Monday, April 11, 2022

April Newsletter

 

Upcoming Meetings


April 16, 2022 - Katie Jones Feet
May 21, 2022 - Fiber Show in  Greenfield
June 18, 2022 - Glass Eyes Kathryn Walmsley
JULY 16, 2022 - Bird Inspired Challenge Dolls due
August 20, 2022 - TBA
September 17, 2022 - TBA
October 22, 2022 - TBA
November 19, 2022 - Alice In Wonderland Challenge
November 26, 2022 Show and Sale
December 17, 2022 - Christmas Party and Gift Exchange

April Birthdays
Katie, Sandy, and Ann R.


March 2022 Meeting Minutes
Zoom Meeting

Attendees:  Nita Butler, Maggie Carr, Ann Chuck, Vickie Clem, Julie and Ron Gausvick, Katie Jones, Martha Jungclause, Suellen and Virginia Odell, Joan Webb, Julie Wellpot, Leslie Wright, 


Old Business

Sue Odell ran the business meeting since Andrea is out of town.

May Doll Show in Greenfield May 1-28.  Set up will be May 1 between 2 pm and 4 pm or Monday, May 2nd, 3-6pm.  Labels will be provided, but we will need to provide boxes and drapes. We will hold our May 21 meeting at the gallery--20 N, State Street, Greenfield, IN.  Joan will print folded labels, but the doll's name, Name of the artist, Sale price, or NFS needs to be emailed to Joan by April 15, 2022.  Examples:   Meridith                                        King of the Jungle
                             Susie Dollmaker                            Susie Dollmaker
                              $100                                               NFS

Discussion occurred on plans for taking Christine Shively on Friday, April 8.  Martha and Sue will take care of keeping her entertained on Friday and taking her to dinner.  The start time for the class will be 9 am on Saturday, and 10 am on Sunday.  

Spirit Dolls--These will not be due until 2023.  

 New Business

Teachers for fall and next year were discussed.  It is getting difficult to find teachers.  If you have ideas for teachers, share them with Sue Odell or Julie Gausvik. 
One name was suggested:  Colleen Calhoun (SP)


Program

Swap Meet--everyone went home with new treasures.

Show and Tell


Katie's Lion made at the February Retreat

Joan's Marmalade

Storage container available at Harbor Freight for $6.99



Martha's boxes





A few pictures of dolls in progress from the Christine Shively Workshop.












Upcoming Challenges and Events
July 16, 2022 - Bird Inspired Challenge Dolls due
November 19, 2022 - Alice In Wonderland Challenge
November 26, 2022 Show and Sale

April Meeting Checklist
  •   Nametag
  •   Show and Tell
  •   Ideas for 2022 programs



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Sunday, March 13, 2022

March Newletter

 

Upcoming Meetings

March 19, 2022 Swap Meet and Fiber Exchange
APRIL 9-10 Christine Shively's class
April 16, 2022 - Katie Jones Feet
May 21, 2022 - Fiber Show in  Greenfield
June 18, 2022 - Glass Eyes Kathryn Walmsley
JULY 16, 2022 - Bird Inspired Challenge Dolls due
August 20, 2022 - TBA
September 17, 2022 - TBA
October 22, 2022 - TBA
November 19, 2022 - Alice In Wonderland Challenge
November 26, 2022 Show and Sale
December 17, 2022 - Christmas Party and Gift Exchange

Member Birthdays
Julie Welpot  3/18
Colleen Stines  3/27


                                        February 2022 Meeting Minutes
                                             Zoom Meeting

Attendees:  Andrea Baughman, Ann Chuck, Denise Dodd, Katie Jones, Barabara Schonoff, Joan Webb, Julie Wellpot


Old Business

Our March meeting will be held in person at the library.  Katie will present the program on feet.  Katie will present some information on Spirit Dolls at the March InFiber meeting and report back to us at our March meeting.

New Business

Katie proposed doing a doll show at the October 21-22, 2022 retreat.  The attendees at the Retreat Center enjoyed the few dolls that were on display at our last retreat, and at least one doll was sold.  Barbara and Colleen will help with planning and setup.

Maggie will not be available to coordinate the November doll show this year, but she has good notes.  Andrea will coordinate, but it would be appreciated if someone else would like to help.  

