July Newsletter

July 2017 Newsletter

Upcoming Meetings

July 15 -  Andrea - History of lace

August 19 - Charity Doll Workshop, Swap meet

September 16 -  Kathryn- Dorset button demo

October 21 - 2017 Challenge Doll Judging

November 18 - Annual Show and Sale

December 16 - Annual Christmas Party

Member Birthdays

Happy July birthdays to Danielle, Nita, and Vicki.

June Meeting Minutes

Present for our June meeting were Martha, Jude, Virginia, Denise, Janet, Jennifer, Ron, Julie G., Katie, Ann C., Kathryn, Leslie, Ann R., Mary, Nita, Julie W., Maggie and Andrea.  We welcomed a guest, Helen who showed us pictures of wonderful dolls she has made.

Show and Tell

Kathryn showed us a doll she had modified from a pattern of Barbara Schoenoff, yet unnamed, a UFO challenge project this month.

Kathryn's Barbara Schoenoff doll

Julie G. finished a Lucy Landry Bridget doll

Julie G.'s Bridget doll

Ron shared his unnamed doll he finished recently.

Ron's unnamed doll

Jennifer brought a doll that was shipped to the US in 1919 from Paris and has been restored.  What a treasure!

Jennifer's antique doll

Janet showed us her accomplishments in her make something everyday for a100 days challenge to herself.  Keep it up, Janet, you are doing great!

Denise shared her doll from Marla Niederer's class she took at AFICC this year.  This doll has a very interesting nose constructed with floral wire.

Denise's Marla Niederer doll

Virginia also had a doll from Marla's class, a Bridget doll, and a Chicken doll she made for the Ohio State Fair.

Virginia's Marla Neiderer doll

Virginia's Bridget doll

Virginia's State Fair Chicken

Andrea's AFICC doll is still in progress.  She shared Natalie Hamade's water color painted head and  a head from Paula McGee's class.  Her Tarot Hermit challenge doll was fabulous.

Andrea's Natalie Hamade face

Andrea's Paula McGee head

Andrea's Hermit Tarot Challenge

Julie W. shared her doll from the May pindoll exchange made by Kathryn.

Pin Doll made by Kathryn

Nita also took classes at AFICC and brought her doll Monster Cat made in Debra Klopps's class.

Nita's Monster Cat

In old business,  Andrea told us about the donation our club made to AFICC's scholarhip fund.  Our pattern books sold well at AFICC and orders were taken to get more books for those that haven't gotten one yet.  A donation was also made by our club to the Indiana State Museum which will go toward the purchase of acid free storage boxes.  Thanks again to Mary Jane for the tour!

Leslie is working on details for our fall workshop with Barb Schoenoff which will be August 26th and 27th at the Franklin Road Branch library.  She is also working on the spring workshop which will be in March or April, 2018.

In publicity, Andrea added a link on the blog for the 2017 Show and Sale.  Mary will get links from Katie for publicity sites.  Maggie has been working on contacting the other craft group at the church to coordinate the times of our sale.

Leslie reminded us that she has the club tent should we need it in the future for outdoor shows.

Our Round Robin/Brown Bag Doll project was passed on having completed bodies, face, hair and clothes.  The next exchange will be at our August meeting when our dolls will have new shoes!

It has been suggested that for our Christmas gift exchange this year, we exchange our own handmade pin cushions!  Great idea!

Upcoming Meetings

Please note our program change for July.  Andrea will be presenting a program on lace and Kathryn's Dorset button program will be in September.   Andrea's lace program will be about an hour long with lots of world history and pretty pictures included, and she may bring her lace collection for people to see.  That would definitely be great to see!

At our August meeting we will do our charity doll workshop.  Maggie, Virginia, and Denise will bring sewing machines.  Bring your partially made Scribbles bodies, any stuffing you would like to contribute, and basic sewing supplies to complete the dolls.

At the end of our meeting Katie presented a wonderful demo on making doll underwear.  She gave us a handout with instructions she covered during the demo.  Thank you so much, Katie, for sharing your knowledge with us.  These were great techniques we can adapt for our own dolls!

Katie's Demo

Upcoming Challenges and Events

August 26 & 27 - Barbara Schoenoff workshop

August 28-September 3 - NIADA Nashville, TN

October 21, 2017 -  Picture Book Challenge Doll Judging

November 18, 2017 - 15th Annual Show and Sale, People's Choice selection of the Picture Book Challenge Dolls

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

July Checklist

• Nametag
• Show and Tell

January 2015 Newsletter

Another Christmas Wonderland!

Upcoming Meetings

January 17, 2015

Swap Meet/ Challenge critique review

February 21, 2015

Charity Doll Sew-in.

March 21, 2015

Eyelashes -- Erin

April 18, 2015

Ron's Bridget

Member Birthdays

Happy Birthday Joan W!  Hope it was wonderful!

Katie's new outfit!

