As I was writing this Saturday night, the format on my Mac changed to the mobile app. So everything got really small. I can’t figure out how to fix it so it’s been a challenge to get this done. I think I’m going to have to do this in two parts, so I’ll continue it next week.
Just a warning… this may be a little long because I couldn’t decide what photos to use, so I narrowed it down to my favorites.
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Almost 20 years ago (2004) my mom and I made our pilgrimage to Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show in Sisters, OR. The theme that year was “Folk Singing in Quilting”.
First a little history/ information about SOQS… It was founded in 1975 by Jean Wells who had just opened her quilt shop The Stitchin' Post. SOQS is held on the second Saturday in July and there is Quilter’s Affair that’s held the 5 days before the Show. It consists of workshops, lectures and other fun events.
We got there on Friday so that we could go to the picnic at the City Park. This is when we found out how big an event this really was.
Then in the afternoon we were able to attend a lecture (Trunk Show) with Flavin Glover who takes Log Cabin quilts to a whole different level.
She had tons to show along with displaying some her patterns.
That evening we attended the Show and Tell where anyone could get up to show off some of their handy work. Mom showed her small wall hanging. which was really hard to see in the full auditorium. You could tell we were amateurs to the whole Sisters thing.
Saturday came and it was time for the Big Event. Since our hotel was several towns over and the traffic was surprising, we got there mid-morning. It was next to impossible to find a place to park. We thought we were prepared having attended the picnic, lecture and evening program but it was overwhelming that every building in town was covered with quilts. I think we walked miles that day.
My photos don’t really do the town justice and I had to select a just a few… otherwise we’d be here all evening.
And there was even something for the guys to enjoy!
I’m going to end it there now. Next week I’ll show some of the quilts that were entered as Theme Quilts.
I hope you enjoyed another long diary. Once again, I’m looking forward to hearing what you’ve been up to, quilting or otherwise. I’ll see you in the comments.