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Small Wonders
Quilt Challenge
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 The Small Wonders Challenge is back! Last year’s contest drew over 80 entries
and raised more than $1,100 for local charity. We challenge you to create a
“Small Wonder” quilt and donate it for a fundraiser benefiting Sisters families
and kids. Prizes totaling $600 will be awarded in six categories and the quilts
will be displayed on Quilt Show Day. For the Small Wonders Challenge rules click
here.
There will be a reception at the Stitchin'
Post on May 31 from 5 - 7 pm to show our appreciation to the quilt donors - all
are welcome to attend!
QUILTS ARE DUE MAY 1
Small Wonder Quilts can be registered after
February 1. Please see the Quilt Entry Info page for instructions for
e-registration. To request a paper registration form, please email
info@sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org with your complete contact information and
subject "Small Wonders Registration".Cash prizes, donated by
Michael Miller Fabrics, totaling $600 will be awarded in the
following categories:
1. MICHAEL MILLER Challenge Award
2. Best Use of the 2012 show theme "A
Patterned Village"
3. Best Contemporary or Abstract Quilt
4. Best Use of Color
5. Judge’s Choice
6. Viewers Choice
Only quilts that meet the Rules of Entry will be considered for judging.
We’re thrilled to welcome
Michael Miller Fabrics as
the sponsor for the Small Wonders Challenge. This year’s challenge fabric is
from the Backyard Baby line – which has a really interesting story! Check it out
here.
The 2011 Small Wonders Challenge raised $1,175 for our
Community Partner,
Sisters Park & Recreation District.
Winners for the 2011 Challenge:
Viewer’s Choice Award – Joanne Myers, Bend, OR
Judge’s Choice Award – Kristin Shields, Bend, OR
Best Use of Color - Mary Nyquist Koons, Eugene, OR
Best Use of Recycled Materials – Charlene Kenny – Redmond, OR
Best use of Innovative Techniques – Kathie Leonard, Prineville, OR |
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Quilt Block Contest
Presented by
2011 WINNERS:
Best in Show
Charlotte Noll
Honorable Mentions
Novella Erickson
Janice A. Johnson
Rochelle Valenzuela
Kristin Shields
Kay Kranz |
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send you a selection of fabrics and you get to create a block – it’s that
simple! Everyone who submits a block has a chance to win enough blocks for a
quilt top. Our Quilter’s Affair instructors will select their top five favorite
blocks with the number one block winning a “Best in Show” prize of $50. Each of
the five winners will receive their own block back along with a group of other
blocks and a special ribbon. All of the blocks will be on display
during Quilt Show. Fabric packets are
$8.00 and
quantities are limited. Contest rules
can be
downloaded
here.
Packets for the contest are limited, so please request as soon as possible.
Our focus fabric is currently out of
stock, expected to arrive in March. Packets will be mailed as soon as it
arrives – thanks for your patience!
Our Quilt Block Contest is sponsored by
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Featured Quilter
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 Each year the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
invites a local quilter to be “Queen for a Day”. In selecting the Featured
Quilter we look for someone who has dedicated themselves not only to quilting,
but also to inspiring others. We display the quilts of our Featured Quilter in
a special location on Quilt Show Day and invite our Featured Quilter to preview
their work during the Around the Block Fiber
Art Stroll.
Our Featured Quilter for the 2012 show is Cathy Moen of Sisters, Oregon.
Cathy says, "I always enjoyed sewing for our children and our
home for years but had never quilted until I took my first class in Seattle just
months before my husband and I moved to Sisters in 1998. While he was enjoying
ranch life with our 4 draft horses, I decided to take a beginning class at the
Stitchin’ Post. I loved it so much, that I started working at the store and of
course was continually inspired with the creative people around me and with
every new shipment of fabric that arrived. I have a BS degree in art which
probably has helped give me a basic knowledge of working with colors and
designs. Over the last 12 years, I have gone from traditional blocks to more
creative pieces thanks to all that I have learned from Jean and other teachers." |
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Machine Quilter Showcase
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 The
annual Machine Quilter Showcase features the work of a talented
Central Oregon quilter. The surface design is often the
finishing touch that makes a quilt sing. More and more, that
finishing touch is done by a professional quilter. The purpose
of the Showcase is to highlight and honor the work of one of our
gifted quilters each year. Their work is truly inspiring!
 Helen Brisson of Bend, Oregon will be featured in the 2012
Machine Quilter Showcase.
Helen says, "I was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas into a
family of craftsmen, from dressmakers to painters, woodworkers
and quilters. I learned to sew at an early age with a hand
cranked children’s sewing machine, and scraps of silk from our
family business, casket
making. To this day I wish I still had the toy sewing machine
to remind me of how far I have come.
In the early 80’s when quilting was making
a comeback in the Midwest, I was immersed in completing my first
sampler quilt, all by hand when my sister gave me a drawing
class with Harry Fredman, a nationally known illustrator. He
inspired me to leave the unfinished sampler quilt behind and
pursue a career in Graphic Design.
While my art background is an influence in
my work, I consider all media for inspiration and techniques to
use in my creations. I find great joy in being able to
translate my designs into fabric and the longarm’s quilting area
of 22” by almost 12 feet is pure heaven! My instinct is to use
the longarm as an extension of my artwork, drawing with the
thread to enhance the fabric, making the thread speak.
I feel honored to have been chosen to show
my work at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, there are so many
talented machine quilters in this area and to be among them is
truly a blessing." |
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Inspirational Instructor
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  This annual exhibit honors an instructor who has dedicated
herself (or himself!) to teaching and inspiring others on
their
quilting journey.
Jackie Erickson of Sisters, Oregon will be honored as our 2012
Inspirational Instructor. |
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The Next Generation
of
Quilting Exhibit
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Our
Next Generation quilts are on display in a special location set
aside just for the younger quilters. The quilts in this exhibit
will be from quilters up to the age of 18 and all quilts entered
will receive a special ribbon. To be included in this exhibit:
1) Quilts must be made by the entrant but can be
quilted by someone else
2) Quilts must be at least 36” x 36” and not more than 80” x 80”
3) Only one entry per person in this exhibit please
To enter a quilt in this exhibit, please
review the
quilt entry information. |
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