December 2004 December pics December 18, 2004
Attending:
Mary Schade
Marion Bolson
Darline Smith
Janet Greenwood
Linda Farrelly
Cheryl Netter
Barb Pech
Audrey Wilvert
Sandy Serhant
Mary Weiss
Linda Benson
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Linda Farrelly reported that 14 of the 21 members approved the slate of officers. 7 members did not respond. The officers for 2005 are:
President - Marion Bolson
Vice President - Cheryl Netter
Secretary - Mary Schade
Treasurer - Sandy Serhant
Webmaster - Linda Farrelly
Member Records - Linda Benson
Show Chairperson -(co-chairs)Candice Kleinbub and Linda Farrelly
Seminar Chairperson - Audrey Wilvert
Challenge Chairperson - Audrey Wilvert
Thanks to all for volunteering for the positions.
Audrey is still working on lining up classes for 2005. She has several possibilities and will contact the teachers to find out cost and availability. She is trying to get a teacher that will stretch the group. Please contact Audrey if you have any suggestions.
Marion reported that there was no new information available on the Creative Festival. No one has received information regarding classes offered. She still expects the festival to be held. She will send out an email requesting volunteers to work our booth.
Audrey has received only 5 applications for the doll challenge. The group decided to extend the deadline until January 15. The web sites listing the challenge will be contacted. Members can submit their entry at the January meeting. Due to the response we will not solicit additional prizes.
Sandy Serhant suggested we consider raising the annual dues by $5 to $20 per year. She indicated we only have $250 in the Treasury. At this time we dont have plans to spend the money so we did not take a vote on the suggestion.
Marion told us about a one day Flat Doll seminar in California. There will be six different nationally known teachers. Each teacher will show the class new techniques. Marion indicated she would probably go to the seminar. The cost of the class is $60but of course you would have to get there. We discussed the possibility of paying for Marion to attend the seminar and have her share what she learns with the club members.
SHOCK & AWE
Marion had a new prayer doll. It was dressed in traditional Norwegian costume.
Sandy brought a gingerbread doll, a snowman in a cup, a Santa doll and old skates she had decorated with paint. She also had several patterns for dolls she was giving away.
Linda Farrelly brought a beautiful knitted butterfly & flower shawl she made for her mother.
The meeting ended with us sharing in the gift exchange..such wonderful pins and bags of stash!!!!!! And of course, good treats.
-Mary Schade November 2004 Meeting Pics November 20, 2004
Attending:
Mary Schade
Linda Farrelly
Barb Pech
Janet Greenwood
Marion Bolson
Diana Bennet
Audrey Wilvert
Candice Wirth-Kleinbub
Cheryl Netter
The meeting began with Barb Pech telling us how to make a latex mold. We then all did the first two steps of the process. We let our molds dry before we continued the process and held the business meeting.
A Pottery Sale will be held at the Arvada Center, 68th and Wadsworth, Tuesday December 7th through Sunday December 12th. It is upstairs in the theater lobby. An email will be sent out to all members.
Audrey has received the first entry to our doll challenge. The entry is from New Jersey. All entries are due December 15th, however members can bring theirs to the December 18th meeting. Dolls are due January 15th.
It was decided that our monthly meetings will continue to be held at the clubhouse.
Since there wasnt a quorum at the meeting, the election will be held via email. The position of Show chairperson is still open. Please volunteer by contacting Marion or Linda Farrelly.
Our next meeting will be December 18th. It is our holiday party. Please bring your favorite treat. We will have two exchanges in which members may participate. One is for a pin doll or ornament. The second is a quart bag of goodies from your stash. Those participating in the bag of goodies exchange will make a doll including the goodies they received and bring it to the March meeting.
Marion passed along her folder on potential teachers for 2005 to Audrey. Audrey will be excepting ideas on possible teachers, seminars for the coming year. The Colorado Springs club would like to see if we cant coordinate classes which would bring down the cost. It would be helpful if we had selected our classes by the Creative Festival so that they could be advertised then. There was a discussion on how we could have workshops from local talent without consuming all weekend. The full weekend events are very tiring and it may be possible to hold them over two weekends when the teacher is local.
Please send all your ideas to Audrey and she will price them out and bring them to the club membership.
Marion has extra DynaFlo dye kits. The kit contains 30 dyes, brushes, resist, etc. The cost is $48.70 which is much less than if you bought the dyes separately.
We have $277 in the treasury.
SHOCK & AWE
Marion brought Sister Rose, the doll she entered this year for the gypsy challenge.
Cheryl brought the pocket prayer doll she made in Marions class. She also had some Christmas ornaments, a sun, a moon and seahorses.
Audrey also brought her pocket prayer doll.
Linda showed us her pocket prayer doll, a pin doll, her book doll with an etch-a-sketch in place of a book, and her lewd nude stocking doll.
-Mary Schade October 2004 October Pics October 16, 2004
Attending:
Mary Schade
Suzanne Schlinsog
Gerri Kenney
Edie Petrock
Audrey Wilvert
Linda Farrelly
Barb Pech
Cheryl Netter
Linda Benson
Sandy Serhant
Marge Daboll
Janet Greenwood
DOLL & BEAR SHOW:
Everyone reported that the Doll & Bear Extravaganza went exceptionally well. The club did extremely well in all the competition categories. Candice Wirths entry won Best of Show. Way to go Candice!
Linda Farrellys daughter won best of the category she entered. Everyone in the club that submitted an entry received at least a blue ribbon. You all made the club proud.
The banner Linda Benson obtained for the club looked great. You could easily find our booth from any place in the hall.
SEPTEMBER MEETING:
Bonnie had problems with one of the residents at the park last meeting. He accused her of damaging his car and even called the police. It turned out fine however the experience was so unpleasant that Bonnie will not be attending meetings as long as we meet at the park. Someone else had two tires slashed at that meeting as well. There was a full park garage sale going on but no one knows who slashed the tires.
