The Southern Belles at Bristol.........

Members of the Southern Belles enjoying the fun night at Bristol.......

September Meeting........

Another lovely chatty time was had by all at the September meeting of the Southern Belles.
Everyone spent a fun time sewing up the head for the roly poly doll, this and next months project..

At the 'Show and Tell' table

Shiela brought in the her little Lord Fauntleroy, for us to look at, a bit of research is needed for this lovely doll

Margaret brought in her little doll that is need of a bit of TLC and fixing...we can do that!

Linda showed us the souvenir doll. a fabulous well designed cloth doll, she brought back from her recent trip to Kansas City as president of  ODAC

Hilary has shamed us all by completing her little papier mache doll, the project lead by Carole

Jean brought in her winning dolls from this years convention in Bristol

Margaret and Sheila have also finished their decoupage boxes in the project lead by Adrienne

Competition results.....

 Just received the competition results.......next job is to match the photos with the people and the doll!

GDS ANNUAL CONVENTION  Bristol 2015

                       Competition Results                

YELLOW SECTION : Antique Reproduction

CAT 1  FRENCH DOLLS

B  Jennie Stevens  

S  Jacqueline Greenhill     

G  Keiko Kashiwagi  

C  Jacqueline Greenhill, Chris Hall, Keiko Kashiwagi

P  Jacqueline Greenhill     

CAT 2  GERMAN DOLLS GLASS EYES

B  Elona Piedavent, Amanda Brooks

S  Solveig M Kirkeby, Adrienne Cox

G  ---  

C  Keiko Kashiwagi     

P  Adrienne Cox                                            

                               

CAT 3  GERMAN DOLLS PAINTED EYES

B  Sandy Russell,  Elona Piedavent  

S  Midori Masubuchi

G  Solveig Hamre

C  Midori Masubuchi 

P  Ulrike Jenkner        

           

CAT 4  BABY DOLLS,  BABY BODY & TODDLER 

B  Margrit Kloti, Barbara Lewis

S  Amanda Brooks

G  --- 

C  Barbara Lewis 

P  Amanda Brooks 

CAT 5A  MINIATURE DOLLS        

B  ---  

S  Amanda Brooks, Solveig Hamre

G  Elaine Sparksman 

C  Elaine Sparksman   

P  Solveig Hamre

CAT 5B  SMALL  DOLLS

B  Carol Handley   

S  Elona Piedavent    

G  Keiko Kashiwagi, Kyoko Hoya     

C  Kyoko Hoya, Keiko Kashiwagi

P  Elona Piedavent       

CAT 6  BRU DOLLS

B  Sally Clothier

S  Amanda Brooks, Keiko Niikura

G  Raquel Hicks

C  Keiko Niikura,Sally Clothier

P  Keiko Niikura

CAT 7  FASHION DOLLS (Incl. Parian)

B    Keiko Niikura

S   Elaine Sparksman

G   ---

C   Keiko Niikura

P   Keiko Niikura

CAT 8  ETHNIC DOLLS

B  ---

S  Ulrike Jenkner

G  ---

C  Ulrike Jenkner

P  ---

CAT 9  TABLEAU

B  ---

S  Margrit Kloti, Lydia Barnard

G  Midori Masubuchi 

C  Margrit Kloti

P  Lydia Barnard                 

          

