Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

 

This is Mary or Mary Mary Quite Contrary. She has a pretty Liberty print dress called Iris Muriel from the Postcard from the Highlands. I went for this series because their is a suggestion that the nursery rhyme is about Mary Queen of Scots with the pretty maids being Mary's four Marys who served her.
Her apron is decorated with silver bells and silver cockle shells with folk art felt appliqued pretty maids as flowers. With tiny wool felt boots, a woolly hat and a sampler pillow.
Her face his hand embroidered with frosted glass beads for her eyes. Her hair is hand styled wool tops in a rich auburn.
I am really enjoying using the wool felt to make the body, it gives a lovely warm glow to the dolls and makes them so soft.