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.