Piper Challenge

Soft Dolls & Animals 2013 "You Did What Challenge" - Piper

 

As a doll club challenge we selected the Piper Challenge as a group challenge.  This is the original issue with the Piper pattern by Arlene Cano.

 

And this ...........................

 

 

.......................is what we did with the Piper pattern.

 

 

We are Published!

One of our monthly challenges was to use a Soft Dolls & Animals Magazine pattern and submit an article with pictures of our creations.  The September issue arrived in the mailbox this afternoon and there we are on page 43.

 Our Vernas!  How exciting! 

We had a lot of fun with Verna.  She was a challenge in that she had so many pieces, but oh the creative opportunity. 

Special thanks to Diane who photographed our dolls, wrote the story and sent them to Soft Dolls & Animals Magazine. 

Dolls with Arty Attitudes
Crossroads Mall, Bellevue, WA
3rd Thursday of the month
Nearly the library

Hope to see you

May Meeting of Dolls with Arty Attitudes

Our meeting for May was on the 4th Thursday of the month due to schedule conflicts and then we still had schedule conflicts! 

Charlie has been busy making dolls.  She has a wedding coming up so she made bride & groom dolls similar to ones she saw in the current Art Doll Quarterly magazine.  They were quite clever.

The groom's tuxedo is a wine wrap that she found on sale.  The bride's gown is simple and lovely.

Our Challenge for May/June is to make the Piper doll from Soft Dolls & Animals magazine.  Charlie and Lisa finished theirs.  In fact Lisa made two!  

Lisa's two dolls.  She did a wonderful job and creatively used fabric for the hair.

 

Here is Charlie with her Piper riding a dragon.  The dragon pattern also came from Soft Dolls & Animals.  Lisa is hidden behind the dragon.

 

When all the Pipers are done (there are three more to be completed)  we will send pictures to Soft Dolls & Animals magazine for their pattern contest.  Our dolls all have a common element but are so different. 

 

June meeting is on the 3rd Thursday - 6/20 - 6:30 p.m. Crossroads Mall. 

Come join us!

Traveling Dolls

Our traveling dolls have returned to their homes.  We traded doll making materials and out of those materials these five different dolls evolved.

Aren't they fun!

April Meeting

Dolls with Arty Attitudes will be meeting Thursday, April 18th at Crossroads Mall.  (3rd Thursday of the month)   6:30 p.m.

We will be revealing our finished challenge dolls from February - Everyone brought a bag of "stuff" to make a doll and we traded bags.   The rules were simple "Make a Doll" using the contents of the bags.  Or not.  Add to and/or otherwise embellish to make a finished doll. 

As always there will be Show & Tell. 

Come join us!

March Dolls

Lisa showed us how to make these adorable little Japanese girls from the yogurt bottle that was the subject of a previous challenge.  They were fun to make and with some practice relatively easy.  They are made with washi paper, wire and glue.  No sewing required! 

March Meeting

Dolls with Arty Attitudes will be meeting on Thursday March 28th due to scheduling issues rather than the regular 3rd Thursday. 

Same place - Crossroads Mall center court near the Library.

Same time - 6:30 p.m.

 

We will be learning to make Japanese dolls from yogurt bottles & ping pong balls.

 

 

This is Lisa's doll.   She will be teaching us how she makes her Japanese dolls.

We will see what our dolls how our dolls turn out.

 

As always bring Show & Tell
Remember - different meeting day this month.
See you there!