The winner of the giveaway doll quilt is......

Ruthi, aka abitosunshine!
Congrats, Ruthi! Email me your shipping address and I will have it in the mail tomorrow!
monkeefan66 at gmail dot com

One day left to enter the doll quilt giveaway!

Only one day left to enter the giveaway. Only 6 valid entries so far. Come on! You can have up to 3 valid entries per day. Simply tweet, facebook share and comment on the giveaway post.
I need confirmations of tweets and shares.

The drawing will be tomorrow evening at 7pm mountain time. The deadline will be 6pm mountain time. We'll be out fishing again tomorrow and no telling how long we will be gone.

Visit the giveaway and enter!
http://knitting-monkeefan.blogspot.com/2011/07/giveaway-doll-size-quilt.html

New addition 8 Inch Berenguer Doll

Friday, I met a new friend at a craft shop. She encouraged me to try designing my own crocheted doll dresses and such. I was really hesitant to try to do this with a larger doll, like the American Girl Doll. So while we were shopping at Wally World, I browsed the dolly section to see if there was a smaller doll that wanted to come home with me. Well, of course they were ALL crying to me. I found one that really tugged my heart strings. This is a little Berenguer 7.5-8 inch baby. His/her smile and expression are so close to the expression in a photo I have of Bubba when he was 3 months old.
I then set about designing a dress, headband and booties! That wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I wrote down all the stitches, increases, decreases, etc.

Crocheted Dress, Booties and headband on ArtFire

Today I started to work on a pair of overalls and a shirt. So far so good.
Will I be brave enough to try sewing for this little darling? Maybe.....

The next dolly on my wish list is Berenguer's 14" Lola. Her gleeful expression is also very similar to Lil Bub's photo.

Giveaway - Doll Size Quilt!

Front Of Quilt



















Back Of Quilt

This giveaway is for a 14½” x 14½” doll quilt in the 9-Patch pattern. Strips are a white floral print and backing is a country girl print. Machine quilted. Perfect size for 18” dolls like American Girl Doll, Our Generation, Gotz, Madame Alexander or even a baby doll to cuddle in.

This is the first quilt I’ve made in over 20 years!  And my first ever doll quilt!! I feel ready to begin making more now.

To enter:

*Earn 1 entry by leaving a comment here on this blog post. Let me know what you think of the item!

Earn extra entries: (limit 2 posts on Twitter and Facebook per day) must leave comment letting me know.

*1 entry - Share on Twitter by posting the following (or something similar but be sure to include @hollysdollies so I can track your tweets): I’ve entered a giveaway to win this handmade doll quilt on Holly’s Crafts Blog http://t.co/ML0RudZ #giveaway #handmade @hollysdollies You could win!

*1 entry – Share on Facebook using this link or clicking the share button at the bottom this post and leave a comment on this post with your status update.

Drawing will be held on August 10, 2011 by my son selecting a random Name from a hat. Winner will be notified by email, a blog post, twitter and Facebook. Good luck!

Double the Price Double the Fun!

I cringe at the thought of having two shops open (plus one other which is free so it won't count in the stress factor). One fear is can I produce enough to supply both shops? I think I can I think I can.

Another fear is the fees. Can I afford the fees? Not so sure on that one, but I have to try.
I've made some really good friends on each.
Dear Lord knows I have enough supplies to make a fantastic start on getting items listed (note - need to get snaps and velcro and sewing machine needles, and lace to finish those need to be finished things!).
And the third problem I need to make a decision on. To have each shop focus on something in particular. I am leaning heavily toward yes since a terrible fiasco over the weekend convinced me that certain items will simply have to go in the other shop. 
Now off to work on some long over-due seasonal dresses for my bunny doll. I need to make another doll before I make the clothes. First up will be Halloween, the Thanksgiving/Autumn, then Christmas/Winter - I'd love to knit her up a wee hat and scarf!

Sugar And Spice And Everything Nice Collection on ArtFire

Fond memories of nursery rhymes!
Sugar and Spice and Everything nice, that's what little girls are made of!
This collection features items that are sugary, spicey and ever so nicey!
take a peek and please do leave a comment!
thank you!

Sugar And Spice A...

Curated By: HollysDollies

Craft Supplies

"Sharing The Love" ArtFire Collection

This collection was put together featuring items from a group of artisans who gathered together to help promote each other. More folks are signing up, so we can all make more collections!
These items would all make excellent gifts.

Sharing The Love

Curated By: HollysDollies

ArtFire.com

Unique Gifts