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Flynn This is a Lynne Butcher design and was made from her internet class. He is needle sculpted lycra over cloth. His under-body is white cotton, stuffed very firmly with a layer of flesh colored lycra over the top. He has wired fingers and ears. His features are hand applied using colored pencils and pens. His finger and toe nails are painted with gold glitter paint. His pants and hat are made from double-stretch green velour. He is seated in a stationary position and his arms are also attached in a stationary fashion. All the lace embellishments dotting his costuming and body are hand painted. I couldn't resist perching the butterfly on his knee as the final touch.

Elizabeth This is a Mother Earth and Me design. Her head, hands and legs are made from brown Kona cotton. Her nose is needle sculpted and her features are hand applied using acrylic paint and pencils. She has needle sculpted fingers and toes and they didn't look finished without a bit of color using prisma pencils . Her costuming is quite detailed. Her body is made from a teal striped printed fabric, she has peach pantaloons, peach print dress with teal print accent at the wrists and hem, peach over-dress with teal print accent around the neckline with pin tucking and accent buttons and her sandals are made from layered cork with teal rattail cord ties. Her hair is shiny black acrylic three ply macramé cord that I separated and combed out after attaching. She has a large teal bow atop her head.
Miss Maggy This was made from a Sylvia Schorr design. She was designed with a flat face but I went one step further and added a profiled face. Her body, head and hand/arms are made from a flesh colored poly/cotton blend. Her face is lightly sculpted and the features are hand applied using pens and pencils. Her bodice and sleeves are covered with wired ribbon and embellished with antique lace and beads and at her wrists is silk ribbon. Her lower body/dress is made from gold jacquard upholstery fabric. Her hair is wool roving and she is wearing a gold felt adorned with feathers and a flowered ribbon that is not visible in this view. For the final touch, she is wearing a burgundy crystal necklace.
"Little Urchin" I have to say I am very proud of this doll, "Little Urchin", because she won a second place ribbon in the Big Horn Quilts "Summer Picnic Challenge" 2002.She is a Jane Coughlan design. Her head, body, arms and legs are made from flesh colored Kona cotton. Her face, fingers and toes are needle sculpted and her features are hand applied using acrylic paint and pens. She has separate, wired fingers and a separate big toe. Her finger and toe nails are hand painted using acrylic paint. Her arms are button jointed. Her hair is long blond fur and it just had to be mussed to give her just the right look. The fabrics for her costuming were supplied by Big Horn Quilts to use in this competition. She is wearing tan print pantaloons, a red print under-skirt and her over-dress is a bear picnic print. At the lower front edge of the over-dress are yo-yos I mad made and then attached using red heart buttons. Her final touch is the little frog she is holding. He had bead eyes and is filled with plastic pellets so he sits nicely in her hands.

Cooter This was a fun bear to make. He was designed by Jim and Judy Mystrol and the name of their company is "Grub and Rustle Bears". He is made of a curly synthetic fur. Although this picture doesn't show it, his paws and feet are appliquéd He has a sculpted face and hand stitched nose and mouth. He has glass eyes and is fully jointed. He is wearing overalls, a felt hat and of course glasses so he can find his way around the farm.
Penny and her show pony Abby Penny is a Pearl Moon design
Alice
Sayward Elizabeth The design is by Sherry Gashon. She was a free pattern is the Cloth Doll Magazine The bodice of her dress is embellished with ribbon embroidery and pearls.

Rachel She is a papier-mache head and cloth body. Her face and hair are painted She is from a magazine "Doll Designs" when it was still in publication.
Woman Challenge This was a Challenge that was put on by Di McDonald, I chose to make my "woman as "The Tree of Life". I decided to use fabric that has wood grain print. I also used rubber stamps for her face and for the sayings on her body. Her head, body, hands and feet are beaded and then I made her head piece to resemble the branches of a tree. The branches are beaded wire that sprout from her fingers and head.

Coco This doll was a black and white challenge project from Diane McDonald. She shared the pattern for the head, arms and body but the costuming and the embellishment was us to the individual participant. This is what came out of my head, She was a really fun project.
"Harpo's Night at the Opera" was made for an online doll challenge. This doll took a third place in that competition. The requirement was to make a doll with all black and white. This doll is a Jesse Chandler design. His head, body and arms are made of white cotton. His legs are made of a black cotton print. His head is cotton lycra over white cotton. He has needle sculpted features that have been colored with pens and pencils. He has separate, wired fingers. In place of hair I opted to use the same bead trim that I used on the hems of his sleeves, tunic hem and at the hem of his pants. He tunic is cotton print, his collar is a poly moiré fabric and his pants, hat and slippers are made from velvet. The ribbon roses on his hat, tunic and slippers are hand made and beaded and pearls adorn his slippers. I didn't want to use the usual doll stand for him so I used a wood plaque and dowel, painted them black, used some acrylic finish to make it shiny and then hand drew the white squiggles on the plaque to match the print of his tunic.

Yvette She is by Judy Ward
What Ever Pattern by Judy Ward