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Walla Walla Valley Quilt Festival, P. O. Box 1471, Walla Walla, WA 99362
November, 2008
2008 Festival Wrap-Up
The 2008 Festival is in the history books. Thanks to all of you who attended, we had a GREAT show. There were more vendors, more quilts, just more of everything, including enthusiasm.
We had several different segments that received recognition. First and foremost was:
“Best of Show” Jess Berry – Oriental Poppies. Jess Received an Ott Desk lamp for his beautiful work.
1st runner up Lynn Wilson with her quilt “A Walk in the Snow”.
2nd runner up Cathy Wiese with “You Started with What?”
3rd runner up JoAnne Stillman with “Apple Cinnamon”.
And then there were the “Lunar Madness” Challenge Quilts.
First Place Marilyn McCann with “The Dark Side of the Moon”. Cash Prize of $250.00
Second Place Judy Benzel with “Running to the Moon”.
Cash Prize of $150.00
Third Place Angela Meister with “Lady Dancing”.
Cash Prize of $75.00
Honorable Mention Laurel Ann Sutton – “Mothz in a Muddle”.
And the “Dress a Geisha” Challenge winner was Sandra Smart.
Tammy Munroe won the Block Challenge.
And all of us who shared our work with you were winners! Again…thanks to you for making the show a success. We have listened to your suggestions, and are busily working to incorporate them into the 10th edition of the Walla Walla Valley Quilt Festival
A Look Forward – 2009
Mark your calendars! The dates for the 2009 show will be September 18, 19, and 20, 2009. We plan on staying at the Community Building at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds. We are already in the planning stage and are headed toward another great show. Hope you will put these dates on your calendar. Bring a friend or three to enjoy the “eye candy”.
2009 Challenge Theme:
The Theme for the 2009 WWVQF Challenge is…….
TEN YEARS – TEN COLORS
As mentioned before, this will be our 10th anniversary, and we invite you to help us celebrate by creating a challenge piece that embodies your interpretation of the theme. The guidelines for the challenge are:
v The design of your quilt may be original, traditional or a combination of old and new. If the design is based on another design you have seen, please acknowledge the original quilt maker.
v Your quilt must consist of top, batting, and backing. It must be fastened together with machine quilting, hand quilting, or ties.
v Your quilt may be pieced and/or appliquéd, and embellished in any way.
v The quilt can be of any shape, but the combined total of all sides of the quilt cannot be less than 72 inches nor more than 160 inches (for example, an 18” X 18” quilt equals 72”; a 40” X 40” quilt equals 160”). A round quilt cannot have a diameter greater than 40 inches.
v Hanging sleeve is optional.
v You may use any fabric(s) of your choice. The choices should reflect the theme of the Challenge, “Ten Years – Ten Colors."
v An identification label must be securely fastened to the bottom back corner of the quilt (a paper label is not acceptable). The label must contain the same full name and address that appears on the official entry form. The label should also contain the title of the entry.
Plenty of time for those creative juices to start percolating you’re your design. And don’t forget there are $$$$cash$$$$$ prizes to be won with this challenge!
www.wallawallaquiltfestival.org
Yes, this is the web site line for the Festival. But we do ask for your patience while we rework for the 2009 information. Thanks for your patience!
Dress Your Own Geisha
Another Challenge is an appliqué project,” Dressing the Geisha. The foundation fabricis available at Quilt Mania, 1442 Jadwin Ave # C, Richland, WA. (509) 946-7467. You may use the method of your choice to dress and finish off this lovely lady. Make sure that you get the Geisha with the umbrella to be in the running!
Block Lotto Fabric
As soon as we have identified the fabric for he 2009 Block Lotto, we’ll let you know. Make any block that measures 12” (finished size or 12.5” unfinished) and has some of the specified fabric. “People’s Choice” will decide who should get all the blocks. Lots of fun!
Quilting Tips
When I sew, I use a thread “spider” to begin to sew and also to end. This does four things: (1) Helps the machine sew points without “eating” them; (2) keep the long threads off the back of your quilt; (3) keeps all those stray threads off the floor, thus reducing clean-up time; and (4) your seam is as strong with the first stitches as it is in the middle stitches. As Martha would say “It’s a good thing!”
If you have two pieces that are to be sewn together and one of the pieces is just a tad bit larger than it should be (‘course that never happens to us!) put the larger piece next to the feed dogs of your machine as you sew the seam. The machine will automatically help you ease the larger piece in.
And Last but not Least…
A lot of you may be receiving this newsletter for the first time. We took all those email addresses off the guest register and added them to our mailing list. If you should decide that you would rather not hear about all the happenings, just reply to this newsletter with the word “remove” and it will be done.
To those of you who hang in there with me. Thanks so much for reading. Stay tuned for further developments.
As always, comments, ideas, suggestions, constructive criticisms are really appreciated. I’m here at: e-mail: wwvquilts@hotmail.com; snail mail: WWVQF, P. O. Box 1471, Walla Walla, WA 99362; Phone – 541-938=6130.
Have a Happy, Safe Thanksgiving.
Later Folks!
Cathy Wiese