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July 2015 Volume XII, Issue 3

In This Issue

President’s Report Membership

1st Vice President’s Report Philanthropy

2nd Vice President’s Report - Programs and Workshops Places to Go

Birthdays Programs and Workshops at our sister guild

Calendar of Events Show and Tell

Hospitality Tie One On

Lisa’s Ladies Ways and Means

President’s Report

Sonia Das

Greetings from Alaska! I am on a two week cruise and apologize for missing the July meeting. However, all of you will

have a great time enjoying ice cream floats and winning big time at Acacia Quilters' Game Night with Vice-President

At Large Mary Ann West at the helm. Many thanks Mary Ann!

Many thanks to the 2014-2015 Board for making this past year so very special.

June’s meeting was wonderful! Acacia celebrated its ELEVENTH birthday with a delicious potluck that made many

tummies happy and a yummy birthday cake. The president’s quilt was presented, the outgoing board was thanked and

the new board was installed.

Extra-special Congratulations go to Mary Hicks! Acacia celebrated her 101½ birthday with the birthday song and a

special cake.

I would also like to thank everyone for the lovely chili pepper President's Quilt which featured cute, beautiful and

creative blocks. More thanks to come later.

We have enjoyed eleven great years so far with Acacia Quilt Guild. However, the best is yet to come!

I would like to thank everyone who accepted a Board and/or a Committee position this year. We still have need of a

Historian, Parliamentarian and Publicity Chairperson as well as someone to assist at the Membership Table. If any of

these positions interest you, please contact me to get the ball rolling. We will continue to have a wonderful and

friendly guild and I am delighted to be your returning President!!!

Acacia is a volunteer organization and we have many accomplishments to our name especially due to our Philanthropy

Committee. Approximately 350 quilts have been made and donated as well as pillowcases and stockings. The number

of donations is truly amazing considering that we are a smaller guild.

Acacia will continue experimenting with new activities, a variety of different speakers covering techniques (old and

new) while increasing the number of workshops and providing more opportunities for members to quilt.

What will never change are the wonderful members who form the heart and soul of Acacia. The desire to have a good

time as a guild whether it is taking a class, sewing philanthropic quilts, making new friends, etc., will remain the same

as well.

If you have any problems or need help in any way, please do not hesitate to give me a call or send an email. We’re all

in this together!

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2nd Vice President’s Report Programs and Workshops

Donna McDaniel

Hello Ladies,

Our June workshop making

the Painted Desert by Bev

Tyler was very enjoyable.

There were 10 people who

attended the workshop.

Here are a few of the quilts.

July 2nd Meeting July 4th - No Workshop

Summer Social, Ice Cream Floats Holiday - Independence Day

& Quilters’ Game Night

August 6th Meeting August 8th Workshop Sylvia Davis Sylvia Davis

“How I got my PHDs” “Lovers Knot” quilt

September 3rd Meeting September 5th Workshop - Free

Acacia Quilt Marketplace * Philanthropy Sew Day - We will be sewing

book bags for the City of Buena Park

Continued on the next page.

1st Vice President’s Report

Mary Ann West

Hello Ladies,

I want to thank you for allowing me to serve you as V.P. at large. As some of you know I am a cancer survivor and Acacia has been God's way of blessing me with some of the most wonderful, creative women I have ever met. I love Acacia and it keeps me busy.

We need you Ladies to help us make this a super great year. We need Volunteers for several different positions.

A Volunteer is a person who believes that people can make a difference and is willing to prove it.

I also need names for the shout out.

Our July meeting will be our Summer Social with plenty of Ice Cream. Come prepared for Game Night and the chance to win Fat Quarters galore.

THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!! - Remember that half the Joy of Achievement is in the Anticipation.

Blessings.

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Lisa’s Ladies Lisa Sullivan

We will meet July 28th at Phyllis Victor’s house. We work on kits for the guild or other philanthropy events. All are welcome! Many hands make light work. Join us for an evening of good works.

Any questions or directions please call me at 714-642-1127.

I am open to suggestions for speakers for our meetings and workshops. I am currently working on the 2016 - 2017 calendar.

*Acacia Quilt Marketplace

The board has decided to try something new. We envisioned renting tables to “vendors” (members of our guild and other people willing to rent a table) who will sell various items (not necessarily sewing/quilting related) which they will provide. The vendor keeps 100% of their sales. Acacia Quilt Guild collects only the rent for the table.

Vendors would set up before the meeting and sell their wares until the meeting is called to order. Selling would resume at the break, and then final sales could be made after the meeting is adjourned. Vendors are responsible for their products, for collecting payments for items sold and making change for cash sales.

Table Rental Price: Members $10.00 Non-members $15.00

There will be a sign up sheet at the next meeting for those interested in renting a table.

