You’re Invited…

…to attend a meeting of the Yankee Doodle Dollers doll club. Come share your love of dolls with other adults and learn about the fun things we do throughout the year.

Meetings

For the 2010-2011 year, we will be meeting on the second Tuesday of each month from September to June. We meet more informally over the summer months. We also have an informal “Needle Play” meeting just about every month at a member’s home where we chat, eat and work on personal projects.

Next Meeting

PROGRAM: How Our Dolls Spent Their Summer Vacation!
  • Did they travel, sew, knit, shop, play?
THEME: Dolls that work, inspired by Labor Day
WHERE: Acton Congregational Church (back to our regular meeting place)
WHEN: September 14, 2010 6:30 PM
BRING:
  • Stories or souvenirs of your dolls’ adventures over the summer.
  • A doll or project for show and tell.
  • Jane dressed for the theme.
  • A friend.
  • A snack to share, if you’d like.

2010 – 2011 Regular Monthly Meeting Schedule

Date Program Presenter Jane Theme
September 14, 2010 How Our Dolls Spent Their Summer Vacation!
  • Did they travel, sew, knit, shop, play?
 Club participation Dolls that work
  • Inspired by Labor Day!
October 12, 2010 Dolls and Children’s Literature
  • We’ll look at dolls that were inspired by literary work, books with dolls as the central character and dolls that inspired books.
  • This meeting will be advertised to encourage guests.
 TBD Jane as a character from literature
November 9, 2010 Building a Doll’s Wardrobe ~ Trunk Dolls
  • Tentative Guest Speaker with program leading to a YDD member sharing program in the spring of 2011.
 TBD Somewhere in time
  • Period outfits for Jane
December 14, 2010 Holiday Party Possibly held at American Girl Place in Natick The Nutcracker
January 11, 2011 TBD, see list of potential programs below TBD Sleepover for Jane (Happy New Year)
February 8, 2011 TBD, see list TBD TBD
March 8, 2010 TBD TBD TBD
April 12, 2011 Madame Alexander and Gingerbrook Hollow Sheryl & Jill? Fairies and Elves to Welcome Spring!
May 10, 2011 Follow-up Program to Building a Doll’s Wardrobe
  • YDD members share a doll that they have acquired various items of clothing. If November’s program doesn’t run, this will be modified but will still be YDD member-centered.
 Members At the Ball
  • to tie in with prom season
June 14, 2011 Pot Luck with Silent Auction TBD TBD
Potential Programs
1 History of Black Dolls Guest speaker involved with the Black Doll
Museum being planned for Massachusetts
2 UFDC Region 15 Director Visit Insights into UFDC plus Director usually
presents a program on a doll they enjoy!
3 Getting to Know Some Doll Artists Up to five club members would share their
love for a particular doll artist. Rather than
devote a night to one of them, we would
look at several and get a small taste of
their talents. Suggested artists were Tasha
Tudor, Sasha Morgenthal (?), Martha
Armstrong-Hand, Wendy Lawton
4 Using Mohair for Wigs, etc.
5 A Birthday Party for Jane A hands-on activity meeting in which
different accessories would be made that
could be used for a doll. Suggested ideas
werefoods, party hats, etc…
6 Alice in Wonderland Revisited Used as a theme during paper doll month,
Alice got lost in the excitement. This could
be an opportunity to look at the history of
Alice in the world of dolls.

Schedule:

  • 6:30 PM Social Time and Refreshments
  • 7:00 – 7:15 PM Show & Tell
  • 7:15 – 7:45 PM Business Meeting
  • 7:45 PM Program

Location

Our usual meeting place is the Acton Congregational Church in Acton center:

12 Concord Rd.
Acton, MA 01720

We often change our meeting place so please make sure you contact us before coming! Weather is always a factor, so stay tuned to email or the phone for cancellations or rescheduling.

Directions to the church, including an interactive map, can be found on the church’s Directions page. The meeting room entrance is in the rear on the lowest level (enter off the brick patio).