The Power of Creative Women

I was curious what would happen if I had many of my favorite quilters in one room.

I was in a creative spin as everyone set up and began making, designing and grabbing scraps... 

So much so, I had a hard time focusing on what I wanted to do.  

I had no clue what would inspire me when the moment came...

I kept hearing things like, "Picking fabrics I don't usually use, finding muddy prints, 

finding brights I don't usually have..."

Phrases like that bouncing around the room,

I had to listen inside myself to hear what I wanted to do...

I found some Bazooka bubble gum colored PINK, a color I hardly ever use.  

It was so sugary sweet, I thought, I had to give it a whirl...  

That is what started me on my mission....

Then we had show and tell, and I saw Karen's quilt with her million pieces in it... 

and thought, well, maybe I could do something more complicated.... 

That would be fun...

I kept being drawn to LeeAnn's BLACKS in her eyelash quilt, so I pulled a few of those...

Jackie brought me a bunch of fabrics I purchased, 

and well, you know how fun is it to cut into brand new fabric!  

So in went the blue fish scales...

And then Cheddar... Andrea had her rose quilt and her star blocks 

with that gorgeous color...

Who doesn't love Cheddar!  I had to throw in some of that for good measure....

Helen, had some bright strings, Bonnie was using up all sorts of colors, 

Kim was trying a little bit of everything...

Jessica had her square block with  BRIGHTS....

I think you can see in my quilt that EVERYONE OF THESE LADIES contributed

to my inspiration in this quilt project I started...  

That is the POWER OF CREATIVE SUPPORTIVE WOMEN.

I highly suggest you put together  a retreat of you own of people who inspire you, 

and embrace the power of friendship and female bonding... 

Be inclusive, learn from each other, support each other, grow from each other... 

I don't mean to leave the men quilters out. I am just as inspired by them as well,maybe even more.

But for the sake of busy women, who don't take time to connect, this is a post for them.

I'd love to do a MEN's quilt retreat too... 

I'd like to see how that creative energy works side by side...

(how many of you are out there?? I can name a good handful, comment please... ;-)

hmmm..something else to think about!

I have embraced the idea of letting nearly all my scraps go and cutting up my new stash to make NEW scraps...  I selected out of the final 6 bins of fabric, down to ONE BIN, 

If you want one of the 4 boxes I am giving away please go leave a 
comment over at the 15 minutes play site...not here..

 I am now finishing using my acu quilt, go cutter to cutup all that remains...

Time for SPRING, spring cleaning and a fresh start...

Thank you ladies for inspiring me.... 

Not just my retreat pals, but all of you...

Here's to CREATIVE WOMEN! 

HURRAH!