madebymaisie

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.