Fantasic Figures - APPENDICES

Purpose: To show, share, learn, and enjoy being with others who love to make dolls. Finding members: Often a colorful poster with a sign-up sheet, displayed in your local craft or fabric shop, will draw interested people. You might also place an invitation on your local newspapers events page. Plan an exhibit of hand-made dolls at a shop or mall, and have a sign-up sheet available. Do not limit your group to people with only one dollmaking interest. Everyone will learn more in a diverse group: cloth, porcelain, and creative clay dollmaking. Size of group: The number of members...
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Fantasic Figures - APPENDICES APPENDICESDOLL CLUBS Purpose: To show, share, learn, and enjoy being with others who love to make dolls. Finding members: Often a colorful poster with a sign-up sheet, displayed in your local craft or fabric shop,will draw interested people. You might also place an invitation on your local newspapers events page. Plan anexhibit of hand-made dolls at a shop or mall, and have a sign-up sheet available. Do not limit your group to peoplewith only one dollmaking interest. Everyone will learn more in a diverse group: cloth, porcelain, and creative claydollmaking. Size of group: The number of members will be determined by the nature of your meetings. If the groupprefers hands-on project work, the meeting place will need adequate worktable space. Meetings in members homesare fun because you are able to see each others collections and work in progress; however, in most cases, it is noteasy or feasible actually to work on projects there. The ideal situation is one where you have a public facility—ashop or community room— on a regular basis; reserve members homes for special occasions. Time: When you get a core group together, you will need to heed preferences for day or evening meetings.If the needs are split because of home or work obligations, you might form two groups, even if each one is small. Itis better for a group to grow than to have people drop out because they cannot make the meetings. Organizing: You will need a co-ordinator to conduct meetings and organize activities, a programchairman, a secretary for telephoning or sending postcards, and a treasurer to keep simple accounting of any dues orproject income and expenses. Meetings: Dont be afraid of structure. A typical meeting might begin with discussion of business, news,and general planning. A new group might want to follow this with life histories: at each meeting, one or twomembers briefly tell about their background, experiences, and dollmaking interests. All club meetings shouldinclude show and tell. All members show what they have made, or tell something they have learned, or share anyspecial information that might not be directly related to the business or program portion of the meeting. Club Projects: As your group develops, new interests, materials, and ideas will arise for programs orprojects. It is a good idea for the secretary to provide each member with the program schedule and a membershipphone list. Essentially, all club projects are learning experiences. One person should be responsible for presentingbackground information or technical information for the meetings topic. Others bring in dolls they have made tofollow the theme. Here are some suggestions: January: Things with wings! Create an elf, fairy, or even a prince riding a dragon. February: Sugar and spice and everything nice, this is the month to talk about ribbons and lace and trims. Aproject could involve the creative use of fancy materials, or making trims and accessories. March: How about hair? See how many materials can be used for doll hair and wigs—from traditionalmohair to sponges, buttons, and wire. See who can be the most outrageously creative, and award prizes. April: Spring brings baby things. Take a look at baby dolls, the many ways to make and show them. Finehand-sewing techniques and embroidery stitches might be demonstrated. May: Flowers, of course. Make a doll with May baskets, or a group of small dolls dancing around a Maypole. Investigate creative applications of dried and silk flowers. ]une: Brides or dolls in white costumes. Remember, not all brides are pretty and young. Develop an un-usual character. July and August: If you take a summer break, a long-term project might be making a peddler doll andfinding miniature merchandise: a fruit peddler, a notion nanny, a basket peddler, a pot-and-pan man, a flowervender.... September: Start a Round Robin doll project. This is loosely based on the friendship quilt idea. Eachperson makes one basic doll (cloth or sculpted parts) with painted face. Dolls are placed in a brown bag and passed:each gets anothers doll. They return with the doll wigged the next month. The dolls are bagged and passed eachmonth, until shoes, underwear, costume, accessories, and background or base are completed. At the end of theproject, your doll comes back to you as a surprise! October: Halloween suggests a challenge to bring a doll holding or wearing a mask, whether Halloween,Mardi Gras, animal, or fancy dress. November: Start preparing the season with a doll Christmas ornament or decoration. Perhaps the challengecan be an inventive Santa. December: Since everyone is busy, make a mini-doll or a doll pin, and have an exchange of them.Continuing Projects ...