Traditional russian doll

This small dolls called "kukolka na schast'e", that means doll for happiness. Plait is the most important thing in these dolls.

Tutorial is here, in Russian with a lot of photos.

Two purses

I've found an excellent tutorial in Katherine's blog and made two purses/ The first is made from flannel for my 2-years old son


The second is more intrestig, at first I stitched squares of fabric with sachiko motif, called "coin".