"The Way I See It"
2012 Ogallala Quilt Festival

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Registration	Quilt Entry	Classes
Festival Schedule	Special Exhibits	Map/Local Info
Feature Teacher	Show Judge	General Information
	Questions?

 

Registration

Click HERE to download the 2012 OQS Festival Registration Form. Remember: Volunteer! Receive a 2012 Limited Edition OQS Pin! Receive 2013 Festival catalog one week earlier, allowing for early registration! For more information, contact Sheryl Abdill phone: 575-799-1917 e-mail: abdills@hotmail.com Cancellation and Refund Policy If you must cancel a class for which you have registered, no refunds will be issued. 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.

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Quilt Entry

Click HERE to download the 2012 OQS Quilt Entry Form, Rules, and Prizes list.

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Classes
Thursday, April 12th, 8:30am-4:30pm
CLASS FULL	Simple Pictorial Hand Appliqué with David Taylor This project workshop demonstrates my hand-appliqué technique with simple appliqué shapes and no points! This is achieved with my “Yin-yang” appliqué technique. The class will also cover how I build my pictorial wall quilts with a digital slide projection show. Get beautiful details from simple shapes by letting the fabric choices do all the hard work. A purchased penguin, hummingbird or landscape pattern kit is required for all students. Level of Difficulty: Beginner Kit: $30 included in registration fee Supply List: Pencil and eraser Paper scissors Fabric scissors Hand-sewing needle: He uses John James Gold'n Glide #10 Hand-sewing thread: He uses Masterpiece by superior threads Straight pins for appliqué
Friday, April 13th, 8:30am - 11:30am
Adobe Photoshop for Quilters with David Taylor I have had a career as a graphic artist for more than 25 years. This lecture workshop is designed for quilters who would like an overview of Adobe Photoshop tools. Whether you are familiar with Photoshop, considering buying a Photoshop program or are just curious, this workshop is entertaining and informative. The workshop will cover: types of files, color formats, proper file sizing and cropping, color adjustment with curves and levels, filters, layering images, "Cutting out" images and manipulation, tool overview, and a few fun photoshop tricks. A free handout is provided. Level of Difficulty: All levels Kit: None
Jelly Run with Gayle Wilson This is a fun and easy way to make a fast quilt. Get those Jelly Rolls and learn to make this quick 60”x70” quilt. Embellish it with large flowers and butterflies. Instructor will provide patterns. Level of Difficulty: All levels Kit: None Supply List: Sewing machine, basic sewing supplies Fusible web One Jelly Roll and scraps for appliqué For flower stem – a piece 24” long 1/3 yd fabric for inner border 1-1/8 yd fabric for outer border If you prefer only one wide border – 1-1/2 yards
Merry Go Round with Kathy Hassell Think this lovely quilt is made with hexagons? You‟ll be surprised! It is made using strip piecing. Make it as a scrap quilt or use a set of coordinating fabrics. It requires an equal amount of lights and darks and is not for beginners. Level of Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced Kit: None Supply List: Sewing machine with new needle, neutral thread, rotary cutter and mat, basic sewing supplies, scissors and thread snips Acrylic template for a 60 degree triangle Fabric – 41 light strips and 41 dark strips both cut 2-1/2” wide x WOF (width of fabric) Pre-work: Cut fabric into 2-1/2” wide strips
Angled Star Blocks the Easy Way with Amy Armenta Make blocks as large as 12 ½” down to 3 ½” using this version of strip piecing and cutting. This method is accurate and saves time and effort. This technique was originally taught by Rhonda Woodsmall. Learn the basic star block in class and then play with other versions. Level of Difficulty: All levels Kit: None Supply List: ½ yard each of light, medium and dark fabrics that are WOF (width of fabric.) If using fat quarters, double the amount Sewing machine, matching thread, basic sewing supplies Rotary cutter and mat; 2 ½” square ruler, 6”x12” ruler Pre-work: Each of the three fabrics cut into 2 – 2 ½” strips by WOF. If using fat quarters, double the amount. The rest will be cut in class.