Hospitality Lisa Sullivan, Wendy Dillon, and Darryl Thomas

We are having an "ICE CREAM SOCIAL"! Its summer time and all you July Birthday members should be sharing your favorite snacks or beverage with your fellow members. If it’s your birthday month or you just want to share a goody we can't wait to taste what’s in store for us..................................................

The Guild will be making some kind of ice cream topped soda delight for us to add to our table of yummy goodies that you bring to share. Please let the membership table know that you are bringing a shared treat (birthday or not) so you can claim your EXTRA DOOR PRIZE TICKET.

Thank you to my helpers/princesses

Wendy, Darrell and many of our members

Also Please take your dish if it’s not a throw away dish and please check with Phyllis Campbell for dishes or clothing that has been left behind by our members. If you have let us borrow something that you wanted back please collect it now as we are cleaning out the cobwebs. Items not taken will be donated to those in need.

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Maryanne Mahoney

T-Shirt quilt quilted by Angel

Show ‘N Tell

Thanks to Anne Killian for her great pictures.

Phyllis Campbell

Watercolor Wall Hanging

MEMBERSHIP Donna McDaniel & Brenda Howard

At the June meeting, there were 32 current members present, 1 new member joined, and 4 guests attended.

Many of you have already renewed your membership. Thank you! If you haven’t, please bring your $25 dues to the next meeting. There will be blank forms for you at the front desk, if you don’t already have one.

Congratulations to the following door prize winners: Moore's Fabric Bundle & $10.00 Gift card Theresa Craig Moore's Fabric Bundle & $10.00 Gift card Barbara Mead Quilt Cupboard Tonga Circle Scarf Frannie Donoghue Quilt Cupboard Fat 8 Bundle Jo Melis Nina's Charm Pack Susan Stokes Sue's Creating Cottage 5 Fat Quarters Carolyn Craig Sue's Creating Cottage 5 Fat Quarters Donna McDaniel Mary Tabar "Circles Around" pattern Shar Taira Tranquility Quilts $20.00 Gift Card Ann Beck Mel's 9 Halloween Fat quarters Larene Smith Piecemakers Calendar & Quilt Book Lisa Sullivan

Jo Melis

Afghan and matching

tote bag.

Opportunity Quilt Off Kilter Quilters

The winning ticket for Acacia's 2014-15 Opportunity Quilt, Patriotic Stars, was drawn at the June meeting. The lucky winner was Peggy Johnson Smith who is the stepmother of Acacia member, Larene Smith. A photo of Peggy and the quilt

will be published in the next newsletter.

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Philanthropy Lisa Sullivan

We are quilting in the park! Well that's kind of what we are doing.......................... We are sharing our love of quilting and listening to the Buena Park Concerts in the Park Summer Program.

We have a table in the park (Boisserance Park) on Wednesday nights where we share information about the Guild and sell some boutique items and raffle a summer quilt. If you can sit awhile with us we would love to see you there. Please call me so I can give you some tips to make your evening enjoyable.

Special call out for Door Prize donations for the Concert goers. We had an IHOP $10.00 certificate for the June 17th concert, it does not need to be quilt or sewing related to be loved by the winner.

260 YES 260

We are looking to make 260 pillow cases and 260 stockings for our Christmas donation this year. Please sew up the kits you have and please come and get some more. This is our labor of love for the holiday season. You are the ones who make the season bright for those who may not see too much light in their world during the holiday times.

Thank you in advance for your TIME, TALENT AND DONATIONS to this very special event from our Guild to our Community (Military Families - Thomas House- Challenged Adults Program).

SEW ON

Philanthropy Chairperson 2008-2016

TIME TALENT DONATIONS

call/text 714-642-1127

zquilt.ls@gmail.com

We will be having our game night at the July meeting so bring a friend or two.

We will be playing Black Jack for Fat Quarters. There will be a onetime buy in for $5.00 for 15 fat quarters.

Additional far quarters may be purchased for $10.00 for 20 fat quarters and $20.00 for 50 fat quarters (best buy).

This is a fund raiser so everyone present is asked to at least buy the $5.00 pack even if you don’t play the game.

There will be a free pattern given for a scrap quilt that will also be on display at the meeting.

If you win lots of fat quarters and you can’t use them or don’t want them you can always donate them back to the guild.

Let’s have fun.

