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Mountain Meadow Quilters - July 2015

July 2015

Our Mission

Mountain Meadow Quilters shall

promote the art of quilt making

through education and charitable

giving. All levels of skill and ability

shal l be encouraged and

supported.

PO Box 3254

Sunriver, Oregon 97707

mtnmeadowquilters.org

Calendar Check

June 23 Pam Morris-Stendal July 14 Mary Klein July 22 Bazaar sit and sew July 28 Long arm quilter panel July 30 *Quilt intake July 31 *Quilt intake August 1 *Sunriver Quilt Show

(Further details in newsletter)

All meetings and classes are held at the SHARC in Sunriver, unless otherwise noted. *The Village at Sunriver

Thoughts from the President… Well, summer has arrived! And we all are a lot busier in our lives these days for sure! I want to encourage all of you to slow down and truly enjoy our environment. As our guest speaker Melody Randol (who lives in Colorado) stated at our Program this month, “She just loves our trees!” I agree that we all are very blessed to live in such a beautiful place!!! Melody looks into the environment to see what it is that she wants to capture in her Quilt Project. Her eyes are on color, texture, proximity and contrast. She is looking at the grandeur of the whole image. Melody feels the mood and light. She encouraged the full room of Quilters to “Give yourselves permission to Play!” Play with your fabrics. Also play with your computer programs to help you create a new Quilting Piece. As Melody stated, “pick out what you like about your photograph.” “Decide what it is that you want to have stand out in your quilting piece.” It is amazing that Melody has no Art Background. (I verified this statement with her.) All I can say is WOW!!!! I do hope Melody encouraged you as Quilters to try something new. I have heard how wonderful her two day workshop at B.J’s was for those who attended. I am excited to see the workshop members bring their new projects to show soon at Guild! Now, back to Ms. Lillian’s story of our Mountain Meadows Quilters Guild History. The story and photo of the 1992 Heart and Home quilt will appear in the August newsletter and conclude Lillian’s history of the guild. So Create and Reflect, Quilters. Marleen

Sunriver Guild History (continued) By Lillian Arnold

1986 Dresden Plate This was another “donated” quilt. Polly Kahle gave the Women’s Club enough Dresden Plate blocks to make a queen/king-sized quilt. Polly and Doug are Jinny Beyers’ parents. For quilters that is enough said. Jinny is now an internationally recognized quilting authority with books, videos and excellent classes to her credit (not to mention her line of fabric). (continued on page 5)


MASTER QUILTERS

Lillian Arnold, Sharann Bean, Mary

Buxton, Pauly Edwards, Bev King,

Crys Kyle, Gladys Mulrein, Bevalee

Runner, Carol Webb, Wendy Hill,

Sue McMahan, Judy A. Johnson,

Joan Metzger, Kathy Shaker,

Valerie Weber, Sarah Kaufman,

Tammy MacArthur , L inda

Saukkonen and Barb Lowery.

PROGRAM MEETING

July 14

10:00 am Our very own Mary Klein is presenting our July

program. She will, among other things, be talking to

us about hexagon quilts and showing us some of the

quilts she has made using hexagons. Mary has

experimented with incorporating both small and large

hexagons in her quilts. She will be showing us many

examples of the pattern variations when using

hexagons in quilts. Mary took a knitting class many

years ago, before she started quilting, from Kaffe

Fawcett who has continued to influence her quilting

and her use of color. His advice to her was “don’t

overthink” when quilting. Mary joined the MMQG in

1998, with limited quilting experience. She took her

first class from Crys Kyle from whom she learned

about quilting and quilting techniques. She has taken

a few classes from Jean Wells but has primarily done

her own thing. She belongs to the Meadow Muffins

group which is an offshoot from our guild and quilts

with a Sit ‘n Sew group, also a small group of guild

members who have been meeting regularly for a

number of years.

