Another Halloween Folk Art Witch

This folk art witch is made from the same pattern as the witches from last Sunday's blog post.  The dolls are also soft sculpted and pained with craft paints in the same manner as the previous dolls.  There are some differences in how I made the hair.  I used a commercially available curly doll hair and made a wig which was sewn on.  The doll was made in 2001.  Over the years the curls have relaxed and the hair is much longer now than it was when I made the doll.

The doll's dress and hat are black velveteen.  The dress waist, hem, and hat brim are trimmed with black grosgrain ribbon and embellished with silver star sequins.  The hat is also covered with the star sequins. She is also wearing black pantaloons.

When I first made this doll, she hung from a piece of black yarn attached to her hat.  The room she was hanging in had dark paneling.  The black yarn disappeared against the paneling and it appeared that the witch was flying unsupported.  It gave people quite a start.  Some years later, I displayed some of my Halloween figures in a library and needed some other support for the display cabinet.  A piece of wood is bolted around the broom underneath her dress.  The end of that piece of wood sits in a piece of copper pipe which fits into a hole drilled in a piece of finished wood.  Now I don't need something to hang the witch on to display her.