Liddy is 13 inches of lavender-clad company for the little things that keep circling your mind. She’s the Keeper of Little Troubles…the small worries that can grow awfully loud when the house gets quiet. Tell her what’s weighing on you, and let her keep watch awhile. She’s a kind-hearted girl, made to help carry trouble, never bring it
Her face began as a fresh apple, carefully carved and dried until the skin drew into its own wise, wonderfully weathered expression. The apple head alone spends about 30 hours in the dehydrator; then comes the broomcorn body, her details, and the finishing work. Her lavender dress was cut and sewn by hand to fit her, with a teardrop-shaped turquoise pocket and a sterling silver owl charm…a little place for the worries she’s keeping safe
Apple-head dolls are a humble North American folk craft, often traced to Indigenous makers of the Northeast and later carried on by Appalachian craftspeople. Liddy is my own Broom Hollow folk-art character, made with that old handmade tradition in mind
Liddy is 13 inches of lavender-clad company for the little things that keep circling your mind. She’s the Keeper of Little Troubles…the small worries that can grow awfully loud when the house gets quiet. Tell her what’s weighing on you, and let her keep watch awhile. She’s a kind-hearted girl, made to help carry trouble, never bring it
Her face began as a fresh apple, carefully carved and dried until the skin drew into its own wise, wonderfully weathered expression. The apple head alone spends about 30 hours in the dehydrator; then comes the broomcorn body, her details, and the finishing work. Her lavender dress was cut and sewn by hand to fit her, with a teardrop-shaped turquoise pocket and a sterling silver owl charm…a little place for the worries she’s keeping safe
Apple-head dolls are a humble North American folk craft, often traced to Indigenous makers of the Northeast and later carried on by Appalachian craftspeople. Liddy is my own Broom Hollow folk-art character, made with that old handmade tradition in mind
