All I ever wanted from each challenge was to scrape myself through into the next round!
But to actually win a challenge is unreal! Imagine how I feel winning two!!

When I first heard of Dollway I thought it sounded like a great idea, but of course I thought I wasn’t good enough to enter a competition like that!
Designers selected from all around the globe?
How could I compete, don’t be silly!

I tried to put it out of my head, after all I didn’t even have the courage to e-mail Ted and ask for more details!
However, a little voice in my head (probably Ted’s LOL!) just wouldn’t let it go, it nagged at me constantly until I just thought, well, why not?
This is what I do for a living, I make dolls clothes!

Well, ok mostly for the beloved Sasha dolls (The support from the Sasha collectors has been breathtaking) with an occasional dabble into the fashion doll realms, but I am not one for putting myself forward in anything and certainly not competitions. And I don’t care what you say, I am not good enough…or so I always believed!
But here I am, how amazing is that!!

Well, whatever happens from now on, I have had a blast, I am SUCH a different person from this time last year when I was trying to talk myself into ...and out of, entering the competition.

Then there are all the valuable lessons learned and the knowledge gained. If I had spent the next 10 years working away here in my workshop, I doubt I'd have learned so much! We as designers, and I hope I can speak for all the other designers too, have learned so much about new sewing techniques, photography, writing blogs, design, illustration, different dolls, pattern design, working with fabrics, research, other fashion designers…I could go on all day!
You can’t find, let alone pay for, an education like this.

Thank you to everyone for your support!!