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Cross Stitch Projects 2020

These projects are from various designers. I shop with “Living on the Rainbow” a lot. I buy most of her new designs as they are so unique with how she designs them and puts them together for the final...

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Cloth Dolls 2020

The first doll is Gracie. She is a design by Jill Maas. She is stump doll. Her wrap is from a real fur coat. Her dress is made of upholstery fabric. A little embellishment to complete the look.  This...

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Molly and Ella Impish

Molly and Ella were my only clay figures this year. They are so cute. I took a class with Sherrie Nielson making her very cute “Brownies”  The style of doll is very flexible to create in your own...

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Feathered Friends 2020

Here are the last projects for 2020. You don’t think you’re doing much until you start posting them.  I just kept making things, saving the pictures on the computer and didn’t even notice how much was...

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Alice and more - 2021

Now catching up with 2021 projects. This is Alice, she is from a class with Leslie O’Leary last year. I took the class because she was teaching some techniques that i haven’t done before, and I’m all...

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Marion – A commission - 2021

A woman saw some dolls I had made, and contacted me to ask if I would  make a doll for her sister that lives in Saskatchewan. She gave me some background information that I asked for, so I could make...

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Beading projects - 2021

I am by no stretch a jewelry maker. I don’t even wear a lot, but since I had so much time on my hands, I decided to dabble in a bit of it. I prefer more of a bohemian theme, nothing fancy or ornate…...

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Dimples - 2021

This is from a class with Ankie Daanen at Niada Academy. This is Dimples. A clown made with paper clay and polymer clay. I used the polymer clay for the hands and shoes. The head is paper clay.  I...

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The Pumpkins - 2021

Just in time for this Halloween, except I kept them out all year, they were too cute to put away for the time being. This is a design by Christine Shively, I think the name is the same. A lot of fun...

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White Raven - 2021

I am so in love with this doll… This is my second doll from designs by Carmen Alana Tibbets of Agosia Arts. The first one is from March 18 2020. I did two rabbits, named Licorice Allsorts and Oliver....

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Baroque Ornament - 2022

This is a recent design by Michelle Munzone. It’s a larger size ornament that might be better suited to hang from a hook, where it could be seen on all sides. It’s approx. 6” tall and has many sides to...

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Owl Pincushion - 2022

I made this pincushion at the beginning of the year. It was time to refresh my older one and this was perfect. I love the retro colours and patterns of fabric I used. Turquoise and Red is a great...

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Beading Pens - 2022

I did a lot of beading to start the year off. I’ve almost always incorporated some type of beads in my doll projects. I’ve never until now, exclusively, beaded projects. I refreshed my beads at the...

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Beaded Bookmarks - 2022

I decided to try making a couple of bookmarks. These take more beads, but so rewarding. I haven’t used them yet,  I’m just focused on making bigger and bigger projects. Once you get past bookmarks, you...

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Ohren Hare - 2022

Here is Ohren Hare, from a class I took with Maria Saracino. The name of the class is Retro Cane Jack Rabbit. A fun class creating mosaic tiles with polymer clay and a bottle.We made tiny mosaic tiles...

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Carl.. an original - 2022

Carl really is an original. He’s a bit cranky and doesn’t care who knows it. Carl has his reasons, but he’s going to be a gentleman and keep it to himself. But those who know Carl, know why he can be a...

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Autumn - 2022

This is Autumn. She is a pumpkin girl created in an online class with Karen Baker. I always enjoy Karen’s classes, you can always be sure of learning new techniques. This doll has a clay pumpkin head....

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Kerry–last of 2022

This is the last doll for 2022. She is a commission for a friends daughter in law. The customer made certain requests and while I did try to include everything she asked for there were a couple of...

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Valentine - A Piggy Pilot

I saw the link to make this cutie, on a Russian blog. That was in 2019, and finally now in 2023 she is ready to fly. She is a relatively simple ornament to make. You can go in many different directions...

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Table Mats

 I can’t believe my last post was in January. Okay, yes I do believe it. I have been creating things, but pretty slack on getting them posted.I’ve been focused on updating my sewing space, badly in...

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