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"Take A Closer Look"
2011 Ogallala Quilt Festival
You can download the entire
newsletter containing all of the Festival
information by clicking
HERE!
(warning - this is a large download!)
You can also find this
information at
www.oqsquiltfestival.com!
Attention Students of Paula
Nadelstern: Her fabric will be available in 1
yard cuts for sale in class. She has also shipped
the supply kits that include the gridded paper.
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Registration |
- Click
HERE to
download the 2011 OQS Festival
Registration Form.
- Remember:
Volunteer!
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Receive a 2011 Limited Edition OQS
Pin!
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Receive priority registration for
the 2012 Festival!
- For
more information, contact Sheryl
Abdill
- Cancellation
and Refund Policy
- All
cancellations MUST be in writing and
postmarked by March 1, 2011
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On March 1, 2011 or before –
Full Refunds
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After March 1, 2011 – NO REFUNDS
- Any
refunds will be sent after the 2011
Festival
- If a
class is cancelled by the Ogallala
Board, a full refund will be issued.
- If
you are on a waiting list and a
class opening does not occur, a full
refund will be issued.
- Send
requests to: OQS Box 252 Dimmitt, TX
79027
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Classes |
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Wednesday & Thursday, March 30th - 31st,
8:30am-4:30pm |
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CLASS FULL
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The Puzzle Quilt
with Paula Nadelstern
Paula has
developed a simple way for us to learn her
theories about fabric, developed over twenty
years of making complex quilts: Puzzle
Quilts. By using different fabric
combinations in this sampler quilt, an
illusion is created that each block is
unique. The puzzle is to pick which two are
the same! In this two-day class, you will
learn about design and create unexpected
results from your fabrics.
Supply List &
Fabric Requirements
A complete supply list will be provided
to you upon confirmation of your
registration or you can see a complete
supply list and fabric requirements on
Paula’s website at:
www.paulanadelstern.com/workshops-lectures/puzzle.php |
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Friday, April 1st, 8:30am - 4:30pm |
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CLASS FULL
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Needle Stars with
Paula Nadelstern
In this one-day
class, you will learn Paula’s machine
piecing and template techniques to make a
simple 4-patch block that looks like a
complicated pinwheel. Needle Stars depend on
using a fabric with designs that can be
divided into identical halves by a line
passing through the center; this is
bilateral symmetry, which can be found in
many fabrics, including those she designs.
Supply List &
Fabric Requirements
A complete supply list will be provided to
you upon confirmation of your registration
or you can see a complete supply list and
fabric requirements on Paula’s website at:
www.paulanadelstern.com/workshops-lectures/needlestar.php |
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Friday, April 1st, 8:30 - 11:30am |
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CLASS FULL
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Beginning Portrait
Painting for Quilts with Amy Armenta
Beginning
painting for quilts for the person who
thinks they cannot draw. Amy will show you
how. Create basic design elements with
fabric sticks and inks. The project will
later be turned into a quilt or wall
hanging.
Level of
Difficulty: All levels
Kit: $7 included in registration fee
Supply List:
- 8x10 photograph (or a copy) and a desire
to paint faces
- Light box if available
Pre-work: None.
The kit will
include flesh colored fabric, 2-4 pigment
inks, applicators, mylar sheet, and scraps
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Cotton Theory Quilting
with Sheila Grimes
Learn the
Cotton Theory way of quilting. It is a
method where the project is quilted first
and then assembled using the decorative
stitches on your sewing machine.
Level of
Difficulty: All levels
Kit: $12 included in registration fee
Supply List:
- Cotton Quilting Theory Quilting Book 1
- 6” x 24” ruler, 1” x 6” ruler
- Rotary cutting mat and cutter
- Scissors, straight pins, marking pen or
pencil
- Sewing machine with straight and zigzag
stitches and with decorative stitches (if
you have it)
- A walking foot is helpful
- Machine needle 90/14 topstitch
- Threads, 30 – 50 weight including
decorative threads
Pre-work: None |
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Cake Walk with
Debbie Donnelly
A great
beginner project. It is a 64” x 64” quilt
and uses Jelly Rolls and ¾ yard of fabric.
Choose your own color combination of a Jelly
Roll for this quick and easy quilt.
