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Peterborough Doll Show 2010

What a great day I had last weekend at the Peterborough dolls Show. I exhibited my dolls and teddies to the packed halls at the Holiday Inn.This is the largest doll show in the UK and it was mainly reborn babies on display. Wow, I was a bit worried about my art dolls amongst all these very alive looking little ones.
I did have a great time talking to many doll collectors and makers.
Here's some pics of the day.

StitchyWooWoo stand with my cloth and clay dolls and some of my fully jointed mohair teddy bears.


This is Sausage and is one of my big huge teddies available for sale.

And this is Emily, My big baby !



Here are some photos of the reborn dolls.




I sold several of my cloth and clay dolls and some vintage dolls furniture - a big full size wooden highchair and a smaller one and a lovely 1950s pushchair. I will be creating some new dolls for my next show at the Kelham Double on 4th July. See you there. Please come along and say hello.

Ice Cream Handbag

I love handbags and purses! I collect them, use them and of course make them. I have over 200 in my collection mostly antique and vintage althought I do have the odd Lulu Gunniness and Versace. Sometimes I use my old ones for a special occassion and I am inspired by them to create them for myself and to sell. I always wonder when looking at my antique purses , who owned them ? what kind of woman was she ? what kind of life did she lead? was she happy with her lot and was it her favorite bag?
I have made purse framed bags and soft floopy ones and lots of tote bags. I have even made paper suitcases.

This week I wanted to make a bag from plastic containers so had a go using an old Carte D'or Ice cream carton - lid and all. Covering it with a fou fou of silk and chiffon I free machined stitched and quilted to my hearts content to create this very over the top purse.







Its across between a wonderous ice cream confection and a piece of Capi De Monti porcelain !

As to who would have owned this bag - Oh I think Marie Antoinette would have been very happy keeping her make up in this, don't you ?

Day out in London

Esther (my darling daughter) and I spent a great girly day in London yesterday and I thought I would share some of it with you.
We started with a visit to Kensington Palace the London home of Princess Diana and many Princesses before her. The Palace is undergoing building works and whilst this is going on they have transformed many of the rooms to a very surreal experience.

All of the furniture, paintings and real treasures have been removed and put in safe storage. And they have put in place lots of artists works and sprinkled magical dust over everything to produce a ‘show’. It’s so hard to describe – a bit Tim Burton meets Vivien Westwood!





Oh but beautiful or what. Visit the web site www.hrp.org.uk/kensingtonpalace/stories/palacehighlights/enchantedpalace.aspx

And also the creators website www.wildworks.biz

for a taste of what it’s like. It’s all so inspirational for us as textile and doll makers. I wish you could all visit it.
The palace is set in Hyde Park and its always amazes me that you can be in the centre of the busy capital and still find so much open space ! Of course Kensington High Street and Knightsbridge is just a foot step away, so lots of posh shopping as well. We went for lunch down the Kings Road and then bought some lovely shoes in one of the shops. I also popped into VV Rouleaux www.vvrouleaux.com in Sloane Square for some gorgeous ribbons and velvet flowers (in that shop you spend a fortune and come out with the tiniest bag of trim, but so what)!

Next door is an amazingly beautiful shop that sells sparkly trinkets of fantasy.

www.basia-zarzycka.com

Time for Tea!
Then it was time to go on the tube to Oxford Circus and a quick scout around Liberty’s to look at bags and scarves we couldn’t afford! But we did buy some shiny crystals in Swarovski. This shop is opposite Liberty’s and is a new outlet for makers, selling the components to make jewellery.
www.swarovski-crystallized.com
Bought ring and earring blanks and some wonderful crystals to make them. And some lovely bits to add to my ribbons from VV to make some brooches and to enhance the dolls of course.

Then it was a flying visit to the Food Hall in Selfridges to take home some foodie goodies for the dear husband who had been on his own at home all day.
All in all it had been a real Princessy day.