Craft and stuff

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Small doll WIP

Teeny tiny book lover. A work in progress. I am working on things I love, there is blossom in the tree outside my studio window, new owners in the cafe downstairs and a new...

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Tiny dolls

I have been working all-consumingly hard on a picture book these last few months but my local illustrator-artist’s group had pegged December for an art exchange and there was no getting out of it....

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Rainy day and my ugly mug

It’s a miserable day here on the island. Luckily I am partial to rain and heavy, grey skies. The crazy, tree-limb tossing, roof-pounding wind I can do without. I am about to head over...

Am I repeating myself? 9

Am I repeating myself?

I had forgotten just how much fun creating repeat patterns is in photoshop. Playing with different colourways is equally fun and I have just uploaded this design to spoonflower and ordered a yard of each...

A softy for Mirabel 37

A softy for Mirabel

I resurrected the old Marshmallow Bunny pattern and was very pleased to find that I really enjoyed stitching this little girl together. She is off to Pip tonight ready for the Softies for Mirabel...

Pillow talk 30

Pillow talk

Lily’s asleep, Amelia’s at school… I am keeping cool behind drawn curtains. It’s going to be 38°c today, can that be fair? It’s Autumn! The hot weather is going on and on and on....

Kiss and make up 26

Kiss and make up

Sometime around 9am this morning the gocco and I made friends again and I finished my first multi-coloured print. Hooray! Thanks for all the encouragement yesterday. Just in case you were wondering, the registration...

WIP Friday – Maminka doll

WIP Friday – Maminka doll

This is not such a great photo — I just couldn’t get a good one today as I left it too late and it’s quite overcast this afternoon — but you get the idea....