Level of
Difficulty: Beginner
Kit: $8 included in registration fee
Supply List:
- One Jelly Roll
- ¾ yard of solid or coordinating fabric
- Sewing machine with thread to match your
fabric
- Rotary cutter and mat
Pre-work: None |
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Friday, April 1st, 1:30 - 4:30pm |
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Beginning Hand Quilting with Becky
Holley
Learn to quilt
with and without a hoop and proper hand
positioning to make small, even stitches.
Marking your quilt top and basting will be
demonstrated in class.
Level of
Difficulty: All levels
Kit: $20 included in registration fee
Supply List:
- Everything is included in the kit.
- Bring a hoop if you have one and a
thimble.
Pre-work: None |
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Crayons and Paints and Leaves – OH MY!
with Linda Fisher
This is a fun,
hands on class which will explore adding and
altering the color of fabric. “Leaves” is
the subject matter and we will be coloring,
rubbing, stamping, stenciling and more. This
class is for the traditional and art
quilter. All paints and fabrics will be
supplied. Bring a playful attitude for
exploring new techniques. Ways to use your
new knowledge and a pattern will be
included.
Level of
Difficulty: All levels
Kit: $8 included in registration fee
Supply List:
- Leaf shapes – fresh leaves, dried
leaves, stamps, stencils, etc. Only what you
have already
- Paint shirt – in case of “oops”
- Paper scissors
- Box of crayons – any size
- Pigma pens/permanent fabric markers
Pre-work: None |
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Divide and Conquer with Nathalie Neill
Want to use up
your stash? Got leftover Jelly Roll and
Honey Bun strips or leftover strips from
other projects? This is the class to use all
those up. Come join in the fun and put them
all together in this original quilt by
Nathalie.
Level of
Difficulty: All levels
Kit: $8 included in registration fee
Supply List:
- Sewing machine, neutral thread
- Rotary cutter and mat, 12 ½” square ruler
- General sewing supplies
Pre-work:
- Center blocks – cut 12 – 5” squares
- Using 39 different fabrics, cut
o 13 - 1 ½” x width of fabric
o 13 - 1 ¾ “ x width of fabric
o 13 - 2 ½ “ x width of fabric
- For pieced border, cut 32 rectangles 3 ½ “
x 6 ½ “ from various fabrics |
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Saturday, April 2nd, 8:30am - 4:30pm |
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CLASS FULL
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Simple Symmetry with
Paula Nadelstern
The distinctive charm of
Simple Symmetry is based on a simple fact:
one fabric is responsible for all of the
detailed patterns in one quilt. Learn how to
use a single template and one symmetrical
fabric (with designs that can be divided
into identical halves) to achieve a quilt
filled with dramatic impact. You'll feel
like you're making magic when motifs connect
to their mirror images, creating effects
more wonderful than you imagined!
Supply
List & Fabric Requirements
A complete
supply list will be provided to you upon
confirmation of your registration or you can
see a complete supply list and fabric
requirements on Paula’s website at:
http://www.paulanadelstern.com/workshops-lectures/simple_symmetry.php |
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Saturday, April 2nd, 8:30 - 11:30am |
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So Many Choices . . . Colors and Fabrics
with Jean Dean
Learn some basic
ways to make your color and fabric choices
easier and to spice up your quilts. From
using color families to organize your scrap
quilts to choosing a narrow palette of
colors based on one of your favorite photos,
you can make color choices easier and more
exciting. This hands-on, working with fabric
class can help you gain the confidence you
are looking for. You will go home with plans
for using color and fabrics in new ways.
Level of
Difficulty: All levels
Kit: None
Supply List:
- Fabric scissors,
- Glue stick
- Sack of scraps (optional)
- A favorite photo you have taken or one
from a magazine
- Lots of scraps and photos will be
available for use in class
Pre-work: None |
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Dashes and Patches with Yvonna Hays
This fun quilt
is developed from various components in
different sizes but still set together in
the end block to block. It is meant to be a
“mix and match” quilt, combining your
favorite elements into a cohesive quilt,
from a favorite collection of fabric or from
your stash. Different sizes of Churn Dash
and Nine-Patch blocks are combined with
setting squares to make the combination
blocks.
