White & Silver - January Dolls with Arty Attitudes Challenge

White & Silver

January challenge - make a doll using white & silver.  So what comes to mind? 

Fabric?

Yarn?

 

  Zipper creation?

 Cupcakes?

 

Okay, cupcakes have nothing to do with dolls. 

 

Or do they?

 

November Yellow Challenge and the Wooden Thingy

November challenge was ........ something yellow - a challenging color for most of us. 

Diane used a hint of yellow as she made a head from an online class taught  by Judy Skeel.  She has done a very nice job.  The base is the wooden thingy that was also part of the challenge. 

 

 

Ronda, on the other hand, used a lot of yellow on her Sunshine Sue who is a Tilda pattern from one of Tone Finnanger's books.  Sue's green pot of flowers in her pocket is the wooden thingy.  The flowers are cut out from the fabric print.  MORE yellow!
Tone doesn't put mouths on her Tildas, however, I had to put a mouth on my doll.  She looked odd without it!

December is our holiday get together and gift exchange.  No challenge for this meeting, although most of the gifts are handmade by our members. 

 

Cage Dolls

After seeing the cage dolls in the latest Soft Dolls and Animals Magazine, we made cage dolls for our September challenge.   What do you think?
Charley made  Santa on a music box.  Diane made a sweet gal on a candle holder.  Aren't they clever!

Susie was busy selling her house and Ronda was finishing her Treasures of the Gypsy entry. 

For October we are doing something "Halloweeny".  Should be lots of fun! 

Pincushions

August Challenge -  Dolls with Arty Attitudes - Pincushions

 

In all shapes and sizes.  There are lots of ideas on the internet for pincushions. 

Charlie's little gal has a big hat to hold pins for her. 

 Diane's pincushion is weighted firmly with a candle holder from the thrift shop.

 Ronda's teapot is kind of rolly-polly and needs a base to keep from rolling away. 

 

 

Our next challenge is a cage doll.  Look in the Fall issue of Art Doll Quarterly to see ideas and the inspiration for this challenge. 

 

 

Turquoise

Our July challenge was to make a doll using turquoise.  
The possibilities were endless!
Here is what we did with the color turquoise......................

Next challenge for August is Pincushion Doll.   Hmmm!

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. 

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