Introduce a little child to a puppet and the reaction is just adorable. The spring theme brought to mind baby lambs, so I chose to create a one year old baby wearing a modernized Shepard-style dress and made her a Lambchop sock puppet to play with. I think she loves playing with her new friend, don't you?

16" tall. Jointed shoulders, hips, turning head and wired fingers. Needle sculpted body.  Face: Acrylic paint and Prismacolor pencils. Pre-made wig, but cut and restyled. Costume: Padded diaper in cloth, bloomers, strapless sundress with attached apron embroidered in silk ribbon. Separate jacket is lined and trimmed with ribbon, lace and fancy braids. All clothing is removable. Lambchop puppet is handmade from bits of a sports sock. My original design and patterns.

Mary Lou is 11 months old who is learning how to walk. This is her first attempt. Her mother is 2 feet away in front of her encouraging her to walk towards her. She is also telling her “Come on baby you can do it don’t look at me” said the mother. Mary Lou uses her hands and feet to balance her body to succeed in her first walk. Her goal is to reach mom without falling along the way.

Description: Mary Lou is a hand made cloth doll. She is 20” tall. Her facial features are all hand stitched. Her socks and shoes are integral part of the doll design. The doll dress is specially designed for this competition. The doll and dress are designed by the dollmaker.

I decide to make a cute cloth doll baby with smiling face and it makes me always keep smile. She is made from diadora (‘diadora’ another called for craft velour in my country) and fiberfill and has wave yarn hair. She is named Fathima, Fathima is about 18 inch tall head to toe, her face is hand painted with poster color water based and soft sculptured including her body. She is invisibly jointed at the shoulder, hips and head turns. I made her cloth, pants and shoes, all of them are my own original pattern, but her socks and brooch are purchased.

I Want My Mommy

Hazel is 11 months old. Her mother had an errand to go. She wanted to bring Hazel along so she changed her first then place her in front of the television while she prepares herself. When she went to the living room Hazel was sleeping in front of the television. In as much as her errand was only for a few minutes, she didn’t wake her up, instead ask her neighbor to watch Hazel. A few minutes later Hazel woke up. She got up,took her favorite toy, Tiger, the puppy and started looking for her mother. “I want my mommy” she said. She was almost in tears when the door click, it was her mother.

Description: Hazel is 20 inches tall hand made one of a kind cloth doll. Hazel and her dress are original design by Eusebia Leto. Her socks and shoes are part of the doll design and can’t be remove. Her dress is open in the back and closed with 3 sets of snaps for chsngr or wash. She wears a panty that is removable for
wash or change.

HALEY

From the top of her head full of golden curls to the tip of her toes, Haley is an adorable baby ready for a Spring party.  Her ocean blue eyes light up with happiness as Mommy gets her all dressed.  And just like a real baby, Haley wears infant clothes and shoes. 

My dolls are soft sculptured out of Windsor Comfort fabric and fiber fill. The eyes are hand painted with acrylic paints and then sealed with clear coat. The body blushing is also acrylic paint. The dolls are around 20 to 24 inches tall. I use yarn and fake fur for the hairdos.

The pattern is a combination of My Child and Miss Martha's that I have tweaked over the years. They have fully formed feet, toes and fingers, belly button and knees that are needle sculpted. The nose is made separately and sewn on. I use a pigma pen for the eyelashes.

Haley's hair is made from Lion's Brand homespun yarn that I made into long curls using a hairpin lace loom then each curl was hand sewn to her head.