November Check In

[yourlibrarian]

If you've joined us since October, this post is to prompt anyone who has been doing crafting lately to share about their projects. Plus there's a general question for everyone to chime in on.

This month's question involves crafting events. After seeing this quilting post it made me wonder if anyone else has been to an in-person crafting competition or fair in the past few years? If so, what did you like best about it? Did you display anything yourself?

Comments

[matsushima]

I go to iDoll and Dollshow whenever they're in Tokyo, which works out to about one craft fair (focusing specifically on dolls, mostly clothing and accessories but some artist dolls and plushies) every other month. The next one is iDoll in December!

[yourlibrarian]

That sounds like it would be fun! Must be a lot of doll enthusiasts to support an event that happens so often.

[matsushima]

I wouldn't say it's a mainstream hobby here but it's not as niche as in the States. Even in the mall near me, the ¥100 ($0.60) store has a doll section and the accessories store across the hall, where they sell like cute pencil cases and other odds and ends, has a whole rack of doll clothes for this specific type of plush doll that's popular with teenagers and young adults. I often see young people taking photos of their dolls around town and one hotel even started offering little doll beds!

[yourlibrarian]

Oh interesting! One year when growing up my mom made doll beds as a Christmas present by adapting a 3 tiered shelf.

I still remember at a crafts fair a lady was selling Barbie clothes and modified Barbies wearing wonderful stuff. I don't even collect dolls but I couldn't resist buying some for nieces.