Say hello to Maggie! She’s a mischevous little thing, but still very sweet. As you can see, Maggie is a witch. But for Halloween she wanted to be a princess! Well, you know, I’m pretty indulgent with my dollies so together, Maggie and I created an ethereal princess costume.

I had a 1950’s chiffon scarf in my stash just waiting for it’s opportunity. But first I created a base garment of ivory satin. Then I made the overlay in the chiffon. Maggie says it is the prettiest blue ever created and I think I have to agree! After her gown was done, Maggie said her witch’s hat didn’t look right with it so what could we do, but doll up her hat as well? Blue satin ribbon to the rescue!

Now, Maggie may look like an EFA doll, but actually she is my own creation. I knew I wanted her to be about 9″ tall, but I wanted her to be a little hefty and I also wanted her arms to be more flexible than most EFA’s. So I drafted a body that looks similar to EFA doll, but actually isn’t. Also, her arms are seperate and sewn to the body later unlike EFA’s which are true pancake dolls.

Another thing that is different about Maggie is that she is a painted doll. I wanted to give her more detail than usual, so I painted her hands and face with craft paint. I painted her features and then to give them more definition, I outlined them with a fine tip permanent marker. Then I gave everything a semi-gloss clear coat to seal it. I love her little face!

Then, since her head was painted, sewing her hair on became almost impossible so I decided to glue it instead. I new her hat would be glued on, so I wasn’t to worried about detailed hair styling. I do love her long braids- they remind me of Pippi Longstockings!