Felt, and Silk

Make Dust!  That's all I have to say!  And I am finding it everywhere!  Especially after cutting out these three pieces.

'Best Friends', with her tiny doll in her arms, 'In the Garden' with her little petaled dress, and 'Sisters' have left me in a cloud of dust.  And once I get it all vacuumed up, there will be sawdust!  I have to make 20 of those little wheel barrels!   It never ends.  Maggie keeps me busy.  Idle hands and all that.   Not to mention dinner. Maggie and Emily have terrible colds so its been soup, soup, soup.  One more bowl and I am going to scream!  Better come up with something fast, the dinner hour is upon me.
 thanks for listening.  Tony

Back to Work!

Time flies, and so do the felt scraps around here.  Maggie and I got home last night from Orlando where it was warm and sunny.  And reality struck with wind and ice as we pulled into the driveway.  So today we are regrouping, travel just takes it out of you these days. 
The IDEX show was great, even though we had problems with the winter storm getting there, once we were set up in our booth it all went smoothly.  Everyone loved Maggie's four new dolls.  And to our amazement there are still collectors who have never seen her work up close.  Even though our banner says 'Expressions in felt,' they still walk up to take a closer look and cannot believe, 'that's felt?'
Our Event at IDEX was so much fun.  100 guests received a little boy in blue.  Maggie asked Amy to write a poem, Emily took that and made a movie with Maggie narrating.  It is charming.  If you want a copy email me for details.
You have probably all seen the new photos at the website under the 'What's New' listing.  I still have to write up wonderful descriptions for our webmaster so the front page of the site can be updated.  But I think I may just spend the rest of the evening doing something simple, putting socks and shoes on 60 'Best Friends.'   That is all my brain can handle right now....except for the fact that it is time to make dinner.  So its time to take the maggiemade hat off and put on the chef's hat.  After four days of eating out with waiters bringing us plates of food I better do more than spagetti....maybe garlic bread too.
Take good care, Tony

Start posting!

Hooray! I think it works.
I posted a message and it was emailed to me, so I have copied and pasted it in for you to see.   Maybe I will have to ask Andrew, our hero, if I have to do that with each message...kind of censoring them I guess.

 
And now, at 4:50am, its back to work. There is frozen silk out on the line that has to come in and be pressed. I love winter dyeing, standing out there rinsing 8 yards of silk for my lovely wife.
I must love her. Today is our 34th wedding anniversary. Dinner out...that's a gift for me...I won't have to make it, and 'Black Swan' afterward, that's for Maggie.

Conversation?

I thought everyone would be able to post comments on the blog...so I've done the right thing, I've asked someone smarter than I to look into that for me.  Hopefully he will figure that out for us.

Is it Wednesday yet?

Silk came today, 10 yds of it.  That's means its time to cut out all of it for Maggie.  She will make a sample from the prototype and we send all the pieces off to seamstresses, with detailed instructions and photos and diagrams...Maggie knows just how she wants an outfit to look.  And these seamstresses know fine hand work, I know, because I have seen Maggie open their work and comment, 'aren't these lovely!'

Today she played....well that's the wrong word, she worked on hair styles for two new dolls for 2011.  Up, down, straight or curls.  Colors were right, sample wig was wrong style...she kept changing them all day.  She does her own hair much quicker.  She was in the studio until 10:30 tonight...but the results are pretty cool.   I will let you know when the camera comes out.  Sneak peeks maybe.

New Dolls

Photos are always fun.  Here are two new dolls from Maggie, small special editions created for her collectors.
This one is titled 'Sisters.'  Maggie has enjoyed the texture created with silk and felt in these outfits.  The big sister is 11" tall and jointed at her hips, shoulders, elbows and wrists.  Her little sister is 9" tall and jointed the same as her big sister.  The wooden wheel barrel is hand made and perfect for a ride on a sunny day.

And edition of 10, available from Maggie herself, sells for $1495.  Six month layaways are welcome.
Email inquiries to maggiemadedolls@verizon.net

And this is a special edition created for The Toy Shoppe and can be ordered by contacting them at
1-800-447-7995.   She is standing 11" tall on a felt mound filled with handmade felt flowers.  She is
jointed at her hips, shoulders, elbows and wrists.  And for the first time this doll has individual poseable
fingers, perfect for picking some flowers.   A limited edition of 20 pieces, she sells for $1295.
Delivery will be in the early spring of 2011.

hello doll people

This is Tony...Maggie's number one assistant.  I should be working on little doll houses right now, but if you have questions, comments, or want to share, I will check in once a day.
talk soon, Tony