Anyone can park at Linda F.s house and walk the short couple of blocks to the clubhouse if you would rather not park at the clubhouse. Anyone with ideas on other places to meet need to submit them to Linda or Marion.
Marions prayer doll class is November 6th at the clubhouse. It is $25 for the class including the pattern. It will be a pot luck lunch so bring something for lunch. Contact Marion for details.
NOVEMBER MEETING:
Barb Pech will teach us about making molds at our meeting November 20th. Bring something you want to make a mold of. It can not be cloth. It should be fairly small for Barb is providing the material but doesnt have an unlimited supply. Bring a hairdryer if you can. That will help speed up the drying process. Also bring scissors and an old brush that you can throw away. The brush should be bristly.
DECEMBER MEETING:
The December meeting will be our traditional exchange of a pin doll or ornament. Also we will exchange quart size bags of material and embellishments which participants will use to make an item out of it and bring to the March meeting. THE EXCHANGES ARE OPTIONALcome to the meeting even if you dont wish to participate in one or both of the exchanges.
SALE TABLE:
At each club meeting we will set up a sale table where people can bring items they wish to offer for sale. Put your name on each item so people know who to ask about it.
Linda had some magnets that can be used for pins so that you dont damage clothes when wearing the pins.
CLUB OFFICERS:
Time to elect new officers for the club. We need nominations for the following positions:
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Web Master
Member Records
Show Chairperson
Challenge Chairperson Seminar Chairperson
Preference is no more than two jobs per person. Prefer to have one person, one job. Send an email to Linda Farrelly with your nominations. You may nominate yourself. The following were the nominations received during the meeting:
President Marion Bolson
Vice President - Cheryl Netter
Secretary Mary Schade
Treasurer Sandy Serhant
Web Master Linda Farrelly
Member Records Linda Benson
Show Chairperson _______________
Seminar Chairperson Audrey Wilvert
Challenge Chairperson Audrey Wilvert
Audrey reminded us about the Outside the Box Challenge for the Creative Festival. Registration deadline is Dec 15. The details are on the web site. Over 50% of the doll must be done by the person submitting the entry.
Anne Hesse really would like to see pictures of your finished book doll.
Both Joanns and Michaels will honor the others coupons.
SHOCK & AWE:
Suzanne Schlinsog brought her Altered Barbie Doll. It was a voodoo doll with lots of wonderful sayings that could be attached to the doll with pins.
Barb Pech also had an Altered Barbie Doll. Her doll had tattooed legs, a box around the mid torso and lots of decoration.
Please bring in your Barbie Doll when you finish it.
Barb Pech also made a great doll around her name tag. She used the hand dyed fabric she did at Cheryls.
Edie Petrock brought two dolls she made. They had been on display at the Longmont Museum. Their titles were Inner Peas and Paul E. Ester.
Cheryl Netter brought two of her entries at the Bear & Doll Show. One was her Hot Flash doll that she submitted to the on-line challenge. The second doll is from the same pattern she used for the goddess doll. Both dolls had beautiful beading all over them.
Linda Farrelly brought a pin doll and Marion sent a sample of the prayer pocket doll
September 2004 September Pics September 25, 2004
Attendees:
Bonnie
Sandy
Lyle
Linda B.
Marion
Marge
Candice Darline
Barb
Cheryl Diana
Audrey
Linda F.
Gerri Kenney (New Member)
Suzanne Schlinsog (guest)
Everyone please welcome Gerri Kenney a new member from Oregon. She had lived in Colorado for 19 years, went to Oregon for 6 years and is now back in Colorado. She brought several beautiful dolls for show and tell and allowed us to have 3 of them to display in the booth at the Colorado Doll and Bear Extravaganza. Thanks Gerri!
A great time was had at the Anne Hesse class September 18th and 19th. Linda F. was the most ambitious; she worked on 3 dolls! We learned a lot of new embellishing techniques that we will be able to incorporate into our other dolls. Annie invited us to her Kentucky home for a doll camp next summer. We will have to see how that develops.
If you submitted paperwork for the competition at the Doll and Bear Extravaganza, you should have received your tags by now. If not, contact Pat at dollbearcolo@msn.com
The Altered Barbie challenge dolls are due at the October meeting. Get an old Barbie from a garage sale (or buy a cheap one) and make her over in the image you want!
Linda Benson will be teaching the Nylon Knee-hi Lude Nude Doll at the October 16th meeting. (She had samples at the meeting and they were really cute!) She will have enough knee his, flat washers and faceted beads for you to buy from her for $2.50 for the kit. Please bring 1 long doll making needle, 1 spool dark brown thread (chocolate), and one small bag of stuffing. If you have questions you can email her or call on 303-477-1461. The snack fairy will be Mary Schade.
On November 6th, Marion will be teaching her Prayer Pocket Angel Necklace. It will be held at the club house at 92nd and Pecos from 9:00 to 4:00 and the cost will be $25 which includes the pattern. Supply lists were handed out at the meeting and Marion will be sending a separate email with the list again and what she will have for sale at the class. It requires such small amounts of fabric that she will have small pieces of brocades and cottons for you to purchase in case you dont want to buy a quarter yard. JoAnns does have a nice selection right now if you do want to buy your own. She will also have some leg beads for sale and clasps if you cant find what you need.
At the November 20th meeting, Barb will be teaching mold making. She would like everyone to bring a SMALL item they would like to make a mold of. You will also need a short bristle brush and bring a hairdryer. Snack fairy will be Candice.
The December meeting will be on the 18th and will be our Christmas Party. We will have a quart bag goody bag exchange and a pin/ornament exchange. The goody bag should be filled with stuff you found inspiring at one time but havent found the perfect use for. We would like to challenge the club to make dolls out of the items in the bags and bring to the March 2005 meeting. We will be having a snack/treat potluck at the meeting.
