Winter Winnie

 Now that we are in the grip of some very wintery weather here in the uk, i thought it was time to show you some pictures of a new little doll i've made.............meet winter winnie...................she was made a while ago, but only finished recently...............

 ..............first i made the doll and created her hair using wool left over from a cardi (rowan felted tweed)...i often buy ready made curly and shiny doll's hair but this time i thought i'd try to make a choppy style :)....

..............i knitted the little sweater specially to fit winnie....long arms, short body........and a little moss stitch scarf to keep her cosy (the yarn for the jumper and scarf was from my stylecraft crochet stash, because the colours were just right)..........and her lovely skirt was made from some of the gorgeous simple life fabric from riley blake...........i love this range and am using it in lots of different projects..............

 ...............like this pretty needlebook (i showed you the patchwork outside of it a while ago....i love the pink print i used for the inside too)...................btw i am making winnie some little boots from felt too but they are not quite finished.............

                      .................more of this lovely collection from sew deerly loved here.......................

 .............i made a few sewing notions as gifts but these are the ones i'm using myself at the moment......

 ................they are so pretty and i love the colours brightening up my sewing room on grey chilly days :).......

 ............here is the beginning of a little doll's quilt, waiting for some embroidery and quilting stitches.....

 ...........gorgeous hyacinths in the kitchen........mr p says it's like a garden centre..........that's good, yes?..............i have planted primroses in some of the beautiful greengate cups.......here is one on the breakfast table  next to the bagels, jam and coffee and the book i'm reading), it's happy little flowers looking perky and cheery.......

 ...........i have enjoyed seeing all the snowy pictures this week on people's blogs around the uk and elsewhere.........it hasn't snowed where we are here on the north west coast, though we have had very cold temperatures, hail, sleet, wind, rain and thick frost.......it is said we may have snow here on friday so i will get the sledges out at the weekend for the grandchildren if so.............

............and here is a frosty photo of winter winnie to echo the chilly theme of this week...........also this week i have had a new computer installed.....just getting used to all that updated stuff now and finding my way around what used to be soooo easy but now.....isn't.......yet......thank you to everyone who visits my bit of blogland, thank you for reading and for your comments and emails....it's always a pleasure to hear from you............wishing you a happy crafty week and keep cosy................back soon (with quilts) xxxxxxxxxxx