April 2020 newsletter

April 2020 Newsletter

Upcoming Meetings

April 18 -19 -  Meeting Cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions

May 16 - field trip to Eiteljorg Museum

June 20 - Virginia's fun meeting

July 18 - Sue-Ribbon Embroidery

August 15 - beading

September 19 - 20 - (no regular meeting) Kathryn Walmsley Class

October 17 - Julie G. - Intentional Mending

November 21 - (no regular meeting) 18th Annual Art Doll Show and Sale

December 19 - Christmas party

Please note:  This agenda is tentative and subject to change

Member Birthdays

Happy Quarantine Birthday to Katie, Sandy, and Ann R.  Hope you can all celebrate when quarantine is over!

March Meeting Minutes

Unfortunately there was no meeting  in March, but there is a bit of Show and Tell via emails and texts.

Show and Tell

Kathryn has been continuing to plan for her Triplett class that has been postponed to September 19-20.  Christine Shively was scheduled then but has graciously changed her class to Spring 2021.  No specific dates yet.

Leslie has been organizing her junk room, so we know when she gets that done she will be busy creating!

Vicki has been flitting from project to project and has made some COVID masks.

Martha has been busy knitting some beautiful socks and doing some fabulous coloring in her coloring books.  She has been working on masks as well but ran out of elastic.

Martha's knit socks

Martha's coloring book

Virginia shared her Belle of Provence made from Barbara Schoenoff's pattern.  She's beautiful, Virginia!  Looks like some intentional mending on her skirt!

Virginia's Belle close up

Virginia's Belle of Provence

Barbara has also been flitting from project to project and working on an extensive wardrobe for Luna Lapin.

Julie W. has made masks and started on a couple of small dolls.  That has all been put on hold until her new puppy gets past being so demanding!

Julie W.'s new puppy Junior

Jude has worked on a variety of things:  a Christmas Tilda, memory pillows, an embroidered patch with Taylor's logo, and some embroidered tea towels for customers.

Jude's Tilda

Jude's Memory Pillows

Taylor's Logo

Jude's Tea Towels

Jude's Tea Towels

Sue completed Daffodil and Carrot made from a pattern by Brenda Sanker from Sanker Studio.  Look closely at the eyes.  They say it all!  Sue has several WIP (imagine that!) and has been jumping from one to another.

Daffodil close-up

Sue's Daffodil and Carrot

Andrea has a doll in progress.  She only sent a picture of it from the waist down. What a tease!  She said there's a lot of handmade trims including lots of

tatted lace. This picture is larger so you can see the intricate tatting she has done.  We just have to wait to see the rest.

Next Meeting

Who knows when it will be????  Hopefully May 16 with a field trip to the Eiteljorg Museum.  Time will tell and we will keep members posted when it gets nearer May 16.    In the mean time everyone stay safe and well!

March 2020 Newsletter

March 2020 Newsletter 

Upcoming Meetings

March 21 -  Meeting Cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions

April 18 -19 -  no regular meeting Kathryn Walmsley Class

May 16 - field trip to Eiteljorg Museum

June 20 - Virginia's fun meeting

July 18 - Sue-Ribbon Embroidery

August 15 - beading

September 19 - no regular meeting-Christine Shively class

October 17 - Julie G. - Intentional Mending

November 21 - no regular meeting 18th Annual Art Doll Show and Sale

December 19 - Christmas party

Please note:  This agenda is tentative and subject to change

Member Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our spring chicks Colleen and Julie W.!

February Meeting Minutes
Present  at our Februrary meeting were sixteen members:  Jude, Katie, Mary, Kathryn, Ann C., Sue, Virginia, Cindy, Julie G., Ron, Vicki, Ann R., Leslie, Maggie, Andrea, Julie W.


Show and Tell

Leslie brought in some beautiful vintage lace to share with our members.

Julie G.  showed us a birthday doll she received form Virginia.

Julie G.'s birthday doll from Virginia

Kathryn made a "Tilda Doll" with her radishes.

Kathryn's Tilda Doll

Katie passed around a felted cat she had completed in preparation for the day's program.

Katie's Felted Cat

Jude showed us her completed Margot doll she will be gifting to her mother.  (That's one lucky Mom!)  She had also received a gift doll Barbara had made that she showed us.

Jude's Margot doll

Jude's gift from Barbara

Andrea has been making some beautiful tatted lace.

Andrea's Tatting and Shuttle

Julie G. showed us a doll made with an embroidered face that was a sample of Christine Shively's technique.

Julie G.'s Christine Shively embroidered face doll

Business
The membership voted to have Hope Center Indy for their charity work for 2020.
At our annual Show and Sale in November there will be some changes.  We will still have a People's Choice award for the Women's History Challenge doll.  Viewers will get one vote each.  The winner will get a ribbon and a picture of the doll will be on next year's postcard.
We will again have a center display table.  Dolls on this table will be ones completed in 2019 or 2020 that have not been a previous winner at the Show and Sale.  Viewers will get to vote for 3 of their favorites on that table.  First, Second, and Third place ribbons will be awarded.  There will be an area where previous winners will be displayed but will not be part of the voting.  Sue and Virginia will be in charge of the voting process for the display table.  The voting system will be tested at our June meeting when we vote for the Edgar Allen Poe challenge doll.  The winner of that challenge will receive an award especially picked by Virginia.
We will not be having a judge to critique our dolls this year.
The membership voted for a field trip in May and we will be going to the Eiteljorg Museum to view the exhibit "Quilts:  Uncovering Women's Stories".  This will be on our May meeting day the 16th.
Kathryn's Triplett Class has been postponed due to  COVID-19 precautions.  We are tentatively planning to have it in place of the regular meeting in April depending on what the viral situation is at that time.  Members will get emails  to keep you posted as to what we will do as that date approaches.

