FunStuft

(dolls ©Kayta Barrows, images ©Matt Rollefson, 2003)

This started out as just another sewing project. I was going to make a few cloth dolls and dress them, end of project.  But before they were even finished, the dolls took on personalities and started making demands.  One wanted some of the yarn from the sweater I was working on, for her hair.  Another one told me I had to make two sisters for her.  (When I stopped sewing on the three of them, they started sewing on themselves, without me - they're the ones in the images on this page.)  When I think about it, they're nothing but dolls, and can't really talk.  But the next moment, there they are with their little cloth hands in my bead drawer.

We seem to have arrived at a truce.  These days I call myself a professional doll-maker, selling dolls under the name FunStuft, and they try to be decorative (if not helpful) around the house.  They try not to make a mess of my unused quilt fabric (although they claim it's all doll fabric now).  And so far nobody has taken a liking to my lace hankies.  But I haven't been able to do any sewing for myself for weeks, keeping up with them...

Here are some of my dolls

Dolls that can sit on your shoulder:

Miranda Goshawk- The Renaissance Faire Crowd - Fairies and Imps - Mermaids - Other Folks

Other wearable dolls:

Juggler Vest - Acrobats - Sarah's Vest with Belly Dancers

Other dolls:

Corn Dolly - Mr. Beak