July 2019 Newsletter
Upcoming Meetings.
July 20 - Needle Sculpting a Doll Face
August 17 - Doll Face Coloring, Doll Hair, and Simple Doll Costuming
September 14 - Doll embellishments, wings, etc.
October 19 - 2019 Challenge Doll Judging of Ethnic/International Doll
November 16 - Reveal of Patti Culea Doll
December 14 - Annual Christmas Party
Please note: This agenda is tentative and subject to change
Member Birthdays
Happy July Birthday Danielle, Nancy Jo, Nita, and Vicki!
June Meeting Minutes
Members present for the June meeting were Katie, Maggie, Ann R., Ann C., Mary, Kathryn, Ron, Julie G., Joan, Andrea, Nita, Jude and Julie W.
Show and Tell
Ann C. recently attended a Bead Show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and shared many of the treasures she purchased while there. We can't wait to see what you make with all these things, Ann!
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| Ann's Bead Show treasures |
Nita showed a doll she made from a book titled "Making Creative Cloth Dolls" written by Marthe Le Van. How cute, Nita! Nita also completed her cage doll with a fairy in the cage for our May challenge. Great job, Nita!
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| Nita's Creative Cloth Doll |
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| Nita's Cage Doll |
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| Nita's Caged Fairy |
Andrea shared creations from AFICC. She took classes on transferring a face on to polymer clay taught by Layl McDill and a mixed media felted stump doll taught by Zaryana Bezu.
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| Andrea's AFICC Dolls |
Kathryn brought an antique Pinocchio she had purchased which was very interesting. She also took the class at AFICC on transferring a face on to polymer clay with Layl McDill., and also a class with Stephanie Novatski on making a matchbook necklace .
Business
Katie has worked hard setting us up on Facebook! Look for us as : Indy Cloth Dollmakers.
We encourage our members to help us post pictures of your creations. They can be any of your dolls you have created yourself.
Members who were present voted on a charity to donate to for this year. Hope Center Indy was chosen. Their mission is to transform the lives of women exiting sex trafficking by providing a Christ-centered approach to healing, self-sufficiency, and reintegration into the community. We will have a table set up at our Annual Holiday Art Fair and Art Doll Show in November where we will sell items made by our members with all proceeds going to Hope Center Indy.
Program
Andrea led our program on making cloth doll hands. She demonstrated turning those tiny fingers using tube turners. Kathryn taught us how to turn them with needle and thread and Julie G. taught us how to turn them with a coffee stirrer, needle and thread. They made it look so easy! Andrea gave us an excellent "hand out" on needle sculpting doll hands.
Next Meeting
Our next meeting is July 20th at the Irvington Library. Our program will be needle sculpting your doll face. Andrea has a special treat for us you won't want to miss! You may bring stuffed heads, long needles, and thread to do your sculpting. We will save coloring the faces for our August meeting.
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| Kathryn's Pinocchio |
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| Kathryn's poly clay doll |
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| Kathryn's matchbook necklace |
Business
Katie has worked hard setting us up on Facebook! Look for us as : Indy Cloth Dollmakers.
We encourage our members to help us post pictures of your creations. They can be any of your dolls you have created yourself.
Members who were present voted on a charity to donate to for this year. Hope Center Indy was chosen. Their mission is to transform the lives of women exiting sex trafficking by providing a Christ-centered approach to healing, self-sufficiency, and reintegration into the community. We will have a table set up at our Annual Holiday Art Fair and Art Doll Show in November where we will sell items made by our members with all proceeds going to Hope Center Indy.
Program
Andrea led our program on making cloth doll hands. She demonstrated turning those tiny fingers using tube turners. Kathryn taught us how to turn them with needle and thread and Julie G. taught us how to turn them with a coffee stirrer, needle and thread. They made it look so easy! Andrea gave us an excellent "hand out" on needle sculpting doll hands.
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| Andrea's artistry |
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Turning with Needle and Thread
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| Julie G. Demo |
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| Success! |
Next Meeting
Our next meeting is July 20th at the Irvington Library. Our program will be needle sculpting your doll face. Andrea has a special treat for us you won't want to miss! You may bring stuffed heads, long needles, and thread to do your sculpting. We will save coloring the faces for our August meeting.
Upcoming Challenges and Events
August 31 - September 1 - Class with Sue Odell
October 19 - 2019 Challenge Doll Judging of Ethnic/International Doll
November 23, 2019 - 17th Annual Holiday Art Fair and Art Doll Show
June Meeting Checklist
- Nametag
- stuffed heads, long needles, and thread to do your sculpting
Show and Tell
