Wow this dates me way back. Dorcas Circle has been going on for 7 years now.

I was helping Monica daughter, Tanya, do a  quilt. Here is her completed quilt she made many years ago.

Camp Julians Oaks Christmas Gifts 2011

We just had a wonderful Christmas time at Camp Julian Oaks with the Nativity Scene in downtown Julian, hot apple cider, warm fireplace and knitting then passing out the Christmas presents that the Dorcas Circle made. Thanks ladies for all your hard work. Bonnie shared me what one camper said. Bonnie said "Why aren't you opening up your Christmas gift? He said, "I want to wait till Christmas because it will probably be the only gift I will receive". Wow can you imagine he would only get a gift from us. That made it more the reason for us to bless these campers.

Did I look like Santa Clause?

DORCAS RETREAT 2011 NOVEMBER

Simplified it with bring your own food up; do any activity you wish, have fun and if you want to learn sewing, knitting, spinning come join us. We all had an awesome time making new friends, sharing God's word, learning new skills and having lots of fun joking around. Teri was so kind to make extra meals as a surprise and we loved the relaxed atmosphere of Julian Oaks. We are all in awe of the Virginia House and we had Tony and Tina come as we all listen to Tina talk about the blessing of camp and receive the JOY pillows. It was beyond a perfect week and a wonderful time to all gather together. Thank you Lord for wonderful friends and many blessing. 

Dorcas Circle Gather and BEACON HILL LLAMA FARM

We had a great gathering with:

• Bonnie working on JOY Pillows
• Linda knitting a women's sweater for the boutique
• Monica working on the Christmas Quilt
• Terran making Valentine PIllows
• Trudy, Terese, Maddie , and another Olsen girl working on organizing fabric that was given to us by Paradise Fibers.

We had a wonderful field trip at Dr. Ruth Baak's BEACON HILL LLAMA FARM. Ruth was kind enough to allow us at her ranch to play with and learn about her llamas. Bonnie and I hung longer there and talked to Ruth and other guests about Spinning and all sorts of fiber to spin. It was awesome. Please enjoy pictures.

Hi Ladies,

What a week and I am truly exhausted. We did our final boutique at Camp Julian Oaks for their Annual Autumn Barbecue Fundraiser 2011. Enclosed are the pictures of us ladies in our tee-shirts, Lorrie a helper and the JOY Quilt in its new home at the Virginia House. YEA! Also the valences, Linda sewed and got the fabric for, was put up too. A special thanks to Frank, my husband, who did the heavy lifting and putting up the valences and quilt. This was all done on our 34th Wedding Anniversary.

 I decided to not do anymore boutiques till May at CCE annual rummage sale. I am plum tired and do not want to exert myself. My body says slow down and I must listen to that to know my limitations. Also due to the economy we are not making the money as we did in the past. Lord willing, in May 2012 we will do much better during these uncertain times.

 Anyways, a special thanks to:

• Bonnie completing the JOY Quilt
• Linda helping Willa with nursing home projects
• Willa working on nursing home projects (we have lots to do in that department). Willa organizes this and will gladly take any help.
• Me running around and constantly and  organizing.

A Special thanks to:

Bonnie, Linda, Jeff, Holly, Ray, Sally and Toby who helped out at the Tabitha's Treasures Boutique!

A Peek at What Tabitha's Treasures has for you.....

TABITHA'S TREASURES WILL BE HAVING THREE BOUTIQUES TO BLESS CAMP JULIAN OAK. THE FIRST IS OCTOBER 15 SATURDAY 9-3 ESCONDIDO HIGH SCHOOL. THE OTHER TABITHA'S TREASURES BOUTIQUE WILL BE AT CAMP JULIAN OAKS ON OCTOBER 22ND SATURDAY. OUR THIRD BOUTIQUE IS AT 15110 AYERS LANE VALLEY CENTER 92082. BATES NUT FARMS IS HAVING A BIG EVENT AND THIS WILL DRAW IN CROWDS AS WELL. WE COULD USE HANDMADE ITEMS AND REMEMBER  100% OF THE PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLY  TO CAMP JULIAN OAKS. COME AND SEE OUR SPINNING AND PROCESSING YARN DEMONSTRATION.

DORCAS CIRCLE SUPER 3 Boutiques, Llama Ranch and to top it a Harvest Festival all in 1 month

I want to thank:
Bonnie working so hard on the JOY Quilt
Linda doing jewelry and getting the boutique in order as well as her lovely knitting and donating to the boutique
Hilda working on a almost twin size very bright flannel/fleece scrappy quilt. We had 7 ladies work on this quilt and it is so warm, cozy and bright. It did get completed by Jessica and Claire on Monday night YEA!
Rosemary, who will donate some handmade items.

