Wee folk

Are you familiar with the Salley Mavor’s wee felt folk? Quite a while ago, I fell in love with Salley’s artwork, through her book illustrations. (I reviewed her book, Pocketful of Posies, here). On exploring her artwork, I discovered her website and blog, and her book Felt Wee Folk, reviewed here. Salley’s approach to her ...

Posts about Dolls written by Salley Mavor

Posts about Fairies written by Salley Mavor

For over a year, Polly stood in silence on a high shelf overlooking the studio’s work space. Hour after hour, day after day she saw the same sight – her maker sitting and stitching. Not…

Today, my publisher, C&T is posting my story, “Return of the Wee Folk”, which is about my new book Felt Wee Folk – New Adventures. I talk about the wee folk doll phenomenon th…

In this part 3 in the Doll House Stories series, I show how I made the family of dolls gathered around the kitchen table in my newly renovated doll house. Other posts in this series: part…

Before sharing the process of making wedding cake topper dolls for my son Ian and his new bride Liz, I want to remind you to sign up for a ZOOM Talk that I’ll be giving on August 25th at 2:PM…

Polly is almost packed and ready to travel again. As you can see, she’s been temporarily staying at the Grate Hall Fairy House. For months, she stoically observed the goings on in the studio …

Felt Wee Folk how-to book, with extra goodies – playing cards and faux flowers Where did the wee folk come from?”Early childhood dissatisfaction may have set this whole wee folk enterpr…

Whether your Gnomes have been invited to a Harvest Celebration or plan to go out for Trick or Treats, they are