Originally they were simply going to be art dolls small enough to go on a dressing table or to decorate a mantle but my original sketches turned out so sweetly I thought it was a shame for them to be simply decorative.
I know you can buy expensive, scented washing treatments but they tend to involve chemicals and frankly unless you want to waft around smelling of the unlikely combination of tropical plants and semi precious stones you're left with fresh air and chamomile which, nice as it is can become a little insipid. I'd been gifted with a load of dried lavender so I popped a couple of teaspoons into the lambswool stuffing so these enchanting little ladies can now be popped in your lingerie drawer to give you sweet scented linens and lace.
That is of course if you can bring yourself to shut them away out of sight.
