Tulsa Association of Doll Artists: June 2011

6/20/2011

Last of the June Show & Tell

These gal-pals were made by Pat.

A basketful of friendship & cuteness!

Sweet fairy sisters!

They're not mad at each other; we just wanted to show their wings!

We had a great program by Mary Ann who demonstrated needle felting. It's amazing to watch a ball of wool take form and become one of her little critters.

And last, but definately not least, this was the door prize that Carlyn made and Doreen won.

6/16/2011

Tulsa Dolling Dames Minutes for June 2011

JUNE 2011 DOLLING DAMES MINUTES

Attended todays meeting: Jack, Daria, Jean, Mary Ann, Shari, Carlyn, Doreen,
Jayne, Barbara K, Lauri, Shirley, Connie, Pat, Barbara D.

Financial Report by Laurie, shows a net worth of $971.00. Our bank account is now in the club's name, Tulsa Dolling Dames. The other account is now closed.

Old Business:
Jayne has reserved a 10 x 10 booth for Art on Main, Oct. 8th. Laurie has a canopy. There is a $25.00 fee for the booth and the club will reimburse Jayne. Here is where we will be selling our pins we will make..Jayne and Barbara will be selling their dolls for sure so contact them if you want to particate in selling for more information.

We will work on the pin dolls July and August during our monthly meetings, instead of having programs. If you have thin wire, beads, needle nose plyers and findings bring them to add to the doll pins.

Leta Benedict will be teaching Oct 14, 15th & possibly the 16th for half day at the Hadesty Library, Maple room. Time starting on Friday and Sat will be 9am-5pm. It will be determined if we will need Sunday after Jean has talked to Leta. Leta will be ask for 3 pictures of dolls she could teach us & if there will be a kit. Jayne and Barbara like all her dolls and would even take the class they just had with her over again!

Jack reminded us of the charity dolls and he received more today from Doreen and Shirley.

Hoffman challenge is due July 15th. A few of us are working on the Hoffman doll and some of the pictures are starting to appear on Deanna Hogan's site.
http://www.blueherondolls.com/Hoffman%20Challenge.htm
This site is fun to watch as it starts to fill with some of the challenge dolls.
If anyone wants to do the Hoffman challenge it is impossible to find the fabric here in Tulsa. The fabric stores are just not carrying it....you need only a small piece on your doll so I have a bit of it left if you need some. The Tulsa Dolling Dames have some of the best dolls out there and many of our girls have won in the past. The prize for entering is usually just some Hoffman fabric but it is very well run and having your doll travel for a year is just so much fun as well as being a part of it.

New Business:

Barbara and Jayne discussed AFIC (Artistic Fiber in Cloth) in Columbus, Ohio. They highly recommend this conferance so maybe more of us could attend next year.
Barbara recommends Leslie Molen as the next teacher. She was impressed with her as a teacher and person. Leslie is in charge of NIADA this year in Denver.

We nominated and elected new officers for the coming 2 years:
Laura Hutchison, President
Shirley Harwell, Secretary
Barbara Kanter, Treasurer

Thanks go out to Jack for putting up with us for 2 years. He was a great president and led us at each meeting exceeding well. It is not an easy job so we really appreciated you being president for 2 years, Jack.

The door prize was won by Doreen today! Carlyn made a sweet lingerie stand with a corset and bloomers.

Jayne has the door prize next month..

Show and tell was just fabulous! Pictures were taken by Connie and will appear soon on the TDD blog.

Mary Ann gave us an awesome program on felting today...It was enjoyed by everyone. Will we have some little felted animals appearing now, girls...? I am going to be working on my felting when I get the sponges to protect my fingers from those barbs on the needle. Thanks, Mary Ann
sites for felting supplies
www.LivingFelt.com

for glastic doll eyes see
http://crscraft.com/

Today was well attended and informative. We accomplished a lot, shared a lot and had a great time being together..

Reminder:
To pay your yearly dues send $12.00 to
BARBARA KANTER
4131 Colonial Dr
Sapulpa, Ok, 74066
918 248 9969
Make out check to Tulsa Dolling Dames

Shirley Harwell, Secretary

6/13/2011

More June Show & Tell

Can you say...

S.A.S.S.Y.!!

Doreen's doll is rockin' some attitude, isn't she?

And we're lovin' Laurie's fair lady.

There's a few more dolls to show plus the door prize & program for June. Hope you're all keeping busy making art in whatever form gives you joy!

6/06/2011

June Doll Club

What a wonderful meeting we had this month!

First we're going to show you a treasure trove of fun that Barbara & Jayne brought back from AFIC.

It's great to see other's work & learn from them. For example, note how attitude is conveyed thru this doll's posture.

Lots of layering in trims. Note how the beading is clustered near the neckline, then sprinkles down.

Appreciate a vintage doll.