It is probably time for the club to have an Election of officers. At the October meeting we will be accepting nominations for the following posts:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Webmaster
Member records
Show Chairperson
Seminar (class) Chairperson
Challenge Chairperson
Linda will put together job descriptions for each by the next meeting.
Marion told us that the Bead Bazaar will be April 23 and 24, 2005. Booth cost for a 10X10 booth is $400. There is a waiting list since previous vendors get the first opportunity.
Shock and Awe:
Gerri brought several wonderful dolls that she made from Christine Shively, Barbara Willis, Cathy Fulton and epb patterns. She told us the Cathy Fulton would love to come and teach a class for us. Marion will get more information.
Bonnie made one of the dragons from a Melinda Small Patterson pattern. It was a study in the complimentary colors, purple and yellow. She wasnt happy with it but we all fell in love. She used dimensional fabric paint for the claws but might try polymer clay next time.
Suzanne was a visitor and brought her dolls on a stick! She had one that was Frankensteins monster. She said she liked the idea of no legs. She is here from Calgary and may not be able to make many weekend meetings since that is the time she gets to spend with her husband. She also showed us a small folded book we can make for our dolls. The instructions are at HGTV.com Carol Duvall Episode CDS-1259.
Barb brought in another of her beautiful sculptures. This one was of her mom. It was done in white stoneware then cold finished with dry brush acrylic paints.
Linda brought in her book doll that she made with a patterned lycra and an etch a sketch. She said that the lycra fingers are a dream to turn. She also brought in a doll she made for an art doll challenge that she finished 18 months late (Hey, she finished!). It is embellished with barbed wire and beads and is called Good fences make good neighbors. She also brought in two more pin dolls from the farm bandana she has been trying to use up. The goddess of unrealistic expectations from the round robin made her appearance also. She had a lot of accessories.
Cheryl and Audrey brought in their unfinished book dolls, one with an embossed face and one with a sculpey mask. They are getting close to being done! They will be wonderful for attracting attention at our booth at the doll show.
Marion is madly working on her Gypsy Challenge doll. (Update: it has been shipped!)
Sandy brought in a doll she made from an internet pattern. It was black and white prints with shocking pink hair. She did a great job and is going to let us display it at the booth.
She also had some handouts that she had printed from the internet. Thanks Sandy! She also told us about Gretchen Lima who she would like to have come in and teach. From her website it looks like she does wise women and shamans. She said that if we can get 10 people together to buy a needle felting book we can get a good discount. (Marion has the book and will bring it in for everyone to see).
Linda Benson told us about Christmas in July at Bernina and showed us a sample of a soft fabric that can be used for bears. She also brought in samples of her nylon sculpted dolls that she will be teaching in October.
Diana showed us Ballet/Dancer dolls that she has designed. She uses collage and paperclay to make these wonderful dolls. She said that the techniques she learned from Annie Hesse will really help with her creations. Diana has a web site up for selling her yarns and wool roving, it is www.yummyyarns.com . She said that later next year she might sponsor a challenge for us using two half skeins of her fiber. Check her website for the dolls made in a challenge like this by club members in Canada.
Doll And Bear Extravaganza:
We discussed everything we need to do and have at the doll show.
Diana has some racks she will bring for displays.
Audrey brought in a table skirt.
Linda Benson will look into a banner for the DDA.
We have 3 full time workers and 4 part time workers. We should have enough, but please let us know if you want to work. We can always go shopping while you work the booth*grin*.
We can do some demos in the booth. Bring beading, stuffing, face painting or whatever you are working on.
Booth 102 and 103
Did not buy electricity; it was $35
-Marion Bolson  | |
August 2004 August 21, 2004
Attending:
Mary Schade
Linda Farrelly
Linda Benson
Barb Pech
Lyle Gencook
Bonnie Moreno
Audrey Wilvert
Marge Daboll
Sandy Serhant
Marion Bolson
Kathryn Shimmura
Guest:
Linda Korstad
Marion had received the dye kits ordered. The cost is $48.70 per kit. The doll kits will be ordered if we come up with an order for 20 kits.
The Creative Festival is January 27, 28 and 29 in 2005. The club will hold a doll challenge. Audrey explained the challenge rules. The rules are post on our web sit. We need additional prizes. Please contact Audrey if you know of any possibilities.
If you are interested in conducting an hour long class at the Creative Festival contact Marion for the proposal forms. You would get $2 per student attending the class if they accept your proposal.
We may only be able to display dolls at the Creative Festival and may only have room for the challenge dolls. Everyone is encourage to enter a doll.
Audrey is contacting the Foothills Art Gallery to see if they would be interested in doing a doll show. We would contact other doll clubs throughout Colorado if they would have a show.
Each fall there is a jewelry show at Audreys work place. Anyone wanting to sell pinsespecially beaded pins, should contact her.
Audrey also makes the Denver Doll Artisans badge and name badge for members. The first one you receive is free. If you would like additional badges, the cost is $5 for the badge and $3 for the name. You can select your color.
Audrey indicated she would be willing to do a bear class if people are interested. She suggests you purchase kits from Intercal for the class. She will send out information regarding a potential class via email. You could use your own pattern as long as the bear is big enough. She indicated it is too hard to teach a first time class using joints on small bears. We could coordinate the purchase of the mohair for the bears through Intercal in order to get a better deal. Mohair is expensive.
There is a challenge at the Bear and Doll Extravaganza. You must submit the entry form by September 1 if you are interested in participating. Marion has the forms and will send them out via email.
The club bought 1 booth at the Bear and Doll Extravaganza for display and information on our club. Some individuals are interested in getting a second booth in order to sell items. Pat Patterson, from Just Stuffed doll club asked if they could sell at the second booth. Everyone thought it was fine to include them. The more people that want to participate in the booth, the less the cost would be. If you are interested, contact Marion.
Anne Hesse will be here for her class on September 18 and 19. Therefore we will be changing the next meeting to September 25th.
