Pheobe and her cat

Meet Pheobe and her cat.
The cat has just loved sitting in the warm sunshine on Pheobe's lap this morning, and I'm sure I heard him purring earlier!

Pheobe is a larger version of my skinny dolls, at 49cm from her head to her heels. Her dress is made from heavy weight velvety red fabric with aged, folksy ribbon and 2 vintage buttons. Her hair is wonderful ringlets of needle-felted black wensleydale fleece.

'Purrrrrfect', says the cat.

Snickerdy Rabbit

Meet Snickerdy Rabbit and her sister, Snickerdy Blue - they are my latest rabbits from a pattern by Veena in the US.

They are both made from cotton fabric, painted white and stained with coffee for a primitive/vintage look.

Looking at the photos on my site, I have realised I tend to make 'happy' looking primitives, and there is something just a little sad about these rabbits. They kinda remind me of illustrations of the Velveteen Rabbit in a book I had as a child.

Since finishing them the other night I find that I keep picking them up and giving them a little squeeze. I find them so appealing! They really do look like dolls from a bygone era...

Felix the Scarecat

Here is my latest Felix (the Scarecat). He has rusty coloured, patched trousers and a heavy ticking fabric shirt, which has been aged with coffee, and completed with 2 large rusty bells.

His old label says 'May all thy hours be winged with joy, and thy veggies from crows be blessed free'.

Skinny doll

Just in time for Valentines Day - my latest little doll has a dress with tiny hearts on, and even has a small heart button stitched to her 'Northfield Primitives' tag. She has short needle-felted hair, and has a whistful, dreamy expression.