SalleyMavor
Buyers are raving!
This shop got multiple 5-star reviews in the past 7 days.
Announcement This shop offers printed reproductions of Salley Mavor's dolls and embroidered scenes on note cards, posters and autographed children's books. How-to books and craft supplies for making wee folk dolls are also available. Free shipping for most items within the USA! Visit www.weefolkstudio.com for information about Salley Mavor's artwork.
Announcement
This shop offers printed reproductions of Salley Mavor's dolls and embroidered scenes on note cards, posters and autographed children's books. How-to books and craft supplies for making wee folk dolls are also available. Free shipping for most items within the USA! Visit www.weefolkstudio.com for information about Salley Mavor's artwork.
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Elizabeth on Apr 15, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI've loved Salley's work for years. Great book. Will order her new book but am waiting for our new baby to arrive in August.
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rklein78 on Apr 15, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThese are so cute and are the perfect accompaniment to the book for my mom's birthday!
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Ellen on Apr 9, 2021
5 out of 5 starsSuch an inspirational and pleasant book. I gave this as a gift to my sister...we both embroider and quilt...and this was a cherished gift. She can enjoy the needlework and can share the bedtime stories with her grandkids. Total win.
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Andrea on Apr 6, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI saw this on Amazon in the “you might like” section when looking for children’s books. I’ve started doing a quick google search of books I see before I buy to preview them etc. Glad I did, because I found Sally Mavor’s Etsy page in the search. A personalized, autographed copy for just a bit more (mostly because on Amazon I would have had free shipping with Prime). So I definitely went with the personalized signed copy from the artist.
The book is just as pictured—a lovely treasure because of the art and the theme. The only improvement I would suggest is that the words are not quite as lovely as the art. I like the theme of learning about kids around the world, but the writing could be more engaging, such as in rhyme.
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Haviland, on Mar 19, 2021
5 out of 5 starsSweet cards! I'm looking forward to surprising friends and family with a handwritten note.
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rklein78 on Apr 14, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThank you so much for offering your book with the personalization option! I ordered this for my mom together with the flower petals so that she can make some of these lovely dolls. I think she will be so excited to open them on her birthday!
About SalleyMavor
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Salley Mavor's studio
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Wee Folk Brides looking at themselves in the book, Felt Wee Folk.
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Photo setup for Polly's Washing Day.
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Fiber artist and children's book illustrator Salley Mavor.
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Hand-painted wooden doll heads
Once Upon a Stitch
I have had a life-long fascination with little things and needlework. Toward the end of art school, I rediscovered my childhood delight in sewing and creating miniature scenes. Leaving traditional illustration mediums behind, but still interested in narrative work, I taught myself stitching and fiber art techniques. For me, manipulating materials with my hands with a needle and thread was so much more satisfying than rendering with a pencil or brush. I found that I could communicate my ideas more clearly this way and that my hands would direct me in a compelling way.
My early pieces were soft sculpture, and then turned flatter, with raised figures and objects on a fabric background. I came up with the term “fabric relief” in 1982 to better describe my evolving technique. My 3-dimensional pictures resemble miniature, shallow stage sets, with scenery, props and characters telling a story. I embroider, wrap, appliqué and paint different materials and found objects to create scenes in relief, with figures imposed on an embellished fabric background. My work is decorative and detailed, full of patterns from nature, all stitched by hand.
For the past 20 years, I've been working in the field of illustration, making artwork which is then photographed and printed in children’s books. My most recent picture book, "Pocketful of Posies" won the 2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the 2011 SCBWI Golden Kite Award. The original fabric relief illustrations from the book are currently touring the country.
Shop members
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Salley Mavor
Owner
Salley Mavor learned how to sew as a child and has been creating magic with a needle and thread ever since.
Production partners
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C&T Publishing
Concord, CA
Your Home for Creative Sewing and Quilting
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
Boston, MA
HMH is where groundbreaking voices have found a home since 1832.
Shop policies
Accepted payment methods
Returns and exchanges
I gladly accept returns and exchanges
I don't accept cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
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Shipping
International orders are sent by USPS First Class Mail, which takes from 7 -10 business days, depending on customs.