Our own Tonye Belinda Phillips made the

Our own Tonye Belinda Phillips made the Quilt Show! Big time for Central Oregon!! http://ow.ly/4nXjT

Wow, Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims posted

Wow, Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims posted our Wendy’s Wish Project on their blog. How cool is that?! http://ow.ly/4jHC8

Here’s a link that give more informatio

Here’s a link that give more information about the raffle quilt artist and how to purchase tickets – http://ow.ly/47m6G

Tickets for this year’s Quilt Show raff

Tickets for this year’s Quilt Show raffle quilt are available on the Stitchin’ Post’s website http://ow.ly/47lKF. It’s spectacular!

Check out this very cool Sisters Country

Check out this very cool Sisters Country video. The Quilt Show and the Stitichin’ Post are both featured – http://vimeo.com/19816132

Wish Upon a Card

Hi from Ann!  Tonye Belinda Phillips and I had a blast teaching a fabric postcard workshop at Piece by Piece fabrics in Eugene last weekend.  Hopefully some of the students were inspired enough to make more cards and even donate one or two to the Wish Project.   

2011 Quilt Block Contest fabric selected!

Hello from Susan, the 2011 Quilt Block Contest coordinator.  I have been working for the Quilt Show for 5 years now, mainly in the show office, and I asked to be in the charge of the “QBC” this year as well.   In 2010, our fabrics for the QBC were black and white, with one additional color.    We had the most entries ever!  We know our selections for 2011 will have to be equally inspiring, and unlike anything we’ve done before.

By the way, all the fabrics for this contest are donated by Westminster Fibers, one of our sponsors, which is absolutely fabulous of them.   They have so much fabric to choose from!   We  have to select the fabrics in November so that images of them can be put in the Quilters Affair flier that comes out at the end of December.

So, last week Ann and I went to the Stitchin’ Post quilt shop in Sisters to select the six fabrics for this contest.  We finally settled on a great print to be our main theme fabric, and then needed to select some accent colors.     The shop had quite a few good options from Westminster on hand, and we had also had several sample cards that have lots of swatches.   I felt like a kid in a candy store, and wanted it all!  Fortunately, Jean Wells herself was available to help us with the selections.  She has such a good eye for color and texture, and she knew right away what was needed:  a stripe, three tone-on-tone solids with great textures, and another large print.    Here I am with Jean looking at all the choices.

Soon we’ll have images of the fabrics to post on the show website and our Facebook page, but here’s a taste of what we chose for our theme fabric:  Round-A-Bout in red, by Kaffe Fassett for Liberty Art Fabrics (Mayfair collection).  You can just see it under my right hand.  It has loads of colors in it, and lots of flowers, paisley shapes and circles.  We all love it.   We can’t wait to show you all the coordinating fabrics too, and hope to get lots and lots of entries for the 2011 Quilt Block Contest!

 

35th Anniversary Documentary

Just back from a VERY refreshing, calm-before-the-storm, rafting trip on the Rogue River here in Oregon.  Its my annual tradition to clear my mind before the build up to the show.  Right before I left I saw the final edit of our 35th anniversary documentary – Stitching Together – 35 Years of Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.  Sounds like a cliche, but its TRUE – I laughed and I cried and I had to suffer through watching myself on screen.  But its wonderful – it truly captures the spirit of the event and the people involved.  We won’t actually have the DVD’s in hand until July 7th but you can pre-order from the Stitchin’ Post.  Call 541-549-6061 or keep an eye on their website for ordering information.  The film is 45 minutes long and costs $15.00. 

If you’d rather see it on the BIG screen – Sisters Movie House will be showing it on Friday, July 9th at noon, 1:15, 2:30 and 3:45.  You can buy tickets in advance by calling 541-549-8833.  Tickets are only $6.50 ($6.00 for seniors) and the theater isn’t huge, so I’d recommend getting your tickets early.

Maybe the BEST part of all about the DVD is the corgis are in it.  They’re relaxed and refreshed from their river trip too.  Here they are in all their cute-ness on the ‘bow’ of my cat boat. 

Now its All Quilt Show All the Time.  Looking forward to re-connecting with everyone – see you soon!

Birthday Gala Fundraiser & More!

Thanks to Joyce & Tammy (Board Member and Events Director extraordinaire), the Birthday Gala Fundraiser is coming together.  We’ve changed the venue to Village Green Park, corner of Elm & Washington.  We want to be able to serve Three Creeks Brewing’s special “Golden Stitches” Ale and wine as well.  We could not offer alcohol at the original location, so to the park we go.  And – the park will have way more room, nice grass, great setting.  Promises to be a great evening.

Sisters Folk Festival is arranging music for us.  If you’ve never heard their musicians – students and alumni of the Americana Project – you’re in for a treat.  The Folk Festival in September is outstanding and we’re very lucky to be able to work so closely with a great sister event.

Best of all might be the artwork we have for auction.  We’ve had great response from our former “poster artists” with donations from Kathy Deggendorfer, Jean Wells, John Simpkins, Paul Alan Bennett and Dan Rickards.  Here’s a few pics of some of the pieces for auction.

OK – here’s a fun thing!  We have a new bike shop in Sisters - Blazin Saddles –  and they’ve helped us out with the purchase price on this cool “Patchwork Cruiser” so we can raffle it off!  Its so much fun to ride.  Comfy seat and the tires are BROWN to match the patchwork paint job.  Can’t you just see yourself cruisin’ on down to your local fabric store on this baby?  Raffle tix are for sale here .  We’ll draw the winner on Quilt Show day at 4 pm and you don’t even have to be here.  We’ll ship the bike if the winner is from out of town.  Proceeds from this raffle will help us with the expenses of our FREE show!

Today is our last day to accept entries for the show, and we’re within about 30 quilts of filling the show to the brim.  We’ll keep on taking not-for-sale entries through this week.  We’ll do the final confirmations after that.  Photos of the “for sale” entries are now on the website.  If you’d like your sale entry photo posted, you’ll find the instructions for sending it to us on the Quilt Entry page.

I previewed our 35th Anniversary documentary this afternoon with Jean and it may sound corny, but we laughed and we cried!  Its great and we can’t wait to share it with you.   The corgis are getting restless – need to get them out for a romp.  They’re going to be in the Rodeo Parade – ye haw!  All cowboy’d up and pullin’ their wagon.

We’d like your input!

Help us with the future of our show!  Our board will be retreating shortly after the show to work on a five-year plan for the events.  In preparation for that, we’re asking people to complete a short survey to gather input from the most important people – YOU!  Please take a few minutes and fill out our survey.  Thanks!