Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new Fall Offerings. Here we have a Primitive Folk Art Pumpkin Doll that I have fondly named "Punkin' Pye". This piece would display nicely as a centerpiece, shelf sitter, or tucked into a rocking chair with your Autumn Decor. She measures 17" tall and 9" wide and her kitty measures 6" x 7".
I created this piece in the primitive grungy fashion to give it that time-worn look. Punkin's body is sewn from muslin, weighted and stuffed with fiberfill. She was paint-washed in pumpkin orange, baked, aged in a coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain, baked again and sanded. Her facial features are both hand-painted and hand-stitched with artist pencils shading, then sealed. I have sewn her top knot stem from muslin, paint-washed it leaf green, stained it, wired and curled it, then stitched it to the top of her head. Stained cheesecloth forms her hair bow that I have tied around the stem. Her arms and hands are wired and poseable. Her pointed stockings are painted green and cream stripes, sanded and stained with a coffee-vanilla-cinnamon mixture.
Punkin's dress was sewn from quilt-shop quality 1930's reproduction moss green floral print for the bodice and a rusty orange stripe for the skirt. The puffed sleeves are gathered with rusty orange pearl cording. Her apron is torn from a coordinating brown and gold geometric print tossed with pumpkins, gathered and adorned with brown buttons across the top. Her matching bloomers are sewn from the olive green floral print.
She carries a little kitty that I have sewn from muslin, paint-washed in black, sanded and stained in the coffee-vanilla-cinnamon solution, sanded again, and sprinkled with dry cinnamon. I have used tiny mottled cream buttons for the eyes and stained cheese cloth for the collar.
I have given her a Prim Hang Tag that has been stained in the coffee-vanilla-cinnamon mixture and prim printed "Punkin' Pye" in black, then I have carefully burnt the edges with a flame and fastened it to her sleeve with a rusty safety pin.
This piece has been lovingly made by me from a pattern designed by Sweet Meadows Farm.
This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label Collectibles by Joan which states The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality.
"Punkin Pye"
$45
(plus travel fare)