Last week I showed you my rag dolls without faces and clothes.....over the weekend I pulled out old quilts, lace, doillies, buttons, kantha quilts, handkerchiefs,old socks and anything I thought would add a little whimsy to make these old looking dolls sweet...........most of them as you can see have quilted pieces for dresses, over alls and little jackets made from quilt pieces...
I will hopefully get these finished this week and a sneak peek of the finished dolls..........Happy Monday!
What a fun day spent with creative friends on a hot friday afternoon in Oklahoma.......the kits above all had their names on a fish stick with a mini sewing flash card saying hanging on the lips of the fish ( kinda like a hook and line...ha ha ha)
All set for the girls to arrive..........of course their are always things come up in our lives that can't be helped and we missed Glenda, Joni, Polly and Penny......your kits are on the way and maybe next time...
This photo below cracks me up because Tiffany is pointing her scissors at me like girl you better behave or else.....and if you know Tiffany there is not one ounce of ugly in her DNA...she is the sweetest, thoughtful, most kind person you will ever meet....but I just had to laugh when this photo was downloaded.....
Miss Beth won the door prize....
A little food for for the girls since they needed a little nourishment for the 4 hours of creating..........I took some of these of the food before they got here and the bowl with the pretzels had mustard dip.......
the cup with the crown had pimento cheese in it ...........
and of course coconut cupcakes.....
the photo below of the four of us was taken twice and this was the only one that Tiffanys head wasn't cut off, sorry Lee Jean but you have a pretty smile even though your eyes are closed...these 3 cowgirls are not only talented in the creative world but in the World of Rodeo champs these gals have several national titles....if that is the correct wordage.......Rodeo runs in their veins....I can't imagine being on a horse with a gun shooting target balloons........anyway these are your champs.......loved getting to know you all.....(hope to see you soon so we can make those fabric barns!!!!!)
I hope they all enjoyed the afternoon as much as I did creating these little books......of course they did not finish but you can see by the progress they had a great start and they all did such a wonderful job making them so darn cute......I loved all of them and hope to see them when they are finished.....thank you Lee Jean, Tiffany, Dawn, Susie, Beth and Susan for a fun friday afternoon!
Sorry this was such a long post but I wanted to let you all in on the fun........since this was my first class here since last summer.....
hope you all have a great weekend...........
It's friday and class is ready to begin...........all over this week school has started and we adults are not any different so here we go............
Happy Friday and Happy Class.............
It's been several years since I have made dolls but thought I would do a little version of the dolls I have made in the past with a few new additions....we will see! I am a little rusty on the faces since that is the part I don't enjoy about doing these......I am not a painter of eyes, nose or mouth.......and have redone this one face I don't know how many times....she has several layers of paint just to cover up all the different eye shapes etc.................but I do love to dress them up and see what becomes of each and every doll......we will see!
Happy Tuesday all.........have a great day!
Spending a lot of time just stitching and trying to come up with different combinations of fabrics with fun images and incorporating the shrink flower buttons to make fun little journals....
happy wednesday.............
Getting ready for next weeks class......it has been way to long since my last class here locally but looking forward to two classes this month ...........I am so excited to see you all and get together to create some fun projects....this little journal will hopefully be fun and oh the possibilities they have to design and come up with their own little flower vase to hold the shrink flower buttons......if you have signed up for this first class on friday the 12 would you mind just emailing me to let me know you are still coming and I will get you the supply list in return.....
Hope you all are having a great week so far.........oh happy tuesday!!!!
Make something creative today...................
