Kantima is a cream cotton Siamese cat doll. Her face and paws are hand-painted in antique gold.She has hand-embroidered details and wool-felt eyes. She has my signature satin stitched heart… Read More
Kantima
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Willow
Willow was one of those kitty cats I made almost subconsciously – at least, she seems to have come directly from there. We will set aside the time it took… Read More
Harlequin goes on display
Today we had an inspiring trip into town to see Harlequin in his temporary home at the window of Fred Aldous’s art supplies store. I have been visiting this shop… Read More
Pierrot
Oh, my, this kitty was a labour of love. I started making him in May last year, but I stalled utterly when it came to his hat and ruff. Then… Read More
January Shop Update
This collection of kitty cats will go live in my store at 8 pm Uk time on Sunday, 29th January. This is a post from 2022, or earlier that may… Read More
Bartleby
Bartleby started life with this drawing I made in December of last year. He is one of the dolls that has been on my mind for a while, and it… Read More
Harlequin
This is another of my new size kitty cats, he is 22”, 30″ when you include the hat. He has button jointed arms. This kitty is going to be… Read More
Columbina
This little kitty has a complex set of clothes, but working with silk taffeta has been a real adventure, and she has a naughty personality. I have really enjoyed making… Read More
New Year, New Kitty Cats
I have been thinking of making more giant size cats for a while, and I have an exciting group project that requires me to make one, so I took the… Read More
Experiments with scale – part 1, and a bit of a fabric splurge.
So this week, I doubled the size of my kitty doll pattern…and started work on a new set of dolls based on some drawings I made in one of my… Read More