Outdoor Quilt Show!

Saturday marks the 34th annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show in Sisters, Oregon. This town is about as good as it gets in Oregon. It is simply charming. Shopping is good, plenty of restaurants, remarkable views, the buildings match the high dessert cowboy theme, and it has one of the best quilt stores to be found...anywhere. It's called the Stitchen Post, and this store alone calls women from all over the US back each year to purchase it's vast array of fabrics. Some of the fabric can not be found anywhere else, because they are designed by the Valorie Wells, one of the stores owners. The Three Sisters Mountains peak out from the yards and gardens in the open sky of Central Oregon.

The weather in Central Oregon sports sunshine most of the time. The rain that falls on the Willamette Valley is not here!

While I was visiting, and taking part in the Quilt show festivities, this home was open to see inside. It was so big I couldn't get it into the camera frame and would have had to jump the fence to do so. It's a huge log home of the finest quality I've ever seen. The home has several hand carvings and they are not simple carvings, at all!

The artist who carved this eagle and the other works of art, lives nearby. His name is Skip Armstrong and he is a gifted man! What kind of log would he have to find to do the carving? Is the Eagle a part of the tree roots? It's all one piece. There is unbelievable artistry and workmanship is in this place!!

See the little Raccoons carved into the log? There are several critters, like this, around the home.

A tepee is in the backyard, outfitted with four beds, a campfire and several ground chairs. It's nice enough to live in!

Quilts surrounded the grounds, and were the attraction that brought me to this home in the first place. It was a special surprise to find such a beautiful home and be invited in!!

"Thank you" to the owners!!

Do look at the Sisters Quilt Show here if you want to view many of the quilts that are available for sale. Hundreds of quilts will be displayed all over the town of Sister's tomorrow, Saturday, July 11th. It's a quilters heaven and quite a day for those who appreciate artistic quilts!!

QUILT PHOTO GALLERY O my!!

Please forgive me for all the photos but I didn't begin to show them all! I've given you just a smidgen of what the quilt festival offered.

Sewing.....

My dear friend, Barbara, arrived earlier today from the great state of Kansas. We have enjoyed knowing each other for about twenty-seven years, and make time for each other at least once a year. We enjoy sewing together, and before dinner time we had these chicken pincushions stuffed and sewn up! The instruction we followed were just about impossible to decipher. There was quite a bit of trial and error! Alas...three rock stuffed, quilted chickens are done, and ready for gift giving. Tomorrow we are taking a quick trip to two quilt shops near our home, and by noon will be back sewing. These are the best of times for us! As the week progresses there will be more projects to share. Do come back to check-in!

Each chicken has it's own personality, unique shape and size.