The background is a piece of embroidered cloth Barbara bought because it's so lovely. You can relate, right?!

Such pretty detailing. More pretties to come!

Welcome!

Welcome to our blog! We are a group of people who love to create beautiful, whimsical, personalities from fabric, fiber, found objects, sequins, jewels, and embellishments of all sorts. In addition, each of us explores other art mediums, such as quilting, beading, embroidery. Most of all, we love to get together and have fun -- while making art! New members are most welcome.

We meet the first Saturday of the month at Hardesty Library in Tulsa, OK. However, due to covid-19, we have switched to virtual meetings. Follow us on Facebook @TulsaDollArtists, for more information or email dollartists@gmail.com.

Scraps 'n Threads

Our monthly meetings are held the first Saturday of the month, 12:00 noon (previously at Hardesty Library, located just north of 91st St. off Memorial in Tulsa; meetins are now held online) We always have lots of fun, share good information, and have a great display of our members' creations. You're welcome to stop by & visit, but we hope you decide to stay and create with us!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Jan 4 - First meeting of the new year!

Every Saturday in Jan - ribbon-jointed doll workshop

9-4 at Hardesty Library. No cost for the class; just the pattern & materials. Contact us if interested.

Feb 1 - Regular meeting & class on making polymer clay eyes.

Mar 7 - Regular meeting.

Apr 4 - Regular meeting.

Apr 18 & 19 - teddy bear workshop. Contact us for info. CANCELED

*****Below is the schedule we had planned for the remainder of the year. Obviously, it was dramatically altered by covid-19. In-person meetings, the library & state fair displays are canceled. Follow us on Facebook for information about virtual meetings and classes.*******

May 2 - Regular meeting. Bring your dolls for the display case to this meeting or before. We'll be showcased at Hardesty Library this month.

Jun 6 - Annual business meeting & luncheon plus a Sculpting class.

July date tba.

Aug 1 - Regular meeting & special workshop.

Sep 5 - Regular meeting.

Sep - we're planning a soft cloth doll workshop. TBA

We'll have dolls on display at the Tulsa State Fair. Dates to be announced.

Oct 3 - Regular meeting.

Nov 7 - Regular meeting.

Dec 5 - Holiday luncheon.

How it All Began

A brief history of the Tulsa Dolling Dames begins with 3 people who met at an elinor peace bailey workshop in May of 1999, and decided to start a doll club. A very simple beginning, but it has turned into a delightful 10 years of fun, friendship, laughter and an on-going knowledge of the art of cloth doll making. To some, a cloth doll is a simple “rag” doll made of left overs, or a bright redhaired Raggedy Anne or even a Cabbage Patch Kid lookalike. But to a seamtress, several pieces of cloth can easily become an art doll.

Jean Martin, Rae Sook and Scampy Rainey started the club and spent the first few months meeting in the back room at the Quilter’s Nook shop, wondering how to ever get the word out about art dolls. Jean finally made a small poster showing pictures of cloth dolls and information about the club and hung it up by the front door of the shop for all to see. One day a visitor [Daria Cash] who had seen the sign, looked in and asked “Is this the doll club”? Well, yes it was! And so it began.

Through the years those few have turned into an active club with up to 30 members at times. Mostly local, northeastern Oklahoma, but has included members from Texas and Arkansas.

We have well-known teachers come for classes and have gone to many out of state classes. But the very first class was held in Jean’s sewing room with the original three members and two ladies from her Dallas club.....the teacher being Anne Marie Brombal. We went on to have Diane Little and Gladi Alred from Albuquerque at Jean's house, stopping on their way home from a doll conference in Kansas City. A few members attended, as well as two more ladies from Albq. and one from Florida, all on their way home. Quite a group, and the laughter never stopped. As our club grew, we had classes at the quilt shop, then the local sewing machine center, and now at the library. Our teachers have included Christine Shively, Mary Tressler, Barbara Willis, Adele Sciortino, Barbara Schoenoff, Patti Culea, Angela Jarecki, Cindee Moyer and Arley Berryhill to name a few.

But mostly we learn from each other, as our club has many talented members who are willing to share what they know. We’ve learned beading, embroidery, quilting, paper art, marionettes, polymer clay, and cloth-over face molds. Anything goes where art dolls are concerned.

Some of our local projects have included displays at the libraries, booths at the quilt shows, with the added attraction of a trunk full of the Hoffman dolls each time, also a newspaper article with pictures, exhibits at the state fair, as well as a Christmas tree decorated with many small cloth dolls and donated to one of our art museums, to be sold at their yearly Christmas tree exhibit. These have proven to be a good way to educate the public on what an art doll really is, as many people have never seen this type of doll made from cloth.

This is only a few of the many activities our club has taken part in, but it will give you an idea of how something small can turn into a wonderful, fun filled life, “playing with dolls”. ~Jean