New fabrics

 My hubby brought me back the most luxurious fabrics from Liberty in London ( his punishment for leaving me alone with Alia for two weeks). I cant wait to make something from them !

Dress

My niece turned 4 a few days ago and today we are going to her birthday party. The little lady has an abundance of toys and loves all things pink and princess-like, so this year I decided to make her something for the steiner doll I made for her this winter.

It is a little sloppy here and there but I am never going to be a perfectionist and it was made late in the night after Alia finally went to sleep. I used my grandmothers old lace for the dress, so that the gift affects three generations of women in our family. My grandmother, me and my niece.

Dummy tree in Copenhagen's Frederiksberg Park

Waldorf doll

                                                                              My niece likes to share her breakfast with Rose (doll)

When I was 9 months pregnant I went to a doll making course to pass the time before my due date. I had been following smilerynker for a while and when I saw she was offering classes I jumped at the chance. I intend to give the doll I made to my daughter when she is much older but I also managed to make a doll during the holidays for my niece, again to pass the time. It is such a lovely feeling seeing something you have made with love being played with, and making a Steiner/Waldorf doll truely is a labour of love. It takes me at least 2 days to make one, even if I work intensely. Most of the work can only be done by hand and it takes time making the clothes as well, though they can be dressed in a size 56 (newborn). I am hoping to make another one in the next month for another niece, if Alia will allow me to do so :)

Work in progress

From Cushion cover to activity cube.... three more squares to go...