Tulsa Association of Doll Artists: 2013

11/18/2013

November Show & Tell (part 2)

by Jean

another lovely made by Jean

Shirley's traveling Hoffman doll has returned home!

made by Doreen

embroidered patch by Jack

a set of embroidered patches by Jack (this month's doorprize)

a very pretty "fascinator" (hat) that our club prezzie picked up at a convention

Happy Thanksgiving from the Dames!

11/17/2013

November Show & Tell

Welcome back to Tulsa Dolling Dame's Show & Tell blog! In this post, we're going to start with some finished work from the fall mixed media workshop with Linda Misa.

by Carlyn

chaise lounge courtesy of Barbara K.

by Pam

The mermaids are by Shirley.

Check back tomorrow for more pictures!

10/11/2013

Welcome to October and the kickoff of wonderful Autumn! Our TDD group has a lot going on even as we all enter "The Busy Season." We had a great display at the Tulsa State Fair with many winning entries. To see pictures, click on the Facebook icon over at the top left.

Also this month we have a fall workshop with Australian artist, Linda Misa. Between sports, family, the fair, workshop pre-work, a spring challenge doll, and the holidays coming up....our monthly meeting Show & Tell was just a teeny bit less than normal. But ALWAYS a great delight to see the Dames' cute creations!

Sweet & Sassy by Nark

Basketball Player by Shirley

Door Prize by Pam

Santas by Carlyn

It seemed appropriate to end this post with Carlyn's Santas coz Christmas is just around the corner! This year sure has whizzed by! See you next month.

9/10/2013

More September Show&Tell

We had a lovely visitor at our meeting. Her name is Joy and she has moved here from South Africa. (This is not Joy.)

Some friends heard about TDD and thought she might like to check us out. She even brought some show & tell, and what a treat...!

Joy not only made the adorable bear, pictured above, but had a business in her homeland where she made porcelain dolls. This little girl was absolutely exquisite.

Joy makes everything on the doll, from head to toe. The craftsmanship is beautiful.

Our Talequah friends were able to attend the meeting! It's always a treat to see Shari & Joyce. (This is not Shari & Joyce, but dolls they brought.)

Our "other" Sherri, brought her Hoffman doll, just returned from traveling the country!

We are proud of Sherri! This is not the only doll of hers that's been chosen by the Hoffman Challenge to travel in the trunk show. We're also impressed that she made something so pretty out of fabric that everyone thought, well, challenging :)

Connie brought an angel without wings last month. This month she brought the finished wings. The angel is ready to fly to her new owner!

Our meeting concluded with our second favorite thing to do (after Show & Tell)...

Fabric Pillaging! Thanks Sherri, for bringing goodies to share!

We have a fall workshop coming up in October. Stop back for fun pictures from that!

9/09/2013

TDD September Show&Tell

It was a wonderful Saturday meeting this weekend! We had a good attendance, good meeting, a great time talking, visitors, some fabric pillaging, and many beautiful dolls to see!

This is Jean's lovely lady.

She always does beautiful beadwork.

Laurie brought the Hobbit Lady costume she made for a recent convention. It wouldn't have done justice to the dress to photograph it laying on the table, so we're just highlighting the parasol & hat. (She has dozens of pictures on her Facebook, if you're a friend and would like to see more.)

And she bought some goodies at the convention & brought them to show.

Our little Anna made this adorable doll for her new nephew (niece?) She has a goal to make one doll a month.

Jack showed us the thank-you gift Pam made for him for filling in as treasurer this summer.

This is a Pocket Pal pattern Doreen share with us.

We have a few more to show in the next post. Check back!

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