Seriously Sewing

                       Well I had gotten back into doll making from admiring all the cute dolls on Pinterest, going back in time, when I use to make dolls. I had lost most of all my old things in Hurricane Irene for my basement got flooded, but I was happy to discover, these sweet dolls survived. I  guess I made these in the mid 1980's.

                                  The fabrics were made from some old gowns that I had
shortened after a few fabulous parties..those were the days!! My motto has always been, "don't throw it out, u can always find a use for this.." Strangely, I wasn't really devastated when my basement was flooded. It was strange how I had been. I had thought, that was yesterday, tomorrow is another day :)

But 2 years ago, I really got into seriously sewing dolls from a friend at work that asked me to make a doll for her, before that I was just procrastinating about designs in my head..But Bernadette asked me to make a doll for her, and since, a new hobby came about.  It was a really fun project and she was very pleased at the end result, and I was too, because I discovered a long ago past time, was something I'd like to get back to and do again.

Since AnnaBelle I had made a series of other dolls for customers and friends

                                                                   

  

                                                                     

Kingsley came with her own little Box which is decoupaged with book pages from Beatrix Potter.

But I must say, my prettiest doll ever is a multi colored blonde haired beauty I named, Sara, after the Fleetwood Mac song which I was listening to one night while designing. She won first prize at the 2014 Monmouth County Fair. Of course you could only enter one doll, so the little black haired doll had to stay home. I let her get into the picture though!