Friday, April 13th, 1:30 - 4:30pm
Upgrade Your Stipple with David Taylor This is a beginners' class for learning free-motion machine quilting techniques on a home sewing machine. This fast-paced workshop helps quilters learn the basics through a series of quilting exercises. I believe the key to getting perfect, even stitches is based on finding your rhythm -- maintaining the speed of the machine with the speed of your hand movements. The quilt sandwiches I provide feature fabric patterns that help you learn movement. Please have sewing machines in clean, working order with a fresh needle installed. Level of Difficulty: All Levels Kit: $30 included in registration (includes fabric, batting and thread) Supply List: Clean home sewing machine in working order. Machine MUST have free-motion capability Fresh needle(s) for machine. Please refer to your machine manual for recommended needle size for machine quilting Thread snips or small scissor Hand-sewing needle with a large eye
Liberate Yourself with Nathalie Neill No pattern! No rules! Come discover the joy of liberating two classic patterns and then experience the freedom to mix and mingle the two together. Level of Difficulty: All levels Kit: None Supply List: Sewing machine, neutral thread, basic sewing supplies Small cutting mad and rotary cutter, ruler Fabric – One fat quarter for background. Six or more fat quarters for the blocks and handles. (These can also be as small as ¼ yd.) Pre-work: None
Split Rail Fence with Yvonna Hays This Rail Fence variation is a Stash Buster and will help to use up some smaller scraps. All you need for one block are 2 2-1/2” x 6-1/2” rectangles – 1 dark and 1 light – as well as 6 2-7/8” half square triangles – 3 dark and 3 light. You can throw in some medium values with the dark. In this quilt you are aiming for contrast. Level of Difficulty: Beginner with rotary cutting experience Kit: $9 pattern included in registration fee Supply List: Sewing machine, filled bobbins, neutral thread Cutting mat no larger than 17”x23”, rotary cutter 6”x12” rotary ruler, thread nippers or small scissors, seam ripper, fine straight pins 3-1/8 yd TOTAL light fabrics cut into 143 2½”x6½” rectangles 215 2 7/8” squares cut once diagonally for 430 half-square triangles 3-1/8 yd TOTAL medium and dark fabrics cut into 143 2½”x6½” rectangles 215 2 7/8” squares cut once diagonally for 430 half-square triangles
Mariners Compass with Trecia Spencer Learn the dynamics of a Mariner‟s Compass. It is not as difficult as it appears. Make a Mariner‟s Compass block in 4 easy steps using Ready Templates. This project can be sewn by machine or hand. Level of Difficulty: All levels Kit: $15 template set included in registration fee; $10 fabric set available for purchase at class. Supply List: Basic sewing kit, scissors Machine if desired Chalk marking pencil Fat quarter for outside of block Fat quarter for background 2 different fat quarters for star points Fat quarter for inner circle Pre-work: None
Silkscreen Printing with Muff Fregia Using thickened dyes learn how to add color and pattern to your cloth. Demo‟s and practice in class will get your started on the dozens of ways one blank silkscreen and squeegee (yours to take home) can be used to make unique fabric. Color and design principles will be discussed. Level of Difficulty: All levels. You will need to be able to stand while printing. Kit: $35 included in registration fee. Kit contains a silkscreen and squeegee Supply List: Gloves, apron or absorbent old shirt Small, sharp scissors, pins with ball heads Pencil or pen Masking tape (2” preferred) 3-4 plastic trash bags Optional: X-Acto type skife and small cutting mat, a favorite stencil