Meet my friend Tiffany...........you would think that we have known each other forever but not really........early spring at the Whatever House at Terri Brush's art camp I met this gal....immediately it felt like we have known each other for years....she has just that kind of personality that when you meet someone you know they are genuine, honest, thoughtful, always positive, super super talented and someone you want to hang around with........anyway she moved from Washington to Oklahoma about 4-5 years ago and bought a huge ranch outside of Oklahoma City in the small town of Wellston........ I have lived in Oklahoma for over 40 years and really don't go exploring in other small towns but this girl let me tell you she does and knows the best of the best! She can find the best deals and scouts out like no other one I know and just knows what she is doing......so yesterday I headed up to Wellston to spend the day with her and to see her home and studio ......... we were going to play in her studio for a while, go get lunch and then do a little shopping........well it ended up eating lunch at this really cute cafe in Meeker called the Farmer's Daughters Cafe and antiqued shopped the rest of the afternoon, next time we will create in her fun studio and I will have photos of it another time........anyway getting back to the antique shopping their are literally the most amazing antique stores all around that area and the people running them are so so friendly.....and she has become friends with all of them.....that is just the way she is..... personable, friendly and the sweetest ever! Here are a few photos below of where we went and one of my treasures found!!!!!
This particular store had a restaurant in the front but had to close during the pandemic, so she has turned it into a classroom and event room......it is so so cool....but someone may turn it back into a restaurant but for now it is being used for other uses.......The owner is Sandy and she is a sweetheart ...........can't wait to go back up!
I could go on and on about all of these shops .......it definitely makes you wonder about how many hidden treasures are out there to be found if you just go exploring.....thank You Tiffany for the adventure.......
below is a photo of one of my purchases
You know how much I love big velvet family albums......well this one is the cat daddy.........it is in almost perfect condition. The velvet isn't worn, the photo on the front isn't damaged like most of them, the hinge works and on top of all that it is on a stand and has a hidden drawer........
Every page inside has incredible photos.....these are just a few below
So this is what happened on Friday and I enjoyed every minute.......hoping to go back soon to explore some more in those small Oklahoma towns........treasures to be found I am sure!
Once again Thank You Tiffany for the fun fun day.........
I always love it when a student has taken a class and takes photos to share of the project.........like this one....this one was created by Annette Smith Tyler. She used an old chenille bedspread, dyed it, made the bag then added her shrink panel.........she did a great job.......like I said you give these gals a little instructions and they just start creating something wonderful....thank You Annette.
I hope some more of you have finished the project....I love posting what you all have made to share on the blog.........in your kit my information was on the postcard if you want to send photos text or email me I would love it.........
Happy Thursday all
Several years ago I bought some fun fabric with these whimsical figures....this is the new edition from the same designer.......when I bought them I knew somehow I would incorporate a little shrink.......first I lined them and did the quilting around each figure and then added all of the fun trim, buttons, shrink, fabric and fuzzy thread for the little boys hair.....
Anyway I just thought I would share these fun pillows with you...........Happy Whimsical Wednesday.............
When we got home last Monday from the weekend in Waco it was my moms 92 birthday........the kids were coming so we decided to do her birthday celebrating later in the week.. we had a birthday dinner party here at the house.........My mom also received one of Jenn 's custom dolls............
As you can see my mom loves to garden, sew and play cards with her friends........Jenn is so detailed in her dolls I hope you can see the tiny gardening gloves, shovel, sun hat, pin cushion and of course the playing cards. Mom has already found a special place to enjoy her doll.....thanks Jenn !
And that is how we celebrated last week...........the week always goes by fast when the kids are here....we did manage to do a bunch of business/family stuff but we also started going through closets and etc to start and declutter everything that has accumulated for 22 years in this house.........our goal is to get everything gone through that we can inside until this heat breaks, then we can go up into the 2 attics and start cleaning those up....we have already had 1 load taken away! It feels so good so I hope it continues........we will see! I think Tom shredded papers and documents for several hours yesterday and saturday.............why in the world do we keep so much stuff.......well we want it all GONE!!!!!!!!!
Hope you all had a great weekend and now another HOT week is ahead.....stay cool and create something fun......below is a photo one of the students from last weeks class sent me...thank you Susan..good job!!!!