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What's a Doll Club?
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| A Doll
Club is a way for local dollmakers to get together and share their joy
in dolls and teddy bears. If you'd like to find a doll club in your area
check our Doll Club listings. If you would like
to start a doll club of your own the United
Federation of Doll Clubs will be happy to give you some pointers |
| Let
us know what YOUR club or class is doing! Send
us your news & pics! |
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| Bluebonnet
Bebe's -
Texas |
We have
members from San Angelo, Eldorado, Ballenger, and Midland, TX.
We have had demonstrations on Heritage sewing, making itty bitty angels,
wet cleaning, and we have had a class on judging dolls. If you'd like
to join us, please click on the link to contact me, Chris Hinds, President.
Thank you for letting me tell about the club. Have a great day. |
| Canadian
Doll Artists Association |
For those
of you interested in doing "Round Robins" with your group there
is an excellent example of one that was completed by CDAA members last
year. I was so lucky to be a part of it. It was a learning experience
and a lot of fun! (the doll I sculpted became the Red Leprauchan) Here
is the link to the site with photos and the participating artists explaining
each stage:
CDAA Round
Robin Tracy Tremblay, King's Court Creations |
| Designing
Women
- Washington State |
| We
are a club of Cloth doll makers with interests in learning in lots of
areas. We're based in the Skagit Basin and have members from Oak Harbor,
Anacortes, LaConner, Burlington, Sedro Woolley, Mt. Vernon and up river
in Newhalem and Diablo. We meet once a month from September through June
at the Burlington Senior Center. You can contact me, Gerry
Hannigan, President for information. |
| Our club
members demonstrate spcific skills they have mastered. We have a wide
range of interests and skills that all of us can learn. We often talk
about the classes we're taking and whether we think the class is a good
one, inlcuding online classes. |
| One of our
original members organized the NW Luncheons that we have twice a year
involving groups from Victoria, BC to almost Seattle. Each luncheon is
hosted by a different club and we take turns - they've been very successful
in inspiring the members and attracting new members. If a club in this
group is sponsoring a class or other activity, the other clubs are often
offered slots |
| The
club "process" grows and changes as our needs do. We now pay
$15 a year dues and put a dollar in the kitty every month. This money
is augmented by having items to auction each month. "Leftovers,"
extra patterns, old magazines, special projects, supplies, and just
about anything can be donated to auction. The funds go towards the newsletter,
gifts, and some of the class expenses. We have all the usual officers
that most informal clubs have. Some members are professional and sell
dolls and others are hobbyists. We try to have group activities like
a sewing retreat, making dolls for a local charity, and this year we've
been invited to make some dolls to display and sell. |
| Show
Me Doll Club
- Kansas City |
| We have
club doll making projects (we're making Peddler Dolls at the moment),
discuss the history of dolls, have field trips, and have LOTS of FUN!!
We're members of the International Doll Makers Association (IDMA) and
the United Federation of Doll Clubs, Inc. (UFDC). We are co-sponsors (with
MCODA) of the Kansas CIty Doll Fair ~ the Art of the Doll. If you'd like
to join, click on the link to contact me, Pat Jones, President. Hope to
see you soon! |
| StuffIts
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| Last fall
our club (The Stuffits) had a SHOE challenge where we first drew from
a bag (unseen) a b&w picture of a shoe. You had to make that shoe
and bring it back in an anonymous bag. You then picked another bag (without
peeking) and had to make a body for the shoe. Next meeting - draw a bag
to do the face and hair. Next time the costume and presentation. When
we all finally saw and discussed the completed dolls it was absolutely
amazing to see how they turned out either following the original theme
or going off on some wild tangent you never would have thought of. This
year we are going to do a HAT theme - should be even wilder. We also did
one called Bits and Pieces where each member made a complete set of body
parts - that didn't have to match particularly - without assembling the
doll. The pieces were dropped into bags of Heads, Bodies, Arms, Legs -
then you drew out of each bag and had to assemble a doll. This was also
wild. Anita |
| Flights
of Fantasy Cloth Doll Club -
Charlotte, NC |
| Click
on the link above to visit their website. |
| We
have a home page that tells you something about our club and an upcoming
events and two pages of pictures of dolls made by our members. |
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It
is so amazing...here I am in NC scanning and sending pictures of our dolls
to a good friend, Darlene Valentine in Portland, OR and she develops this
great looking website for us...I think she did an outstanding job. |
| Please
give us some feedback if you will. There is a place to send email that
you can click on at the bottom of the first page. Take care. Judy Ferguson
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| <---Click
on the picture for a larger view |
| the
doll pictured here - The Piper by Nancy Laverick - is just one
of many, many wonderful dolls you'll see by this club! |
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