December Meeting Minutes

Members Present: Jude, Andrea, Maggie, Ann R, Julie W, Martha, Brenda, Mary, Janet L, Ron, Julie G, Leslie, Nita, Katie, and Erin

We had another fun Christmas party, with wonderful food and company!

Jude's colored mug rug

Show and Tell

Ron made a wonderful version of Bridget, full of fun patterns. He says Julie only helped a bit.

Mary is working on a crochet Raven from Teen Titans, it's awesome!

Mary's Teen Titan

Jude made a made a mug rug with a black and white print fabric that she colored with fabric crayons, then ironed to set the color.  Cool technique!

Katie showed off two outfits she made using re-purposed clothes.  One was made from a corduroy dress, and the other from a man's shirt, and both were stylish!

Martha has been quilting, and finished the shopping themed quilt for her granddaughter.  She also took a quilting class, and finished a sampler quilt.

Janet's butterfly scarf

Janet made some infinity scarves with gauzy material, and they were so cute!

Business Meeting

Our Slate of Officers for 2015 was accepted as follows: Julie G- President, Andrea- Vice President, Erin- Secretary, Jude- Treasurer, Maggie- Publicity.  Special thanks to Leslie and Katie for all their work as President and Publicity Officer for the last several years.  We really appreciate all your effort!

Merry Christmas!

Julie G has a contact at the Irvington Methodist Church (a block from the library) which has a large parlor that we would be able to rent for the next Show and Sale.  We asked Julie to book the room because it is a popular space in Irvington, but we will hopefully be able to take a look at it as a group soon.  The Show and Sale has gotten very crowded, and we will benefit from a larger space that is still close to the Gathering of Artists.

In February we will be creating charity dolls to donate to the Indianapolis Children's Bureau.  Please bring at least parts for 1 doll made from the Scribbles pattern by Cyndy Sieving. We will organize an assembly line, mixing and matching the parts, sewing the bodies and stuffing at the meeting.  It would nice if everyone participated so we have a ton of dolls to donate this year.  We will also take donations of the gingerbread doll pattern.  Let Erin know if you need a copy of that pattern.

Martha's shopping quilt

I'm sure you're all on the edge of your seats, so here we go.  It was a landslide! The winner of the 2015 Challenge Doll challenge is Leather and Lace!  A cloth doll (i.e. has a cloth face) that incorporates both leather and lace in some way will be due in October of 2015.

We also voted on the workshop artists we'd like to invite to teach in 2015.  We decided on Angela Jarecki in 2015 and Ute Vasina in 2016 (if available).  Cross your fingers that these will work out, they will be awesome classes!

When all of the "business" was attended to, we exchanged presents!  There were so many beautiful fabrics, supplies, and handmade items that we were all in awe of ourselves!

Thank you everyone for another wonderful year!

Challenge Vote results

Next Meeting

Clean out your craft areas!  We are having a swap meet in January, and all your unwanted craft items are treasure to someone else.  Bring anything you're willing to give away and take home something new (to you).

It was suggested that we share our critiques of the Fairy Challenge dolls from Kathryn.  If you are willing to share yours, bring it to the January meeting and we can learn from them.

REMINDER: Dues are due!  Please bring a check for $25 payble to Doll Creators to the January meeting, or send a check to Jude.

Doll Julie made for the gift exchange

Odds & Ends

If you are interested in selling your handcrafted goods, Brenda suggested  the Handmade Market in Lafayette, which has affordable booths.

If you are interested in selling dolls at the Haw Creek Heritage Center in Columbus, let Erin know and she will pass the contact information along to you.

Leslie McCarthy will be hosting Cindee Moyer in April in Shelbyville, KY!  Cindee will be teaching "Waiting Up." Class dates are April 18 and 19, 2015 (Sat/Sun).  Visit the Making Ends Meet Studio page for more information.  Denise will be there for sure!

Cindee Moyer's Waiting Up

Andrea's gift were beautiful hand dyed fabric and trims by Linda Matthews.  Visit her etsy page to see some of her "Sew Creative" boxes.

Orange sewing kit Maggie made for the gift exchange

Upcoming Challenges

2015 AFICC Club display - A Bar Scene - Create a character (about 14-16 inches tall) that you might meet in a bar or nightclub.  You may create just the doll, or include a setting like a corner booth or a bit of dance floor.  We'll display them together at AFICC in Columbus, OH in April.

2015 Paint Chip Challenge- Choose a paint chip with coordinating colors and make a doll that includes those colors. This will be due at our next joint meeting with River City in May of 2015. If you haven’t received a chip, you can get one from Andrea or find one you like at your hardware store.

2015 Australian Fabric Challenge- Choose a fabric from Threads ofTime’s Australian collection to use in a doll. Doll is due in Danville, IL in June of 2015. There will be a People’s Choice award.

Leather and Lace- Due at the October meeting, make a cloth doll that includes the materials leather and lace in some way.  No restrictions on size or theme.

January Checklist

• Nametag
• Dues
• Swapmeet items
• Critique from the Fairy & Habitat Challenge