Winner of the May doll giveaway.

Oh, my, I have neglected this blog much too long. Here it is the 11th of June, and I have not announced the winner of the May doll drawing. Spot has made the choice this time...and the winner is.....

Lora,  from Art Wrinkles. Lora lives in Bronx, New York. 

Please email me, Lora. I will need your mailing address to send Tyla and Tyona to you.

clothdollsbyvada@gmail.com

Doll-of-the-month for May....Tyla and Tyona

In honor of Mothers' Day this month, The doll I have chosen to give away is actually a pair, a mother and daughter, meant to hang on a wall. These are my original design, and are made from one man's tie.

Click on "Comments" below and leave a note to enter this drawing.

And the winner is....

Winner of the bunny in the April drawing is Bea Johnson, of Nashville, Tennessee. 
Thank you, Bea, for entering. Your sweet little bunny will be sent to you right away.

April Freebie--

Well, here it is April already! Such a lovely time of year, with bulbs and trees all blooming, birds singing, squirrels playing in the yard, and little bunnies in the bushes! And Easter only a week away!
  With all that in mind, I've decided to offer this sweet little Easter Bunny as my giveaway for April.

  Eight inches tall, not counting her ears, she was made for the Easter Bunny Challenge at Cloth Doll Artistry last year. We all used the same pattern, but were free to tweak it a bit to create our own versions. This is my favorite of the several different ones I made.

Leave a comment below, or email clothdollsbyvada@gmail.com to enter this drawing. 

March Doll Winner is Lynne

Congratulations to Lynne, whose name was drawn (as in Feb. 1 posting) by Wicket, as the winner of the drawing for Gwinn or Barrett, the 'free' doll for March. As soon as Lynne chooses 'the red one or the blue one', and emails her mailing address to me, one of these whimsical fellows will be on their way to her house! Thanks to all who entered. Be sure to check back monthly, leave a comment, and you could be the next winner. April's featured doll will be announced later today.

March Doll-of-the-Month give-away.

Well, March has arrived, and with it the changeable spring weather. One can only grin and bare it, as this pair has discovered.

This pattern by Jill Maas was such fun to make, they remind me a bit of penguins, so I named them Gwinn and Barret.

The winner of March's drawing may choose whichever one they wish.

Winner will be announced on April First, so you might think of them as April Fools.

Just leave a comment below, or email clothdollsbyvada@gmail.com to enter, and Gwinn or Barret could be bringing his smile to your house very soon.

Tell you friends to enter, too.

And Elizabeth goes to...ta-da!...Wendy

It was Spot's turn to choose the winner of Elizabeth, February's free doll.

He drew...Wendy's name from the five entries.

Congrats to Wendy.

Meet Wendy and her Mom, Joyce at

       www.trulybluegrass.com

an Art and Collectibles shop right here in Versailles, KY.  

Fancy stitches and lovely quilts at this blog

I have just stumbled upon this great tutorial on embroidery stitches at Artfabrik, a lovely art-quilts blog by Laura Wasilowski.
http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/p/thread-u-cation.html

It's De-Lovely!

I just had to have Cindee Moyer's new pattern, 'It's De-Lovely!' and they are a joy to make, even when you goof as many times as I did when making this pair! First, I cut the faces the wrong way (as if I've never made a doll before!) and so they are very long slim faces. Hers is not so bad, but I'm not happy with his, nor his expression. To top it off, I stuck my finger in his eye (poor guy) while the paint was wet, and smudged his cheek, creating, now, an ill-concealed scar. I may yet make a whole new head for him. Then, again, maybe not. I'll be making another pair or two very soon, I'm sure. Like, tomorrow!! At least one of them should turn out to look like Cindee's.   A delightful, delovely design!!

February Drawing....ELIZABETH

AND THE WINNER IS...

Winner of the January Doll Giveaway is....CASSIE RAFFERTY...
I put all the names in a pile and let my daughter's cat, Wicket, choose the winner.

Cassie, please contact me at clothdollsbyvada@gmail.com, include your mailing address so I may send you your choice of Perque or Pierre.  Congratulations on being the first winner of this monthly giveaway.

Happy New Year! Enter to win....

• Happy New Year to all! And to help make the year 2012 a little happier each month, and also to help clear my overcrowded craft room shelves, I have decided to give away a doll a month---Twelve in 'Twelve.

Visit here each month, leave a comment, and your name will be entered for that month's drawing!!

•  In the cold winter, a good cup of tea (or coffee) warms the tummy and a bit of whimsy warms the spirit. So January's Doll of the Month is the 6-inch tall "Tea-Pot" which I named Perque, adapted from Jill Maas' pattern Happy Harry Have-a-heart.

If you have trouble leaving a comment below, email me: clothdollsbyvada@gmail.com 

OR...As an added incentive to enter, (January 'bonus') the winner gets to choose between Perque and his brother, Pierre.