Mary has asked that guild members who have

hexagon quilts to bring them in for a show and tell to

get our group excited about making a hexagon quilt

for our Sisters Quilt Challenge. The quilts have a

very early deadline so we are needing to get started

now.

SNACK HOSTESSES

June 23 Karen Padrick

Ona Glassford

Janet Hollister

July 14 Marcia Schonlau

Susan Ericksen-Anderson

Karen Royal

July 28 Dolores Petty

LaWanda Richardson

Mary Klein

EDUCATION MEETINGS

2nd Meeting (4th Tuesday)

10:00 am

June 23 Pam Morris-Stendal will be doing a Log Jam

class

July 28 A panel of long arm quilters will be presenting.

TREASURER’S REPORT MAY 2015

Beginning balance $6705.16

Income 643.00

Expenses 1221.96

Ending Checking Balance $6126.20

Total in savings $4380.61

Retreat 2868.71

Judy Hopkins 1511.90

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE For August 2015 newsletter is:

Tuesday, July 21

Please send newsletter articles to Karen Padrick,

Newsletter Director at [email protected].

APPLIQUÉ GROUP

The appliqué group will not be

meeting in July. Regular meetings

will resume in August.


JULY BIRTHDAYS

Jo Jo Powell 7/4

Doris Yillik 7/7

Mary Thorsted 7/7

Jan Tetzlaff 7/11

Kathy Verboncoeur 7/12

Carol Croak 7/13

Jan Beeson 7/14

Martha Deuchler 7/17

Dolores Petty 7/22

Alice Hanson 7/28

REMINDER: On your birthday month, please bring 12

rolls of toilet paper to the SHARC for Care and

Share. Ona Glassford will make sure the toilet paper

gets to HTCC. Thank you and Happy Birthday!

2015 Board Members and Committee Chairs

Officers and Directors

President...……..……………...….…………......Marleen Fugate Vice President……….........…………...…LaWanda Richardson Programs.…….............Betty Vincent/JoJo Powell/Jan Tetzlaff Education ……….……………..........Linda Heiney/Ruth Kinane Secretary ...................................................................Bev King Treasurer ..............................................................Barb Lowery Membership………................................................Sally Wilson Newsletter………................................................Karen Padrick Service Projects…….……….....Sue Schimke/Sandy Mahnken Immediate Past President….....................................Pat Jones Committee Chairs

Holiday Party…........................Patty Gates/Tammy MacArthur Hospitality........................................Beryl Wilcox/Diana Gonce Greeter...................................Cynthia Gore/Connie Cleveland Secret Sisters................................Marcia Schonlau/Kay Case Communications (via email)….......................Louise Yoshihara Webmistress..................................................Louise Yoshihara Drawings…………………...….Dorothy Spain/Patty Morehouse Newsletter Assistant……...………………............Joan Santoro Sister's Quilt Show.. …..................Julia Jeans / Sharon Travis Sunriver Quilt Show..Barb Lowery/Jan Tetzlaff/Jerry Lindstrom Bazaar (workshops).................Carolyn Schade/Denise Meese Bazaar committee…….…………..….Kay Case /Dorothy Spain Volunteer coordinator……………….…………...…..Patty Gates Historian..........................................Jan Beeson /Janie Bowers 2017 Retreat Chair….....................................Linda Saukkonen Technique of the Month………..….…….……..Judy A. Johnson Block of the Month…………………..….…...Sandra Schmidgall

LUCKY DRAWING RECIPIENTS! - 6/9/15

Quilt Shop / Sewing Machine Shop Donations:

- BJ’s Quilt Basket Winner: Joan Santoro

- Cynthia’s Sewing Center Winner: Patty Morehouse

- High Mountain Quilts Winner: Bevalee Runner

- Homestead Quilts Winner: Diana Gonce

- Material Girl Fabrics Winner: Sarah Kaufman

- Morrows Sewing Winner: Louise Yoshihara

- Quilting Lab Winner: Sue Schimke

- QuiltWorks Winner: Carole Elsbree

- Sew Many Quilts Winner: Michele Mullenberg

- Stitchin’ Post Winner: Linda Ehrich

- Thread Dancing Winner: Linda Heiney

- Wild n Woolley Winner: Karen Padrick

Monthly Book Drawing:

