
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 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 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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Reviews
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orchid1245 on Jun 17, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI love your work and really enjoy these excellent notecards from your books. So much to see. Thank you Sally!
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Lily on Jun 13, 2022
5 out of 5 starsLoved your work Salley for a long time. We are in Maine this week, hope to get up to the Brickstore Museum to see your beautiful needlework. Cards I ordered arrived so quickly. Thank you so much
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monkeyboymom on Jun 9, 2022
5 out of 5 starsPerfect for some autumn birthdays coming up! Beautifully printed cards, got here very quickly.
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Melanie on Jun 7, 2022
5 out of 5 starsSuch an incredible book! Stunning to imagine the work involved! Thank you for sharing your gifts!
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Linda on Feb 1, 2022
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful cards. I only wish I could see the original piece of adt in person.
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Vicki on Jul 1, 2022
5 out of 5 starsAnother WONDERFUL book illustrated by Salley Mavor! LOVE her books for her needlework art! The books are also great for kids but adults will love the visual feast!
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Melanie on Jun 7, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThese books made such a beautiful, amazing, and personal gift for my mother. Complete with a handwritten note. It felt like getting a shipment from a friend somehow. The creator is a genius!
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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Fiber artist and children's book illustrator Salley Mavor.
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Hand-painted wooden doll heads
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Photo setup for Polly's Washing Day.
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)
Returns and exchange details
Payment
Shipping
International orders are sent by USPS First Class Mail, which takes from 7 -10 business days, depending on customs.