February guild meeting

Friendship is like a bank account...You can't continue to draw on it without making deposits!

This guild has 'Heart'! And keeps our Deposits full at all times! Love all of you ladies. 

We had a great intro for our guild in

January. Lots of cute things coming this year along with

some awesome technics, etc.

One thing we OTT to do is make sure our

machine is up to it's best running and cleaned up well.

What a great idea with the Tea Cup exchange! I got so

excited I came right home and did both sizes that

evening!!

We are finding all sorts of projects to do with Charms and

5 X 5" fabrics. If you come across an idea we would love

to have you share. We are all together on this!!

And always remember: keep in mind any copyright

boundaries when we're sharing.

What a great group we have! It's always been the kind of

group that pulls together to make things happen. I always

hear people compliment you ladies in this group as being

so friendly and always stepping up when asked to do

anything!

Hey, let’s get going into the best kind of year ever!

Bring your 'Heart' to guild and don't forget to show n tell

what is happening in the season. We would LOVE to see

your Valentine and heart quilts!

Have a great Valentine's Day!! Sue Tubbs

Karen Carter has the “OTT” light.

Cindy Gerber-Chavez also has the “OTT” light.

UFO’s – UFO #4 is due in February. Bring yours to show

us! Larae Durtschi is in charge of the UFO’s this year.






Doll Quilts – Vivian Blotter requested some of us make doll quilts to give with baby dolls for a sub for Santa donation. If you volunteered they need to be 22”  square with flannel on one side.








Challenge – Lights, camera, action! Your assignment for the challenge is to create a Show Stopper with lots of value, contrast and movement. Finished projects are due in July.

Vivian and Ruth with the donations, We loved there work and dedication to help when asked. 

Patsy ha been busy and is showing us her patriotic side with this wonderful mini quilt

Lindy has been busy sewing and this darling house wall hanging is proof of her amazing talents. 

Ruth is lending a helping hand as Lindy prepares her master piece. 

Lindy's Dear Jan quilt done and she has show us her bright personality through her amazing work. 

Lindy and her Dear Jane

Loretta's beautiful handy work

Lorretta and her quilt. Love the colors and amazing work. A treasured piece of quilting. 

Genette has been busy working with Wool and has made some beautiful pieces. Like the one she is show casing us.

Cindy has been busy making mitered corner baby blankets in a variety of colors. 

Vivian has been busy working her doll quilts, This civil war prints work nicely for these darling quilts. 

Vivan shows us her master piece although only doll quilt size it is all done by hand and is over 200 hexies to complete this beautiful work on art. 

Emily stays busy creating and designing her master pieces. She has talent as she combines colors most of us wouldn't thing to  use. I love this black and white one it would be perfect in my house . 

Diane ha been busy this oriental quilt is a work of art. What do you think? Job well done! 

Sherri ha been busy making sock monkeys. What color would your monkey be? 

Cindy made these adorable cat purses that any little girls would love!

Loretta has been using her talents as she made a beautiful wreath and a lovely tea cup wall hanging. We exchanged tea cups in the guild. What will this exchange bring in creative pieces of artful quilts. 

Nicki show cases her lovey quilt using the beautiful colors of read white and blue. 

Lorri found a treasure in this blue and white quilt. 

Cindy has been busy look what amazing works of art she has brought to show case to us this month. 

Midje took a photo and created this amazing piece of art. Check out the details in the pictures provided including the back it is reversible and amazing. 

And food for thought!

"When buying from an artist/maker, you're buying more than just an object/painting, you are buying hundreds of hours of failures and experimentation.

You are buying days, weeks and months of

frustration and moments of pure joy!

You aren't just buying a thing, you're buying a

piece of heart, part of a soul, a moment of someone's life.

Most importantly, you are buying the artist more time to do something they are passionate about"

~~Author Unknown

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January 2014

Turning 14! (2014) How was your life at 14? What things did

you do as a teenager? How did you get to where you are today?

How do we make new goals or pick up on finishing started

goals? I was reading a book the other day on setting goals and

carrying through... It was suggested that a new habit is formed

after 21 days of doing what you set out to do. So don't go crazy

with 20 new goals at once. Do a goal for 3 -4 weeks and then

move on to another goal. WOW! That really made sense! Let's

give ourselves a few months to accomplish a few goals. Don't

beat yourself up if things aren't working out quickly. Most times

a slower pace helps secure the future with better habits.