Tomorrow Heirlooms is having a class on the Beaded Goddess on Saturday, September 11. The class is by Janet Kay Skein. The class costs $30 plus the price of the kit. We dont know the kit price.
The library was so impressed with our exhibit they asked us to participate again next year. We could pick the month we wanted. We will ask for either July or August.
The club has $289 in the Treasury.
Pat Patterson talked to Marion about forming a Colorado Doll Guild. The guild would enable all to coordinate bringing in teachers and getting dolls to different events throughout the state. The members present indicated our club should support and participate in the guild. Audrey volunteered to be our representative.
Marion would like suggestions for teachers next year. She will compile a list and bring it back to the membership to select teachers. Teachers suggested at the meeting were Karen Shiffin for sculpting and Barbara Willis.
The group discussed the possibility of picking a pattern and holding a workshop to make the doll. We could help each other through the process.
Marion will teach a class on her pattern for a beaded pendant doll on November 6. $25 includes the pattern.
There was a discussion about the Rocky Mountain Bead Society. Their web site is www.rockybeads.org.
Discussion was held on topics for the next several meetings.
September 25th meeting will talk about the upcoming Bear and Doll Extravaganza. Bring dolls you would like displayed if you cant bring the dolls to the show.
October 16th Linda Benson will show us how she does nylon sculpting on her panty hose dolls. Mary Schade will be the snack fairy.
November 20th one suggestion was how to mold hands and faces.
We also held a discussion on how to make money for the club. One idea was to sell books at the various fairs, especially now that some book vendors are no longer participating. They may be willing to have us sell the book for them with minimal upfront cost
SHOCK & AWE
Linda Farrelly had a two page spread on her Sheila doll in the Art Dollz Quarterly Zine.
Lindas daughter, Tara, showed us her pipe cleaner doll. Linda brought a felted head and hands she made at Stephanies. She also had the head she made at Pat Pattersons class.
Audrey Wilvert brought a marionette she purchased. Antonio was wonderful.
Audrey brought a bear and rabbit she made. She showed us how hard the heads are stuffed in bears. Also brought Glitterbug she made from a Julie McCullough pattern.
Bonnie Moreno brought some of her wonderful dolls. She made a doll from Linda Farrellys Sheila Na Gig pattern using her hand dyed fabric. She also had a sample of painted tyvek.
She brought two felted faces she made as well as a face she made from latex molding. It took 28 coats of the latex to create the mask. Took quite a long time to complete.
Bonnie made a black and white doll titled Giving birth to love and wisdom in honor of her daughter who is expecting Bonnies first grandchild.
She had a doll made from a Patti Culeas pattern..she modified the head and sprayed glitter all over the doll.
Barb Pech brought a pottery doll which she calls her clothes pin doll. It is made in honor of her father. It is stoneware clay and depicts many aspects of his life, newspaper work, golf, taking care of the house, etc.
Linda Benson brought the head she sculpted at Pat Pattersons class. Also brought felted hands she made at Stephanies. She made two trees out of felt with faces in the trees. She hopes to make a full forest.
Sandy Serhant calls herself the Internet Copy Queen. She brought us all copies of how to make Tyvek Beads and Baubles, a free doll pattern, and an article on how to make real looking fingernails on your cloth dolls using sculpey.
Remember, next meeting is Saturday, September 25th.
-Mary Schade
July 2004 July 24, 2004
Present:
Linda Farrelly
Marion Bolson
Darline Smith
Sandy Serhant
Linda Benson
Stephanie Gauper
Bonnie Moreno
Carmen Martinez
Barb Pech
Marge Daboll
Gage Evans
Mary Schade
Althea Mortensen attended the beginning of our meeting as a guest. She had seen our display at the library. She is the editor of Denvers on-line womens magazine Marvelouswomen.com. Items, such as spiritual dolls, could be sold through the magazine. Althea is also opening up an on-line store called Sundays Child Gifts. To make it profitable the items should be priced over $100 for the magazine and over $50 for the on-line store. Each charges 20% of the sale to cover their costs. She stated items do not have to meet child safety standards as long as there is a disclaimer associated with the item. Contact Althea directly if you want more information or to participate. Althea@sundayschildgift.com or Althea@marvelouswomen.com.
We met at Linda Farrellys clubhouse. Everyone liked the room. It was comfortable and had great light. Linda will try to obtain the clubhouse for future meetings. The next meeting will be Saturday, August 21. We will go back to the 3rd Saturday of the month. The meeting will be on Tyvek. You can get Tyvek from www.meinketoy.com or it is available in the white mailing envelopes you can get at the post office.
There is a Pat Patterson face sculpting class at Marions on Saturday, August 7th. Pay on Saturday.
The club needs to pick up the dolls at the library, Saturday, July 31. We will meet there at 4pm.
Diana Benett said we could contact her directly if you want any of her fleece. Stephanie Gauper also fleece available. You can contact her until she leaves for Michigan where she will teach next semester.
The Doll and Bear Extravaganza in October wants pictures of our dolls. Marion will get pictures for them.
There are still some spaces available for the Anne Hess class in September. Full payment is needed to Marion by August 9.
Virginia Robertsons newsletter from Dolores Colorado has the same Christine Shively class we held for $175. We had a great deal.
The DynaFlow class packs can be obtained through the club for $59. That is a savings around $25 and all colors are included. The club will keep the dyes obtained for the Patti Medaris Culea class for future use by the members.
Marion set up a wholesale account with Caravan beads. She isnt sure if it will be a good deal or not. Contact her if you are interested.
Sandy Serhant brought information on free patterns you can test out for the designer. Also information on an altered Barbie doll contest.
It was mentioned that Denver Fabrics has bags of ultra suede for $4 a bag. They are small pieces which are good for making shoes.
The club received an invitation to participate in the Winery at Holy Cross Abbey 2004 Harvest Festival in Canon City. It costs $150 and is in September. It is an outside festival which is not usually good for our dolls. Contact Marion if you are interested.
