~ Folk Dolls ~

Hello Friends!

besides bunnies in  my workbasket, there are more kittens arriving!

{well, those of the needle-born type anyway}

I love combining different types of needlework in my art ~

punch needle, doll making & embroidery seem to be what holds my heart these days :)

I created my very first doll in 1987 ~ the year Peter & I were married.

IT was awful.

I say 'IT' because IT was awful.

and I say AWFUL because IT was! ha!

{there is NO WAY I'm sharing photos of IT either!!}

ove the years I have created many more dolls in different mediums like paper clay, clay over cloth…

some with hooked wool faces, some with bodies being created with cast-off parts of old dolls 

& other sundries like tin cans, boxes & broken lamp-bases.

I have a small collection of patterns for the earlier dolls I have made,

~ and I sold the patterns for many years ~

{some of you even may still have them I think?}

now I just enjoy creating dolls for the sake of creating them ~

yes, I do offer them to my customers & collectors and I do enjoy that too!

I've been looking through those sketchbooks again ~

I think there is a whole family of Folk Dolls that needs to be brought to life with my needle….

You can visit my Ebay page by clicking HERE

to see Dorothy & perhaps adopt her ~

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Our snow is melting ~ 

~ the sound of it on the farmhouse roof is relaxing…

Hoping your day is filled with warmer thoughts of Spring!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~ 

 Lori