Saturday, April 14th, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Floral Pictorial Appliqué with David Taylor This project workshop demonstrates my hand-appliqué technique using my simple flower pattern of a Colorado columbine flower! Choose to make a realistic flower, or go crazy with fabrics of your choosing. The shape of the columbine makes it ideal for this. The class will also cover my “Yin-yang” hand-appliqué technique. Don‟t care to hand appliqué? Bring your fusible web! A purchased pattern is required for all students. The pattern may be enlarged to any size! Level of Difficulty: Beginner Kit: $10 included in registration fee Supply List: Fabric scraps (various sizes) in colors or patterns of your choosing to complete the flower Pencil and eraser Paper scissors Fabric scissors Hand-sewing needle: He uses John James Gold 'n Glide #10 Hand-sewing thread: He uses Masterpiece by superior threads Straight pins for appliqué
Saturday, April 14th, 8:30 - 11:30am
Four-Patch Flapjacks with Yvonna Hays Simple Four-Patches and stacked Flapjacks make this one of the most effortless quilts you‟ll ever make. The blocks are made from 2-1/2” squares and 2-1/2”x8-1/2” rectangles. The simple blocks that you create are all you need for a fantastic quilt appropriate for anyone in your life. It will look remarkable in any combination of fabrics you choose, from bright, happy fabrics to “lodgy” flannels. Level of Difficulty: Beginner with rotary cutting experience. Kit: $9.00 pattern fee included in registration Supply List and Pre-work: Sewing machine, filled bobbins, neutral thread Cutting mat no larger than 17”x23”, rotary cutter 6”x12” rotary ruler, thread nippers or small scissors, seam ripper, fine straight pins Choose a dark and a light fabric for the four-patches and medium fabrics for the flapjacks. 5/8 yd EACH of light and dark fabrics, each cut into 8 2-1/2” strips 30 2-1/2” strips medium value fabric only Needed to complete project, but not in class 5/8 yd first border, 1-1/2 yd second border, 2/3 yd binding, 73”x85” batting, 4-3/4 yd backing Quilt is 64-1/2” x 76-1/2”
Come Play with Me with Nathalie Neill Do you enjoy making unique, one of a kind blocks or quilts? Do you have an abundance of scraps or orphan blocks? If so, come play with me. This is a creative “out of the box” way of making blocks and quilts. Level of Difficulty: Beginner Kit: None Supply List: Sewing machine, neutral thread Small cutting mat, rotary cutter, ruler Basic sewing supplies Fabric: Scraps, scraps and more scraps, orphan blocks
Indigo Dyeing with Kathy Hassell Indigo dyeing is an ancient skill that can be done in a tub or bucket. The dye starts out green and turns blue when it mixes with air outside the tub or bucket. Level of Difficulty: Beginner Kit: $5.00 included with registration fee Supply List: 10-12 fat quarters of white or unbleached muslin or other cotton fabric, rubber gloves, an apron or cover up to protect clothing Pre-work: On white cotton fabric or a cotton tee-shirt, apply a design with gel glue and let it dry. You may use a stencil or draw fee hand. Bring to class.
Disappearing Nine Patch with a Twist with Trecia Spencer This is a simple variation on the traditional nine-patch block. Ideal to use scraps, charm packs, or as an I-Spy quilt. Can also be planned fabric as per picture. Level of Difficulty: All Levels Kit: $12 fabric available like example Supply List: Basic sewing kit, scissors Sewing machine, rotary cutting supplies 6x24 and or 6” square ruler (not required) and rotary cutter Pre-work: None
Saturday, April 14th, 1:30 - 3:00pm
Saturday Afternoon Sampler Five 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: Have Shoes will Travel – Amy Armenta Learn how to make this cute shoe bag to carry on your travels. Construction will be illustrated and several examples shown in different fabrics. Foiling on Fabric – Muff Fregia Think it is hard to foil on fabric? Think again! Inexpensive, easy-to-use, readily available materials make it a breeze to add the glimmer of foiling to your projects. Sun Printing – Jean Grimes This is achieved by laying flat materials over wet seta color painted fabric and letting it dry in the sun or bright light. Demo with a sun lamp, completed samples shown and handout provided. What’s in a Label? – Becky Holley Want to personalize your quilt labels? Becky will show you how to make them distinctive and how to design your own. Cutting with templates – Darlene Collins Come see the latest in fabric cutting without the rotary cutter with the Go! Baby Die Cut Machine. What a deal for $10.00!
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Festival Schedule

