March Meeting

The doll club had it's monthly meeting yesterday. We usually have our meeting the 2nd week of each month, but had to postpone because of the bad weather we've been having here on the east coast. Well, Saturday turned out to be a beautiful spring day and we had a very nice "gathering" as one of our members Jean so eloquently put it. She said she doesn't think of our time together as a meeting but more as a gathering. So gathering it is Jean!
We began our gathering with Show & Tell as usual. That's when we bring in dolls we may have been working on outside of the club projects. I brought in my two Divas. Jean showed a doll she is presently working on and Sandi brought in her finished angel from a previous group project.
Our project for this month's gathering was to make Elinore Peace Bailey's Yuko-San. She is a Geisha doll in a sitting position. The pattern we all agreed was a little challenging at first. But, once you get through it, it turns out to be a very simple pattern which is actually cute when it done. We discussed what part of the pattern gave us the most difficulty and worked it out amongst each other. So while we worked on Yoku-San, we talked about everything under the sun while listening to music Jean wanted to share with us. Nice selection Jean! It was a fabulous day. Sandi and Vivian continued to work on their Yuko-San dolls while Jean worked on a doll she hadn't finished. At the end of the gathering we lined up the three Yoku-San that were finished. Starting from left to right is my doll which was said to be the regal one. The middle one which was Sandi's doll was said to be the cute serene one and Jean's doll on the end was the angry one. Jean said she was angry because she was the smallest one. Imagine that, a Japanese doll with a Napoleon complex! We had a lot of fun at this gathering. It was a beautiful day and a fabulous gathering. For next month's gathering we will be focusing on fairy wings. We will be working on the doll bodies and then work on wings. I believe Debra is conducting this lesson so we will be looking for more info from her. So, until then........