- Book #1 Winner: Diana Gonce

- Book #2 Winner: Jan Beeson THANK YOU JOAN

I just want to thank Joan Santoro for stepping in

and publishing the June newsletter. Without her as-

sistance, the newsletter would have had a lot of

blank spaces! Thanks! Karen

A big thank you to the quilt shops, sewing machine shops

& long arm quilters for their donations.

We have a new donor this month, member Keith

Griepentrog of Quilting Lab.


Bazaar Class July 22—SHARC, 10:15—4

Sit and Sew—finishing up projects

Sunriver Quilt Show Coming Up Soon

The 27th annual quilt show will be here before we

know it. Plans are coming together.

I hope every member of our guild will plan to show

one or more quilts.

Carole Elsbree and Ruth Kinane are asking for

sponsor quilts. They will be hung in businesses in

Sunriver and the Business Park. They will be hung

for the month of July.

There will be special exhibits (they are quilts that

have been made by our guild members at workshops

or small group challenges).

Patty Gates will be at the meetings. She is still

looking for volunteers to help.

We will be accepting credit cards for sales this year.

If you have an iPad or cell phone and are willing to

help for a few hours, please let Barb Lowery know

([email protected])

As a guild member, you can sell your quilts at our

show. You determine the price.

Bazaar Needs

The bazaar committee needs the following items for

our quilt show in August.

Grocery bags, laundry drying racks, ladders with 4-6

rungs, lite-weight rectangular folding tables.

Items should be brought to quilt

intake. Questions: Kay Case 541-330-9587 or

[email protected]

Volunteers

Volunteers still needed for the Sunriver Quilt

Show. As Hostesses and working at the Bazaar for 2

to 2-1/2 hour shifts.

Call Patty Gates 541-382-4828 or email at

[email protected]

Quilt Intake and Return The intake committee will be accepting quilts before

and after the MMQ education meeting on July 28th

at SHARC. Mary Klein, Michelle McMicken, and

Michele Mullenberg are on the committee.

Take in of quilts will be July 30th and 31st from 12-4

in the Sunriver Mall in Building 13, the same location

as last year.

You can get the forms from committee members at

the next meetings or from an email that Louise has

sent out. The form is available on our website

(www.mtnmeadowquilters.org). It is helpful if you

bring the form all filled out.

All quilts submitted must have a label.

When you bring in your quilts, someone will assist you

and write up a receipt for you. You will get a copy and

you must bring in the receipt to pick up your quilts.

Pick-up will begin when all the quilts are back in the

quilt show office and they have been sorted. It

starts around 4:30-5 pm.

People who have purchased quilts will be allowed to

pick those up first. Please be considerate of our

guests. Bazaar Workshops Thank You

There is a wonderful selection of items to be

purchased at the bazaar this year.

Our special thanks go to Sew Many Quilts and

Homestead Quilts for hosting some of our

workshops. Thank you!

Also, thank you to all the teachers, mentors, and

attendees. We appreciate all those that took home

projects to finish up.

The proceeds of the bazaar go to the general fund

and the retreat fund. The monies we make really

help to fund our programs and service projects.

Betty, JoJo, and Jan have worked very hard to

provide us with quality and gifted presenters. Don't

you agree that we have had wonderful programs this

year?

Linda Saukkonen and the retreat committee have

started working on the retreat for 2017.

Please continue to bring your finished products to

the meetings.

We will also be selling used magazines, books, and

patterns. You can bring those to the intake events.

