Just in time.

Nothing like waiting till the very last minute to get the May show and tell projects up on the blog.  

I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.   It feels good to know this is the unofficial start to the summer season.   Our town will begin to see throngs of vacationers who will increase our summer population by as much as 20,000.  It's great for the economy, but not so great for traffic and restaurant reservations!   But, I guess it's what you live with when you're in a vacation destination community.   For those of you who are new to the blog, I live in Central Oregon in the wonderful town of Bend.  

On to the show.

Nancy finished two projects.   The first one a monthly by Buttermilk Basin. If it doesn't look like one you've seen before it's because Nancy always puts her "spin" on patterns.  Cute, huh?

She made this quilt for friends who have a black leather sofa.  Won't it look pretty?  Sorry, I don't have the pattern name.

Linda continues making blocks for her Halloween quilt by Buttermilk Basin.

Looks like Leslie is a bit camera shy, but she sure has a cute haircut.  LOL  

Again, I don't have the name of the pattern for her patriotic pillow, but she finished it just in time for the summer season. 

This one is a variation of the Row by Row runner from Sewing Seeds Quilt Shop in New Ulm, MN.   After she saw mine, she ordered the kit and did her own thing.   

Lori T is new to our Woolies group and she started her journey using Sue Spargo's stitches book.  What a great way to learn new stitches. 

It's a needle holder!

Jean  is also new to the Woolies group and check out her first projects.   I'd say she's got the wool talent for sure.   She's finished these 4 blocks in no time at all.  

They are all out of this book.  

Sue is a huge contributor to the Quilts of Valor program.  These are her two latest finishes.

Sandy managed to whip up a few finishes (again) this month.   First up is "Liberty Baskets" by Quilts by Cheri.   It's on my to do list and after seeing hers...it's moved up to the top of the list.  

This little mat is an original by Sandy.  She made 3 of them.  One for me, one for Karen, and one for herself.   Nice to have talented friends, huh?   (She also included the house and candle in the gift). Thank you Sandy.   

This wonderful quilt is called "Saltbox Sampler" by Under the Garden Moon.   I'm also working on this one but still have the borders to finish.   Love it. 

This little one was a kit she bought at Something to Crow About quilt shop in Springfield, OR.

And her last finish in May is the Indygo Junction monthly from the Folk Quilt of the Month series.  It's the one for November.  

I'm also working on the monthlies and I managed to finish up January 

And Dec. 

This next little one is #5 in the Kindred Spirits Club from the ladies at Yellowcreek Quilt Designs.  I've really enjoyed making these small quilts.   When I get them all finished, I'll take a picture of all of them together so you can see how fun they are.  

When I was in California a couple of years ago, we went to Country Loft quilt shop (which is closing soon.  Boo Hoo).   I picked up the pattern for this stitchery quilt by JoAnn Mullaly called "Joy of Christmas"

And last, but not least, here is another little "Sew Simple BOM" from Buttermilk Basin.   It's the one for July.  

So, that's it for May.   See you in June.    

Hugs, Anne

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show 2009

Well, today was the quilt show and the weather was spectacular. We've had some really hot temps in the past, so this was a welcome relief. Earlier this week, there was a lightening strike on Black Butte which is just a few miles northwest of Sisters. Very scary.

This picture was taken from the area I live in and you can see the smoke. The town of Sisters is only about 15 miles from where the fire was. I think it's supposed to be 100% contained tomorrow.

We also had some “iffy” weather this week with thunder/lightening and rain.

In it’s 34 year history, it has never rained during the quilt show. We certainly didn’t want today to be the first. I think that Jean Wells must have a direct line to God because it couldn’t have been a more perfect day.

I ran into Jean and Valori in town.

Val is the one in the center, expecting baby #3!

Together, they own The Stitchin Post. The quilts on the left are part of the Gee’s Bend collection. The ladies of Gee’s Bend were there lecturing and leading workshops all week.

Here is the inside of the store. I took this picture around 8:30am. I hate to even think how crowded it got as the day went on.

This is the side of the Stichin Post where the employee challenge was displayed. This year the employees were challenged to use their own interpretation of the Gee’s Bend “style” in their own quilt. If you arrive early enough, you can see the volunteer firefighters hanging the quilts. Here’s a photo from 2004 when I was there early enough! oops, for some reason, it won’t import! Hmmm, I’ll work on that and show you later.

Inside the Clock Shop, was a display of quilts made from wedding gowns. The sale of these quilts will go to granting wishes for Stage 4 breast cancer patients.

It was hard to get decent pictures because they were hanging off the upstairs railing but there were so many tall clocks to block my view. (I’m vertically challenged, you know!)

Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston had a special exhibit. They were part of the instructors who were there all week teaching classes. Their quilts are so fun and colorful.

There is another area that has all the instructor quilts under a tent. I didn’t get pictures of all of them because it was so crowded in there, but here are a few.

Sue Spargo was there teaching. I’d love to take a class from her.

She has such a distinctive style.

Libby Lehman was also there teaching her gorgeous machine quilting with thread play.

A local instructor, Sarah Kaufman, has a beautiful style of folded log cabins. She always embellishes them with fun things. These were metal cones, kinda looking like something from the wild west.

On this one she used black and white labels that she’s collected over the years. Pretty cute, huh?

Tonye Phillips, who is another local quilter and author was also part of the teaching staff. Her quilts have lots of color and whimsy.

Janet Fogg’s quilts always amaze me. I showed this quilt on an earlier post when I went to the Portland Quilt Expo, but thought you might like to see it again.

And a few more instructor quilts.

I’ll post more tomorrow. Am having trouble getting the rest organized. See you then.