Juliet's story

Such a sweet child, Juliet is named for July, the month she came into being. I knew her name and dreamt of her delicate heart-shaped face and dainty body long before she came to life. 

Her first outfit was a pair of dungarees borrowed from Caitlin, but she was not at all happy and demanded proper underclothes, full skirts and flounces.

She soon had soft cream cotton jersey pants and vest and a soft cotton sweater the colour of newly washed sand. Her petticoat is made from vintage broderie anglaise, dyed pink with avocado stones. Who would have thought that avocado stones would make such a pretty dye? Juliet thinks its far too pretty for a petticoat and prefers to wear it as a dress with a dusky pink grossgrain ribbon at her waist.

There was such a lot of rain in August, Juliet spent hours watching the rain fall and she couldn't wait to get outside. That's the problem when you're made out of cloth, its not a great idea to play out in the rain.

Eventually, the rain stopped and the sun came out and we were able to go outside and enjoy the warm of the sun on our faces.

Summer doesn't last for ever though and Juliet needs more layers and warmer clothes to see her into Autumn. She loves her green dress which she often wears as an overdress together with her pink petticoat / dress for warmth and comfort. Her merino wool bobble hat and shrug will keep her cosy as the days get shorter and the October winds grow and tear the leaves from the trees.

  Soon, she will need some warm boots and a coat, but that is for another day. So we will leave her for now, looking out over her beloved Welsh hills and dreaming of another summer.

Juliet is a hand made natural fibre art doll, standing 18inches tall. Her skin is 100% cotton De Witte Engel double knit jersey. Her filling is 100% pure new wool felted and sculpted to form her unique features and her hair is mohair weft hand sewn to a crocheted mohair cap. Her underclothes, sweater, petticoat and dress are 100% cotton and her shoes are crocheted by myself from 100% cotton. Her hat and shrug are new merino. The doll and all of her clothes are of my own design.