Thursday, April 12th 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 Reservations Required Complete the “Meals” section on your Registration Form NO OUTSIDE FOOD ALLOWED Friday, April 13th & Saturday, April 14th Admission - $5.00 for 2 days, Free to Ogallala Members Admission Good for ALL locations Festival Exhibits: Friday 9:00 – 6:00 pm,  Saturday 9:00 – 5:00 pm Classes 8:30 – 11:30 am and 1:30 – 4:30 pm at the Senior Citizen’s Center, City Hall, and Rhodes Memorial Library Special Exhibits - Methodist Church & TX AgriLife Extension Office Vendors - Senior Citizen’s Center & Expo Building Registration, Judged Quilt Show, Demonstrations, Silent Auction, Scholarship Lecture, and the OQS General Meeting will be located at the Expo Building. Fantastic Friday Night featuring David Taylor - Friday, April 13th “Reluctant Journey of an Art Quilter” Small Quilt Auction and Meal - Dimmitt High School Cafeteria Doors open at 6:30 pm Dinner begins at 7:00 pm Dinner and Lecture $15.00, Lecture Only $10.00 Reservations Required Complete the “Meals” section on your Registration Form NO OUTSIDE FOOD ALLOWED Scholarship Lecture - "Liberate Yourself" by Nathalie Neill Friday, April 13th, 12:30pm No pattern! No rules! Come discover the joy of liberating two classic patterns and then experience the freedom to mix and mingle the two together.  Expo Building Bleacher Area Open to all Festival Attendees Ogallala Membership Meeting - Saturday, April 14th All Members Invited 12:30 p.m. - Expo Building in the Bleachers Festival Timeline February 1: Nominations due for Heart & Hand Award February 22: Quilt entry form deadline or the first 200 entered, whichever is first. Entry forms must be postmarked by February 22, 2011. March 22: Deadline for reserving meal tickets. See registration form. April 10: 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 April 11: Quilt judging and classroom set-up April 12: Vendor set-up and Awards Dinner, David Taylor class April 13: OQS Festival, classes and Fantastic Friday Night Dinner April 14: OQS Festival, classes, quilts pickup at 6:00 pm at Expo Building or check with your drop-off locations Quilt Entry Drop-off Locations Please DO NOT bring in your quilts to these location before the Drop-Off Times indicated below. Quilted Bliss, 4332 Teckla Blvd., Amarillo, TX Midland Drop-off Times: Saturday, April 7th and Monday. April 9th, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Contact: Pam Zenick - 806-683-1083 Bernina Sewing Studio, #14 Salem Village S. Loop 289, Lubbock, TX Drop-off Times: Saturday, April 7th, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. & Monday, April 9th, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Contact: Elizabeth Gutschke - 806-873-3558 The Patchwork House, 519 Main, Clovis, NM Drop-off Time: Monday, April 9th, 10:00 a.m. - Noon Contact: Judy Matthews – 575-769-8072 The Quilting Patch, 3323 N. Midland Dr. #110, Midland, TX Drop-off Time: Monday, April 9th, 1:00 – 5:30 p.m. Contact: Lucrecia Black – 432-528-4655 Joyce Davis, 1606 Sunset Cr., Dimmitt, TX Drop-off Time: Saturday, April 7th, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Contact: Joyce Davis – 806-647-5362 (Must call ahead)

