January Newsletter

  2025 Upcoming meetings

January 18 - Andrea TBD

February 15 - TBD

March 15 - TBD 

April 19 - TBD 

May 17 - TBD

June 21 - TBD

July 19 - TBD

August 16 - TBD

September 20 - TBD

October 18 - TBD

November 15 - TBD

December 20 - Christmas Party

January Birthdays

Joan is our only birthday girl this month.  Wishing you a HEALTHY year ahead, Joan!!!

December 21, 2024 Meeting Minutes

Present for the December meeting were Julie W., Ann C., Julie G., Leslie, Mary, Katie, Deb, Ann R., Andrea, Barbara, and Jude.

Show and Tell

Katie brought her beautiful "Makena".  Her skin fabric is hand dyed.

Katie's "Makena"

Deb brought a doll she had made that the features had bled.  Virginia had showed her how to cover the face with gesso and mod podge, sanding in between and then adding features which would not blead. She was very pleased with the outcome.  Great job, Deb!

Deb's redone face doll

Barbara brought her "Crow Woman" doll made with beautiful fabrics from her stash.

Barb's "Crow Woman" front

Barb's "Crow Woman" back

Business

Our November annual Art Doll Show and Holiday Fair was reviewed.  There were many wonderful dolls, however attendance was down a bit.  Plans for better advertising were discussed as well as the possibility of changing the date.

The possibility of doing another round robin doll was discussed.  It might be something that would start later in the year.

The May meeting may be a joint meeting with another group.  A committee will be planning that.

Our January meeting will be a planning meeting for the 2025 programs.   Some suggestions were how to make armatures, using Gesso for faces, what inks to use in making faces, how to create your own fabric for your doll, how to make accessories (glasses, umbrellas, shoes, etc.), sculpting character faces, how to make anatomically correct torsos.

Our guest class instructor on April 12-13 will be our own Barbara Schoenoff.  She brought her dolls to show what we will be doing.  The dolls themselves will not be done in class, cut the making of the Beast head to fit the prince will be the focus.

Barbara's "Belle" front

Barbara's "Belle" back

Barbara's Prince front

Barbara's Prince back

Barbara's Beast head front

Barbara's Beast head back

One of Barbara's hidden talents is gargling a Christmas song which she demonstrated for us.

Barb's song

Program

Food, Gift Exchange, Challenge for 2025

As always this was a fun Holiday Party.  Great food and what wonderful gifts were exchanged.

Voting for the 2025 Challenge

The category with the most votes and winner for the 2025 Challenge Doll is "Fictional Character" which could be from a book, movie, or play.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is January 18, 2025, at the Irvington Branch Library at 10:00 a.m.  Our meeting room is on the right upon entering the library.  This will be a planning meeting for the programs for 2025.  We will also confirm officers for 2025.  All current officers have agreed to continue in their respective rolls.

5625 East Washington Street

Indianapolis, IN 46219

Future Events

April 12-13 - Barbara's Beast class

Check list for January meeting

Nametag

Show and Tell

Dues for 2025

Ideas for programs for 2025

December 2024 Newsletter

 2024 Upcoming meetings   

December 21 - Christmas Party 

December Birthdays

Lots of great dollmakers were born this month!  Happy Birthday Sue, Leslie, Ann C., Pat, and Jude!

Meeting Minutes

Ten members were present for the November meeting.  

Show and Tell

Three members brought their finished or mostly finished "In the Woods" challenge dolls.  Katie had her original Wood Elf riding a Toad, which went on to win the challenge.  Deb used a Patti Culea pattern to make her Fae.  Ann C., had three of her Julie McCullough critters (fox, bunny, and skunk) at the meeting.  She had more critters that were in her final challenge display.

Ann C.'s challenge

Deb's challenge

Katie's challenge

Andrea finished her class dragon whose name is Aurelia

Andrea's "Aurelia" Book dragon

Joan showed some mug rugs she had made.

Joan's mug rugs

Andrea brought a little doll

Andrea's little doll

Katie shared that her Aussie doll juried into an art show.

Mary shared that she is now a Great-Grandma!  Congratulations, Mary!

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is Saturday December 21, 2024, at the Irvington Branch Library at 10:00 a.m.  Our meeting room is on the right upon entering the library.  

5625 East Washington Street

Indianapolis, IN 46219

This will be our annual Christmas Party.  We are having a pitch in brunch.  There will be a gift exchange for those who wish to participate.  The gift should be a handmade item.  We will be deciding on the theme for next year's challenge doll, so members are encouraged to bring ideas for the challenge.  Officers for next year will be nominated and then voted for at the January 2025 meeting.

Check list for December meeting

Nametag

Food

Ideas for next year's challenge

2024 Art Doll Show and Holiday Fair

 

 The 2024 Art Doll Show and Holiday Fair was held on Saturday, November 23rd.  So many dolls and so much talent!  In case you missed it, there were three catogories of dolls which visitors could vote for their favorite.  Following are the winners of each category.

Favorite Book Dragon

Winner:  Ann Chulk's "Goldie"

"In the Woods" Challenge doll

Winner:  Katie Jones' "Faelwyn and Eldris"

People's Choice

Winner: Barbara Schoenoff's "Sir Bertrum"

More photos of the show and sales tables