Bonnie and I got to go to a fiber festival our first and the very first in North County. It was so wonderful. I am totally hooked on spinning wheels and fiber. Met lots of fiber people like us and had fun socializing with them.

Remember to come to Escondido High 9-3PM for their Pumpkin Festival. Visit our booth and say hi. We will have Holly, Sally, Linda, Toby, Jeff B

DORCAS CIRCLE SUPER BUSY BUT SUPER BLESSED

THANKS TO ALL:

• Olsen Girls for sorting through goat and sheep fleeces,organizing Tabitha's Treasures Boutique and writing bible verses in the nursing home cards.
• Hjeltness Girls for sorting through goat and sheep fleeces,organizing Tabitha's Treasures Boutique and writing bible verses in the nursing home cards.
• Bonnie Joy Quilt. When I look at this quilt it certainly brings me JOY
• Linda organizing the jewelry. This is not fun but Linda does it joyfully
• Monica working on a Christmas quilt I had my doubts about but is looking really good.
• Willa nursing home projects
• Hilda, doing applique for the first time on a Christmas Vest. It came out sooo well. Also making a Debbe Mum Apron. (2 more boutique items).
• Linda donated another cap for the boutique
• Memri, were we sooo happy to see her, working on a flannel quilt. Thanks Memri!

Hope to see you next week our First October meeting on 6th.


Also those interested. There will be our very first Fiber Festival in Vista. Bonnie, Linda and I will be attending this event. All is free and it is related to anything with fiber. 
 
TABITHA'S TREASURES WILL BE HAVING THREE BOUTIQUES TO BLESS CAMP JULIAN OAK. THE FIRST IS OCTOBER 15 SATURDAY 9-3 ESCONDIDO HIGH SCHOOL. THE OTHER TABITHA'S TREASURES BOUTIQUE WILL BE AT CAMP JULIAN OAKS ON OCTOBER 22ND SATURDAY. OUR THIRD BOUTIQUE IS AT 15110 AYERS LANE VALLEY CENTER 92082. BATES NUT FARMS IS HAVING A BIG EVENT AND THIS WILL DRAW IN CROWDS AS WELL. WE COULD USE HANDMADE ITEMS AND REMEMBER  100% OF THE PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLY  TO CAMP JULIAN OAKS. COME AND SEE OUR SPINNING AND PROCESSING YARN

DORCAS CIRCLE

I would like to thank the following people:

• Hilda, for making the cute monkey sock. This will be a boutique item for $15.00. Gail Deframe, who goes to CCE, donated a bunch of socks to make more of them. Thanks Hilda for making this little guy to  brighten up my day and others!
• Linda working on hats for the boutique.
• Bonnie JOY quilt (it is beyond awesome looking) This quilt will bless many lives.
• Maxine, paying the booth fee and lending us a canopy for both Boutiques! THANKS Maxine!

Rosemary, a newbie, who loves to knit. We enjoyed meeting Rosemary and talking about knitting.

October will be an extremely busy month for the Dorcas Circle:
We have 2 Tabitha's Treasures to set up and do Boutiques with. With the 2 boutiques, Bonnie and I would like to do a spinning demonstration. We want to attract people to our table with the skills we were taught about spinning and introducing the public to spinning yarn. We are hoping they will look at all the lovely handmade items and purchase them to give money to Julian Oaks. We have lots of jewelry to sell and Lorri? may help us. Lorri e-mail me on that.

• We need help in tagging items, organizing items, ironing items and having them look presentable.
• CUT UP BUSINESS CARDS
• MAKE TAGS
• BONNIE QUILT
• CAMP QUILTS
• NURSING HOME PROJECTS WILLA IS IN CHARGE OF THIS
• MONICA XMAS QUILT
• MOHAIR PROJECT (Children's Project)
• CARDS FOR THE ELDERLY (this is a Children's Project)

 QUILTER'S PARADISE THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.quiltersparadiseesc.com/
This is also the time of year we get our FREE high quality Fabric which will happen the week of the 15-22nd. Bonnie, and I need to make decisionS to get fabric that we will use. This can be overwhelming because there is too much to choose from.

Oct 29th is our Llama trip. Please let me know if you can come. So far I have commitments from: Linda, Bonnie, Willa.

PS: I know i look silly with the monkey sock but he is so cute. Hilda plans to help me out to do one next week.