There was a brief discussion on what teachers the club would like to bring in next year to teach. Please give ideas to Marion. She will consolidate and bring to the club.
Jacquard donated 3 doll pin kits as prizes for our Creative Sewing Festival doll challenge.
SHOCK AND AWE
Marion Bolson and Sandy Serhant brought the dolls they created at Patti Culeas class. Sandy had crocheted shoes and panties on her doll.
You can get the pattern for Patti Culeas name tag doll on her site. You do have to dig through the pages to find it. It is free.
Linda Benson brought the plates she decoupaged with the paper towels she collected at the class. The ones used to clean up the dyes. What a creative idea! She also brought some older patterns that she had for sale. Linda also had made some felt flower pin cushions.
Marge Daboll brought a 1990 Virginia Robertsons book on making faces. She had found it at a garage sale.
Stephanie Gauper brought the beginnings of a doll using hand woven fabric and commercial fabric. It was a jointed doll. Interesting how she had stabilized the hand woven fabric so it would support the doll.
Cheryl Netters Simone doll is in the Soft Dolls September 2004 issue.
Bonnie Moreno brought a doll similar to the one she had entered in a London contest for the Heart Association. She also brought several wonderful felt dolls. The first one made from Stephanies class, a man and woman dolls, and two small bears that she made for her first grandchild due later this year.
Bonnie had a cloth doll that was juggling felt balls and a girl doll that had a felted hat, jacket and purse.
Bonnie brought a wizard doll she designed around 10 years ago. You can pull up the arms and legs.
Gage Evans brought a giraffe with a felted head and neck. It was a jointed doll. Gages web site is fiberfriends.com where you can see some of her other work.
Barb Pech brought the fabric she had dyed at the June meeting.
-Mary Schade
June 2004 June Pics June 12, 2004
Attending: Edie, Bonnie, Emily, Linda B., Barbara, Audrey, Marge, Stephanie, Darlene, Miriam, Linda F., (chair),and new member Candice Wirth.
We met at Cheryl's Nouvea neoJungian plantation of roses (many oxymorons). She taught a most clear lesson on Procion dyes on cottons; it was so fun no one wanted to go home. Cheryl claimed herself NOT a teacher, but her directions were sequential and easy to follow.
After the July 24th meeting, we will need to move our meetings to the SECOND Sat. each month at Hancock. Next meetings; July 24 and August 14. Preferential treatment is being given to quilters who are known for their bellicosity. (editor's note: they are required by corporate headquarters to have their classes on the same schedule as all the other stores)
There will be a display of some of our work at Westminister library, three cases, 2 feet wide and 3+feet high. It will last one month.
October 9 and 10 Booths 102 & 103 at Teddy Bear and Doll Extravaganza, one booth for club and one for display/selling Doll Completions Outside the Box.
Patti Culea doll class has three spaces; needle sculpting class on August 7 has three or four spaces. Paper class class, date TBA.
Altered Barbie for October meeting, buy a thrift shop Barbie and do what you will; remember it is her 45th birthday and she is now divorced from Ken.
July meeting will be on joints and stitching. Bring needles, thread, fabric, bit of stuffing to learn some construction stitches. Bring examples of joints that work and don't work.
For Show and Tell (aww, come on girls, we're all more sophisticated than that, let's not practice self-abnegation), let's call this part of the meeting Shock and Awe. I am always astonished by the creativity.
Bonnie had her finished Round Robin doll with such exquisite detail; Candice has an extravagantly beaded doll of her own design, Oceana. Candice took Julie McCullough's on- line class and had a doll called Spring or Eden. She had an amazing doll that stood IN a large stone.
Linda F brought in the pin dolls she received in a doll swap. One was all Fimo, another made out of shrink plastic and wire, and 2 were cloth and mixed media.
Marge's bookworm was funny and clever.
Barb brought her needle felted Polynesian with the beading from Bonnie's class on it. It had a shocking sarong on it.
Kathryn had a round robin Oceania.
Emily brought her first jointed doll named Evelyn. Emily has done many other dolls.
We all gazed rapt at Bridget, patron saint of Blacksmith's, finished in Round Robin. She even has her own anvil and leather glove.
What a wonderful day of frivolity, color, wind, learning, gazing. What great women.
-Stephanie Gauper
May 2004 May Pictures May 15, 2004
Attending:
Mary Schade
Mary Weiss
Stephanie Gauper
Linda Benson
Darline Smith Bonnie Moreno
Audrey Wilvert
Diana Bennet
Melinda Evans
Linda Farrelly
Phyllis Jones Lynne Buland
Sandy Serhant
Cheryl Netter
Kathryn Shimmura
Marion Bolson
Marge Daboll
SHOW N TELL:
The dolls arrived from the Mad Dolls of Lincoln Nebraska doll club. Several people in the club participated in a doll swap. The dolls are wonderful. These dolls along with the dolls made in Christine Shivelys class will be on the web site.
Also the dolls created during the clubs round robin were just finished and on display.
Marge Daboll showed her Moon Goddess doll created during the round robin and her fairy princess doll from the doll swap.
Mary Weiss is glad to be back with the club and had two little fairy dolls she made.
Stephanie Gauper showed her elderly courtesan with an attitude doll made in Christine Shivelys (CS) class. Her chair is titled Goddess with fire in the belly. She also displayed some felt fish. She will show anyone how she makes them if you call her.
Linda Farrelly had her lady felt doll that she made from last months meeting. Also a beaded pin doll. Linda has developed a pattern for sale, it is her Sheila-Na-Gig doll.
Cheryl Netter displayed her doll from CSs class. Her chair from the class is titled Over the Top. Cheryl painted a face for the chair on silk.
Kathryn Shimmura showed her round robin doll. It is St Bridget, Goddess of fire, healing and blacksmiths. The head is made of paperclay.
Melinda Evans had her CS doll. It is her first cloth doll. She had only made baby dolls prior.
