Sewing Animal Dolls

“This beautiful collection of handmade dolls is sure to be cherished for years to come!”–Handmade By Deb“This book is such an adorable, inspirational guide on sewing some cute friends! They are very well put together with patterns to allow the reader to sew up the same animal as seen on the cover and through the book.” –Inspired2Craft“Learn how to make Daisy Dog, her best friends Rosie Rabbit, the twins Betty and Ben Bear and Daisy’s beret-wearing puppy Mimi. Each character has their own complete wardrobe for all of their adventures together, from playing dress-up to long summer picnics, sleepovers and weekend walks.”–Craft Gossip

Tina O Rourke is a crafter, pattern designer and founder of Miss Daisy Patterns, an online platform with sewing tutorials and popular sewing patterns for dolls and soft creatures. Her work has appeared in publications such as Mollie Makes and Simply Sewing Magazines. She lives in Galway, Ireland with her husband Alan and their Springer Spaniel Missy.

Tina runs a successful craft based website from her home on the West Coast of Ireland. Being crafty and design oriented Tina trained as an interior designer and specialised in holistic design and colour therapy before setting up her first sewing and design based business, Missy Bonkers, in 2009.

Progressing on to Miss Daisy Patterns, Tina’s work now covers the disciplines of pattern drafting and design using textiles, felt, hand & machine embroidery, crochet and graphic design.