It's our Milly in CK magazine!....

Hello my friends...

Where has the sun gone...I wonder?

...although a lovely evening glow has suddenly appeared over the tearoom

and so I am quite hopeful for tomorrow!.....

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Isn't it great when you get a surprise?

.....something totally unexpected.....

Well, this is exactly what happened at the tearoom a few days ago

when our Milly was spotted in the latest

Cath Kidston Magazine

We were jumping up and down in excitement friends

...Milly amongst all that pretty CK loveliness!...

Cath Kidston has been one of my all time favourite shops
ever since I received a small catalogue through our door many years ago...

and I fell in love...with everything!

It made us all very happy to see Milly there my friends

wearing her favourite dress...made with

CK ' Mini Shooting Star ' haberdashery fabric....of course!

I am regularly asked questions about Milly...

and am receiving a lot more since she has been seen in the magazine....

and so this seems a good time to answer them here too!

Is Milly for sale?

Well, Milly isn't for sale at the moment...

 She may be sold at some point in the future...

although I am not sure we want to part with her....

as we have become very accustomed to seeing Milly around here!

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Do you sell a 'Milly' sewing pattern?

I don't have a pattern available for Milly

After looking at lots of Waldorf doll patterns over the years...

I put her together as I went along and at the moment

 I only have sheets of paper with scribbled drawings and notes...

all very disorganised!

The patterns for Waldorf style dolls are really quite basic and for me

I would say that the more difficult part is in the structuring of the head...

working with very stretchy fabric...and stuffing with wool batting

Milly also has traditional wooden button joints...

I would suggest lots of reading if you want to make one of these dolls

(there are several books on Amazon)

 and then I think in the end it is a case of throwing yourself into it

and just having a go...

It really is lots of fun and very rewarding creating a little person!

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Where did I purchase my materials for Milly?

I purchased all my materials for the basic doll from the lovely

Little Oke Dolls

where you can also purchase patterns for Waldorf dolls

...including lots of information for your project ...

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Are you going to make any more dolls like Milly?

Yes! ....

I will definitely be making more Waldorf style dolls in the future

although I can't say when at this moment as I am involved in other projects...

but I do already have 2 designs in mind..

and would like to use them for my illustrations

Let's hope 

the lovely sunshine

returns this week friends!...

Bye for now

from Milly and everyone at the tearoom....