Program - Needle Felting

Katie presented an excellent demonstration of needle felting.  Her cat was wonderfully created.  She showed some videos which were very helpful and accessible to everyone online with you tube.  Tips and techniques were shared that encouraged us to try and create our own needle felted creature.  Thank you, Katie, for all the time and effort you put into this presentation.  Your kitty is awesome!  The picture doesn't do it justice.

Upcoming Challenges and Events

April 18-19  - Kathryn Walmsley Triplett Class

June - Edgar Allen Poe Challenge Doll

September 10-13 Windy City Doll Workshop, Chicago

September 19-20 - Christine Shively class

November 21, 2020- 18th Annual Holiday Art Fair and  Art Doll Show

and  Woman in History Doll Challenge

December 2019 Newsletter

December 2019 Newsletter

Upcoming Meetings.

December 21 - Annual Christmas Party

January 18, 2020 - Chenille Hair demo, swap meet

Member Birthdays
December birthdays are Sue, Leslie, Ann C., and Jude.  Hope your days are filled with fun and good times!

November Meeting Minutes
Fourteen members attended the November meeting:  Leslie, Ann C., Julie G., Kathryn, Nita, Virginia, Sue, Denise, Andrea, Joan, Julie W., Katie, Maggie, and Jude.

Show and Tell
Julie G. started off show and tell with her "Botanicals" she had made in a recent class with Ann Wood in Paducah, KY.  Ann is also the pattern maker of the "Dastardly Owl" that several of our members have made.

Julie G.'s Botanticals

Nita had been busy creating things for our charity table at the Show and Sale in November.  Among them a Raggedy Ann, a beautiful peck piece pouch, mermaid and Santa.

Nita's Charity items

Virginia had finished her "Margot" doll from Sue's recent class and made another "Cutie" from Sue's pattern.

Virginia's Margot & Cutie

Denise loved the Cuties as well and made two of them.  She also has been testing ways of dying natural yarn with such things as onion skins, Rosemary, and Elderberry.

Denise's Cuties

Denise's Hand died yarns

Andrea made a doll from Barbara Schoenoff's "Fleur" pattern she named "Coquette".  She's beautiful, Andrea!

Andrea's Coquette

Joan had also been busy creating items for the Charity Sales Table:  travel trays, thread cutters and lanyards.

Julie W. finished the work-a-long Patti Culea doll  she naturally named "Patti" made from Patti's Penny Cassandra Sewing Caddie pattern.

Julie W.'s Patti doll

Jude also attended Ann Wood's Botanicals class with Julie G.  The botanicals were a seed pod, coneflower and mushroom.  She also made one of Ann's tiny dolls and another Dastardly Owl.  The other doll she made was a completed Patti Culea doll that was entered in the Ethnic/International Doll Challenge.

Jude's Botanicals

Jude's tiny doll and Dastardly Owl

Business
The slate of officers for 2020 is the same as it was in 2019.  Voting will be done at the December meeting.  It's not too late if someone wants to throw their hat into the ring!  Just let a board member know before the start of the December meeting.
The current officers are:
President - Andrea
Vice-President Committee - Julie G., Sue, Virginia, and Denise
Secretary/Blog - Julie W.
Treasurer - Jude
Publicity - Katie
Show & Sale - Maggie

Classes for 2020 were discussed.  Katie will work on a contract for the instructors for the club to use.
In the spring Kathryn Walmsley will be teaching her Triplet dolls.  The dates will be March 28-29, 2020.  More information will be given at the December meeting.

We went over details of the Show and Sale which by the writing of this newsletter has come and gone.  Be sure and read the previous blog that is all about the Show and Sale with pictures of the Challenge Doll entries.

Next Meeting
Our next club meeting is Saturday, December 21.  This will be our annual Christmas Party!  We will have a pitch-in luncheon.  Andrea is bringing drinks, and Sue and Virginia are bringing plates, napkins, forks and spoons.  Other members may bring whatever food item you would like.  We will have an Angel themed gift exchange for those who want to participate (not mandatory).  Bring your item wrapped with your name on or in it to identify who it is from.  We will be electing officers for 2020 and choosing a theme for the Challenge doll for October, 2020.  Bring your ideas for the kind of doll you would like to do for a challenge.

Upcoming  Events

December 21, 2019 - Christmas Party and angel gift exchange

March 28-29, 2020 - Kathryn Walmsley Triplet Doll class

December Meeting Checklist

•   Nametag
•   Show and Tell
•   Food for the Party
•   Angel themed gift for exchange (optional)
  

If anyone has questions about our doll club or would like to contact us, please email our club at Indyclothdollmakers@yahoo.com.