Thistle Maiden
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Thistle Maiden
Thistle Maiden - This is a standing cloth doll in a black, white, lavender and shades of green with a thistle motif. Cotton fabric body, wool stuffing. Features created with acrylic paint, pigma pen, Prisma color pencils. Lips, eyebrows, lids, flair of nostrils hand stitched with Gutterman’s and Sulky thread. Highlight and shadow create depth. Blouse is made of a black and white grid cotton fabric. Apron front, cutwork and embroidered lavender and purple flowers on a black felt background. Periwinkle shade of tulle is under the skirt. Vintage hanky is wrapped around the waist. Hair is two colors of black and pale gray fine mohair yarn with silver metallic thread highlights sewn into a sculptural styling on the side of her face. Shoes are made with cotton fabric and a lace detail. She holds a wool blended felt black bird in her hand. The felt hat has embroidered purple and lavender flowers with a thistle on top and at the sides of the hat. She holds a small thistle pod and stands on a f...
