Category: Studio stuff

  • Local Workshop Announcement

    I’m so excited to announce we will be holding a local workshop! It will be on Saturday July 5th right here in our studio at Whippletree Junction, near Duncan. This workshop will be a ‘Make A Piccolina’, so, you will be assembling a doll, choosing it’s hair and sewing it on, sewing on your dolls…

  • We *Love* Local

    Many of you know sweet Leola, she is the lady that spins some of the yarns we use in our doll hair. This afternoon she brought in this wonderful yarn telling us that it reminded her tulips and daffodils. She also told us that this particular yarn came from Twilley, a sheep belonging to a…

  • Our little clothing factory

    My days are filled with drafting, cutting, sewing and pressing. Here is a little peek in my world at Bamboletta…. I start with cutting the pattern pieces out. Front, back and the sleeves. I cut 4 dresses at the same time, the home sewers mostly will cut some more in one go but here in…

  • Our Favourite Songza Playlists

    While we work away on the dolls a common conversation is about what our next playlist should be.  Our ages range from 27 to 42, so that is a lot of ground to cover music wise. Sometimes we will put on someone’s ipod or in the in the winter we sometimes listen to audio books…

  • Doll Types

    With the introduction of our newest style dolls, the Cuddle Doll and our Sitting Friend, we’ve been getting a lot of questions in regards to what the differences between the dolls are. So, I thought it would be good to do a blog post explaining the difference between the 4 styles. The Little Buddy These…

  • Thamar’s New Project

    A project starts with an idea An idea gets worked out The project is starting to come together From one we go to two Together even more fun A little dress gets a friend, it’s a big friend!! I had lot’s of fun over the last few weeks… Not only did I sew little dresses,…