Barbara Willis        Dolls have been in my life as long as I can remember in one form or another. I settled in on cloth dolls doll after a few seasons with porcelain and never looked back. I came from a creative family that sewed and decorated and painted and loved fabric. I have fond memories of haunting the fabric stores at a tender age with my grandmother and mother. My mother would pull the pieces of yellowed tissue from the pattern envelope and I would watch the ritual of laying out the cloth and the pinning and cutting and sewing and pressing. Treasured memories are what form us. Cloth dolls are my passion and are an outflow of a lifetime of love for color and texture and form. Each doll as it is being created is part of me -part of a journey we take together. I have been creating these treasures for many years now and have enjoyed the pleasure of teaching in many of our United States as well as Internationally. I am on a life long quest to gather supplies and store and enjoy the use of. To lavish the dolls with whatever they seem to be asking for. To shop till I drop and spare no expense as each one calls for something of their own. Each day I am thankful for the creative process and the friends that are on the journey with me.