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Wednesday, July 13, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
QUILT SHOW:
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Pilak said.
“The board of directors
of SOQS wants to thank the
businesses and community
for their help and support,”
Pilak added.
The sun finally peaked
out from behind threatening
clouds to welcome more than
10,000 visitors from all 50
states and 27 foreign coun-
tries that arrived in Sisters by
tour bus, RV, bicycle, motor
vehicle and even on foot to
take it all in.
Sandy Lachowski was
the featured machine quilter
this year and had a showcase
of quilts that she creatively
sewed together. Using a vari-
ety of decorative stitching
with her traditional quilter or
long arm she skillfully pro-
vides each quilt with that fin-
ishing touch.
“My customers piece the
quilts and I do the machine
work,” Lachowski told The
Nugget. “They put the quilt
top together and I do the dec-
orative stitching to secure all
of it together. I have a lot of
customers that trust me! It’s
the most amazing job in the
world.”
The Sisters Outdoor Quilt
Show’s mission is to educate
and inspire the public about
the art of quilting, and that it
did at the Quilting Activity
Area located at the parking lot
of Melvin’s Fir Street Market
where the special exhibit, the
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ten-year-old Zilya Glidden from Meridian, ID, played violin at the quilt show.
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ron appell with his quilt “and the Flag was still there.”
“Quilted in Honor.”
“I’m getting to meet a lot
of service men and women.
This quilt means a lot to peo-
ple, and I am very touched to
meet all the folks that have
served their country,” Appell
said.
A group of six women
from Tigard, who call them-
selves “The Sunflower
Sisters,” all wore the same
blue and white outfits with
a sunflower design on their
T-shirts.
“This is our 16th consecu-
tive year coming here. Most
of us are quilters or are learn-
ing to be a quilter and we all
graduated from the Tigard
school system together. We
wouldn’t miss the SOQS, we
all enjoy every minute,” said
Sandy Hanneman.
In a special exhibit, Sisters
quilter Leotie Richards pre-
miered a series of 12 quilts
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Heroes.” She retired to Sisters
after 20 years of designing
graphics and textiles for retail
stores and began quilting
seven years ago. In 2014 she
began her series of portraits
that feature American folk
heroes, from Annie Oakley
to an exact copy of a poster
from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
Show.
“It’s fun to dress them and
show their spirit,” Richards
said. “Having my series at
SOQS is a dream comes true
for me.”
The Wish Upon a Card
Project benefits the SOQS
Arts and Design Scholarship
Fund for Sisters High School
students pursuing visual arts
and design higher education.
The project is in its 10th year
and features a fabric chal-
lenge, sponsored by Michael
Miller Fabrics.
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stayed cool, Furry Friends
Foundation supplied lots of
water and treats for pets and
hosted a few doggie pools at
Fir Street Park, just in case.
Furry Friends Foundation,
which provides pet food for
families in need in Sisters,
was also selling raffle tick-
ets for a dog-themed quilt
made and donated by Valerie
Fercho-Tillery.
Quilter Rob Appell, who
recently gained “sew-lebrity”
status on YouTube from his
ManSewing tutorials, was the
Inspired Instructor for this
year’s SOQS. Quilters stood
in line to have their photos
taken with him under his
quilt “And the Flag was still
There,” an 8-by-5-foot wav-
ing American flag quilt.
In 2014 Appell was
selected by fabric manufac-
turer Island Batik as one of
the celebrity quilters in the
national touring exhibition
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was on display. Sewing
machines and a variety of fab-
rics were on hand for kids up
to 16 years old to learn about
the art of quilting.
The exhibit was hosted
by “The Crazy Quilters 4-H
Group,” based in Crooked
River Ranch with kids from
Redmond and Terrebonne.
The group of five youths
guided other kids in several
make-and-take projects.
Christopher Martin, one
of the quilters and a student
at Ridgeview High School in
Redmond, comes from a fam-
ily of quilters.
“I have been quilting for
six years and have been going
to family quilting retreats all
my life. I enjoy helping the
younger kids learn,” Martin
said.
The quilt show is always a
family affair — including the
furry family members — and
even though the temperatures
Come in and see all the
fun
& fabulous fashions!
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