Level of
Difficulty: All levels
Kit: $8
Supply List:
- 2 ¼ yards total light fabric (9 fat
quarters)
- 4 ¾ yards total medium fabric (19 fat
quarters)
- 1 ¾ yards total of dark fabric (7 fat
quarters)
- Sewing machine, filled bobbins, neutral
thread
- Rotary cutter and mat no larger than
17”x23” 12 ½ “ Square rotary ruler
- Basic sewing supplies
Pre-work: Cutting instructions will
be sent with registration confirmation. |
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How Can You Resist? with Muff Fregia
Start class with
pieces of white cloth, leave with finished
batik-like cloth to use as is or to cut up
and use in projects. We will play with
resist, add color and layer on more fabric .
. . too much fun! No artistic talent
required.
Level of
Difficulty: All levels
Kit: $14
Supply List:
- Disposable or rubber gloves that fit
your hands
- Scissors
Pre-work: None |
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Saturday, April 2nd, 12:30pm |
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Saturday Afternoon Sampler
Six teachers at separate tables around the
Church of Christ offer continuous
demonstrations of techniques and methods for
enhancing your quilt making. Receive a
handout from each teacher and circulate
around the building. Sign up on Registration
Form or pay at the door. Demos start
promptly at 1:30 pm.
Demonstrations will include:
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Stringing
Along – Yvonna Hays
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Fun with
Lutradur – Muff Fregia
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Making Half
Square Triangles the fail safe way – Amy
Armenta
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Untangle the
Mystery of Needle and Threads – Jean
Dean
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Stenciling
on Fabric – Mary Steinhauer
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Machine
Stitches to Jazz up Quilt Squares –
Suzan Headrick & Jeanette Wenner
What a deal for $10.00! |
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Festival
Schedule |
- Thursday,
March 31st
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Ogallala Awards Dinner - Dimmitt
High School Cafeteria
- Doors
open at 6:30 pm
- Dinner
begins at 7:00 pm
- Dinner
and Program $15.00, Program Only $10.00
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Reservations Required
- Complete
the “Meals” section on your Registration
Form
- NO
OUTSIDE FOOD ALLOWED
- Friday, April
1st & Saturday, April 2nd
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Admission - $5.00 for 2 days Free to
Ogallala Members
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Admission Good for ALL locations
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Festival Exhibits: Friday 9:00 –
6:00 pm Saturday 9:00 – 5:00 pm
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Classes 8:30 – 11:30 am and 1:30 –
4:30 pm at the Senior Citizen’s
Center, City Hall, and Rhodes
Memorial Library
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Special Exhibits - Methodist Church
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Vendors - Senior Citizen’s Center &
Expo Building
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Registration, Judged Quilt Show,
Demonstrations, Silent Auction,
Scholarship Lecture, and the OQS
General Meeting will be located at
the Expo Building.
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Fantastic Friday Night featuring
Paula Nadelstern - Friday, April 1st
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“Symmetry and Surprise: The
Kaleidoscope as Design Inspiration”
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slide lecture traces the evolving
quilt series in the multifaceted,
luminous and random nature of a
kaleidoscope on a quilt’s flat
surface.
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Small Quilt Auction and Meal -
Dimmitt High School Cafeteria
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Doors open at 6:30 pm
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Dinner begins at 7:00 pm
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Dinner and Lecture $15.00, Lecture
Only $10.00
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Reservations Required
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Complete the “Meals” section on your
Registration Form
- NO
OUTSIDE FOOD ALLOWED
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Scholarship Lecture - Artful
Portrait Quilts by Amy Armenta
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Friday, April 1st, 12:30pm
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Create a
memorable portrait of a loved one
using pigment inks. Painting with
pigment inks is like coloring in a
coloring book, only this is on
fabric which will then be quilted.
The most important part of a
portrait is color. We will learn how
to use these quick-drying inks to
paint faces. This method is becoming
a favorable form of art among
quilters. Be the change you wish to
see.
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Expo
Building Bleacher Area
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Open to
all Festival Attendees
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Ogallala Membership Meeting -
Saturday, April 2nd
- All
Members Invited
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12:30 p.m. - Expo Building in the
Bleachers
- Festival
Timeline
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February 1: Nominations due for
Heart & Hand Award
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February 15: Quilt entry form
deadline or the first 200 entered,
whichever is first. Entry forms must
be postmarked by February 15, 2011.
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March 1: Deadline for
cancellation of class
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March 17: Deadline for reserving
meal tickets. See registration form.
