A couple of Allie's Cats admirers at The Maine Festival, 2000.
A page from a gift catalogue called incasedirect that carried my dolls.
dolls...
dolls...
dolls...
dolls...
These pictures feel like they are from another lifetime. I really burnt out on making the dolls. I did eventually hire people to sew for me, but that was always dicey. Only a few women could sew the way I wanted them to. And I embroidered every cat face by hand myself. HUNDREDS of cat faces. Agh. In 2001 I had to put all my patterns away and do other types of work for awhile. My art practically died while I was doing Allie's Cats - it sapped me of my creative juices! I'm the sort of person who loves to dream up new ideas, but I have a difficult time with maintaining the production. I get restless and bored. The dolls were really cool, though, and I do miss aspects of the business. People LOVED Allie's Cats. I had over 30 designs, and sold the costumes separately as well. I almost dread posting this for fear that people will see the dolls and ask me to start making them again.
I reached a point where I either had to go bigger with the business and hire more help, or sell it. I did not want to see my dolls being mass produced in another country. And I was too burnt out to expand, so on the back burner it all went, and I went back to school.
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