Tall Cotton

Chicken Shaman (pattern by elinor peace bailey)

Summer is hard for me. Tomatoes, basil and peaches are the high point. but for the rest of it, I just snuggle down under my air conditioner and settle in. Some people do that in winter--but for me, summer is my hibernation time.

However, while one hibernates, one can make dolls, knit, and commit all kinds of fiber art, so that's what I've been doing. The opening of Loops, a wonderful, friendly yarn store only a few blocks from my house, has fed my new knitting jones beautifully as has the extremely wonderful Denise Bell and her yarns. And "Watch Instantly" from Netflix and setting up studio in the back side of my living room under the ceiling fan has done all sorts of great things for my dollmaking--as did the 20% off fabric coupon from the Cotton Patch.

I'm here because it was high time I added some pictures, so here goes. Some are of the dolls who spent the month of July at the art gallery Pearl here in Tulsa. Others are new visitations of old patterns. And there there is the new stuff.

This venerable wise one is Grandmother Cronewort, from the
Secret Keeper pattern of Julie McCullough.  (http://magicthreads.com/)

This is Sister Nettle.  She has a lovely head scarf. 

This is Lady Blue Eyes whose eyes reflect the azure of her heavenward gaze













These fairies are from Julie McCullough's pattern Blossom and Twig.