President’s Message: 
What
inspires your creativity? Is it a beautiful sunset or a blooming flower? Is it
a raging storm or a lush landscape? I often find inspiration while I am
shopping. Colors are everywhere. Stores are filled with objects and people.
Next time you are at the store any store make sure your senses and visual
perception are ready to record some colors, textures, and inspirations on a
small notebook in your purse. World markets are great for colors and visual
effects. See if you can’t snap a few pictures with your phone or camera of
items that might inspire a great idea for a quilt. See if you can’t fill up
your visual well and use it through creative expression. I hope some of you
were able to attend the shop hop. This is a terrific way to find inspiration
and visual excitement. I love walking into any quilt shop and seeing how they
display things and how they choose to pair fabrics together for their quilts.
This helps us to expand our color pallets and use the fabrics that perhaps we
might not be drawn to. Last year’s state fair challenge helped me to use all
bold and busy fabrics in my quilt and it is one of my favorite quilts today. Be
thinking of some things that inspire your creativity and share them with us at
the meeting.
What inspires your quilting? Is the beautiful colors of Sunset or the tile work on a building? What inspires you. At our show and tell this month we were inspired by the creative talent that was shared by those you brought there amazing creations.
Sewing Tips from June Meeting: By Loretta Hunt
© When hand quilting wear a rubber finger on your index finger. Buy them at an office supply house. or use elastic bandage, wrapped around your finger. You can buy this at Dallas Greens. >They will both act as a needle gripper when pulling the needle through.
© Paint small craft clothes pins and number them. Use the clothes pins to attach to strips or any thing you need to keep track of pieces in numerical order.
Rolls of shelf paper in 12 inch and 18 inch width or the old type of computer paper, are very useful for designing borders and or quilting designs. The Ott light for July goes to Lindy Dare, What Ott you be doing in your life?
Number 11 is the number to complete for the UFO in July how is your unfinished projects pile coming along. Is it growing or slowly going down?
Our July sew in will start at noon and we will have a luncheon. The theme for the luncheon is summer time. Call Joan Jensen as she has the sign up list. If you didn't sign up bring your favorite summer time dish to share. What is yours an ice cream jell-O salad or maybe a fun batch of cookies that always brings a smile to someones face.
The ladies of the guild shared there inspirations with us as we started our show and tell. Everything was amazing and a job well done goes out to one and all. 
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| Everyone wants a creative grandma like Sue Tubs. As she creates for her little ones and showers them with love. |
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| After two years of faithful service a young man comes home with some interesting ties. Michelle Stay took those ties and created a truly amazing quilt for this young man to remember his years of service as he takes on life's new adventures. |
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| Hats off to the ladies of the Layton guild guild that share not only there love of quilting but there lovely spirits of friendship and love. Until Next month ladies !! |