Bonnie Moreno had a new doll bag she made to show us. She uses lots of embellishments, including rubber stamps. Her felt doll from last month wasnt quite finished but is wonderful. She calls it Bella Mesa Adora. Bonnie had her CS doll and chair on display. Her round robin doll is Egyptian. The dragonfly doll she received from Nebraska got rave reviews.
Diana Bennet also showed us her CS doll and chair. She took the class mainly for the tips on creating the face. Looks great. Her chair is titled Change your thoughts, change your life
Marion Bolson received a grand doll from Nebraska, perched on a large mushroom.
Linda Farrelly got a Raggedy Ann doll with wings from Nebraska.
Announcements:
Kathryn Shimmura will have a class in paperclay figures. It will cost $20 and include head and face. She thinks it will last 4 hours. The first one will be July 24 and the second class sometime in September. Contact Kathryn if you are interested.
Pat Patterson will hold a face sculpting class on August 7. It will cost $10. It will be from 9 am to 3 pm
Next meeting will be at Cheryl Netters house. It will be June 12. We will be dying fabric so wear OLD clothes. The dye is permanent and stays on whatever it touches. Directions will be emailed later. She will have some very good fabric to use for dying at $5 per yard. Linda Benson will be snack fairy for the June meeting.
The Patti Culea class will be July 10 & 11. We watched a video featuring Patti when she was on the Carol Duval show.
The Ann Hess class will be teaching an ancestor doll and a journal doll. It will be September 18 & 19. The ancestor doll is a stump doll no legs.
Marion Bolson will make up business cards, with the club logo and contact info if you like, for you at $2 per sheet.
Library Display:
Our dolls will be displayed at the Westminster library for the full month of July. Bring any dolls/items for display to the June meeting or arrange to get them to Linda Farrelly. They have 3 cases for our display. The cases are locked and do not get direct sunlight. Please make a card for each item giving the name of the item as well as the makers name. You cant directly sell a doll from this display but there will be information on how people can contact us. Remember that this display is by the childrens section so be sensitive to little eyes.
Business:
Linda Farrelly obtained three domain names for the club. They are denverdollartisans.com, denverdollartisans.net, and denverdollartisans.org. They cost $9.95 per domain name. The club voted to reimburse Linda for the cost.
The treasury has $489.
The Teddy Bear and Doll Extravaganza is October 9 and 10. The club could have a booth there to promote the club. It was suggested that people interested in selling their work could rent a booth next to the clubs.
The club voted to continue to promote and grow the club. The club voted to attend the fair as a club and pay the $200 for the booth.
Several people are going together to obtain a second booth and sell their work. The people expressing interest are Linda Benson, Diana Bennet, Stephanie Gauper, Marion Bolson, Mary Weiss, Linda Farrelly and Marge Daboll. If you are interested, contact Marion.
Future Meetings:
July meeting will be on joints and stitches. Snack fairy will be Sandy Serhant
August meeting will be on Tyvec plastic felt and Vilene. Snack fairy will be Lynn Buland
September meeting will be devoted to getting ready for the October fair. Diana Bennet will be the snack fairy.
At the October meeting Linda Benson will teach us her pantyhose doll. Linda Farrelly will be the snack fairy.
Outside the Box Challenge is our theme for the Creative Festival dolls. The committee has begun establishing the rules and guidelines. If you know anyone that would donate prizes for the challenge, please contact Linda Farrelly.
New Business:
Denver has a button museum associated with a button wholesale store. Lynn Buland will arrange a field trip. She has a wholesale license so we could purchase at the store.
Linda Farrelly opened an ebay store. It is called fiber junkie art dolls. You can sell your work on it for $1 per month. Contact her if interested.
We need to move our meetings to the second Saturday of the month. Hancock now has another event on the third Saturday of the month starting July.
-Mary Schade
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April 2004 April pictures April 17, 2004
Present:
Mary Schade
Linda Farrelly
Stephanie Gauper
Barbara Scanlon
Edie Petrock
Linda Benson
Barbara Pech
Phyllis Jones
Marge Daboll
Bonnie Moreno
Sandy Serhant
Audrey Wilvert
Lynne Buland
Darline Smith
Chris & Cherry Netter
SHOW N TELL
Bonnie Moreno and Marge Daboll brought the dolls they are making for the Nebraska Doll Club. Bonnie also brought her finished Baba Yaga doll.
Sandy Serhant brought a rabbit and Mary Schade brought a giraffe. Linda Benson brought a male and female nude made from stockings. Phyllis Jones brought a marionette she made.
Goddess dolls made by Chris/Cherry Netter, Bonnie Moreno, Marge Daboll and Linda Farrelly were also on display.
Every thing was grand.
Web site Audrey, Kestrel and Linda will be meeting to discuss the website this month. If you have input on the design, please contact one of them.
Creative Festival Doll Challenge - A doll challenge is planned for dolls to be displayed at Creative Festival in January 2005. Linda Farrelly is coordinating the effort to set guidelines and a theme. Please see her if you are interesting in helping.
The Westminster Library will have 3 large display cases for display of our dolls during the month of July. The display will be right in front of the childrens area so all dolls displayed must be appropriate. This should be a wonderful way to display our work. Everyone needs to think about what work they would be willing to share. The cases are locked.
It was reported that Virginia Robertsons book on sculpting is now available.
The paper had a pull out section showing the various masks that have been created for the Mask Project. This is a good source for inspiration.
Felted Doll Demo -
Stephanie Gauper gave us guidance on how to create a felted doll. She had many samples and a good handout explaining the technique she was teaching. She also brought a lot of wool for those of us that needed some. We spent the remainder of the meeting creating our felted characters. What fun and a good job by Stephanie.
