GLOBAL
DOLL SOCIETY
(GDS)
http://www.gillianrichards.co.uk/index.htm
Is for ALL types of doll making and collecting and is divided into 'Chapters' or
local groups, with annual membership/Joining fee, plus local chapter
club fees, which may vary depending on how actively involved you want to
be in your chosen club. All members receive newsletters and information
about events worldwide whether or not they decide to join a local group.
Some groups have online sites.
Contact Debbie@mwanke.freeserve.co.uk
or
Tel/Fax: 01424 420660.
Here
are just a few links to some of the many
ONLINE
CHAT GROUPS
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clothdollmakersuk/
CLOTHDOLLMAKERSUK
is a group for Cloth Doll Makers who wish to share a passion for doll
making with other likeminded people in the UK. (See page on this
website about the group) We do also have members from Philippines and
Turkey.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClothDollMaking
Cloth Doll Making is a group for sharing cloth
doll making ideas and techniques. We will work on projects together and
members who have skills in any interesting area of doll making are
encouraged to share their knowledge with the group. New members should
go to the FILES section to download our patterns and lessons. To access
our lessons and read messages online, you must be a member of Yahoo
Groups and sign in with your password.
http://www.clothdollconnection.com/ClothDollClubs.html
Cloth Doll Connection
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clothdollcostume/
This is a group for CLOTH DOLL artists who like to make
HISTORICAL or ETHNIC COSTUME. We are here to share our expertise in doll
making and costuming and to learn more about these areas too. We have
challenges a couple times a year.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/classicclothdolls/
There
are groups for contemporary and vintage cloth doll patterns but the days of
the 70's and early 80's when cloth doll making was re-awaking is mostly
ignored. During this time there were many small, home-based doll designers
who kept their typewriters and Xerox machines busy. Some evolved into the
dollmakers of today and others have disappeared. This list is for those of us
who collected these early patterns. To help keep their designs alive and
educate newcomers to cloth dollmaking about who they were.
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York
Dolly Birds
Members of this enthusiastic group share their skills and make a wide variety of cloth dolls.
Contact: Christine Beavers
2A Wetherby Road,Acomb, York, Y026 S85
http://www.yorkdollybirds.co.uk
The Countrywide Doll Maker's Guild
Membership all over the UK with a quarterly newsletter group
meetings.
Contact: Brenda Brightmore, 104, Darfield
Road, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8HG
BRITISH DOLL ASSOCIATION
is for professional doll artists who make and sell all-original dolls.Information from Marion
Paiso-Ironmonger
Tel: 01403 823596
Or write to: June Gale, 49 Cromwell Road, Beckenhem, Kent, BR3 4LL.
www.britishdollartists.org.uk
Or join
Friends of BDA
by contacting Cherry Meddings
Tel: 01903
266083
DOLL
MAKERS CIRCLE (DMC)
The Centre, 16, Clifton Gardens, London W9
Quarterly
newsletter and meetings in an atmosphere which promotes interest and
good workmanship in dollmaking, discovers, links and encourages
individual dollmakers, records and circulates information about
dollmaking and dollmakers.
Contact The Membership Secretary:
Ellen Bedington, 4 Dunbar Ave,
Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RQ
Tel: 0208 6504576
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