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Mini Moopy meets Maisie

I have put the finishing touches on some little softies for the BrisStyle - Toy Society mega toy drop.

I made these Mini Moopys from the pattern by the very talented Carly Schwerdt of Nest Studio. Carly is very well known within the softie world as an author and regular contributor to many softie books. This sweet  softie bunny is 'royalty' among softie blog land. You can purchase the pattern to make your own Mini Moopy here.

 
I hope that these Moopys find nice homes.

Watch out Brisbane, I will be dropping toys this weekend : )

 

Sharing Maisie

I am so sorry to keep Maisie away from you for so long. I promise to share her around and let her do some quilting and doll making. Can you believe that my Mum hasn't even made me a quilt yet? In fact, she hasn't made me anything. I am already 1 year old !

 

Busy bee

Has Maisie been a busy bee lately?

Yes, I have been helping my lil sister get ready for her wedding on Saturday 4 December. This happens to be the same day as the BrisStyle Indie Designer Markets, Saint Augustine's Church, Racecourse Road, Hamilton. The Maisies and I will not be attending the markets. We will instead be attending the wedding of the year.

 

Looks like the Maisies know what they are wearing to the wedding. They have chosen their sweet little busy bee print dresses.

 

I love a wedding!

An apple for your teacher?

I have made a couple of custom Maisie Dolls recently as presents for special teachers. The dolls were so sweet that I had to make some more for my Etsy store.

Miss Aggie

 
Miss Allie (below)

 
Sweet apple prints feature on both dresses.

 

Win Miss Mousey the Maisie Doll

For the month of November, our friends over at Kid Independent are hosting the mammoth Plushie Palooza toy festival + giveaway. Wow! 30 plushies will be given away in total.

The lovely Miss Mousey has joined in the fun too. For your chance to win Miss Mousey, simply leave a comment on the Kid Independent blog post featuring Miss Mousey.

Miss Mousey is stepping out in her new dress made from Minny Muu fabric from Lecien. It has the cutest little mice printed all over. Too sweet.

 
Now for a second chance draw ...

To thank all my friends for supporting me, I would like to offer something more. Leave a comment on this post letting me know that you have commented on the Kid Independent blog post for your chance to win something extra special (a secret project which I am currently working on). The second chance draw will take place on 1 December 2010.

Ooops! The voting in Plushie Palooza finishes at midnight 8 December 2010, so the second chance draw featured on this post will take place on 10 December 2010. Sorry for any confusion :o)

Good luck !

x Catherine

Lost Maisie Dolls

As you know I name all my Maisie Dolls. Every single doll has his or her own unique name. This is a great way to keep track of all my dolls. I also photograph every doll so I can keep track of fabrics used, colour combinations, custom orders etc. I also back up all my photographs on my laptop to flash drive ... so I thought ...

 
I have been taking so many photographs of little Harry that my laptop's memory was having a little meltdown. My mummy brain must have been thinking of too many things at once when I was transferring and deleting files.

 
How did I manage to delete so many doll photos? Oh, my poor little girls that I will never see again. I have been a little bit down in spirits over this STUPID mistake. I had grand plans of creating a photo book of Maisie Dolls A-Z for myself.

 
Grrrrr !

Off to Kentucky

I'm not off to Kentucky any time soon, rather these sweet little ladies are...

Big Sister Maisie (above) features the last of my white Scotty Dog (or is it a Westie Dog?) fabric.

 
Miss Maisie (above) was requested to have brown curly hair. Hmm...a lot of thought went into how to achieve this. Miss Maisie ended up having her hair 'set' around a couple of metal cake skewers and whole head placed in the oven. Pictures of this procedure are just too gruesome to share. 

I had to tell my husband that he must wait a little while longer for the apple crumble I was about to bake. Maisie's hair needed to be set and I couldn't have it smelling of apple pie! 

After a short absence, my Kokeshi Dolls are again in production. After running short of one of my favourite Japanese fabrics (Kokka Yugyoku), I finally found it at Superbuzzy.  I can't believe that I didn't search Superbuzzy first!

Have fun in Kentucky!

x Catherine 

Tom and Molly

Recently I was contacted by the lovely Kate of Tom and Molly.

 

Kate had previously purchased one of my Maisie Dolls. I was asked to design and create custom Tom and Molly dolls based on their super sweet logo.

Kate even sent me a piece of fabric used in their girls dresses. I incorporated this fabric into the Molly doll's dress. I coordinated this with other fabrics in my extensive stash.

I advised Kate that my experience in creating 'boy' dolls was not perfected as yet...but I was willing to give it another go.

Here is Tom...

Tom's shirt is made of red stretch fabric with hand stitched detail. He wears denim jeans.

Together they are...Tom and Molly.

I finished the dolls on the day I went into labour with my little Harry. Phew!!!   

Here are Tom and Molly the Maisie Dolls helping out Kate and Julie recently at the Sugar and Spice Children's Market in Woodend, Victoria. 

Making Maisies again

Little Harry is sleeping so well at 10 weeks that I have bravely taken up the challenge of custom orders again.

Please meet two new custom order Big Sister Maisie Dolls...

I love this Aunt Grace big print fabric. It is just perfect for Big Sister Maisie Dolls. I only have enough of this fabric left to make one more doll. However, another special project is underway in which I will be using the scraps...

Below is another Big Sister Maise Doll made in my favourite colour combination of mint and pink. Always a winner and best seller at markets and on Etsy.

I have since added bows (around the neck) to each of the custom dolls.

These gorgeous girls are off to live with a lovely lady in Brisbane.

Mini wall decals featured in the photos above are from love mae shop. 
   

Sophie finds a new home

Sophie went home with Holly at the recent BrisStyle Indie Designers Market. Isn't Holly gorgeous!