For forty years I have been making cloth dolls from “scratch." Everything around me stirs my creativity – my family, my garden, my cooking, my cat. Natural to me is being in the company of children, being alone in the quiet of my creation room, being amidst calicos to choose and to take home from a fabric store, being stirred to dream about and create a new design, and finally being the hub of a select circle of friends who stitch and sew the dolls with care and pride as I do. The real thrill is being there at that moment when the right person and the perfect doll collide. In that one instant, too, the connection is made between a doll lover and the artist. It is magic. That moment can cause giggles from children, smiles from teenagers and tears from adults.
What could be more joyful than creating a treasure someone will adore and cherish forever?