Fairies and Imps

The Blue Floral Fairy (they never tell me their real names) was the first Fairy to sit on my shoulder. She's my constant companion at places like quilt shows and embroidery stores, and keeps a lookout for more of what she calls 'Fairy skin'. The other Fairies talk to her if they know I'm going shopping, and she lets me know what they'd like me to bring home. I have a big pinwheel just like her little one.

The spotted pink Imp had allergies so bad at my house (we have cats) that she moved in with somebody else.

(dolls ©Kayta Barrows, images ©Gerold Perkins, 2003)

I hadn't known that some Fairies had bat-like wings till I met this one. (She looks more like an Imp to me, but always claimed to be a Fairy.) She lives in a different part of the forest nowadays, with a friend she met at a science fiction convention.

(doll ©Kayta Barrows, image ©Gerold Perkins, 2003)

This is an especially magical Imp. The photographer caught her just as some sparkles were coming out of her hand. I think she wanted to wake up the cat.

Here's another Imp, who looks like she has just caught a falling star. On my screen she looks about life-sized in the image.

This Imp is another companion of mine. She prefers bookstores and science fiction conventions to quilt shows, and accompanies me when the blue floral Fairy stays home. I make her keep her pet beetle on a leash.