May JOY be a big part of 2012 for you!

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☆ A BIG New Year’s hug that jumps from status to status ☆
¸.•°*”˜˜☆ to spread a little Love and Happiness ☆˜˜”*°•.¸
˜”*°•.¸☆ Have a Happy New Year ☆¸.•°*”˜
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We will have our first 2012 gathering on January 5^th , 2012.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Break. I certainly got a lot done and learned a lot.  I did my most dreaded task: cleaning and oiling the sewing machines. It is like when you are a kid and you need to eat brussel sprouts and do not like it but it is good for you. I did learn new information about the machines and patience as well. I praised the Lord when I could put the sewing machines back together and  have it actually work.

My main rules still apply for the machines:

Do not thread, insert a new bobbin or unjam the machines. I put blue tape on areas not to touch.

Also we will use the following machines:

• Keri Kenmore
• Cynthia
• Bobbie
• Dressmaker
• Featherweight
• Sophia is for Bonnie

I decided to give Dorothy a break. The other reason I did this was that they all have zig zag.

The main projects that need to get done and have LOTS of time to do them is:

• ·        Quilts for the Summer camp of the 4^th – 6^th graders
• ·        Male Quilts for the Christmas 2012 Camp
• ·        Boutique Items in the awaiting bin
• ·        Nursing Home Holiday pillows (Valentine’s Day is done) St. Patty’s day is in progress.
• ·        Bonnie will be working on 2 BIG tote bags that we have buyers for.

Our church is having a Missions Fair January 22^nd  and we want to sell a few Boutique items there. We will represent Julian Oaks, Dorcas Circle and Tabitha’s Treasures as well.