Bonnie's Bundles Dolls at Chester's Whiting Library

The featured exhibit at the Whiting Library on Main Street in Chester for the months of November and December will be the legacy journey of Chester doll artist Bonnie Watters. Approaching fifty years, forty-three of them in Chester, Bonnie will share some of favorite designs, some with motif eyes and others with real eyes, all classically dressed in layers of at least four calicos. Suzy and Grace have been selected to issue the invitation on posters around the community.

Bonnie, supported by her husband, Lew, who photographs and maintains her website, will share not only the dolls, but their incredible historic journey with links to Butterick Pattern Co., craft fairs and teaching workshops at Chester-Andover Elementary School. You will learn who has sewn with Bonnie and how many dolls have found homes.

On Wednesdays, Bonnie will be present from 4:15 to 5:15 for the After School Program at Whiting Library, thanks to Jeanne Waldren. Youngsters will create a face, learn to embroider and perhaps write a story. Bonnie loves to write and shares her many doll stories on the Bonnie's Bundles Dolls website titled "Connections". It is about people of all ages and their companions for life.

The show will run from November first to the month's end and then in December the Watters will share another selection of dolls. A reception will be held on Saturday, November 4 at 12:30 t0 2. Come meet the Bundle family and their parents.