![]() In the back of my mind was the thought of finding interesting dolls to make clothes for - and then, by chance, I happened upon Monster High, and that led me to Blythe and Pullip. I was always making miniature rooms and things, and loved sewing. As a child, I was more fond of teddy bears I had Sindy and Barbie dolls, but found them rather uninspiring. ![]() The doll-collecting thing crept up on me over the last few years, and I only really came out of the doll closet last year, when I started posting on Instagram. One of the stranger effects of this fixation is that I currently have quite a few Mini Lalaloopsy dolls at various stage of being turned into (among others) Poppet, Widget, Celia, acrobats, a fire-eater, and a balloon-seller! I ended up making a purple and white/ivory one too, as an ‘alternative rêveur’ colour scheme, because I prefer purple to red… My long-standing fascination with showgirls, and lifelong love of beads and trimmings also means that this book and I were probably destined for each other! It makes me want to build model tents (like Marco – but without the magic), and wear glamorous gowns and a top hat (like Celia), and buy a sugar rose and carefully wrap it up in tissue to keep as a memento. I’m fairly sure I wasn’t obsessed with black and white (and red) before encountering this book, but I am now! Some of the first things I made that were based on it were felt flower brooches, inspired by the original rêveur, Herr Friederic Thiessen (and his buttonhole/boutonnier). ‘The Night Circus’ gives the lie to the phrase ‘Never judge a book by its cover.’ The cover illustration - by Vania Zouravliov - is stunning, and captures the spirit of the book beautifully.
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