Rainbow Goddess Dolls set3

This last group of five pocket dolls completes my set of fifteen Rainbow Goddess Dolls, all made using recycled materials and stuffed for soft handling. Each coloured doll has its colours meaning embroidered onto it using a Pictish Swirl, with each doll ending up about 8 or 9cm tall depending on the type of fabric used.

These are the last five Rainbow Goddess Dolls, all totally hand-stitched and hand embroidered. The meanings for each colour is embroidered onto each of the coloured goddess dolls. These colour meanings are- Gold = Sunlight, Silver = Moonlight, Black = Darkness, Grey = Stability , White = Lightness. So this completes my set of Rainbow Goddess Dolls.

Rainbow Goddess Dolls set2

For my Rainbow Goddess Dolls, I have been using recycled materials. This means that some of my plush goddesses are a slightly bigger then others as some materials I have used have a stretch to them and some don't. Because of this the average size for each goddess doll is about 8 or 9cm tall and feature embroidered colours meanings on each.

These are the second set of five Rainbow Goddess Dolls, all totally hand-stitched and hand embroidered. The meanings for each colour is embroidered onto each of the coloured goddess dolls. These colour meanings are- Green = Nature, Blue = Fidelity, Indigo = Infinity, Purple =Magic, Lavender = Serenity. I just have the last five Rainbow Goddess Dolls to share.

Rainbow Goddess Dolls set1

These are my Rainbow Goddess Dolls, all up there are fifteen of these little plush goddess. I made a goddess doll in each colour and embroidered the colours meaning onto each goddess doll in a Pictish Swirl because I thought it looked more magical that way. Each little goddess is about 8 or 9cm tall and is stuffed to make them soft and handable.

These are the first five Rainbow Goddess Dolls, all totally hand-stitched and hand embroidered. The meanings for each colour is embroidered onto each of the coloured goddess dolls. These colour meanings are- Yellow = Energy, Orange = Opportunity, Red = Blood, Brown = Soil, Pink = Romance. I still have ten more Rainbow Goddess Dolls to share in the future.

Venus of Willendorf Pocket Dolls

After making my little god and goddess pocket dolls I wanted to make what is probably one of the most well known goddess like feminine figures, the Venus of Willendorf. For these figures I used a more earthy toned material with white embroidery highlights. The pattern was created by simply taking the basic outline shape of this figure and the highlight were added to define curtain details of this figure.

The smallest Venus figure measures only 5cm tall, with the larger measuring 10cm tall. The finished figures were maybe not as rounded as I would have liked, but I think that was due to the material I used having little stretch width wise creating a figure that is more leaner then the original. Something I'll keep in mind the next time I make one of these. Despite this, though, these little figures turned out quite nicely.

Pocket God & Goddess Dolls

Another quick and simple project this week. Similar to my pocket witch dolls, these are my pocket god and goddess dolls. These two totem figures are only 6.5cm tall and because I liked how this floral material turned out for the witch dolls, I decided to uses that same material again for these pocket dolls. These were again fast to sew together and a little fiddly to turn and stuff.

I love the simple design of these pocket dolls, the standard type shape for the male figure and the robust round body for the female figure. The pattern for these little god and goddess pocket dolls came directly from a set of cookie cutters I own. I simply traced the shape of these cookie cutters onto fabric, sewed, stuffed, and was done. These are so cute and I'm tempted to blow up the shape to a larger size to make cushions.

Pocket Witch Dolls

Just a quick little something, Halloween inspired, are these pocket sized witch dolls or totems. These little witches are very small, the standing witch measuring 7cm tall and the witch on broom is 5cm tall. This miniature size made these quick to hand-sew but very very tricky when it came to turning the sewn fabric inside-out, or right-side-out. Stuffing these was also quite fiddly.

For these pocket witch dolls I decided to use a floral pattern, keeping the witches more abstract in design. As it is technically Spring here in Australia where I live, I liked the idea of softer colours for these little dolls as opposed to the traditional witchy colours of orange, green, purple or black. The actual design or pattern for these comes straight from a couple of witch cookie cutters I own, only I shrank the image to making these smaller then the original size.