We had a very
productive meeting last Saturday! There were some wonderful dolls
for show and tell, as always, including some that will be at the International
Quilt Festival. Between many hours hand stitching tiny yo-yo’s,
covering dolls with embroidery, and making many individual pieces of armor
attached with teeny tiny brads, we concluded that doll makers are just a little
bit crazy!
Our program by Joyce
Patterson was so inspiring! As everyone knows, Joyce is very
prolific and her many dolls with quilts are just amazing. She showed
us her resources and tools and gave us some really good tips on making
miniature quilts for dolls.
The dolls for our
exhibit Block Party II at Quilt Festival were due October
11, 2015. If you signed up to
set up at quilt festival and are bringing your dolls yourself, please email
Beth Casper casperbeth@aol.com and Neva Waldtnagneva@gmail.com with the title of your doll and the quilt block you
are using in order for title cards to be made.
All entries for our
gallery show Every Figure Tells a Story at 18 Hands Gallery
are due at the November meeting. The forms are on the blog,www.taoda-artists.blogspot.com with all instructions on entering.
Our December meeting
will be a Holiday Party, and we will have it in our usual meeting room at the
Looscan Library. More details to follow.
Looking ahead to next
year, we are providing the craft activity for Hands on Houston at the Houston
Center for Contemporary Craft on Saturday, February 7, 2015. Gwynne
Ross has created a fun pop up card for children to make. They are
expecting quite a crowd and we need lots of volunteers to help between the
hours of 10 am and 3 pm. Please email mejanetbodin@aol.com to sign up and let me know what hours you are
available. This is a fun, easy way to support TAODA and the Craft
Center as well.
Our gallery show for
2015 will be at the Galveston Art League! Dates to be determined,
stay tuned.
Janet