ALL THINGS - SUNRIVER QUILT SHOW

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.mtnmeadowquilters.org


BINDINGS

Do you dislike finishing your quilts bindings? Then, I'm here for you! Machine plus hand finishing or

just hand finishing. Also, labels. Have trouble getting square corners, I'm happy to share my

technique. Call me for more information: Sally Wilson 541-536-2635

CHILDREN’S VISION FOUNDATION On Thursday, July 9, the Central Oregon based nonprofit organization, Children’s Vision Foundation, will have a fabric

designer benefit event. This event focuses on the vintage fabric designed by Harwood Steiger and includes a lecture by

Harwood Steiger expert Cynthia deVillamarette, trunk show, fashion show, raffle and refreshments.

It will be held at the Bend Senior Center at 7 pm, seating is limited. Admission is $5.

Come hear about Harwood Steiger’s life, view his fabrics, and show support for the Deschutes County volunteer group

that give free vision checks to children in the public schools.

Tickets can be purchased from QuiltWorks on Greenwood at their First Friday event, by calling the Children’s Vision

Foundation at 541-330-3907, or by calling Ruth Ruder at 541-728-0843. This will be fun! Call Ruth Ruder if you have

questions.

SUNRIVER GUILD HISTORY (continued from page 1)

By Lillian Arnold

In the 70s, she brought her family for visits and offered classes. The first was a whole week and when one

says to other quilters that she had a week of lessons from Jinny Beyers, one’s status as a quilter rises—

deservedly or not—several points.

The Dresden Plate quilt was raffled in November 1986 during the Card-a-Rama. We added just over $2000

to the Women’s Club charitable fund.

1988 20th Anniversary Quilt (This is the quilt that was stolen.)

This was a “picture quilt” planned to mark the 20th year of Sunriver. Resident artists designed blocks

(pictures) of activities one finds in Sunriver. The Quilters interpreted these pictures in fabric, embroidery,

knitting, etc. Between the pictures are quilted the different birds and animals seen in Sunriver. As the quilt

grew, we discovered that we couldn’t bear to have it leave Sunriver. With the help of Peter Philips and the

sale of 20th anniversary posters we framed it and it is hanging in the Great Hall Annex for all to see.

1989 For the Theater of the Cascades—16 blocks

The Theater of the Cascades chose the musical, Quilters, for their Spring production. We offered to do the

quilting and piecing necessary for the production. What we did not realize was that this play required the

equivalent of 2 quilts!!! Fortunately, quilters from Bend, Sisters, Redmond, Prineville and Madras also wanted

to be involved. The Sunriver Quilters did the sixteen 24-inch squares used as properties during the play.

The rest of the Central Oregon quilters made the Legacy quilt. Once can see it at the Sister’s quilt show and

other events around the state. It is well worth looking for.

1989 Christmas Ornaments

At the request of the High Desert Museum, we made pieced ornaments for their Christmas tree to be shown

with their quilting display. We turned in 35. They made a fine showing on the tree in the room with the an-

tique quilts.

1990 Sunriver Sampler

This quilt was inspired by Georgia Bonesteel’s “Shirley Sampler” in her book More Lap Quilting. Our version

has 44 different 12-inch blocks in two rows on this quilt. It has taken a bit over one year to finish. The quilt

is king-sized and will go to the floor on a queen-sized bed. It is completely hand-pieced and quilted and valued

at $1200.


