Saturday, July 3, 2010 - 2 - 6 PM

Sisters - Saturday, July 3 – Sunday, July 11,
Old Mill District in Bend - Friday, July 2 - Sunday, July 11
During Regular Business Hours

Wish Upon A Card
Wendy's Wish Fundraiser

Exhibit & Silent Auction of Fabric Postcards
Sisters Art Works: July 3 – July 10
Sisters High School: July 5 - 9

Quilt Show Day - July 10, 2010
Town Square - 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM

• Brews & Views Tour
• Tamolitch Pool with Chilled Wine
• Wine Tasting Tour

For detailed information about the Fiber Arts Stroll & Quilt Walk please visit our new website. 2010 Call to Artists is now available here.

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We’ve raised close to $30,000 in the past three years with the Wish Project and we’re not ready to stop yet!  We’re asking for donations of fabric postcards for a juried show and silent auction.  Selected cards will be custom framed, compliments of our sponsor High Desert Gallery.  Cards not selected for framing will also be sold and the proceeds from the sale & silent auction will be donated to Wendy’s Wish Foundation, www.wendyswish.org.  Wendy’s Wish was envisioned by Central Oregon quilter Wendy Huntley prior to her death from cancer in 2006.  The Foundation provides funding for cancer support services to those who are unable to afford them.

Postcards should be 4” x 6”. To be considered for silent auction, cards must be received by April 15. Please include your name and address and mail to:

SOQS/Wish Project
P.O. Box 280
Sisters, OR  97759 

Exhibit, Sale & Silent Auction

Framed cards will be on display in two locations

Here's a link for instructions to make a fabric postcard:
www.quilting.about.com/od/quiltpatternsprojects/ss/fabric_postcard.htm

To view photos of the 2009 juried postcards click here. Custom framing for these cards was donated by High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing.  The silent auction of the juried cards plus sale of other fabric postcards raised over $12,000 for Wendy’s Wish Foundation.

For more information about the Wish Upon a Card fundraiser please click here.
To read an interesting High Desert Gallery article about the fundraiser click here.

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Classes, Lectures, & Picnic

During the week prior to Quilt Show, The Stitchin' Post hosts a week-long series of classes by some of the best instructors in the quilting world!  For questions about the class flier, class registration or other events that precede the Quilt Show, visit Quilter's Affair Classes or call The Stitchin' Post at 541-549-6061.  To read an interesting Nugget News article about Quilter's Affair please click here.

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Click image for more details on this and other Quilt Show related gallery events!

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On Quilt Show Day, all ages are welcome to stop by the Quilting Activity Area for an introduction to the art of quilting.  Quilters-to-be of all ages are welcome to create a small take-home project.  Hours are 10:30 to 2:30 on Quilt Show Day.  The Activity Area is located in Town Square, behind Re/Max Realty. 

Chalk-a-Block

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Some things never change – the mountains, the pines, our love of  quilting! The scene in this year’s raffle quilt could be from an airing of the quilts 100 years ago, 50 years ago or the 2010 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. “Timeless” was designed by June Jaeger of Log Cabin Quiltworks in Prineville, Oregon. Jackie Erickson from the Stitchin’ Post coordinated the project and members of the East of the Cascades Quilters took on the piecing as one of their many contributions to the show. Proceeds from the annual raffle quilt support the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, a non-profit organization benefiting the schools and community of Sisters and Central Oregon. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. Tickets can be purchased with the Order Form. The winning ticket will be drawn at 4:00 pm on Saturday, July 10th, Quilt Show day, at the S

Please send ticket requests to:
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show/TIX
P.O. Box 280, Sisters, OR  97759

We appreciate stickers with your name & phone number for ticket orders of $10.00 or more.

To order over the internet with your credit card, please click here.

A pattern for “Timeless” and a kit for the center panel will be on sale at the Stitchin’ Post or visit www.stitchinpost.com

Starting in 2010, 25% from the proceeds of our raffle quilt ticket sales will be donated to a local non-profit organization.  Part of our mission is to benefit the community groups of Sisters and this year we are partnering with Kiwanis Club of Sisters in this effort.  Their volunteers will join ours in selling tickets from January to July and we’re thrilled to have such a win-win relationship.

For details on the 2011 Raffle Quilt design Contest click here.

You're invited to join us!  Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show turns 35 years old in 2010 and we're celebrating with a community birthday party.  Join us for a special Quilt Show retrospective, food, live music, silent auction, friendship and fun.  The cost is only $35 per person and proceeds help to support the largest outdoor quilt show in the world. Mark your calendars and get ready to celebrate.

Birthday Gala Sponsors
Birthday Gala Sponsors contribute $1,000 or more of cash  or "in kind" products and services.

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The Oregon Quilt Project (OQP) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to documenting, collecting, and preserving information about the quilts and quilt makers of Oregon, past and present. Starting in 2010, the multi-year, statewide documentation survey will travel to all parts of Oregon, documenting quilts and their stories.

Documentation Days will begin in Sisters, Oregon, in April, 2010. All quilt owners are encouraged to bring quilts for documentation. OQP will document quilts made in Oregon, quilts brought to Oregon, and quilts of any age, condition, or style - even unfinished tops. The survey will include quilts made as bed coverings and for display, but will not include wearable art or other fiber arts.  For more information  or visit the Oregon Quilt .
 

OQP will be documenting quilts June 25, 26 & 27 at 382 E. Hood in downtown Sisters and again on Quilt Show day.  Advance registration required.  For details on quilt documentation and contact information to register, click here.  Please visit the Oregon Quilt Project website for more information about OQP.

We still need volunteer help on all of the remaining documentation days.  Contact Becky@SistersOutdoorQuiltShow.org to sign up or call 541-549-0989.

Blazin Saddles Cycle n Style, our new bike shop here in Sisters, has made it possible for us to offer this wonderful “Patchwork Cruiser” bike for raffle.  Tickets are $5.00 and proceeds will benefit the show.  The drawing is at 4:00 pm on Quilt Show day, behind the Stitchin’ Post.  Winner need not be present and we will happily ship the bike if the winner is from out of town.

Tickets can be purchased via credit card; by cash or check at the Stitchin’ Post or mail a check payable to “SOQS” to P.O. Box 280, Sisters, OR  97759.  Tickets will also be on sale at Quilters Affair, the Quilt Show Office and on Quilt Show day.