Saturday's Stump Doll Class ~

What fun it is when friends gather 'round to create...
...we laugh, eat, stitch a little, eat some more & laugh a LOT more!

and so it was yesterday, at the doll class here in the shop...
left to right are :
Margaret, Joan, Robin, Jennifer and Michelle (my sis-in-law)
...Grandma Judy was here too, but she was camera-elusive....

Here is our messy....um...productive table ~
pins, needles thread...
fabric and scissors were flyin'!!!

I showed them all how to design their own doll,
& although basically it was a simple, primitive stump doll,
SOME of us decided to add arms...and legs...and blue wool hair, and pinafores...
and that's where the fun began!

Here is a doll that was finished, and 'glopped' up with my staining mixture...
(Robin, is this yours??)

after they were handsewn, stuffed with sawdust, clothed and stained,
we distressed and aged them even more with coarse-grit sandpaper...
see the holes in the doll's skirt above?
(yeah, now I KNOW this is Robin's doll...
she took her outside, beat her up and dragged her in the dirt a bit
...but she looks FABulous!!)

The weather was sunny & nice,
a little breezy but perfect for drying doll bodies out in the sun...
and although we did have a couple of lady-bug-interruptions and husband shenanigans,
I think we had a swell time...

My thanks to the girls for coming out, and for making the class so fun & special...
hugs to you all!!!

While Jennifer was here, she brought along some of her aMAZing tambour embroidery work...
it is so delicate and fine work ~ it made us all gasp when she unveiled her larger project,

and I would really love to learn to do tambourwork...
I asked her if she would entertain the thought of perhaps teaching a beginners' class here at the shop and she said yes, so folks....if you would love to learn an OLD, beautiful and unique needlecraft and are interested, please drop me an email ~

~ AND ~
please visit Jennifers' blog at:
www.stitchinginthepursuitofhappiness.blogspot.com

blessings from the farm,

Lori