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March 29: Quilt entries will be
accepted at the Expo Building in
Dimmitt until 9:00 am. Check with
Drop-Off Locations listed in this
newspaper to see when quilts need to
be at their locations
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March 30 & 31: Quilt judging and
classroom set-up Paula Nadelstern
class
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March 31: Vendor set-up and
Awards Dinner, Paula Nadelstern
class
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April 1: OQS Festival, classes
and Fantastic Friday Night Dinner
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April 2: OQS Festival, classes,
quilts pickup at 6:00 pm at Expo
Building or check with your drop-off
locations
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Special Exhibits |
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The Hoffman Challenge
In 1987, The
Hoffman Challenge started with 94
enthusiastic quilters. The numbers of
entries have grown to more than 700. While
the majority of the entries come from the
United States, a wide variety of
international entries is received. Each
year, the top entries are grouped into
traveling collections that travel in the US
and Canada. The Hoffman Challenge has grown
to be a premiere traveling quilt collection.
Come visit
this outstanding display of quilts from
around the world at the Methodist Church.
A limited
number of “Hoffman Challenge 2010” books
will be available for sale at $15 each. |
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Trunk Show: Beckie Fry
Beckie began
quilting in 1990 completely by accident. She
received her degree in home economics in
1978 and even though she was an accomplished
seamstress she had never quilted. She would
give her fabric scraps to her husband’s
grandmother, Emma, who would cut them into
shapes and sew them together. Beckie really
did not see much value in Emma’s activity
other than that it kept her busy.
After Emma
died Beckie’s mother-in-law gave her a top
that Emma had pieced for her. The top was
stored in a closet until the family moved
into a new home in 1990 and Beckie found the
top. She decided to get it quilted by the
local senior citizen ladies. When Beckie
went to pick up the quilt the lady unfolded
it and Beckie promptly told her that it
wasn’t her quilt. Her quilt was not that
pretty. Then she looked closer. There was
her high school graduation dress fabric and
fabric from the place mats she had made.
That was her quilt and it was beautiful!
After that
Beckie was a woman on a mission. She taught
herself to quilt. The Ogallala Quilters’
Society was formed. She took some classes
the very first year and her quilting efforts
totally exploded. She loves color, and lots
of it. She loves sharp points and circles,
miniatures, appliqué and fabric. Beckie just
loves to quilt! |
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Featured Guild: Pecos
Valley Quilters, Roswell, NM
Pecos Valley
Quilters Guild of Roswell began in February,
1983 with 34 members. Today there are over
100 members and 8 of the original members
still attend on a regular basis. Members
come from Roswell, Artesia, Ruidoso and
Plainview, Texas. The mission of the Guild
is to further the art of quilting and quilt
making in its many forms. The Guild meets
every Wednesday at the Roswell Adult Center,
807 North Missouri Avenue, and membership is
open to everyone. The first Wednesday of
each month is the business meeting. The
Guild offers monthly classes taught by the
Guild’s members and visiting teachers. There
are challenges every year, a block of the
month, round robins, and a strong art quilt
group. Our community charity is Quilts from
the Heart. Members piece, quilt and donate
completed quilts to the local shelter for
battered adults, CASA, and the Assurance
Home for teens. The group hosts a major
quilt show in even years at the Roswell
Civic Center. The 2010 show featured over
235 quilts. |
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Feature Teacher
- Paula Nadelstern |
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Kaleidoscope,
the very word promises surprise and magic,
change and chance. Paula Nadelstern’s goal
is to harmoniously integrate the idea of a
kaleidoscope with the techniques and
materials of quilt making. She tries to free
herself from a conventional sense of fabric
orderliness.
Paula makes
quilts on the same block in the Bronx where
she grew up. Being a New Yorker wrapped up
in the fabric of city life creates an
inherent paradox contrasting the traditional
image of quilt making as part of a simple,
make-do, rural way of life with her own
complex urban-shaped space.
For over twenty
years, her work space in their two bedroom
apartment was the forty-inch round kitchen
table. A long distance view, alternate
space, or not making quilts were not
options. She believes this reality merged
with her personality and passion for fabric
in shaping the direction of her
kaleidoscopic piecework, causing her to rely
on intricate detail and inherent symmetry,
and to invent a shape that makes the most of
limited space.
