Handwork
What a finished seam teaches you about patience
Nobody sees the inside of a doll dress. I finish it anyway, and here is why that matters more the older I get.
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Welcome, friend
A soft landing place for the women who hold everything together
Handmade doll clothes, soft home goods, thoughtful kitchen and bath design, and honest writing about home, family, and rest. Come in and stay a while.
About & Designer
Meet Samantha
Wife, mother, grandmother, maker, and certified designer
CKBD / NKBA Certified Specialist
I am fifty-six years old, an only child, and a grandmother (which is far and away the best of the titles). I love sewing and every kind of handwork — embroidery, cross stitch, knitting — along with genealogy, gardening, cooking, and anything at all to do with family and home.
My favourite colour is pink and chocolate milk is my comfort food. I am managing lifelong depression and grieving my sweet parents, and I am writing about all of it: the making, the learning, and the very unique childhood I had in a one-room hand-built log cabin on the side of a mountain in Montana.
I hold a Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, I am a Certified Kitchen and Bath Designer with the NKBA, and I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a disciple of Christ.
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Made by hand
Handmade Doll Clothing
Made by hand, one at a time — seams finished, buttons stitched on twice, nothing rushed. For baby dolls, 18" dolls, and fashion dolls.
Kitchen & Bath Design
Certified Kitchen and Bath Designer (CKBD, NKBA) with a Bachelor's degree in Interior Design. Layouts, finishes, and the practical decisions in between.
Soft Home Goods
Pillows, curtains, and quiet textiles for the rooms you actually live in. Made for home, made to rest. Coming soon.
Genealogy Research
Thirty-six years of tracing family lines. If you would like to know where you come from, I would love to help you find it.
Gallery
The photographs are still being gathered
My own work is not photographed yet, so this is a coming-soon page. In the meantime, here is what will live here — and the Pinterest boards I have been collecting while I get there.
Doll clothing
Photos coming soon
Home soft goods
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Interior design projects
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Home & garden
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Sewing & handwork
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Family history
Photos coming soon
Blog
Notes from a life spent making things
Sewing and handwork, family history, gardening and cooking, faith, grief, and the long slow business of being well. New writing is on its way.
Home
The one-room cabin on the side of a mountain
I grew up in a hand-built log cabin in Montana with no indoor toilet. It is the book I am still writing.
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Rest
Making room for grief and for joy in the same day
On managing lifelong depression, missing my parents, and letting both things be true at once.
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Shop
Handmade doll clothes, sewn one at a time
For baby dolls of every size, 18" dolls, and fashion dolls. Choose a size at checkout — soft home goods will join them here soon.
Contact
Write to me — I would love to hear from you
Custom orders, design questions, family history, or just a hello. There is always room at this table.
- Idaho, USA
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