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Quilting Quotes

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The following quotes were shared at the last Stashing Sister’s Quilt Retreat in 2025. Be inspired and share a smile!

Bulletin Board of Quotes for Quilters
Bulletin Board of Quotes for Quilters

“Quilters . . . Cut with hope. Stitch with grace. Quilt with dreams. Bind with laughter. Share with love.”

The Work of Creation – “The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before . . . creation brings deep satisfaction and fulfillment. . . remember that you are spirit daughters of the most creative Being in the universe.” Dieter F. Uchtdorf

In My Sewing Room thou shalt not . . .

  • ask when it will be finished
  • cut anything with my fabric scissors
  • request that I hem your pantes
  • speak to me when I have a seam ripper in hand
  • tell me I have too much fabric
  • push buttons on my sewing machine
  • bring me your clothes to iron
  • pull on any loose threads
  • wonder aloud why I’m still in my pajamas
  • come looking for food – this is not the kitchen

“Everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Viktor E. Frankl

“Things that matter the most, last the longest” Sister Ballard

“I was the smartest woman in the room. Then again, it was my craft room, and I was the only one in there.” http://www.AnniesCraftStore.com

LIFE IS LIKE A PUZZLE . . . but without the box: It’s ok to ask for help. Sometimes you have to try new things. If something doesn’t fit, don’t force it. Every piece is special and has it’s place. Sometimes you need to take a step back to see things more clear. Be patient. It takes time for all the pieces to come together. THE END RESULT IS A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART.

“The heavens are just as open to women who are endowed with God’s power flowing from their priesthood covenants as they are to men who bear the priesthood. I pray that truth will register upon each of your hearts because I believe it will change your life. Sisters, you have the right to draw liberally upon the Savior’s power to help your family and others you love.” Russell M. Nelson

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterieor motives:  Be kind anyway.
If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight: Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous of you: Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow: Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give you best anyway.
Mother Teresa

“Kindness is the Essence of Celestial Life”

“Like a guiding star in a clear dark sky, Jesus Christ lights the way. He brings peace in the storms of life . . . He is the anchor of our souls . . . ‘Look unto me in every thought, doubt not, fear not’. ” Elder Anderson

COMING SOON – QUILT RETREAT 2025

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Take the multiple choice quiz below to better understand the ‘whys’ and ‘whats’ of this quilt retreat. Answers at the bottom.

1. What do you do at a Stashing Sisters Quilt Retreat?

  • A. Sew
  • B. Eat
  • C. Engage in Meaningful Discussions
  • D. All of the Above

2. What kind of projects appear at a Stashing Sisters Quilt Retreat?

  • A. Baby Quilts
  • B. Any Size Quilt
  • C. UFO’s (UnFinished Objects)
  • D. All of the Above

3. Choose an Answer That Best Describes a Stashing Sister.

  • A. Kind and Caring
  • B. Loves Fabric
  • C. Disciple of Jesus
  • D. Strong!
  • E. Everything Above.
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Answers. 1. D, 2. D, 3. E (Not too hard to figure out, eh?)

Clamshells & Perspectives

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Stasher Helen made this beautiful fabric creation from a Missouri Star Quilt Company pattern called Easy Clam Shells. She used a line of fabrics called The Original Morris and Co. by William Morris for Free Spirit Fabrics. 

QUILT RETREAT UPLIFTS & PONDERINGS

At the last STASHING SISTERS Quilt Retreat, Helen also shared some thoughts about how we look at life and those around us.

Perspective is one things that colors how we see things. Perhaps we need to allow for the idea of a different perspective to give us greater understanding and clarity.

Helen told the following story to illustrate how perspective can expand our views.

Conversation in the Womb – A Parable of Life After Delivery

In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?”The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.”
“Nonsense” said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be?”

The second said, “I don’t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can’t understand now.”

The first replied, “That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need. But the umbilical cord is so short. Life after delivery is to be logically excluded.”

The second insisted, “Well I think there is something and maybe it’s different than it is here. Maybe we won’t need this physical cord anymore.”

The first replied, “Nonsense. And moreover if there is life, then why has no one has ever come back from there? Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery there is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes us nowhere.”

“Well, I don’t know,” said the second, “but certainly we will meet Mother and she will take care of us.”

The first replied “Mother? You actually believe in Mother? That’s laughable. If Mother exists then where is She now?”

The second said, “She is all around us. We are surrounded by her. We are of Her. It is in Her that we live. Without Her this world would not and could not exist.”

Said the first: “Well I don’t see Her, so it is only logical that She doesn’t exist.”

To which the second replied, “Sometimes, when you’re in silence and you focus and you really listen, you can perceive Her presence, and you can hear Her loving voice, calling down from above.”

– a parable from Your Sacred Self by Dr. Wayne Dyer

2020 Retreat – Like No Other

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Stashing Sisters Quilt Display 2020 Retreat

Stashing Sisters Display of Finished Quilts at the 2020 Retreat

It was a quilting retreat not to be forgotten.  The setting up of tables, ironing boards, and machines had been well rehearsed from past retreats and all went smoothly.  A few stashers came early, others came later in the midnight hours but they came.

Then there was Read the rest of this entry

Time to Make

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There are some things that take time to make.  Take for instance the making of bread.  The ingredients are quickly mixed together but it takes time for the yeast to grow and develop  the little dough rising air pockets.  Some breads call for a ‘resting’ time too.Pan of Rolls

Quilting can be a lot like bread making. Read the rest of this entry