Talua

I used a pattern from www.ragdollmakers.com.  I tried to locate the site again, but it's not responding. Anyway, the doll was supposed to be a country-style doll, but when I made her face, she demanded to be a flapper!  Go figure... ; )  I just need to find some pearls for a necklace...

Gromet is a study in exaggeration.  I wanted to stretch myself and try to create a doll with exaggerated features.   He now lives with Sardonicus.

My dad spent a month in the hospital and had emergency surgery for an aneurism found next to his stomach.  I made the mermaid to cheer him up while he recovered in ICU.  She sat next to his bed, until he was able to take her home.

This is Zerg it he is being offered on the Free Pattern page.

I made the dolls from a free pattern by Sue Farmer.  

It's her version of the Izzanah Walker (I'm not sure of the name) dolls.  

Sue offered the pattern to the Clothdollmaking doll list.  they were a challenge for me, because I haven't "painted" a doll before.  

The construction 

The doll construction was easy and she provided pictures of the finished product, but no instructions on how to paint or construct the clothing.  It was an interesting experience!

I gave my daughter a birthday card by fantasy artist, Amy Brown and found out that she likes fairies.  I affectionately call my daughter "The Brat" and the card happened to be called that, so I decided to make the main character on the card for her.  

I am not selling this doll.

It was made as a gift for my daughter.

www.amybrownart.com/

This is the link to see all of Amy Brown. So you can see her work.

This is my version of Clothdollmaking's (Phyllis) "Clothing doll challenge". I made the doll for my mom for her birthday (4/14).  

Her name is Lanihuli (Mom's middle name) and she's a lei maker.  I wanted to give Mom something reflecting her culture... I just wish I had some Hawaiian-looking fabric for the doll to wear.  Mom told me the doll looked Mexican... (sniff...)  ; )  No, I'm not hurt... sniff, sniff....  LOL!!!

I don't work very well with muslin and forgot that muslin wrinkles when youb try to sculpt it...  screwed up the nose... oh well!

Made from a pattern from Sherry Goshon, this doll was a gift to my aunt for Christmas.

Mini Coco is a mini version of the B & W challenge.  She was made for D&D's pindoll swap.

I made this mermaid for the "Black and White" online challenge.  Di Macdonald provided a pattern for participants to use.  Everything had to be black or white, except the hair and the doll's makeup.  Dad has this one!

 Lia now lives with
Fran Parrigan, in Las Vegas.

My mother approached me about making a doll for one of her co-workers.  His seven year-old son was going to have open-heart surgery.  Mom asked me to make a teddy bear, but I thought, how boring!  I came up with my Guardian Gargoyle, or Gargie for short.  The boy loved him and was allowed to keep Gargie in bed with him through his full recovery in the hospital.  Since then, I have made several more Gargies, one of which presides with Charles and Lisa Juris.  

Gargie's wife is soon to come (honest!!!!  ; )  ).

I made up mini Gargie for my doll club.

Dude & Dolls to make.

I created this centerpiece for my brother for his wedding day.  It was my first attempt at using Sculpey,oven-dried polymer clay.  The base is actual sand.  

On our way to the church, someone had placed the centerpiece on an ironing board, which was bumped... yes, the centerpiece broke into several pieces!  I missed my brother's actual wedding ceremony, so I  could fix the centerpiece and finally get myself ready. 

Sadly, when my brother was on his honeymoon, someone took the centerpiece home and didn't tell him.  They kept it for two years before telling him they had it (it was packed away and out of sight).  I am not kidding... days before my brother was able to pick it up, it was thrown into a dumpster, because the person thought it was junk cluttering up his garage.  This picture is all that is left.

"Lapiki", means "rabbit" in Samoan.  My family said her ears looked like rabbit ears....  My hubby's nickname from his family is Lapiki ears (whatever...LOL), so I thought that was a cute name...

I made this pin doll for an online friend that makes rosaries.

Chloe was made for my first online doll swap.  The swap was called the Zodiac swap.  We had to create a doll representing the zodiac sign of our partner.  My partner was a female Taurus... bull?  I was at a loss, so I decided to make a bull costume for the little girl.  Taurus people (at least me dad!) are "stubborn and Bull-headed", so she has the stubborn look.  She stands by herself when she wears the costume and she crosses her arms to pout, when the costume is off.

Is not a pin doll, but a small 8" doll with a Mohawk made of beads.

One of my first dolls.  Made around the same time as the "Elf Queen".

I fell in love with a fantasy book series called "The Dragonriders of Pern" by Anne McCaffrey.  This is one of the characters from the cover of one of the books.  The artist's name is Michael Whelan.  I love his work!  

I created this doll using an armature of hanger wire wrapped with white yarn. Then I hand sewed batting onto the structure for form muscles.  

Next, I hand sewed the "skin" (white lycra) and finally, glued flat-sided marbles in the eye sockets.  I was pretty disappointed in the way I tried to construct the wings... I couldn't make them strong enough to stay open, without losing the beauty of the webbing between the "bones".  I wanted to make the complete scene from the cover (which was his rider and a few tiny dragons), but due to unforeseen circumstances, Ruth was irreparably damaged.

This is the result of my first online class.  She is from a class taught by Gail Kellison, by the same name.  She was a lot of fun to make!

Elf Queen

This is one of my first serious attempts at doll making.  My first time making separate fingers.

This is my first attempt at making a complete doll with props.  

His face, hands and body are made of velour.  My first attempt at making an older-looking character.  

The costume is made of satin and lame and accented with crystal beads.  Beads also accent his stockings.  

His "jester stick" has a face of muslin, softly sculpted and hand painted.  

The "throne" is made of Styrofoam, plaster with paper pulp added, and painted with "stone-fleck" spray paint.  

I had him on display at a local "craft mall" with no intention of selling him.  I was told I had to put a price on him, so make it high and no one will be interested.  I priced him at $300 and he sold that weekend...!?!  Oh well...  ; )

This is a pin doll made with Patti LV's "Best Friends" pattern.  She was given away in a swap.

This is a simple rag-type doll that I made for my parents.

Witch This is another version of the rag-type doll.  Same pattern as the Pumpkin Witch.

Another version using Sherry Goshon's angel pattern.

The first angel I made using Sherry Goshon's angel pattern.

I made these dolls for Christmas presents, using Sherry Goshon's free angel pattern.

My mom asked me to make a Tree top for our Christmas tree and she wanted something Hawaiian.  Here's the result.

First Pin Dolls

This was my first attempt at making pin dolls.  They are all my own patterns. The Hawaiian doll (in red) is approximately 5" tall.

I got a kick out of Brian Froud's Pressed Fairy book and came up with my own version made into a pin doll.

I designed this pindoll for a swap and shared the pattern with my doll club.  After the great response from the club, I decided to offer this as a free pattern to everyone.  Please look in the free section!

The pin dolls made of muslin.  The wings are made of twisted Mylar with an aurora borealis finish.

Made for a pindoll swap

I hosted a Mythology pindoll swap.  These dolls, plus the Minotaur and Pele were swapped.

Part of my Mythology pindoll swap.

I Made this doll to accentuate the beaded shawl.  She's made of black doe suede, with black beads for hair and multi-colored seed beads for the shawl.

Part of my Mythology pindoll swap.

Another doll for a pindoll swap.

Made this wall doll for my mom.