Wednesday, June 22, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters Olympian hosts
‘Olympic Day’
photo provided
a quilt from the “a Sense of Place: the allison Inn 2015” exhibit at Sisters library.
Sisters Library displays quilts
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
In conjunction with the
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show,
some of the quilts made and
donated by local quilters for
the third edition of the Men
Behind the Quilts calendar
are currently on display in
the main room of the Sisters
Library.
Hanging from the large
wooden beams are quilts of
every description, with the
month of the calendar noted
in the lower right-hand cor-
ner. These quilts are used to
carefully cover most of each
of 12 Sisters men who con-
tribute their time and effort
behind the scenes of the
annual Quilt Show.
The quilts will be on
display until July 5, when
they will be taken down in
preparation for the Calendar
Preview Party and Calendar
Quilt Auction to be held on
Wednesday, July 6, from
5:30-8 p.m. in the teach-
ers’ tent behind Sisters Art
Works. Tickets for the event
are available for $25 at the
SOQS office at 220 S. Ash
St., No. 4.
For the month of July, in
the library community room
will be a quilt display of a
very different kind. The MIX
(Materials in Extreme) quilt
group from Portland will
be exhibiting their 24-by-
30-inch pieces in portrait
orientation depicting “A
Sense of Place: The Allison
Inn 2015.”
After visiting and pho-
tographing elements of the
eco-friendly inn and spa in
Newburg, Oregon, each of
the eight quilters created
two quilted rectangles, one
depicting a hardscape/archi-
tectural aspect of the inn
and the other portraying a
softscape/landscape view of
the lovely inn gardens or the
lushness of the Yamhill wine
country surrounding the inn.
Each artist/quilter chose
their own style to create their
work, some representational
while others used a more
abstract style. Methods of
design range from Photoshop
deconstruction to blow-ups
of small areas of a photo
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to interpretation of the
“essence” into a new design.
Techniques vary widely as
well, with piecing, raw-edge
appliqué, fusing, and several
outer-edge finishes appro-
priate for small pieces. The
resulting works have distinct
personalities that are exciting
individually yet cohesive as a
group.
During the month of July
in the library computer room,
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Library will be hanging post-
ers of past Quilt Shows. All
of the quilting exhibits will
be available for viewing dur-
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The United States
Olympic Committee spon-
sors Olympic Day events all
over the country to celebrate
the positive aspects of sports.
They ask Olympians to host
an event in their area.
Miki McFadden, a 1968
U S A Vo l l e y b a l l Te a m
Olympian and Sisters resi-
dent, elected to sponsor Josh
Nordell’s life skills class at
Sisters High School.
Bill Mitchell, a life skills
faculty and golf pro at Black
Butte Ranch, secured a day
of golf at the Glaze Meadow
Golf Course for this group
along with several volun-
teer partners to play with the
students. There were over
2,000 events scheduled all
over the country for various
sports.
This event with the Outlaw
Unified group was a first for
Sisters, and McFadeen hopes
it’s not the last. The group
played nine holes, display-
ing great sportsmanship
and perseverance. Josh and
his fellow life skills faculty
have created a safe place for
the students to participate
and compete in a variety of
sports. Each participant was
given an Olympic Day T-shirt
to wear. The participants and
supporters of the event were:
Wyatt Hernandez, Brock
Coffee, Sam Shepardson,
Gabe Isle, Max Huni, Bridget
Huni, Brian Groat, Mikala
Madsen, Craig Wessel, Tony
Adair, Dave Huni, Josh
Nordell, Mark Stewart, Bill
Mitchell, Brad Bulloch, Miki
McFadden, Nila Lukens,
Alana Lukens, and Mrs.
Groat.
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