July President’s Letter
Where is summer rapidly going? One more month and the grandkids are back in school! Catching up on sleep after the long Pacer run, glad I was retired with all of the late games. All of you shop hoppers, how did you do? I made it to over half the stores and visited 4 regions, completed 2 of them. I found a few shops that I will return to, some really surprised me. My sister and I shopped together, drove over 1,000 miles and spent way too much money! We wandered through southern Indiana for
Ready for the heat? It’s been a wonderful, cool spring; however, I always look forward to the neighborhood pool. This is the 1st baseball season with my grandson that it was not sweltering and sunburns. The local strawberries are so sweet and yummy, I am making regular trips to the strawberry farm to keep a fresh supply.
Change your calendars!
Our guild supports the Cornerstone Lutheran Comfort Dog, Magdalene, by creating scarves that attach to her special collar.
In May we will welcome Lisa Dodson, from Martinsville. The presentation topic is Fiber Art Creativity. Lisa is a talented artist who utilizes various materials and methods, such as pigments, dyes, paints and papers in her art quilts. Lisa will be providing a trunk show of her art quilts. Might be a great way to get some ideas for ‘Being your own designer!’ (our guild’s challenge quilt theme).
The weather is turning summery, and it appears that May will be a promising month. May goes SOOO fast: the Indy 500, graduations, Mother’s Day, school’s out, end-of-year performances, recitals, the list goes on. I have not spent much time at my machine lately. I have been altering and embellishing costumes throughout April for an upcoming ballet performance of Beauty and the Beast for my granddaughter’s dance company. My hands are feeling it!
Our April guest speaker, Shannon Arnstein, is one of the guest speakers in this FREE online workshop with lots of guest speakers. Click 
Theme for the Challenge Quilt 2025 is ‘Be your Own Designer’ – following the Facebook ‘get to know you question’ in January – Who is your favorite Designer?
Magdalene is the Comfort Dog of the Cornerstone Lutheran Church.
Greetings! I am looking forward to this year and all the quilty things we can accomplish as a guild and individually. Whether you are a new sewist, a new quilter, a domestic quilter, a long armer, a hand stitcher, there’s something for everyone. Our guild is known for its friendly welcome of everyone and how generous and helpful we are. We have grown by leaps and bounds the last 2-3 years; with this growth as members we need to intentionally reach out and find ways to continue the friendly
We are so grateful to Mary for two years of leadership.
Great party fun and Grinch stories.
Beautiful, amazing Decorations
We are restarting our collecting of Heart Pillows for cancer patients at the Schwarz Cancer Center in Carmel, IN. You can find the info on construction of these pillows at
Lois found a great Tutorial to share. 