*Trigger Warning- Infant Loss*

My niece lost her baby in August. The baby was delivered 8 weeks early because of medical complications. She lived for 36 hours. The whole family is so sad. I was able to feel like I was helping, even if just a little bit, when I made this baby for her.

She has a baby blanket too- just like the ones that I made for her siblings.

I had to wait for my package to get to Australia before I posted. This baby was finished at the end of August.

I love these bright colors.

Butterflies and flowers.

This is the last baby for now. Onto the next thing!

Baby has a leaf hat-

Poppies!

The back is plain.

This is the little one who is wide awake at midnight.

The cashmere hat is a very light yellow and represents the moon.

The body is made of cashmere coat fabric and is a very dark purple-y blue.

I’ve been doing things. Making summer clothes, cleaning the studio, working with my plants- indoors and outdoors. I was feeling very uninspired but finally got back to work anyway. Of course, then I got my mojo back! How could I have ignored my favorite mantra- Just do something!

I started here-

Then got to here-

And then here is the first one I finished. And finally photographed.

A sweet soft heather baby.

The body is wool but the leaves and hat are soft cashmere.

Is very dark pink actually magenta? Color names are hard.

I don’t use pink much in my my work but I am sneaking some in here.

The above photo was taken in the shade, the below photo in the sun. I think it is really interesting how it affects the colors in the photo.

This baby also has a felt forelock- I think they are so cute!

A little wool felt forelock under they’re cashmere hat.

The back is plain.

There is some green in the garden and the weather is feeling very Spring-like!

Little birds in a bush on this baby.

I am in nose-to-the-grindstone mode, getting ready for this first in-person show in a very long time. Hopefully that means lots of things getting posted but not much going into the etsy shop.