The Beginning...

Oh well... just jump right in... My Blog will be my journey into clothdoll making... the fun dollmakers I get to meet and the release of my "artistic" soul....
My grandmother was a wonderful artist... picture victorian roses in baskets... and sailing ships... talented in watercolor, oil, and pastel (her favorite). My mother was an creative inspirational seamstress... could make anything without a pattern... her eye for color and detail were amazing.... My daughter's baby clothes were the envy of my peers.... just the right trims and styles to make her gorgeous...
Then along came me.....the artisically challenged throwback.... I actually had all my lovely kindergarten drawings put on the "How not to Color Board".... and my dolls all wore my Mom's wonderful designs.... as I could never get my clumsy fingers to make straight tiny stitches..... sigh... I know Oh poor me....
What I never figured out was some people are born gifted and the rest of us must learn, adapt, and practice.... so just lazy was all it was...
So I started.. sewing... painting... playing the violin... quilting... crocheting... knitting... and finally made my first rag doll... Eureka.... a vessel for my minimal artistic abilities...I was hopelessly infected with the love of dollmaking...
My beautiful daughter (now 26) and I love to make clothdolls.... and of course she has all of the artistic genes that whizzed by me... but has beginner sewing skills... so we make a great team.... but we each have different ideas about what makes a cute doll so we have double the ideas.....

I hope I'll be able to faithfully keep up this blog... I just received some unwanted news... I am a 15 year breast cancer survivor and it seems I have it again... different breast this time... oh well I did it before and I can do it again.... just a bump in the road.... but treatment takes up dollmaking time therefore blogging time....... but I'll do my best.

If you are interested in discussing dollmaking... breast cancer or whatever I would love to hear from you....