Wednesday, June 27, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SFF seeking Quilts in the Garden to feature raffle chances
education
program
manager
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Sisters Folk Festival is
looking to hire an education
program manager.
The education program
manager is responsible for
assisting the creative direc-
tor in execution of SFF edu-
cational programming and
event production in accor-
dance with the vision and
strategic direction of the
Sisters Folk Festival organi-
zation. The position is half-
time and includes support
for the annual Sisters Folk
Festival and integration with
school programs and events.
“The education program
manager will play a key role
in executing the programs
of Sisters Folk Festival and
providing the support needed
to sustain and grow those
programs in the schools and
community,” said Creative
Director Brad Tisdel. “This
dynamic person will join the
organization at an impor-
tant time, with our Studio to
School initiative still in place,
programming growth in the
schools, and plans for our
capital campaign.”
The position description
and application informa-
tion are available at: www.
sistersfolkfestival.org/join-
the-sff-team. Applications
are requested by July 16.
For more information con-
tact Brad Tisdel at Brad@
sistersfolkfestival.org.
For more information
about Sisters Folk Festival
visit www.sistersfolkfestival.
org.
A new feature at this
year’s Quilts in the Garden
home and garden tour on
Thursday, July 12, 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. will be the addition of
three special quilts available
for raffle. Each of the quilts
will be on display at one of
the tour sites where raffle
tickets may be purchased.
One of the colorful quilts,
made by Jill Miller of Sisters,
depicts happy animals on a
bright blue background with
red accents. The tickets for
that quilt will be $1 each
or six for $5. The proceeds
from that raffle will be used
to purchase batting for quilts
made by Quilts for Kids, a
Sisters-based quilting group
with members from Sisters,
Redmond, and Bend.
The largest quilt, by
Sisters resident Karen
Shadley, measures 74 by
85.5 inches, is edged in a
soft grass-green, with floral
squares in shades of yellow,
light blue, rose, green, and
orange.
Former Sisters resident
Edie Hines has donated a
dynamic full-sized quilt with
a medium-blue background
covered with large abstract
squares in a variety of
bright colors and intricately
quilted in a flowing wave
pattern.
Both of the adult quilts
will be offered for $5 per
raffle ticket or three for
$10. Proceeds will go to
aid the Sisters Garden Club
PHOTO BY TIM TOTH
Visitors on the Quilt Show garden tour have a chance to win quilts.
in providing support for
numerous Sisters organiza-
tions and programs. The club
has already donated almost
$60,000 to the community
over the years.
Drawing of winning num-
bers will be held at each gar-
den at 3 p.m. Winners will be
contacted as soon as possible
and quilts delivered to them
before they leave town, or
they will be shipped.
A location on the tour
every year is the Sisters
Community Garden next to
the Sisters Airport on East
21
Barclay Drive, where lunch
is served from 11 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. The ticket price
of $10 includes “a delicious
medley of three salads served
with home-baked bread, a
sweet treat, and a beverage,”
according to garden public-
ity. Quilts will be on display
at the garden as well.
Tickets for the 21st Quilts
in the Garden tour are avail-
able now for $20 at the Sisters
Chamber of Commerce or
The Gallimaufry. For more
information visit www.
sistersgardenclub.com.