Sunday, January 11, 2026

   2026 Upcoming meetings

January 17 - Everyone's UFO's
February 21 - Everyone's Favorite Notions
March 21 - TBD 
April 18 - TBD 
May 16 - TBD
June 20 - TBD
July 18 - TBD
August 15 - TBD
September 19 - TBD
October 17 - TBD
November 21 - TBD
December 19 - Christmas Party

January Birthdays

Happy January birthday to Joan.  Hope it was a good one!

Meeting Minutes

Present for the December meeting were Mary, Ann C., Jude, Barbara, Andrea, Peggy, Julie W., Leslie, and Ann R.  Andrea was our name tag winner.

Show and Tell 

Leslie brought a vintage doll that appeared to have a Bye-Lo Baby face.  A sweet doll, Leslie.

Leslie's Vintage Doll

Leslie's Vintage Doll

Business

Since this meeting was our annual Christmas Party, we only briefly talked business.  We will need to get ideas for programs for the upcoming year.  For January it was suggested we bring UFO's we want to actually finish in this next year.  In February, our president will not be here so the group will bring their favorite notions to tell us about.

In review of our November Show and Sale it was noted there were about 95 challenge votes indicating at least that many visitors came. 

Attendees brought tasty foods that we ate as we talked about "business".  Then it was time to start collecting ideas for the 2026 Challenge Doll. Categories included:  food, male doll, doll with attitude, Commedia Del Arte, Art Deco, doll based on the game of Clue, Magical Beings.  As it was narrowed down the final winning category was a food doll.  More details on that will come in the upcoming meetings.

The Final vote

As we continued eating, we started opening our gift exchange.

Andrea received a little fairy doll made by Barbara.

Andrea and her fairy doll

Leslie received a box of wonderful fabric and trims from Ann C.


Leslie's gift box

Jude received a cute little fairy angel from Peggy
Jude's fairy

Barbara received some handy zipper pouches from Jude.

Barbara's zipper pouches

Ann C. received a little angel doll from Julie W.

Ann C.s angel doll

Peggy received a set of beautiful pillow covers from Leslie.

Peggy's pillow cover

Ann R. received a sweet little doll from Andrea.
Ann R. and her doll gift


Julie W. received a beautiful bracelet and earrings from Ann C.

Julie's Jewelry




Next Meeting
Our next meeting is January 17, 2026, 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 2026.  We will also confirm officers for 2026. 
10 South Audubon Road
Indianapolis, IN 46219

Future Events
February 13-15 Danville retreat weekend
April 11-12, 2026 - Wise Woman/Goblin doll class with Amy Felske

Check list for January meeting
Nametag
Show and Tell
Dues for 2026
Ideas for programs for 2026
Your UFO you want to finish