Hoffman doll, Frances.
These are pictures of my Hoffman doll, Sweetpea. Don't you just love the teal peacock fabric...I loved working with it. I am thrilled to have taken part in the challenge this year and would definitely take part again next year.
Pictures of cloth dolls that I previously sold on eBay.
Caitlyn
Gracie
Millie
Pictures of dolls that I made using patterns provided by sweetmeadowsfarm.
Copyrighted designs, reproduced with permission.
Addie and Brownie
Annabel and Anjelika
Precious Dottie
Thanks for looking!
About Me
MB
Bellevue, WA, United States
I love art in any shape or form. Just give me a piece of muslin and a needle and a thread and see what I come up with. Sometimes I surprise myself too.
Dollmaking is my hobby and I enjoy selling my dolls on eBay. I am married to the most wonderful man in the world. We have a very sweet golden retriever named Roxy. I enjoy spending time with my hubby and Roxy.
~MB
"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." ~ Ben Ames Williams
Is that really me??
I never dreamt I could sleep like that!
Picture of my tiny sewing room. Hubby won the bigger room for his office.
I am a member of the following talented groups of doll artists.
Rags to Riches Dolls (R2RD)
Prim and Whimsy Girls
"crafted with care"
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace ~ John lennon
My Halloween kitty Nellie
“When the tea is brought at five o'clock and all the neat curtains are drawn with care, the little black cat with bright green eyes Is suddenly purring there" ~ Harold Monro