Dorcas Circle: Thursday-15, Camper's Picnic, Maxine pays Booth Rental for Tabitha's Treasures

Lots of happenings at the Dorcas Circle. We had an extremely productive week. I want to thank:

• Monica for bring the Olson girls and her daughters. These girls totally organized my Camp Julian Oaks Summer Craft. It was such a mess now it is totally organized. They also folded fabric and made YOYO. You girls did an awesome job!!!! Thanks.
• Bonnie JOY Quilt
• Morman Missionaries Hopkins and Tubb  Quilts
• Monica Boutique  Christmas Quilt
• Linda making wonderful caps and mittens for camp
• Memri dropping off 9X9 squares for future quilts.
• Willa working on walker hangers and bibs

We have some really big news. Escondido High Schoool will have Future Farmers of America Fundraiser Oct 15 and Maxine has paid for a Booth fee so we can have our Tabitha's Treasures Boutique. Thanks MAXINE!!

A very special thanks to Bonnie and Linda who helped at the camp picnic.  They are my 2 angels. I was busy communicating with campers who wanted to go to the picnic and barely helped with the craft. These two were awesome and took care of the craft and the salad that was in packages. I was busy with the campers and staff and I really appreciated their help. Below please find some really good pictures of my 2 angels in action.

First FOO Meeting

We had our first FOO meeting. Lots got accomplished. A meeting with LOTS of detail, Lacy's shower and a major mass bulk mailing! We all had a blast. Lots a happening the 17th is the Camper's Picnic. The 22nd is the biggest Fundraiser. Dorcas Circle, Tabitha's Treasures, will be having their boutique there. Lots to organize and get ready for that as the date approaches. We are going to have a spinning demo and offer Drop Spindle Classes. Fun, Fun, Fun! Above picture is Lacy with Tina opening up Shower Gifts!

Dorcas Circle August 18 2011 Thursday

Thanks to:

• Willa working on walker hangers
• Linda making mittens for the boutique
• Mormon Missionaries working on JOY Quilts
• I am working on a quilt for the boutique

Just to let you guys know ahead of time: I will be on vacation in September 15 and  22. There will be no Dorcas Circle. Also Dorcas Circle is planning a field trip to go to a Llama Ranch in October. Bonnie and I are really getting into processing a fleece and spinning yarn. I met a woman who owns 50 Llamas and she invited us over to enjoy her animals. I was planning to do this October 1st or 22nd. It has to be on a Saturday because she works. She is a very nice lady and said I could bring friends up. Willa, Bonnie, Linda and me are going. See her ranch at:  http://www.llamajeans.com/

We can carpool up.

We want to welcome Keri to the Dorcas Circle

 I got her August 7 2011 and spend this afternoon dolling her up to bring to Camp Julian Oaks for the camp craft on the 9th

 She is a Kenmore and runs like a charm. I dusted her off cleaned her really good inside and outside ran her to get the oil all over her gears. She was pretty easy to figure out how to thread. She is 30 years old all metal, my favorite, and very sturdy. She can do zigzag and straight. She has other fancy stitches but she totally meets the needs of the Dorcas Circle with zigzag and straight. I can do the maintenance on her and she is not computerized or like those plastic junky fancy machines you buy at Joannes or Walmart. She is a perfect match for the Dorcas Circle. Can't wait for all of you to meet her. She was donated by Keri Wise. It was her childhood machine since 10 years old. Keri goes to our church and her husband, Joe, runs the nursery. Make sure to give them a BIG thanks!!!

Julian Oaks 4-6 Grade Camp Craft and Gifts made by the Dorcas Circle

The Dorcas Circle went to camp to do the craft. This camp was special because the Dorcas Girls got to pass out quilts and caps. And the item that had the most love and hard work put in to it were the Dolls, made by the Doll Ministry that Rosemary runs and does a super job.

We had enough items to pass out that we let the campers pick 2. They knew they were special because I said we are giving the most gifts to this camp. It was fun as the campers ran up to get their gifts. One camper shared how he still has his backpack from last year and how he uses it. He told me everything about his backpack from the previous year. Another camper shared how much he loves to do the craft and it was their first time, and he want to come next year to do another craft.

 My most wonderful Dorcas Ladies (Linda, Teri (who does life guarding after the craft), and Bonnie) faithfully come up each week to make this possible. Without all your giving up of your valuable time, the craft and gifts would not be so such a blessing to the campers. Thanks to all the ladies who have done prep work for the craft and gift items.