This month, I am featuring and singing the praises of a very talented and creative textile artist , quilter, embroiderer, teacher and doll maker , Fay King . Fay is seen most days at Anne's Glory Box (Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW ) where she is the shop manager. Samples of her work are throughout the shop ... Fay has an extraordinary sense of colour and design, and what others would not dare to put together, works beautifully for Fay Fay is also the coordinator of Hello Dollies,a doll makers' group both in Newcastle and Sydney. She makes the most exquisite dolls, embellished with her renowned delicate embroidery . Fay's dolls are quite small, so these photos only hint at the tiny, perfect stitches on the doll's clothing. The beautiful fine features of Fay's work demonstrates her keen eye for detail in design and her meticulous attention to neat and complete finishing off. This is what inspires me and what I really admire about Fay's approach to sewing, embroide...
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