Garden Muse is the kind of earth goddess we all would like to have in our gardens.

Part plant, and part human, she inspires and helps the garden to grow.

Garden Muse has an elaborate headdress, and a leafy shoulder ornamentation. She is a slender stump doll, growing out of a green ivy leaf candleholder.

Patti has had dolls published in many magazines, such as Doll Crafter, The Doll, Dolls United, The Cloth Doll, Soft Dolls and Animals, and Art Doll.

Artists Statement My name is Patti LaValley and I live in the country near the tiny picturesque town of Rainier, OR. I'm a self taught cloth doll artist, using my skills in drawing and painting to create my character art pieces. I have been involved in many types of arts and crafts throughout the years. I discovered cloth doll making about 20 years ago after I inherited som vintage patterns from my dear friend Grandma Morgan, a 103 year old cloth doll maker. Grandma Morgan has since passed away but I will be forever grateful for her legacy to me, a collection of old patterns. My passion for dollmaking developed through a love of textures and colors within a piece of fabric. I like the diversity that dollmaking allows, too. To me, the ultimate form of expression is accomplished when all my skills can be incorporated into one art form. I love to make all types of dolls, fantasy, painted folk dolls, lovely ladies and ethnic dolls. I often rely on nature for found objects to be incorporated into my dolls. When I bring a smile to someone's heart and face through my dolls I feel I have accomplished everything! I love meeting other dollmakers at shows and gatherings, where I have made many new friends. I teach cloth doll workshops for doll clubs and events and at my home where I have a wonderful studio that overlooks Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier in Washington. Students are welcome to stay at my home for workshops. I also teach online classes and have a line of 22 doll patterns.