Wednesday, July 7, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Hoodoo’s Hillside Ski and Sport ready for summer
By Bill Bartlett
Correspondent
Roundabout
SISTERS
Bill Bartlett, Columnist
The missing
quilts
One might wonder why,
in a town like this with
such a deep and visceral
heritage of quilting, it is
nearly impossible to find
barn quilts. You know what
I9m talking about, right?
Those colorful, geomet-
ric patterns, usually 20 to
40 square feet, generally
square in shape, painted on
the sides of barns or farm
buildings.
In Tillamook County,
where quilting is every bit
as essential to local culture
and the tourism economy
as here in Sisters, there is
a well-traveled barn quilt
loop trail starting and end-
ing near the Tillamook
Creamery. In all, 14 quilts
adorn the sides of pictur-
esque barns, most notably
the dairy barns with iconic
silos.
See BARN QUILTS on page 19
The first thing one
notices when entering the
1,420-square-foot Hoodoo9s
Hillside Ski and Sport on the
corner of Larch Street and
Cascade Avenue is that it is a
fun place. Not just because it
sells or rents fun things, but
from the atmosphere created
by the décor (like wooden
Sasquatch figures) and the
infectious good cheer of
Manager Tracy Streeter.
The store is well furnished
with carpeting and high-qual-
ity fixtures for merchandise
display. There is a generous
amount of glass for daytime
lighting, adding to the spa-
cious feel. The amount of
inventory is impressive yet
not crammed. All of the win-
ter ski gear has been tightly
consolidated and moved to the
far reaches of the shop.
Up front are the sum-
mer toys 4 most notably the
floaties, inflatables sturdy
enough for lake and river use.
Streeter was skeptical at first
that floaties would be much
of a seller. The store has been
<blowing them out,= she said,
with the hot weather being her
best advertisement.
There are skateboards,
longboards, and land paddles,
with industry-leading brand
Hamboards prominently on
PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT
Hoodoo’s Hillside Ski and Sport is a stop on the Quilt Show Walk.
display. Skate brands include
Zero, Thrasher, and Girl.
Customers are not just kids
and teens. Sales to 40- and
50-somethings are fairly com-
mon, the store reports.
The pleasant odor in the
store is from the 20 feet of dis-
play space given to Sun Bum,
cachet makers of skin, lip, and
hair-care products <whose
products fit the essence, aes-
thetic, and socially conscious
personality of Sisters,= said
Streeter.
A large selection of apparel
is for sale in the shop rang-
ing from tops and bottoms to
outerwear in sizes and styles
for women, men, and kids.
Popular brands Dakine, Roxy,
and Quicksilver are among
the offerings.
The shop will be an offi-
cial stop on the Quilt Show
Walk. Two quilts will be on
display including one 60 by
80 inches with 30 fronts of
vintage Hoodoo Ski Resort
T-shirts sewn in. Streeter and
her staff are all in on the event
and will have tents and tables
on Larch with free hot dogs,
snow cones, popcorn, and cot-
ton candy.
Streeter said it will pay to
stop by Saturday as there will
be two-for-one coupons on
lift tickets with no black-out
or reserve dates.
Welcome,
Quilters!
541-904-4673
411 E. Cascade Ave., Sisters
Come by
& see what
fun we have
planned on
Quilt Show day!