Actually , this is what I do when I should be doing something else.
It might surprise you all to know that hemming metres upon metres of fabric is really boring....like so boring that I have been setting myself rewards. After each curtain is finished I get to do some "fun craft".
It might surprise you all to know that hemming metres upon metres of fabric is really boring....like so boring that I have been setting myself rewards. After each curtain is finished I get to do some "fun craft".
A teensy bit of embroidery !
A dollies face - sorry she is decapitated. I wasn't sure about the glasses so I did her face before attaching the head in case they didn't work to prevent the need for a total head transplant. I think they are OK. Would people want a dolly with non-removable glasses?
A little purse from a Nicole Mallalieu pattern. I made this out of a salvaged piece of an old embroidery from an apron. It is obviously not my embroidery - look how neat it is!
STOP PRESS ......
Guess what? Its happening ! Round one of the softies for Mirabel auctions is up and running - I knew it was coming so I have been randomly searching throughout the evening ...and its there and its happening....... so get on over there and have a sticky beak . I have already been bidding and I may have gone a little overboard so get on over there and outbid me - remember I have a kitten to feed now !
and on a quieter note I want to say that I think Pip of Meet Me at Mikes deserves to be awarded the blogger of the year award for all her work with the Softies for Mirabel campaign - she is the person I have the biggest craft-crush on in the whole wide world.
Don't tell her I sent you , but maybe you could also pop over and give her a little hug if you have time......
I love your little rewards and I think the dolly's glassesa are fab...most of us crafty girls have glasses in real life!
ReplyDeleteI've made my first Mirabel bid!
I do that rewards thing too - it's the only way to get through the crubbish stuff, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the girl in glasses - she's wonderful!
Just off to check out the Mirabel softies, and Pip too.
x
The glasses are fab on your latest dolly. Love you purse and your little embroidery and the idea if treating yourself-good luck with the hemming. I agree too that Pip is awesome!Off to check auction now!
ReplyDeleteCan you teach me to embroider faces so neatly - pleeeeeeeeeeeez?[Maybe it's becasue I embroider on knitting? she says, hopefully]
ReplyDeleteSeriously, well done you. I would reward myself if I had metres of hemming to do too!
LOVE a dolly with glasses (we bespectacled gals need a lot more representation in doll-world, I say!!).
ReplyDeleteLOVE what you've done with my little purse pattern. Recycling old embroidery is a fab idea.
LOVE Pip, too. She's a true gem.
Your dolly is gorgeous! Love that little coat and the purse too. Lucy x
ReplyDeleteP.S. Please keep rewarding yourself by doing nice things because then we get the reward of seeing them!
I love the little glasses too, and I feel like I need an escape after all the binding I have done tonight... not enough though! Lovely Miss Eloise. (I left some selvedges with Annies book for you too)
ReplyDeleteThinking doll with glasses dead glam, go right ahead and reward yourself by making a body!
ReplyDeleteYou did say but I can't remember - is your girl's performance with school or BLOC juniors?
Great craft rewards there. Such a chic-looking dolly you've made there and I absolutely love that purse. I have some bits of vintage embroidery like that but would have NO idea how to make it into a purse. So clever.
ReplyDeleteThose softies are great - I presume they're for a good cause - just off to visit that blog.
Such a pretty color, that little coat with embroidered button, lovely.
ReplyDeleteThe dolly face with pretty blue glasses is cute as a button.
At least they don't slip down her nose like real ones.
Keep up those rewards.
Oh my word Jodie - HOW DO YOU DO IT? That dolly with glasses on is so utterly gorgeous it actually makes me feel sick!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteahem...very nice doll's head, gorgeous button and exceedingly lovely purse - well done.
xxxx
Ah Ha, I agree, hemming is not fun. I love the little cherrie button and little dolly's face is really cute with her glasses. Now, the little purse is the cutest jodie! I'm off to search ebay for Mirabel...if I can afford her (I fear she will go for a fortune....I hope she does!) :0)
ReplyDeleteKathryn.
ohhhh cute glasses!!! I love the embroidered look although my little fella would love to be able to take em off and try to wear em around....lol
ReplyDeleteHey, I was just reading your blog the other day and thinking how beautiful it was! Thanks for bidding, keep up the great work, I love your dolls and that purse is sooooo sweet. Can you auction that too?? lol
ReplyDeleteEvery child with glasses would LOVE a doll with glasses. Sweet.
ReplyDeleteWord, I agree with everyone. Power to the wearers of glasses.
ReplyDeleteYour kitten, she is beautiful. Oh, tortishells.
I love the glasses..........
ReplyDeleteOh Jodie you really are too cute for your own good! I really love the button!
ReplyDeleteLove the specs!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm in awe of how neat and perfect your embroidery is!
ReplyDeleteI think glasses on dolls are a fantastic idea. I had HUGE glasses when I was a kid (by huge I mean easily half the size of my head) and I would have loved a bespecaled doll to join me in glasses martyrdom!
~Holly
Two Cheese Please
oh the glasses are ADORABLE! you must keep doing them! and the purse! what a clever idea and it is soooo gorgeous just so pretty.
ReplyDeleteWish I looked as fabulous in my glasses - she's lovely!
ReplyDeleteThe glasses look so cute! Definitely go with that.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the glasses! Thanks for the link to and I love the little purse!
ReplyDeletefor all the little girls who wear glasses all the time. it's fab! thanks for the links!
ReplyDeleteyour embroidery is lovely, but the little purse is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteLove the glasses!
ReplyDeletehappy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday to Jodie.....happy birthday to you!!!!
ReplyDeleteJust Found your Blog HAPPY BIRTHDAY hope your day was special.
ReplyDeleteHugs Mary.
NO...one wants a dolly with glasses!! so just as soon as you stitch up her little body ship her off to me and you'll never have to concern yourself over this again!!
ReplyDeletekathi
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RIC RAC...........have a fantastic day.........
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Jodie! Hope you have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY JODIE. Hope you have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Jodie!!!! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteThe cats out the bag Happy Birthday.
ReplyDeleteYou SOOO deserve fun / pick me up sewing. Purse is divine.
ReplyDeleteOh my lordy!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!!!!
The dollie with the glasses is very studious looking, sensible but somewhat cheeky too. Maybe a children's book illustrator? That's what she reminds me of...
And very studious and productive of you to give yourself little craft rewards. I like that idea!
Oh, and Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!
(Hey, is it really or are we all just being sheep???)
dolls + glasses = super cool.
ReplyDeleteI wear glasses, I'm cool...right???
I think the purse is just so adorable. What did you line it with? And the glasses, toooo cute.
ReplyDeleteHip Hip Hooray and Happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteI think non-removable glasses are the best kind. Lottie is having lots and lots of issues with her glasses atm. She hates them and goes on and on about how absolutely NO ONE else has to wear their glasses ALL the time! So I think a dolly that has to wear them absolutely everywhere, even to bed, is just about the most perfect kind of dolly there is!