The ikatbag blog is one of my favorite places to find neat things to make for kids. I’m nowhere near the seamstress LiEr is, but I was able to use her pattern to make these cute, roughly three-inch-tall felt fairy dolls.
They represent everything I love about handmade toys – whimsical, imperfect (especially when I make them!), and possible to replace, if, say, your son loses his because he brought it to the Boston Children’s Museum and then cries for it as you’re leaving to drive to speech therapy from your friend’s parking spot (thanks, R!) after taking the stroller on the T to get to the actual museum.
Except, of course, the replacement will never look exactly the same, especially when you adapt the pattern to turn a girl fairy into a boy but don’t write down the changes. Which is why I was super lucky that he had just zipped the doll into his stroller blanket, as we discovered a few days later!
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
Okay, I figured out it was her Toadstool House & Fairies pattern, now I just have to get myself unstuck from wanting to read her entire blog!
Okay, I tried, and I CANNOT find the pattern/tutorial/anything for those little dolls. Link?
those are really cute! I am making some dolls from the Felt Wee Folk book for our kids secret santa exchange, and I have also started some gnomes from Wee Folk Art, I’m going to have to add those to my list!
Oh Mary-Anne these are super super cute. I LOVE THEM!
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You are SO, SO talented!! These are super Mary Anne! You should be very proud!
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I agree with everyone – great fairies. Good thing though that you found an original fairy for Johnny.
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They turned out adorable! And how easy to make replacements! Now, if only there was as easy a way to replace all the SHOES we lose if we leave the house! lol!
These are so sweet!
Those are ADORABLE! Definitely the cutest toy fairies I have ever seen :) I can’t wait to see pictures of them in the fairy houses Emma builds :)
These are AMAZING! But I so don’t need something else to make……. But, so tempting.
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Awwww! These are tooo sweet! Love them!! You’re so talented.
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They are so cute! I can’t believe how talented you are. The kids sure have been enjoying them.