Our goal, in 2014 for the Layton Quilters, is to get one more

step accomplished each month on projects that baffle our minds

or jump out at us to try making us crazy! Perhaps if we just

focus on one or two projects we won't end up NUTS! Have you

thought about giving some of your UFOs to charity or a youth to

learn by or even trade with a friend? The year will come and go.

Make yourself goals that help you to "step up" rather than fall

short.

I really want to tell Lorri and her Board and the other volunteers

for 2013 that we really appreciate their good works. We had

such a great year in 2013! I will never compare myself to Lorri,

because then I would go crazy!! I hope you know and

understand that it takes a quilter's village to raise up a quilter.

Let's work together to have the best kind of things happening in

2014! I can't tell you how wonderful I think each one of you are

to me ! You're AWESOME!!

Looking forward to serving you as president this "stepping up" year, Sue Tubbs

UFO’s – Larae Durtschi is in charge of the UFO’s this

year. Bring a list with you of about 10 of your unfinished

projects that you would like to work on this year. She

will tell us what to do with our lists for the year.
#4 on your UFO listing was drawn for our March Meeting

Birthday/donation quilt – As a member of this Guild you are asked to make and donate a quilt in your

Birthday month. Happy Chemo will be the charity we be lending a helping hand go with our Birthday quilts. 

The Ott light went to Karen Carter &  Cindy Gerber for our February meeting.

For our Community project we are collecting doll quilts 22 x 22 with 1/2 of it to be flannel. This lovely little creations will bless the children at the women's shelter.

Donations for the National quilt day are being excepted. Any questions contact Vivian.

How is your Challenge quilt coming along? Don't forget to start working on your show stopper with your 

Lights: value

Camera: bling

Actions: movement

Any questions contact Emily

Our quilt has some amazing and fun projects planned through out the year. Come one and all and join us as we share our talents and skills as we work together. 

Vivian is show casing to us the lovely donation that is in the works for the annual meeting. 

Genette Showed us her lovely quilt made with love.

Genette getting ready to show us her lovely quilt

Vivian is showing us her civil war doll quilt. Love the colors.

Ruth was excited to show us her published pattern for her measuring tape.
We have very talented ladies in our guild with huge giving hearts. 

Ruth's published pattern

Leslie is showing Lindy how she did the binding on her wall hanging. 

Leslie's bouquet of flowers to brighten her walls. 

Diane has been busy while she was absent. She showed us her finished barn and lovely quilting on her quilt. 

Ruth has been busy again, reaching in to her creative mind and coming up with a lovely mini.
She designed as she created and did an amazing job! Thanks for sharing. 

Emily has been busy, Her saying is what we all should learn and remember. Love the colors. Below Emily took a fun frame she found at a yard sale and created this fun show stopper. Wouldn't this brighten your wall. A touch of spring.

Diane has been busy and we thank her for sharing her lovely creations. Love the barn and what she did with it. 

Larae shared with us a fun rabbit. 

Larae is on the ball as she show cases her snowman quilt. The blocks were part of an exchange we did last year. Can you see your block? Job very well done! Love the colors. 

Check out the detail on this one. 

Larae we thank you for sharing with us the your lovely works of art. 

Michelle has been busy completing her project as she shows us a round  robin that has been a work in progress and job well done. 

Michelle shows us her house blocks from last year that has been assembled and quilted ready for it's binding. Love the color choices how are your houses coming along? 

Novembers meeting brought us the inspiration to journal our quilts.Michelle created a special binder for her journaling and memories she will be recording, Love the patch work! Job well done. 

Brenda was busy taking up a talent long set aside and started to crochet finding this fun eternity braided scarf on Pinterst giving her own design. It was a hit. 

If you came early to our guild meeting we were taught how to make these fun snowmen out of a pair of child gloves and movie candy. A fun gift to surprise some one with. Thank you Sue for sharing this fun craft. 

Valentines is just around the corner and Brenda with a lot of help from Kaytlin made this fun decoration for her home. 

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