The Red Nose Day Doll project has been keeping me busy in recent weeks. When Ros and I met up to chat about the idea back in October we hoped that perhaps four or five people might join in to make things with us.
The team of designer-makers is now 20 strong! Good grief. As we started to share what we were up to on Twitter and Facebook the offers flooded in. The sheer number of beautiful tiny items that have been made for these dolls is rather mind-blowing. Miniscule books, quilts, pets, clothes, bags, shawls, baskets, jewellery, bedding and even a tiny pitch pine blanket box have all been made especially for them by hand.
The dolls are called Maisie, Blossom, Poppy and Mac. Blossom and Mac are pictured above and Poppy is below in her Little Badger dress. Maisie has wonderful red hair and has written her very own blogpost here.
Each doll will be auctioned separately with his or her respective trousseau on Ebay, beginning next Thursday, 7th March and ending on the evening of Sunday 17th March. I suspect those last few minutes may be rather nail-biting. All the money raised will go to Comic Relief.
Each doll will be auctioned separately with his or her respective trousseau on Ebay, beginning next Thursday, 7th March and ending on the evening of Sunday 17th March. I suspect those last few minutes may be rather nail-biting. All the money raised will go to Comic Relief.
Ros and I are now spreading the word about the dolls as much as we possibly can to attract potential bidders. If you'd like to help out then there's a blog button below (featuring Maisie made by Jodie in her red nose, crocheted by Dottycookie) to pop in your sidebar. It would be wonderful if you could link it to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RedNoseDayDollies?ref=ts&fref=ts and a blogpost about it would be even better! Any help would be HUGELY appreciated. Thankyou.
Karen Boatwright, who has knitted some wonderful pets for the dolls and sewn Mac's sleeping bag made this little film of Mac going camping in the living room with his friend knitted cat and Salty, the needle-felted terrier (made by Emma Herian):
I adore this little animation. It has something of Bagpuss about it. Feel free to post it on your blog or facebook page if you'd like to.
The most wonderful part of this project has been working together with people whose work I admire so much. I think the best analogy is the feeling of singing in a choir - SO much better than singing alone at home in the shower.
The full list of people contributing to this project is below. Ros and I cannot thank them enough. Truly, THANKYOU xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Jodie of RicRac - deisgn for Poppy and Maisie, made Maisie, her clothes & Geoff the tortoise
Val of Dottycookie - tiny basket, fishing creel, crocheted red noses
Tracy of Dragonfly - tiny quilt for Mac
Julie of Little Cotton Rabbits - beary smalls, outfit for Maisie/Poppy
Lucy of Attic24 - two crocheted blankets
Ali of Domesticali - little cloud pillows
Alex of LolaNova - tiny blouse in vintage floral fabric and two embroidered & Liberty capes
Annie of Knitsofacto - shawls for the dolls
Sara of OneChurchillsGreen- crocheted dress for Poppy
Celia of Purple Podded Peas - tiny books of butterflies, birds, woldflowers and mammals
Kat of Slugs on the Refrigerator- hats for the dolls
Joanne of NotsoGranny - crochet leotard and ballet cardigan
Scarlett of TeenageGranny - needle felted pet and knitted satchels
Sarah Moore - two bundles of bedding in vintage fabrics
Emma of Sew Recycled - Salty and Chip the needlefelted terriers
Karen Boatwright - knitted cat & dog, sleeping bag for Mac, film of Mac going camping
BoPeep kids - Coat and dress for Poppy
Chrissie Marshall - bag to carry each doll
Steve Handley - tiny pitch pine blanket box
Edwina Ibbotson, milliner - hats for Mac and Blossom
Mikki Towler- donated tiny antique basket for Salty to live in
I have set up a linky at the bottom of this post. It would be wonderful if you could link up if you post about or have already posted about the dolls - then everyone can hop over and take a look.