MINUTES

Business Meeting

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

President Marleen Fugate called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone. Introduction of visitors: Connie Cleveland welcomed visitors and 1 new member. Bazaar Workshops: There will be a workshop in La Pine on June 16 and at the SHARC on June 17. On July 22 there will be a SIT AND SEW to finish up bazaar projects at the SHARC at 10:15 Hospitality Thank Yous: Diana Gonce thanked the three people bringing today's treats. Thinking of Yous: Barbara Lowery will be having neck surgery around the 20th of June. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. Approval of May Minutes: Marleen asked if there were corrections or additions: None were given, so approved as read. Announcements: 1. Susan Martin showed the Mt. Bachelor raffle quilt for this year. She had tickets to sell and told us that their quilt show is August 15 at Pioneer Park in Bend. 2. Ruth Ruder from the Children's Vision Foundation invited us to join them for a fundraiser, July 9, 7 pm at the Bend Senior Center. 3. Marleen read thank you notes from Lillian Arnold and Connie Campbell. 4. Linda Heiney reminded the group of our 4th meeting class June 23 : log jam, by Pam Morris Stendal. Please contact her if you want more information. Program: JoJo Powell introduced our speaker, Melody Randol. Melody lives in Colorado and creates landscape art quilts. She uses many techniques: camera, computer, scanner, printer, and sewing machine. She uses dye, paint, discharge print, stitching, the chip method (adding many small pieces of fabric) and embellishments to create these beautiful quilts. She asked us what we want to capture in natural world: light, texture, contrast, grandeur of the scene or something else. Using our photos, we can take the part we would like to portray in our quilt. Using many different methods of editing, we plan our quilt. In her two-day class she will share her techniques with the students in our guild. We look forward to seeing some beautiful quilts in the future! Marleen thanked guests and speaker and announced a 15 minute break. Officer and Committee Reports: Treasurer: Karen Padrick read the report in the absence of Barb Lowery. Report approved as read. Membership, Communications, Christmas Party, Retreat: No reports Programs and Education: JoJo Powell and Linda Heiney - Please check newsletter for upcoming speakers and classes. Quilt Show and Bazaar: Jerry Lindstrom brought us up- to- date on needed items for MMQ quilt show and volunteers needed. Information about the needs and committees will be listed in the newsletter. Please call those in charge to volunteer or for questions. Bazaar Items: Please turn in at meeting or give to Marleen Fugate or Dorothy Spain. Service Projects: Sue Schimke asked us to turn in any finished service projects in to Sandy Mahnken. If you take kits, please sign your name when taking and returning. If you need a top quilted for service projects, please talk to Sue. Newsletter: Karen Padrick - deadline for next newsletter is June 16. SOQS: Julia Jeans shared that we are set for our exhibit of 18 Modern quilts and she is hoping to have room for more. If you have one in this exhibit and do not want it to go to any other shows, please let her know if your haven't already. Applique: Applique group meets at Karen Padrick's home this month. Block of the Month: Sandra Schmidgall and 4 other members showed their blocks from May. Technique of the Month: Judy Johnson will continue with Modern Blocks and quilting the modern block quilts. Also, we will look at hexagon blocks - please bring any techniques or quilts using hexagon blocks to the 2nd meeting in June. Secret Sisters: Please check and see if your secret sister has picked up their gift and if not, please take it home with you and bring to next meeting. New Business: Marleen shared the following: MMQ has been asked to participate in the Second Membership Benefit Showcase at the SHARC on July 1st. The Benefit Showcase is a home show with contractors, local clubs, organizations and Non Profits sharing what is available here in Sunriver. MMQ will have a table with guild information and some quilts on display. There will be 3 quilters from our group at the booth. Show and Tell: There were 10 members sharing their quilts with us today. Meeting adjourned at 12:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bev King, Secretary


Homestead Quilts:

Hi everyone. Summer is finally here and it’s time to think about all

the special times coming up. Sisters Quilt show is right around the

corner along with La Pine's Frontier days. We will be having a quilt

show this year so we hope to see you at lots of the events. Along

with that, Christmas is right around the corner. We have all our

holiday fabric out so come see. Remember, first cut of the day is

20% off and you get to choose the fabric. We are glad to give you

20% off on guild Tuesday so come for a visit. Our machine quilting

schedule is busy but we still have room for you if you are ready to

quilt yourself or want us to do it for you. Enjoy the sunshine and

come for a visit or better yet we are just a phone call away.