Program

Since the meeting was held by Zoom, we watched a short video on Spirit Dolls.  A group held a two-hour workshop to make Celtic Spirit Dolls.  There are many examples of Spirit Dolls in the video. 

Here are two more videos that might be of interest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ6o4BJO8lI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCn7xlwp_z4

Denise also gave us the information for the Earthenware faces.

Link to Lyn Belisle Shop (for the earthenware faces):


Lyn also teaches online at Teachable:

Show and Tell

Denise shared two items:  her Triplet Doll and a Spirit Doll.





Ann shared her Luna Lapin that she made during the February Retreat.




Barbara shared her Marmalade bunny and accessories.
 


Katie shared the lion that she made at the February retreat.




Upcoming Challenges and Events
July 16, 2022 - Bird Inspired Challenge Dolls due
November 19, 2022 - Alice In Wonderland Challenge
November 26, 2022 Show and Sale

March Meeting Checklist
  •   Nametag
  •   Show and Tell
  •   Ideas for 2022 programs



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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

February 2022 Newsletter

 February 19,2022 - Ribbon Rose Ann Chulk will be rescheduled 
March 19, 2022 Feet Katie Jones
APRIL 9-10 Christine Shively class
April 16, 2022 - Electric lights  Barbara Shoenoff and Joan Webb
May 21, 2022 - Fiber Show in  Greenfield
June 18, 2022 - Glass Eyes Kathryn Walmsley
JULY 16, 2022 - Bird Inspired Challenge Dolls due
August 20, 2022 - TBA
September 17, 2022 - TBA
October 22, 2022 - TBA
November 19, 2022 - Alice In Wonderland Challenge
November 26, 2022 Show and Sale
December 17, 2022 - Christmas Party and Gift Exchange

Member Birthdays
February   
Julie Gausvik  2/10
Liz Miles  2/12


January 2022 Meeting Minutes
Zoom Meeting

Attendees:  Katie Jones, Ann Chulk, Joan Webb,  Andrea Baughman, Sue and Virginia Odell, Julie Wellpot, Jude Hernley, Denise Dodd, and Liz Miles from Montana


Old Business

The 2022 officers were welcomed. 

                        President - Andrea Baughman
                        Vice Presidents - Julie Gausvik, Sue Odell, and Virginia Odell
                        Publicity - Ann Chulk
                        Secretary - Joan Webb
                        Treasurer - Jude Hernly
                        Show and Sale - Maggie Carr

Christine Shively Workshop will take place on April 9-10, 2022. The cost of the workshop is $125.  There are still a few spots available and there are scholarships available.

Katie shared that the Facebook page gets quite a bit of activity and requested that members send photos of their work to her to be posted on the page.

Treasurer's Report
A $400 check was sent to the Hope Center Indy.  

New Business


InFiber Collaboration
A theme for the collaboration was discussed and Four Seasons was discussed.  Katie was out of town for the InFiber meeting and the theme was not brought up at the February InFiber meeting.  We will need a sign-up sheet for the collaboration.  This will be revisited at our February 19 meeting. Below are resources regarding spirit dolls.


Greenfield Fiber Show

The 20 N Gallery in Greenfield will have a fiber show in the gallery in May.  The doll group is invited to participate.  Tables will be provided, the group will provide the boxes and drapes to exhibit our dolls.  The dolls can be the challenge dolls from 2021 and any other dolls we would like to exhibit.  Recreating the 2021 doll show display will be the easiest.  Set up will be May 2 and 3rd.  



2022 Programs

Several meeting programs will need to be rescheduled due to the meeting room closure at the library.  We will discuss this when we can meet in person again.

January Program:  Doll Boots  

After the business meeting, we watched a Youtube video about making doll boots.  You can watch the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnELMjNmTXY   1.5, 2, and 2.5 mm eyelets are available at Amazon  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082VQWDX4?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details

Several members shared show and tell, but due to the zoom meeting pictures are not available.



