WALLA WALLA VALLEY
QUILT FESTIVAL
P. O. BOX 1471
WALLA WALLA, WA 99362,
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July, 2009
Just Thinking:
I’m sitting here remembering last December. About this time of the month, the snow was about 2 feet deep and the temperatures were in the ‘teens. It was just plumb cold! It was beautiful and very appropriate for the world to be washed white for the Christmas season.
But I was conjuring up the warm sunny days of summertime, tomatoes from the garden, daylight still at 9pm; no coats…get the picture?
Summertime did finally arrive, and we have had our first tomatoes from the garden. And the temperatures are headed toward the century mark today. My mantra of “C’mon Summertime!” is a reality and all is well! I love summertime almost as much as I do quilting. I just grab some hand work, my cool cup with iced tea, and head for the shade of a tree in our yard. What could be better?
Also: My computer is doing very strange things. I do apologize for any glitches you
may get, but here it is anyway! CW
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
September 18, 19, 20, 2009
Walla Walla County Fairgrounds
Community Building
360 Orchard Street,
Walla Walla, WA
10 AM – 5 PM daily
There will be :
Beautiful quilts to spark your enthusiasm.
Featured Quilter: Pamela Mostek, Cheney, Washington
Featured Local Quilter: Barbara Bohlman
Festival Challenge: “ Ten Years – Ten Colors”
Block Lotto using Laurel Burch’s Secret Garden Collection
Silent Auction Quilt(s) (more later)
Merchant Mall, including
The Sewing Basket Art and Soul Quilts
Glitz & Glamour Quilt Patch Land
Admit One Fabrics Sweet Pea Quilts
Quiltmania Pamela Mostek
Pieceful Designs Middleton Woods
Seminole Patchwork Sue Bee’s Designs
Festival Café And maybe more….
The Festival Café will be catered this year by West of the Blues Barbeque. The menu will include hot coffee and muffins. The lunch and afternoon menu has three types of salads, chili, BBQ sandwich, veggie burger, cookies, brownies or brownie sundae. Soft drinks and bottled water will be available too. Keith Knotts whips up some very good eats, so it’s something to look forward to as you sit and enjoy the eye candy of all the beautiful quilts.
Festival Challenge will be judged. Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are $250, $150, and $75 respectively.
We will need your help in choosing the People’s Choice awards for the large and small quilts on exhibit; the Challenge, and Block Lotto. The Block Lotto winner will take home all the blocks to finish into their own creation!
And there will be hourly demonstrations with surprise gifts going to lucky attendees.
WANT TO SHOW YOUR QUILT?
To make it easier for those wishing to show a quilt, we have made arrangements with three area quilt shops to serve as drop off/pick up points for your entries. They are:
Aunty Ida’s Quilt Shop
435 W. Hermiston Avenue
Hermiston, OR
541-567-2726
Pendleton Quilt Works
138 SE Court
Pendleton, OR
541-276-9546
Hawthorne Gallery
220 W. Patit Avenue
Dayton, WA
509-382-3137
Take your quilt(s)* and entry form(s) to these shops and a representative of the Festival will pick them up before the show and deliver them back to the shop after the show. What could be easier?
And if you are local and want to drop off and pick up your quilt you may deliver your quilt to: Walla Walla Sew 'n Vac and Spas, 102 East Main, Walla Walla, WA 99362, 509-529-7755
See the web site for the entry forms.
*Includes quilts to be shown, “Ten Years – Ten Colors Challenge”, Block Challenge and/or Geisha Challenge.
Remembering Carrie
Many of you saw the lovely quilts made by the 2008 Festival local featured quilter, Carrie Fernald. I am sad to report that Carrie succumbed to Lou Gehrig’s disease last month. Carrie was responsible for many many lovely fabric creations - quilts, as well as embroidery and handwork. She had a quick wit, a warm smile and a contagious laugh. When diagnosed with her disease she became an advocate for research and funding of ALS. It’s not a matter of if she will be missed, she IS missed. Each of us is richer for having known her.
Silent Auction Quilt Update:
Last newsletter, I promised to give you an update on our Silent Auction Quilt. I am happy to report that it is finished! Although there might be just a tad bit of prejudice in the following statement, it is just splendiferous! What you think?
This quilt as well as others will be available for bidding during the Festival. It is from the book from C&T Publishing Radiant Sunshine and Shadow by Helen Frost and Catherine Skow.
Award will be made to the highest bidder Sunday afternoon just before we close the doors on the 2009 Festival.
Unfortunately the hands and the feet in this quilt are not included! (Great picture tho, right???)
We were recently invited to show the quilt during the 4th of July Festival in Milton Freewater. We didn’t realize that there would be a prize for “people’s choice” but we received 50% of the vote. It is bright, cheerful, and needs a good home.
Another Road trip?
I received this from Sondra and promised to let you all know about their show….
Greetings from the valley of the Wallowas. Our show is September 11-12-13, at the Wallowa County Fairgrounds in Enterprise, OR. Our entry forms are available on our website and also our show information letter. Good luck to you and let us know if we can do anything to help.
Hells Canyon Mule Days
Cloverleaf Hall, Wallowa County Fairgrounds
Enterprise, OR
Address: P. O. Box 50, Enterprise, OR 97828
Phone: 541-526-3271 or cell 541-263-0104
Contact – Sandra Lozier
Tips and Other “Stuff”
About this time last year, I gave you a hint about using the toy swim pool “noodles” to roll and store your quilts. They are available at most Dollar Stores. But it was the end of the swimming season, and the supply was scarce at best. So, here it is again. They cut very easily with a kitchen knife, and it would be simple to work out a scenario to hang them in the back of a closet using a wooden dowel through the noodle. They are also great for storing bindings, and bias tapes.
Threads - If you have a problem with thread and your sewing machine, or you are confused about what thread or needle to use, you can usually find the answer at www.superiorthreads.com. They have a really nifty chart that takes a lot of the mystery out of those frustrating things that drive us crazy. And a great newsletter to boot. I really do like their thread. Check it out!
Rotary Cutters – Have a significant other that has discovered the joy of using a rotary cutter on leather, wood veneer, paper and other blade dulling things? Treat yourself to a self-closing cutter and give one to them to use as they like. The self-closing feature is a safety bonus, and the gift will be appreciated, and it relieves a lot of frustration
A NEW Quilt Shop:
Right here in Walla Walla! It’s “Stash” and located at 43 S. Palouse Street. Phone number is 509 526-5141. Check it out. It’s really a great addition to our efforts and our Valley.
Last but not least:
Last weekend, hubby and I went to the Sweet Onion Festival in downtown Walla Walla. We got there just in time to watch the onion eating contest. One brave soul downed not one, but TWO onions in quick order, just like you would eat an apple. Now friends and neighbors, you just can’t beat the flavor of the Walla Walla Sweet Onion, but I just can not imagine eating them like that. Anyway, the moral to this story is that the onion season is in full swing and if you haven’t tried them, in salads, baked, broiled, on burgers, you should treat yourself. If interested in ordering some, contact me and I’ll put you in touch with a grower
Till next time – stay safe, stay cool, stay happy!
Cathy Wiese
Web Site: www.wallawallaquiltfestival.org
E-Mail: wwvquilts@hotmail.com
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 1471, Walla Walla, WA 99362
Phone: Cathy @ 541-938-6130