What better way to start the year than with a winter themed Dotee doll?
This is another doll that was intended for a swap on Swap-Bot, I have since dropped out of all swaps there - it did not go as well as I would have liked. At least I have a few dolls because of it!
I can't help but smile when I look at her and she feels great in my hand!
This one is about 6 inches tall not counting the hanger at the top or the dangle at the bottom.
I started out with some wonderful deep purple fabric with snowflakes and swirls.
I made up some more of those fun snowflakes found in Nancy Eha's "Bead Creative Art Quilts".
I reinforced the outer edge with a picot stitch and added Swarovski crystals to the hanger and the dangle. And in no time I had a doll!
I'm working on at least one more of these - the next one will be in honor of Valentine's Day, she is very colorful and fancies herself quite the princess.
Happy 2008 to everyone - I wish you and your loved ones good health, happy times and abundant prosperity.
13 comments:
Happy New Year, Grace !
I love this little doll, and all of the fine details you added ! Thanks for the comment on my blog too ! Best to you this year! Art On.
Linda
linsart
Hi Grace and a Happy New Year to you and yours...Dottee doll is a little cutee, love the added snowflakes... something we certainly dont get at this time of year :-)
MaryS
Isn't it amazing how much feeling a tiny doll can evoke? This is a wonderful, cheery piece . . .
Kathy V in NM
Thanks for the comments friends...
Linda - I love the new faces and shapes you put up, wonderful stuff!
Mary - great to see you here, so true about all my friends south of the Equater!
Kathy - so true, sometimes it seems the smaller the doll, the more the impact.
Grace, your dotee is verly lovely and tall too. I like the snowflake beading you did on her.
Watch out they are addicting...hehehe! I have made quite a few of these babies...lol!
I love your winter Dotee doll!
Thanks Noel - they are very addicting and oh so much fun!
Dot... all inspired by YOU! Thank you.
What a sweet dotee doll -- love all the beading you have done on her -- and you have it absolutely right, the Dotee dolls do feel wonderful in your hands -- I am still making them -- because they just make me feel so good to make and then gift to someone -- Dot's thought of spreading love thru these little dolls sure works :-)
I have enjoyed looking at all the wonderful goodies on your blog. It is terrific.
Jackie
Hi Jackie,
Thanks for leaving a comment, these dolls do certainly bring smiles. Their popularity is a wonderful, well deserved tribute to Dot.
The more I see of these little Dotee dolls, the more I fall in love with them. They always invoke a smile and your little gem looks perfect for this time of year and such a positive statement for the new year. Have a very good one yourself - you certainly deserve it.
Thanks so much Christina!
What a beautiful beaded doll. There is obviously a whole world out there in dollmaking and I've only begun to scratch the surface. I love this one.
Hi Dixie... good to see you here. Aren't they great? I just found them a few months ago and think they are simple and wonderful!
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