GREEN SECTION: Modern Reproduction CAT 1  GIRLS AND LADY DOLLS GLASS EYES (all sizes) B  Amanda Brooks   S  Trudy Hood, Liv Dahl G  Ute Lutz, Adrienne Cox     C  Adrienne Cox P  Liv Dahl  CAT 2  GIRLS AND LADY DOLLS        B  Liv Dahl, Iris Crouch  S  Caroline Durbin G  Jean Neal C   Iris Crouch P  Caroline Durbin                                                                CAT 3  BOYS AND MEN B  ---  S  Ulrike Jenkner, Raquel Hicks       G  Jean Neal  C  Ulrike Jenkner  P  Ulrike Jenkner  CAT 4  BABY DOLLS B  Amanda Brooks   S  Jean Neal  G  Caroline Durbin C  Caroline Durbin P  Caroline Durbin CAT 5  FANTASY AND  FANTASY TABLEAU B  ---       S  ---    G  Chris Hall  C  Chris Hall  P  Lesia Korol  CAT 6  TABLEAU B  Susan Rivers  S  Vivienne Shearn  G  Ute Lutz C  Vivienne Shearn    P  Susan Rivers   RED SECTION             CAT 2  BABIES & CHILDREN OTHER MATERIALS (incl. cloth dolls) B  ---    S  Iryna Naumova, Alla Kotylar   G  Oksana Voropai   P   Alla Kotylar   CAT 3  GIRLS & LADIES PORCELAIN B  Jana Edelmann   S  ---    G  ---   P  ---   CAT 4  GIRLS & LADIES   OTHER MATERIALS (incl cloth dolls) B  --- S  Oksana Voropai   G  Tetyana Aksyonova P  Tetyana Aksyonova CAT 5  BOYS & MEN  PORCELAIN B  Lilianne Loizeau S  --- G  --- P  --- CAT 6  BOYS & MEN OTHER MATERIALS  B  ---   S  Oksana Voropai, Alla Kotylar        G  Iryna Naumova,  Tetyana Aksyonova P  Tetyana Aksyonova CAT 8  TABLEAU OTHER MATERIALS           S  Alla Kotylar       G  Lesia Korol, B  ---   Marina Zimina  P   Marina Zimina  CAT 10  FAIRYTALE & FANTASY OTHER MATERIALS                B  Marina Zimina, Alla Kotylar        S  Romina Canet G  Iryna Naumova,  Tetyana Aksyonova P  Marina Zimina  CAT 12  ETHNIC DOLLS ANY MATERIAL B  --- S  Tetyana Aksyonova G  --- P  --- CAT 14A   ARTISTS BEARS & ANIMALS ALL MATERIALS UNDRESSED S  ---    G  Romina Canet   P  Romina Canet CAT 14B  ARTISTS BEARS& ANIMALS –ALLMATERIALS - DRESSED B  Iryna Naumova   S  Chris Hall G  Alla Kotylar        P   Alla Kotylar        CAT 14C  ARTISTS BEARS & ANIMALS FANTASY ALL MATERIALS B  ---    S  ---   G  Chris Hall                                                                                                             BLUE SECTION                  B  Joan King   S  Margrit Kloti  G  Renate Schomaker P   Margrit Kloti  SPECIAL CATEGORY -  CIRCUS (not gems) B  --- S  Romina Canet G  Raquel Hicks, Caroline Durbin P  Raquel Hicks ALL ACHIEVEMENTS AWARDS       Yellow 1   Chris Hall, Kyoko Hoya Yellow 2   Ulrike Jenkner, Renate Schomaker, Keiko Kashiwagi Yellow 3   Amanda Brooks, Ulrike Jenkner, Caroline Durbin, Renate Schomaker Yellow 5b Carol Handley Yellow 6   Keiko Kashiwagi Green 1    Jennie Stevens Green 2    Carol Handley, Amanda Brooks, Daphne Sykes Green 4    Liv Dahl Green 5    Lesia Korol Blue         Brenda Crouch Red 4     Romina Canet Red 6     Romina Canet Red 8     Romina Canet Red 14a Elenora Wyrsch Circus    Midori Masubuchi, Trudi Hood, Marina Zamina MAJOR AWARDS          PUBLISHERS CHOICE AWARD            -     Caroline Durbin Puppen und Spielzeug CAROL STANTON AWARD    -                    Raquel Hicks  COLEMAN AWARD                 -                    Keiko Kashiwagi WANKE TROPHY                    -                    Ann Miller

  

 

 

 

More photos of the GDS event in Bristol......

Convention 2015

Prizegiving

Dolls, Dolls and more Dolls

GDS Convention 2015

There are a lot of very tired members who have had a fabulous weekend at the GDS Convention in Bristol. Prizes were won and workshops attended not to mention the dancing the night away!

Trudy's lovely little skater

Elaine's wonderful lady

Much shopping as usual, Mike at his regular post

Lesley hold attention in her workshop

Fun and games with the Soul Supremes tribute act

Eddie suitably attired for the evening

Viviennes successful workshop with Oksana from the Ukraine

April Meeting.....

Another lovely gathering of the Southern Belles.........As usual a lot of chatter from beginning to end. Everyone brought their sewing machines and Pat guided everyone in working on machine embroidery, a very useful technique to master.

Pat brought a number of interesting samples to share with us and to give some inspiration

Carol brought with her her works in progress to show us the papier mache doll we will be working on for our next workshop, lots of excitement as Carol has offered two sizes and again a whole new technique to learn.