Future meetings:
May 15 hair and foiling - snack fairy is Audrey
June 12 dyeing - snack fairy is Sandy March 2004 March Pictures March 27, 2004
In attendance:
Diana Bennet
Linda Benson
Marion Bolson
Marge Daboll
Melinda Evans
Linda Farrelly
Kestrel Frank
Stephanie Gauper
Bonnie Moreno
Cheryl Netter
Edie Petrock
Sandy Serhant
Darline Smith
Sherry Staton
Audrey Wilvert
Guest: Barbara Peel
Future meetings:
April 17, Needle Felting Snack Fairy..Linda
May 15 Hair and Foiling Snack Fairy..Audrey
June 12 Dying Snack Fairy..Sandy
Treasurer report: $450.00
Notice: The April 17th meeting on felted wool dolls will be taught by Stephanie Gauper. She asked that you bring in a picture of a face you would like to duplicate or use for inspiration. A few chenille stems for the "skeleton", A piece of foam or suede to protect your lap or table from the felting needle. Felting needles will be offered for sale if you do not have any. Wool will be provided by Stephanie. This should be a fascinating and fun session. We are lucky to have Stephanie as our instructor in this very different doll making method.
Show And Tell:
Melinda brought in a folder of pictures of the doll clothing that she is creating. She also promised to provide the web site showing the HUGE doll house with dozens of dolls that she has been commisioned to clothe. We look forward to peeking in.
Audrey showed a doll made from an Elinore Peace Baily pattern. A lovely creation!
Marge had another ELinore Peace Baily doll that she had made as an image of herself as a Parochial elementary school student, complete with sling shot and attitude!
Edie showed a cloth doll that she teaches to beginning doll makers She has submitted 2 much more advanced dolls to an exhibit in Loveland. We hope to see these when the exhibit opens.
Our guest Barbara displayed a doll she had made with a hand crafted ceramic head, hands and feet. She designed the cloth body and embellishments.
Linda showed some very different dolls, a clever (actually amazing!) use of a jewelry ring box, transformed into a doll/chair object that revealed pins and mirrors when opened. A very unique doll with quite a unique story behind it. Her other doll was constructed from "watch cases", each case enclosing a decorative element and wire. So interesting to see the line blurring between doll and art!!
Sherry showed us the doll she has completed for the Nebraska "bag" exchange. A conventional little pastoral doll fairy with painted face carrying her wings and journal in a bag. She was able to use nearly all the materials provided by the Nebraska doll artist. These "bag" dolls should all be completed to bring to the April meeting.
Kestrel brought her Spirit Stick, The 5'+ aspen limb was embellished with a fimo face that appeared carved into the wood. An actual horse tail was employed as the hair and the being was trimmed with leather laces, beads and bells. The Spirit Stick has her own medicine bag and the ability to become invisible. A powerful example of alternative doll creation.
Cheryl brought examples of the type of hand dyed cloth we will be learning to do in June. She will have Hoffman Pima Cotton available to buy at approx $5.00 per yard. If you wish to bring your own fabric please make sure it is 100% cotton, the better the quality of the fabric the better the results. She also displayed a doll she created using her own hand dyed fabrics proving the color fastness of the dyes, as this doll had been displayed in a window for years!
Sandy brought in a list of interesting web sites that she monitors. She will continue to do this for us and provide the info to our site for inclusion. Very helpful for those of us who do not have the expertise or time to cruise the internet. Some examples she provided are:
www.visions.com/newsletter
www.fabricmanglers-homestead.com
www.lisasheaven.com
www.pattisdolls.com
www.rusticraggedys.com/sewing2stuffing.htm
Bonnie brought in a project that she is working on, the Baba Yaga and Vasalisa Dyad Doll pattern by Patterson. The faces are fascinating on this version of a very elaborate Topsy/Turvey doll. The dolls are a work in progress, it will be so interesting to see them as the embellishing, dressing and finishing progresses. She also brought a doll of her own design, where the face opens to reveal a mirror, and a message that can only be read as a reflection in it. Very interesting.
Marion provided a variety of items for members to purchase if needed. So nice to be able to do this without having to buy entire packets of felting needles or pay postage for tools!
She also sponsored a raffle of sculpting books by Faith Wicke complete with sculpting tools. Sherry won the raffle to her complete and utter delight! Proceeds of the raffle went to our treasury. This was such a fun thing! Kudos to Marion for all the imagination and inspiration she brings to our club.
Business meeting:
The Round Robin Dolls, phase 1 of the embellishing and finishing process . Everyone enjoyed seeing how the dolls were coming along. The progress of each doll is fascinating. WE all look forward to seeing what next month will bring!
We will have a booth again at the Creative Festival in January. Elinore Peace Baily may do a stage show during the festival. Marion has suggested that DDA sponsor a doll challenge to raise awareness of DDA and doll making in general! What a great idea! Linda Farrelly will head the committee for this doll challenge. This should be quite exciting! We may even be able to get Elinore to be a judge if she is indeed going to attend. If you have any ideas for the challenge, contact Linda and she'll put you to work.
If you would like to teach a class during the festival be working on your proposal. The teachers are given a percentage of the fee for attending your workshop. Might be a fun way to earn some $$ and introduce more of the public to dolls.
The Web Page committee is still working on ways to enhance our web and provide a link to a gallery where members could display or sell their creations .
A class by Pat Patterson on needle sculpting and painting faces is proposed for August. Details will be posted as soon as they are known.
Bonnie presented a demo on how to bead a bracelet using large size 6 beads as the base and smaller seed beads as the embellishments. Her instructions were clear and everyone who participated was able to create a beaded strip, suitable for doll decorating or for themselves.
Once again as you can see from the list of attendees our club is growing. The scope of talent and experience as well as sheer imagination is amazing. What a generous group of people we have gathered together. We are all just delighted to be able to experience so many different forms of "dolls", doll as play object, doll as art object, doll as spirit being. Truly something for everyone at every meeting! Be sure to make our next meeting a priority on your calendar. We guarantee you will learn something and enjoy doing it!