Best Cathy and Staff

Sew Many Quilts & Bernina Center:

Excitement is in the air as quilters in Central Oregon and around the

country prepare for the 40th Annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show on

July 11th. Sew Many Quilts is no exception. Many new samples have

been created and displayed with kits ready for you to take home.

The store has been transformed as we make room for hundreds of

bolts of new fabric, patterns, precuts, and so much more. It’s a busy

and fun time for all of us.

We want to encourage you to stop by the shop and get first choice

before our many quilting friends from all over arrive. We will have

extended hours during the week leading up to SOQS. You can also

find all of our new merchandise in our online store at

www.sewmanyquiltsinbend.com. You’re invited to attend our Open

House on Monday, July 6th from 6 to 8 in the evening with discounts

and prizes for you!

Have you taken our new Bernina Q24 longarm for a test drive yet?

Try it, you’ll say it’s awesome.

We look forward to seeing you during quilt week.

Sharon, Gail & our Terrific Staff

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A Word from Our Sponsors! With donations, classroom space, and special activities, the local shops have supported our guild. We greatly appreciate

their support and through a monthly news column we want to promote their businesses. Please start reading below and

the following pages to find the latest shop news:


BJ’s Quilt Basket:

Sure hope you are having a great summer!! As summer begins we are here getting ready for Festival!! The

store is stocked full as I’ve ever seen it, and we have lots of great new Christmas lines here, along with a

great collection of cute Halloween, and some Fall!! Please check our Festival schedule for some great classes,

Doug Leko is back from Minnesota and his classes begin on June 30th, then Annie from By Annie will teach us

some great techniques in making bags that people will wonder where you ‘bought’ them!! Linda Ballard the

queen of mysteries still has a few spaces open for a mystery class if you’ve never given that a try! We also

have Peggy Gelbrich, Donna Cherry, and Bevalee Runner all back with some great classes as well – or at least

join us on Tuesday, July 7th at 5pm for our $10.00 trunk show put on by Wilmington Prints – you will get your

$10.00 back in merchandise credit to use that evening, and lots of great door prizes will be on hand!!! Please

help support your local quilt shop and join us for a class or two, we promise you will have fun while learning

new techniques!! Please see our website www.bjsquiltbasket.com for more class options!!

Don’t forget that the Row by Row shop hop will begin June 21st – come by to see our row! See

www.rowbyrowexperience.com for further details!

See you at BJ’s – It’s the quilting place to be!! Vicki & The Inspiration Team


QuiltWorks: July Shop News

QuiltWorks Gallery The July Gallery features Leotie Richards from Sisters as our Featured Quilter. Leotie has incorporated beautiful artwork in her quilting with story-telling. Our theme exhibit for July is Circles and they are sure to be inspiring. July Gallery First Friday - Our July First Friday will be July 3rd from 5 to 7 PM. Appetizers and refreshments by Mary Ann and door prizes by Marilyn. Join us for a fun evening of food, fun, prizes and a sale! The Row by Row Experience starts June 21 and goes through September 8. Row by Row is a nationwide shop hop. Registered quilt shops are giving away directions to anyone that requests them for a “water” themed row that finishes at 35” x 6”-9”. Participants must visit the quilt shop to receive the pattern, no patterns will be mailed out. Most shops will also be selling kits of their rows. Additionally many shops have also had “official” license plates made for their state and their shop and they are available for sale. The Row by Row Experience is sure to be a popular way for you to visit a lot of quilt shops, make a “row” quilt. Each shop is also giving away a packet of 25 fat quarters to the first person that returns to their shop with a finished Row by Row quilt. A finished quilt will have at least 8 rows, be quilted, bound and have a label to qualify for a prize. August Gallery - Ruth Ingham will be our Featured Quilter for August. Ruth is a well known quilt expert from Black Butte Ranch. Her exhibit will draw quilters from all over Oregon. August Group Exhibit - The Quilter’s Sew-ciety of Redding, California will share their quilts of the California State Parks. Two years ago we exhibited their “Sacramento River” quilts and this exhibit will also be an incredible work of art. Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show - The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show will be Saturday, July 11 in Sisters. There is a week of classes, lectures, and many other quilt-related events. QuiltWorks is proud to be a sponsor for the 6th year. Monthly Get-Togethers open to all: Woolie Mammoths - 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, Noon to 4PM Central Oregon Modern Quilt Guild - 1st Tuesdays from 5 - 8PM Thanks for being great customers!

