Author: Meeni

tweedy cats

The latest creations in my range of tweedy animals are these cats. This range is inspired by my childhood teddies and soft animals and other collections of antique toys. They are made from limited stocks of vintage and reclaimed fabrics and each one has it’s own personality. They have moveable limbs, mother of pearl button eyes and a ribbon tie around their neck.

I make small cats measuring about 25 cm from head to toe and medium cats measuring about 30cm.

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I also make tweedy rabbits, bears and, squirrels. All of my tweedy animal range is currently available to trade buyers. For full terms and conditions and payment options please get in touch via my contact page.

cloth dolls

My love of dolls spans a number of decades. I had quite a few as a child of all different shapes and sizes and I still can’t bear to part with many of them. I continue to collect them (but only a few as space is limited!) and now so does my daughter. It’s memories of hours spent playing with my dolls and time spent watching my daughter that have inspired this range of dolls.

These dolls are made from cotton fabric and they measure about 46cm in length. They have simple hand embroidered facial features and their hair is created from merino wool that has been hand stitched on to their heads .

Each doll is unique and individual. They are available with different skin tones and hair colours and can have either open or closed eyes. All of the clothes are re-moveable and every doll has lace trimmed underwear.

There are different ranges of doll:

“Frock” these wear colourful dresses made from vintage fabrics.

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“Folk” these dolls wear skirts and blouses with either a cape or jacket all made from vintage and reclaimed fabrics.

“Party” these dolls wear dresses made from silks, taffetas and chiffons and have tiaras made from wire and beads.

These dolls are currently available to trade buyers. For full terms and conditions and payment options please get in touch via my contact page.

bctf 2013

Well I’ve been back from the BCTF for a week and have just about recovered! This year I took a new display unit made by the very talented Matt of Infamous Community Arts and I was so pleased with how it looked (and how easy it was to put together!) I also had some new vinyl signage and decals and updated my promotional material.

It was lovely to catch up with some of the exhibitors I met last year, I was so pleased to have a stand next to Sue Bulmer (thanks for all the support and creative chats!) and make new friends. I didn’t get the chance to fully explore the whole fair, my one regret, but from what I did see I thought there was a great standard and diversity of work, a few photos here, here and here.