NOTE TO CLUB MEMBERS from Sherry Staton: My husband and I have now retired and will be moving to our farm in Mo. Although I am totally ecstatic about my retirement and our little farm, I will so miss this club and the members. Everyone has been so generous with your encouragement and sharing your knowledge. I am inspired to continue my doll making journey. I finally did complete the one doll (no one more amaze by that than ME!!!) Who knows what I will accomplish in the bliss of retirement. I hope to keep in touch via email and to participate where possible in the future. Thanks again to everyone for your kindness. Keep playing dolls!!
- Sherry Staton February 2004 February Pictures February 21, 2004 meeting
in attendance:
Marion Bolson
Marge Daboll
Linda Farrelly
L.P. Kestrel Frank
Cheryl Netter
Kristina Simancic
Katherine Shimmura
Sherry Staton
Carmin Martinez
Phyllis White
Linda Bensen
guests: Stephanie Gauper
Melinda Evans
What a great turn out! We have many new members and interested parties. The club becomes more exciting each month. So many talents and skills being brought together.
The Feb. Meeting showcased many examples of the members abilities:
Katherine showed several examples of her mixed media pieces. A paper clay/sculpey "monster", Mermaid and a bust. Very nice modeling.
Carmen brought in 2 of her all cloth works, a mermaid and a fairy, both delightful.
Stephanie showed us her "felted" figures. Very timely as we had just discussed this technique at our last meeting.
Kristine a long time bear maker showed us a few of her creations. All were charmed by the mohair/fur bears and the keep sake animals made from clothing of loved ones. She also brought her work in progress, an Anne of the Celtic Mist with tab joints.
Audrey presented her Anne of the Celtic Mist in the complete form! The joints in this particular Eleanor Peace Bailey pattern were of special interest.
Kestrel had a re-design of a pattern from the internet.
Cheryl brought Simone, a doll she made from a pattern by Jesse Chandler. She found the pattern in Soft Doll and Animals.
All members who are involved with the round robin brought their dolls to exchange. What a variety there is! All skill levels seem well represented. This is going to be quite exciting to see the dolls develop their identities.
Those members who brought bags to exchange with the Nebraska doll club recieved their "project packs". Again a lot of variety in what we each received to work with.
The presentation concerned joints and we examined some examples and discussed the how to's and advantages of certain joints.
The upcoming meetings will be:
March 27th. Beaded bracelet demo, bring your beads and tools. Sherry is the Snack Fairy
April 17, Needle Felting , LInda is the snack fairy
May 15, Hair and foiling, Audrey is the snack fairy
June 12, Dying, Sandy is the snack fairy
To be announced, Katherine will be presenting a paperclay seminar.
April 3 and April 10, Audrey will be teaching a Beginning Doll Class using Glitter Bug, a Julie McCulloh pattern at
Wallace Sewing and Vacuum
Boulder, Co
Tele 303-443- 7133
Cost is $ 75.00
Linda has arranged the use of 3 cases at the library in July to display our works... be thinking about what you would like to exhibit.
Be sure to write the next meeting on your calendar.. we are growing and it is going to be a fun summer!
-Sherry Staton January 2004 January Pictures Minutes from meeting held Jan 10, 2004
Present: Marion Bolson, Darline Smith, Linda Farrelly, Marge Daboll, L.P. Kestrel Frank, Cheryl Netter, Bonnie Moreno, Sherry Staton Audrey Wilvert.
Guest: Katherine Shimmura
Linda brought examples of her original adaptation of a Miriam Gurley pattern, The Girafferinas. Corduroy ballerina Giraffes. She also showed examples of her original design inspired by the Irish Sheila na gig. These were 1/2 size versions of her first design.
Audry brought a doll fashioned after a Leta Bennedict pattern. This doll utilized the "skin" technique on the face eliminating the center seam. The doll was embellished with dyed lace and Organza wings decorated with floral spray paint. The doll was cleverly displayed on a wooden candlestick.
Marge showed several dolls that will be in the booth at the Creative Festival Jan 29-31.
Our bags were brought in for the bag exchange with the Nebraska doll club. Marion will send the bags off and we anxiously await the arrival of our bags.
February meeting will be Feb. 21. Marge will be the snack fairy and the program will be on joints and any doll making problems you might be having. Bring in your "challenges" and receive some help and advice
March meetings will be March 27. Sherry will be the snack Fairy and Bonnie will demo making a beaded bracelet.
Doll Fair dates:
Kansas City: March 17-21
Santa Fe: May 21-23
Albuquerque: June 25-26
Business Meeting:
Tresurer's report: balance is $215.00
Marion brought in examples of the dolls that will be taught at the upcoming classes: Anne Hess, Patti Culea and Christine Shively. Sign up sheets for the classes are available. Please contact Marion at Marion.Bolson@comcast.net if you are interested in attending one of these classes. A wonderful opportunity to learn from very talented doll artists.
Work continues on the web site. Audrey will be emailing the members with a questionaire and info concerning the web site.
Linda discussed an opportunity to display our dolls at the Westminster Library in July. 3 large display cabinets are available. It was voted that we would utilize this venue to display dolls. Details will be discussed at upcoming meetings.
Goddess Exchange: Linda will email all participants with details.
February meeting: The topics will be Joints and personal doll making challenges. Bring in your problems for advice and help.
Demonstrations:
Audrey showed Tibetan Lambs wool skins that she had hand dyed used Rit dyes. she cautioned that using the Hot water bath dye would cause the hide to become brittle. A cold water bath was much preferable.
Kestrel provided hand outs on using Kool Aid, Jello and Easter Egg dyes for coloring wool fibers. She demonstrated using Kool Aid as a dye agent for wools. She showed examples of "Wavy wool" and "Royal Fleece" dyed using her technique of baggies and Kool Aid.
The utilization of the baggie eliminates much of the mess of dying!
A very interesting meeting! See you all in February.
Sherry Staton (for Mary Schade)
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