Marilyn and everyone from QuiltWorks

Material Girl Fabrics:

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(541) 923-1600

New fabrics coming in all the time. Visit our

website www.material-girl-fabrics.com or on

Facebook to see images of the fabric.

—Leslie and Alex

High Mountain Fabrics:

It’s sale time at High Mountain Fabrics! Come in now and find fabric for 20—30—40—50% off!

There are even batiks for 40% off. New holiday, Timeless Treasure and other fabrics are coming.

Donna

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Thousands of bolts of quality quilting cottons

Quality Apparel Fabrics including, but not limited to wools, silks &

knits

Classes for quilting and apparel

Books—Patterns—Notions


Thread Dancing by Julia Jeans:

Long Arm Quilting Services AND Long Arm Machine Rentals…

I am a free-motion long arm quilter that quilts all styles of quilts (all over, custom, appliqué and art). I’ve been long arm quilting for 3 years and have successfully quilted hundreds of quilts for customers and myself. In addi-tion, this fall I started teaching long arm quilting.

Have you ever wanted to quilt your quilt top and wished you had a long arm to use? Or have you ever wondered if you should buy a long arm sewing machine but wished you could use one for a while to see if it’s something you’ll stick with? Well here is your chance.

The first step is to take the ‘Introduction to Long Arm Quilting Class’ held at Thread Dancing in Bend. After you have completed the introductory class, you may rent the Gammill machine at $18 an hour. There are only two students per class so sign up with a friend today.

For more information on quilting services, class sign ups and machine rentals call or email Julia Jeans @ (541) 728 -1286 / [email protected].

The Stitchin’ Post: Happy Summer!

All of our Sisters Quilt Show memorabilia will be here by the first week of July, so now’s the time to get your

t-shirts, posters, 40th Anniversary pins, and other Quilt Show goodies, before the crowds arrive and we sell

out. Don’t forget to check out the new SOQS 40th Anniversary Memory Book, with photos from 40 years of

the Sisters Quilt Show!

Our “Folding Fairies” have been hard at work, and we have literally hundreds of charm packs, jelly rolls, batik

strip rolls, fat quarter bundles, and loads of new quilt kits on the shelves, just in time for the show. We finally

received Tom Browning’s “Santa Claus” line from Maywood Studios, “Santa’s On His Way” from Clothworks,

and several other great Christmas lines. We also have several Halloween lines, including “Chillingsworth” from

Andover and Cotton + Steel’s “Spellbound.” We have some fun novelty lines as well—“Cycle of Life” bicycle

fabrics from Maywood Studios, and “Snips,” sewing themed prints from Windham Fabrics.

Upcoming Workshops for August & September:

Rosalie Dace: Over the Moon - August 31 - September 2, 2015

Rosalie Dace: African Cloths, Colours & Quilts - September 3 & 4, 2015

Carlene Keller: Low Immersion & Ice Dye Workshop - September 7 – 9, 2015

Carlene Keller: Indigo Dyeing - September 10 – 12, 2015

Amy Butler: Unique Color Story - September 18, 2015

Amy Butler: Improvisational Patchwork - September 19, 2015

Twigs Gallery and Home Goods:

4th Friday Art Walk - Featuring the works of fiber artist June Jaeger – July 24, 4-7 pm

We’ll see you at the Quilt Show, if not before!

Jean and the Stitchin’ Post staff

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