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Special Exhibits

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.

Trunk Show: Jean Grimes    With a background in interior design, painting and weaving, playing with fabric pattern and color and sewing it together to form a quilt seemed a natural progression. When she first started quilting, she decided that there were so many quilts to make with squares and triangles that she didn't need to add anything else. Just sew together fabrics of her choice of color and pattern to make designs.    When all the beds were covered, she hung them on the wall seeing them as “paintings”. She had learned to use color gradation in painting and it was already happening with her watercolor quilts, so that became her first art quilt tool. She then decided to add circles to geometric shapes and that added New York Beauty and pieceliqued circles which became her Orb series. With all that geometry, she needed a natural element and added appliqué in the borders (something easy to do in front of the TV with the family so they didn't feel neglected).    As she started designing her own quilts and moving toward art quilts, an “ah-ha” moment happened when reading Barbara Olsen's book Journey of an Art Quilter. She determined that as a nod to traditional quilting, she generally worked in a grid pattern with geometric shapes, but felt the need to add a lyrical art nouveau element, saturated color with paint or dye, texture, movement and color gradation to produce an artful piece that is pleasing to look at. She was able to define her style – and though it changes with time and techniques, she can now look back and see progression that brings her to how she works today.

Featured Guild: Friendship Quilt Guild, Perryton, TX    The Friendship Quilt Guild was organized in 1988. In the first years members came from Perryton, Booker, and Waka, Texas. In 1995 a night group was added. The night group meets on the 2nd Tuesday night and day group meets on the 2nd Wednesday morning at the Community Worship Center.    The organization has grown from a group of 15-20 members to a combined group of 82 members who range in age from 24 to 87. Members now come from Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas to learn, share and enjoy fellowship with each other.    Friendship Quilt Guild was honored to receive “Heart and Hand Community Service Award” from the Ogallala Quilters' Society in 2009. Members look forward to sharing the talents at the 2012 Ogallala Quilt Festival.

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City Map & Local Information

Click HERE to download the Dimmitt City Map & Area Hotel Information.

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Feature Teacher - David Taylor

David Taylor was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 1963. As a Navy brat, he was relocated down the East Coast of the U.S. along with his three sisters and two brothers. David completed his high school and college years in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. He currently lives in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.    David's obsession with fabric began at an early age, salvaging tiny scraps from his mother's sewing area trash bin. This began his love and appreciation for fabric, though not a love for quilting. "Who would ever want to cut up their beautiful fabrics into tiny pieces?" he asks.    David's first quilt design was in 1999, a fundraiser quilt collaboration for Strings Music Festival in Steamboat with friend and professional long-arm quilter Madeleine Vail of Clark, CO. Madeleine encouraged him to keep after it. Following a visit to Houston in 2001 for the International Quilt Festival, David's obsession with fabric turned into an obsession for quilting as art.    In 2006, David discovered a love for hand-appliqué, and all of his works since then have been stitched together by hand. "I don't think I'll ever give up my machine for the actual quilting," he adds. In 2008, he became an ambassador for HandiQuilter and their Sweet 16 sit-down machine.    David Taylor has been the recipient of the Fairfield Master Award for Contemporary Quilting from the International Quilt Association (2006), the Brother Wall Machine Workmanship Award from the American Quilters Society (Paducah, 2008), and a two-time Best of Show winner at the IQA's Spring Festival in Chicago (2007, 2008), among others.

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Show Judge - Serena Styles Vrnak

As a judge, she strives to consistently and appropriately apply the objective principles of workmanship and design to each individual quilt. She wants to encourage each quilt artist to be her best, to enjoy her work and the pleasure it brings.    Quilting is Serena‟s passion and hobby. She has sewn all her life and studied Fashion Merchandising at Texas Christian University. Serena entered the judging world in 2007 to promote and encourage this ever-changing art form known as quilting. She is a National Quilting Association Certified Judge.    Serena is an active member in many quilt related organizations (NQA, AQS, etc.) and her local guild (Quilters Guild of East Texas). She has shown her quilts and won at various shows: the Azalea Quilt Show, the Waco Quilt Show, the Trinity Valley Quilt Show, the Dallas Quilt Show, and the National Quilting Association Quilt Show. She also enjoys designing her own quilts or simply adding an original border design to a traditional pattern. Serena is the designer of the ribbon winning 2011 Raffle quilt for her local guild.    Judging for Serena is a process she hopes will encourage, empower and enable all needle artists.

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General Information
2011 1st Place Winner “Marrakesh Arabesque #3” By Jean Grimes Wolfforth, Texas	Ogallala Challenge Check out the 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 2012 show will have the opportunity to purchase 2013 packets first. The remaining packets will be available for purchase ($20) at the Expo Building. You must have purchased one of these packets to be eligible to enter the contest. Only 60 packets will be sold. A note for those entering a Challenge entry in the 2012 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 2012 show entries are due. The $20.00 fee paid for the packet at the 2011 show covers the packet of fabrics and entry fee for the 2012 challenge. Each entry must be: Entered on the regular 2012 OQS entry form, signed and accompanied by a picture of your quilt. 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.
Small 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 10, 2012 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!
	Raffle Quilt Designed by Yvonna Hays, this quilt was made by members of OQS. Quilting donated by Cherie Eichhorn. Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00.
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Questions?  Who do I Call?

Quilt Entries: Elizabeth Lawrence phone: 575-226-0092 e-mail: quilter@over-land.com Vendors: Becky Holley phone: 432-570-5207 e-mail: rockinh707@gmail.com Registration and Meals: Sandi Osterkamp phone: 806-647-1931 e-mail: sandiosterkamp@wildblue.net Volunteers: Sheryl Abdill phone: 575-799-1917 e-mail: abdills@hotmail.com

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