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Saturday, January 8, 2022

January 2022 Newsletter


  Upcoming Meetings


January 15, 2022 - Zoom meeting How to Make Boots Video
February 19,2022 - Ribbon Rose Ann Chulk
March 19, 2022 Feet Katie Jones
April 16, 2022 - Electric lights  Barbara Shoenoff and Joan Webb
May 21, 2022 - Fiber Show in  Greenfield
June 18, 2022 - Glass Eyes Kathryn Walmsley
July 16, 2022 - TBA
August 20, 2022 - TBA
September 17, 2022 - TBA
October 22, 2022 - TBA
November 19, 2022 - TBA
November 26, 2022 Show and Sale
December 17, 2022 - Christmas Party and Gift Exchange

Member Birthdays
January   Joan Webb

December 2021 Meeting Minutes

Attendees:  Martha Junglaus, Katie Jones, Ann Chulk, Mary McNeely, Leslie Wright, Ann Reddick, Ron Gausvik, Julie Gausvik, Kathryn Walmsley, Joan Webb (Name tag winner), Andrea Baughman, and Barbara Shoenoff.


Old Business

Christine Shively Workshop will take place on April 9-10, 2022. Cost and workshop description will be discussed at the January meeting. 

Katie shared that the Facebook page gets quite a bit of activity and requested that members send photos of their work to her to be posted on the page.

The final Show and Sale figures were not available because our treasurer was quarantined and unable to attend the meeting. Those figures will be shared at the January meeting. It was pointed out that we packed up a little before the show's end, and several people came in as we were packing up. In the future, we will not start packing up until the publicized end time of the show. 

The slate of officers was presented for 2022.  A motion was made by Barbara Shoenoff to accept the slate of officers and seconded by Mary McNeely. All were in favor.  The officers for 2022 are:
                        President - Andrea Baughman
                        Vice Presidents - Julie Gausvik, Sue Odell, and Virginia Odell
                        Publicity - Ann Chulk
                        Secretary - Joan Webb
                        Treasurer - Jude Hernly
                        Show and Sale - Maggie Carr

New Business

Katie Jones presented the idea of the doll club collaborating with the members of InFiber to create a Spirit Doll-themed exhibit.  The members present were interested in pursuing this idea.  Katie will discuss this further with the InFiber members at their January 9 meeting and will report back to us at our January meeting. For ideas on Spirit Dolls visit https://gretchenlima.com/ , https://www.sacredfamiliar.com/spiritdoll ,    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QNZUyaXyrg .

Fiber Show

The 20 N Gallery in Greenfield will have a fiber show in the gallery in May.  The doll group is invited to participate.  Tables will be provided, the group will provide the boxes and drapes to exhibit our dolls.  The dolls can be the challenge dolls from 2021 and any other dolls we would like to exhibit.  Set up and take down dates will be determined later. Usually, the dates can be flexible but need to be set up by the first Saturday in May.

2022 Programs

Meeting topics were discussed and programs for January - June were mapped out.  See Upcoming Meetings at the top of the newsletter.  July -November still needs to be decided.  Two suggestions included a hat-making class and fairy houses. 


2022 Challenges

Fairy Dolls, Paint Chip Challenge, Seasons, Game of Thrones, Dessert Inspired, Playing Card, Alice in Wonderland, Bird Doll, Come as You Aren't, and Constellations were the ten topics suggested by the members present.  After several vote eliminations, the July Challenge will be Bird Inspired and the November Challenge will be Alice in Wonderland. 


After the business meeting, members enjoyed the delicious pitch-in foods and some participated in the Black and White gift exchange.


Barabar Schoenoff made this felted cutie

Martha received a tree ornament from
 Ann R

Kathryn Walmsley made this zippered bag;



Ann C. received this pin doll from Andrea



Joan received this doll from Leslie

Barbara received this bracelet from Ann C.



Kathryn received these gnome
ornaments from Joan
Andrea received this thread catcher
and pincushion from Martha



Upcoming Challenges and Events

January 15, 2022 Zoom Meeting and Boots Video
April 9-10, 2022 Christine Shively Workshop
May 2022 Fiber Exhibit in Greenfield
July 2022 Bird Inspired Challenge
November 2022 Alice in Wonderland Challenge
November 26, 2022 Show and Sale

Next Meeting
Our next meeting will be Saturday, January 15, at 10:00 a.m. by Zoom.  
The Link for the meeting will be sent out on 
Wednesday and Friday (just in case you miss the first one).

Check List for January Meeting

  • Show and Tell
  • Ideas for 2022 programs

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