OCQG Weekly Posts through Friday 1/31/2025 (3 posts)
A Message from Patchwork Oasis
I am reaching out to quilters who want to help in the opening of my new store, Patchwork Oasis.
I am finding that I need a little help with the purchase of things like new signs and inventory and such. I have a lease, insurance, and all the utilities set up, and I’m ready to go except for the final items.
I have included a GoFundMe link for anyone who might be willing to help.
As soon as everything is in place, I plan on having a guild opening afternoon.
Thank you,
Bonnie Robinder
A Friendly Reminder . . .
To all the February Birthday members. If you plan to bring a snack or treat to share at the February 13 Guild meeting, please contact Laurie Downing at lhdown@yahoo.com. All contributions will be gratefully accepted!
Oregon Quilt Festival Wants Your Quilts!
Oregon Quilt Festival
February 27 – March 1, 2025
Oregon State Fairgrounds
Columbia Hall
We are excited about the 3rd annual Oregon Quilt Festival. The 2024 show had over 300 quilts on display and 30 vendors. Attendance was over 3000 for the three day event.
The guest speaker will be Rob Appell, he will hold workshops and show his new fabric lines. There will be many other speakers and workshops, the complete list is online. We will have a display titled Then and Now as well as a display of donation quilts from many of the area’s community quilting groups. Local Guilds and special interest groups will be on hand to interact with our guests.
Online registration of quilts is open too. Please check out the website for more information. www.oregonquiltfestival.com. This is not a juried show, so all quilts are welcome regardless of when created.
Please encourage your members or customers to enter quilts in shows. So often when asked, quilters will say that their quilts aren’t good enough to enter in a show. This is absolutely not true as new or novice quilters need to see an array of quilts. Often they will look at a simple quilt and think…I can do that! Or they may have already created a quilt from a pattern they see at a show and marvel at how different it looks from their version. Fabric selection changes everything.
Seeing a new technique will encourage them to try something new or sign up for a class to learn. Every quilt has value and guests to quilt shows want to see what other people are creating.
I started entering quilts in shows after attending a local show for several years. I looked at all the beautiful quilts on display and thought to myself…mine are just as good! Now I’m hooked on quilt shows and am on the committee for Oregon Quilt Festival.
Thank you, feel free to contact me with any questions.
Treda McCaw
Oregon Quilt Festival Guild Coordinator
oqfguilds@gmail.com
971.322.5720