Bev Tyler

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Event Date Time Place

Tie One On Jul. 2 5:15 PM Walter D. Ehlers Community Center

General Meeting Jul. 2 6:45 PM Walter D. Ehlers Community Center

Workshop None 9:00 AM Cancelled due to the Holiday

QBS General Meeting Jul. 9 7:00 PM First Baptist Lakewood Church, Fellowship Hall basement

QBS Workshop Jul. 11 9:00 AM First Baptist Lakewood Church, Room A-110

Board Meeting Jul. 16 7:00 PM Walter D. Ehlers Community Center

Off Kilter Quilters Mtg. Jul. 18 10:00 AM Sue Green’s home

Blocks for the Brave None 9:00 AM No meeting this month

Lisa’s Ladies Jul. 28 6:00 PM Phyllis Victor’s home

Walter D. Ehlers Community Center 8150 Knott Avenue

Buena Park, CA

First Baptist Lakewood Church 5336 E. Arbor Road

Long Beach, CA

Norwalk American Legion Hall 11986 Front St.

Norwalk, CA 90650

Here’s what’s happening at our sister guild -

PROGRAMS

* Please note that bolded dates are NOT QBS’ regular second Thursday of the Month.

WORKSHOPS

* Please note that the Bolded dates indicate that the workshop is not on QBS’ regular Saturday.

Remember to arrive early to all workshops to set up your workstation.

Date Speaker Speaker’s Topic Speaker’s Website

July 9, 2015 Lynn Miller Route 66

August 20, 2015 * Lyn Brown Green Quilting http://www.lynbrown.com/

September 10, 2015 Elections & Red Hen Auction

Date Teacher Class Link to the Supply List

July 11, 2015 Frances Moore Free Motion Quilting Supply List

August 22, 2015 * Lyn Brown Strippy Stars Supply List

September 12, 2015 Randy Miller Community Relations

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Tie One On (the AA version) Lisa Sullivan

Did you know that quilts can be tied?? Come on in to the meeting at 5:15 pm so we can show you how quilts get tied and you can 'TIE ONE ON"!! This is a fun time to sit and talk as you help us get a quilt ready to be given to one of our Philanthropy groups. Your help is most needed and very welcomed. Thank you all who have stopped by and given of your time to finish up a quilt for the guild. Also don't forget to get an extra philanthropy drawing ticket so you can be in it to win it.

Thank you SUE’S CREATING COTTAGE for your continued support.

Also don't forget your change. We are still sending the cup around for us to support our Easter Seals and Joyce Berry's Daughter Cindy in the NO HEAVY PURSE ZONE!

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

POSITIONS - ELECTED President Sonia Das 1st VP. At Large Mary Ann West 2nd V.P. Programs/Workshops Donna McDaniel Secretary Marianne Mahoney Treasurer Sue Green

STANDING COMMITTEES Birthdays Jo Melis Door Prizes Shar Taira Michelle Smith Equipment Phyllis Campbell Susan Stokes Historian TBD Hospitality Lisa Sullivan Wendy Dillon Darryl Thomas Membership Donna McDaniel Brenda Howard Newsletter Patti Paschall Opportunity Basket Shar Taira Opportunity Quilt Barbra Riley Parliamentarian TBD Past President Susan Stokes Philanthropy Lisa Sullivan Photographer Anne Killian Publicity TBD Secret Pal Sonia Das SCCQG Representative Susan Stokes Mary Ann West Sunshine & Shadows Phyllis Victor Tea & Quilt Auction TBD Ways & Means Bev Tyler Website Patti Paschall

GENERAL MEETINGS are held the 1st THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH, if this is a holiday the meeting is moved to the 2nd Thursday. Doors open at 6:15 pm, meeting starts at 6:45 pm

Walter D. Ehlers Community Center 8150 Knot Avenue

Buena Park, CA 90620

BOARD MEETINGS are at 7:00 pm on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the same location.

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE IS THE SUNDAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING. email articles to: Patti Paschall, treasuresbytrishtoo@yahoo.com The purpose o this guild shall be to promote cooperation and exchange of ideas among those persons interested in or engaged in quilting; to further the education and skill levels of the members of this guild; to preserve the heritage of quilt making and to educate the public as to the significance and history of quilting as an art form as well a an ongoing craft; to utilize the skills of members to make items for those in need and to assist other philanthropic organizations.

Dues will be $25.00 per year, June 1 through May 31st. Dues for members joining after November 30th will be $15. Due for members joining after the last day of February will be $10.00. Guests will be asked for a donation of $3.00 at the genera meeting.

Has been moved to our website.

Please check it out.

Sandy Smith 7/02

Acacia Quilt Guild

8150 Knott Avenue

Buena Park, CA 90620

First Class Mail … Please Forward

July 2015

At concerts in the park, Bev Tyler

won the coffee basket raffle prize

donated by the senior center.

A portion of Acacia’s raffle quilt for

the summer concert series titled 29

Dogs & 1 Cat - made and donated

by the Off Kilter Quilters

Friendship group.

Happy

101 1/2

Birthday

to

Mary

Hicks