Paula
Nadelstern’s quilts have been exhibited
internationally. The American Folk Art
Museum’s first one person exhibition
highlighting the work of a contemporary
quilt artist featured her work in 2009. One
of her quilts was included in the “Twentieth
Century’s 100 Best American Quilts” exhibit.
She travels extensively teaching the
kaleidoscopic quilt making techniques and
design concepts explored in her books,
Kaleidoscopes & Quilts, Snowflakes & Quilts
and Puzzle Quilts: Simple Blocks, Complex
Fabric, and the newest Kaleidoscope Quilts:
The Workbook. In addition, she designs
textile prints exclusively for Benartex,
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Show Judge -
Valerie Boman |
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OQS welcomes
Valerie Boman to judge the 2011 quilt
entries. Valerie was raised in western
Montana, then after spending ten years in
Florida, she moved to Arizona. Since 1984,
her home has been in Chandler, Arizona.
Valerie is a
National Quilt Association certified quilt
judge and qualified to judge Masterpiece
quilts. She owns two quilting related
businesses. One is a longarm
machine-quilting business and the other is
White Picket Fence Quilts, a pattern company
that includes pieced, appliquéd and
embroidered quilts that she has designed. In
addition, she has five books that have been
published.
Aside from
quilting, her hobbies include gardening,
canning, home decorating, genealogy,
camping, birding and Geo-caching. Plus, she
belongs to several local groups that play a
number of card games. Obviously, she loves
being busy and experiencing and learning new
things. Welcome…. Valerie Boman! |
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General
Information |
2010 1st Place
Winner
“Play It in the
Key of Turquoise”
By Jean Grimes
Wolfforth, Texas |
Ogallala Challenge
Check out the
2011 Challenge Quilts on display in the Expo
Building. They are amazing!
The winning
quilter will receive the Quilting Patch
Award of $100 in “Ogallala Bucks” to be
spent with Festival vendors or advertisers,
plus first prize money. Be sure to look
closely at these unique interpretations.
Quilters who
finished the challenge quilts and enter them
in the 2011 show will have the opportunity
to purchase 2012 packets first. The
remaining packets will be available for
purchase ($15) at the Expo Building.
You must have
purchased one of these packets to be
eligible to enter the contest in 2011. Only
60 packets will be sold.
A note for those
entering a Challenge entry in the 2011 Show:
- Only one challenge entry per person.
- All work on the challenge quilt must be
done by the person entering the quilt.
- Entries are due at the same time other
2011 show entries are due.
- The $15.00 fee paid for the packet at the
2010 show covers the packet of fabrics and
entry fee for the 2011 challenge.
- Each entry must be:
o Entered on the regular 2011 OQS entry form, signed and accompanied by a
picture of your quilt.
o A copy of the numbered form which accompanies the purchased
packet of fabric MUST also be attached to
the entry form. Entries will not be accepted
without this numbered form as proof of
purchase.
- Your challenge entry does not count in the
three quilts per person show limit. |
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Quilt Live Auction and Small Quilt Silent
Auction
Don’t forget to
make a small quilt donation to the Auctions!
The Auction Committee will determine whether
to include your donation in either the Live
Auction at the Friday night dinner, or the
Silent Auction on Friday and Saturday at the
Expo Building during the Festival. Be sure
to label your quilts with the word “Auction”
when dropping off or mailing.
The deadline for
donating your small quilt is April 1, 2011
at 9:00 a.m. to the Expo Building at the
volunteer table. You may also bring your
donation to the drop-off sites (see page 5)
or mail them to:
Joyce Davis
1606 Sunset Circle
Dimmitt, TX 79027
During the
Festival, come by the display in the Expo
Bldg and bid on your favorite quilt in the
Silent Auction, or plan to make a bid during
the Live Auction on Friday night! All
proceeds go to the scholarship fund and to
the continued expansion of the Ogallala
Festival. We appreciate your support! |
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Raffle Quilt
Designed by Yvonna Hays, this quilt was made
by members of OQS. Quilting donated by
Shannon Kratochvil.
Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. |
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Questions? Who
do I Call? |
- Quilt Entries:
Elizabeth Lawrence
- Vendors: Becky
Holley
- Registration and
Meals: Sandi Osterkamp
- Volunteers:
Sheryl Abdill
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