Hi Friends ,
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I would like to share a special feeling , we got the "Guinness World Record for the largest display of quilled dolls".
I feel so happy and proud of this memorable achievement.
We (40 Doll making enthusiasts) had put our effort and displayed 3441 quilled dolls at Chennai on 18th September, 2022 , which was inspected by Guinness world record inspection team wherein each dolls was thoroughly checked to validate it meets the guidelines defined (It has to be a Human figurine, 5" height for standing dolls and 3" height for dolls with sitting posture)
I was super exited when we came to know in Jan 2023 that we got the award and this was communicated by our team leader Roopa , who was coordinating with all the members and the GWR team.
Let me share my journey how I became a part of this wonderful moment .
The Journey started somewhere during the pandemic , one of my quilling friends invited me to be part of this group , wherein the rules was discussed and each member had an initial target of around 60 quilling dolls to be made as per specification .
I decided to make it theme based :
- Corona theme - I wanted to express my gratitude to all the corona warriors who served the entire nation during pandemic, it could Doctors, Nurses, Police , Courier people ,
- Social Helpers theme - In this I wanted to capture all the daily people we interact but we don't acknowledge their help, mainly the sweepers, postman, fireman, teachers, mothers ...
- Indian couple theme - our country is very rich in diversity we have people coming from different region following different customs , so why not capture the wedding couple how they look from different regions .
- Yoga Dolls theme - Different yoga postures were shown
- The fifth category and the final was to capture some popular dances like Yakshagana, Mohiniattam , and finally concluded with some popular comic characters from frozen , Chotta Bheem .
As a contingency approach , we as a team had made extra dolls , so that even if there is a possible 1% rejection by GWR , it doesn't affect the record target.
March 25th 2023 was the D-day I and my friends all waited eagerly to get together as we had not seen all of them and all communication was through WhatsApp group. The moment arrived, me and my family (my parents , hubby and sweet daughter) went to the venue and had a memorable fun filled day .
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I was part of inviting the chief guests, invocation song and finally got the certificate with medal , let me be frank I was on cloud nine :) .
We all had a nice chat , ended with a delicious dinner and parted happily waiting for the next target ...
I would like to thank my family members for all the support and encouragement .
It was the most memorable day in my life ....😊
