You either love them or hate them

Where do you stand?

Maria

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They don't do a lot for me, I am afraid - they remind me of teacosies with something sticking out of the top!

I am not a fan of them either.

I've never been into non-living dolls. :twisted:

clearly she is very talented and has put in a tremendous effort into each doll

from an artistic stand point i think she did a great job but i wouldn't buy nor display one in my home.

Not my cup of tea either.

interesting ..... good choices of tehniques...I like my dolls cute and cuddly tho. Those prices are HOT!

Thanks a lot for your responses. I feel better now. For a while I thought I was nuts for not liking them, after seen so much about them in another web site. I feel that if I am paying $95.00 for a doll (which I would never do) it has to be beautiful.

Maria

How odd, I never even noticed the prices - I was more put off by the twiggy looking 'dolls'. The skirt parts weren't so bad, but I wasn't even sure how one would display one of them. So it's not so much a hate, as not interested, I think.

hmmm... i think thats one of those dolls you sick pins into isnt it? lol

Wow!

Don't look at the dolls for once and look at the quilt behind them. Is beautiful! It attracted me more than the dolls.

Though I thought they were interesting, I didn't really care much for them either - especially the stick parts.

But, they did sort of remind me of Jim Shore pieces, and I really love his stuff. Why then did this not appeal so much? I think becuase there needs to be a little more cuddliness or softness to them.

You could make a doll head/torso, then put on quilted dresses. Maybe long and flowing like a Christening gown. Add some wings to make it your quilting angel. Hang it on the door of your quilting room, or on the wall above your sewing machine as a good luck charm.

Name it and give it a story (like they say so and so saint is the one who watches over people in such and such situations). For example: Mary is the the one who watches over your swatches at night, or Sandra patiently rips out the seams that aren't 1/4", etc.

For such tiny skirts, guess we could always use Rhonda Woodsmall's templates for our blocks - right?

It might be a fun swap. I have some simple doll patterns...........

They remind me of the crochet'd dolls my grandmother used to make that go over toilet paper rolls and sit on the back of the toilet.

I love the artistic part of it but it is sooOOOooo not me. I design stuffed dolls and these make me think that they got run over by a semi truck lol. But artistically I appreciate them but I don't see me making one like that - uh, ever.

Personally, I thought they were pretty darn ugly -- and did you see the one that was $220??????

Interesting, but not my thing.

They are pretty in their own way, and I find them interesting !!!!
Art from nature !!!!!
I like some more than others !!!
Thanks for the link !!!!

i couldn't see them went to site no pics of dolls came up........

Mary Jane Butler, she also has a face book page , there are several photos of her work.
She is very creative !!!
I Like her work. some better than others !!!!
I do like this one alot !!!! It is made from sticks, old blue jeans, and she is a blonde......
I like the idea of using nature that is given for our pleasure !!!!
She has taken something old and made it something new !!!
A broken stick and some old scraps of blue jeans and added a little creativity and she has made a friend !!!

I find her very inspiring !!!!