July 6 - 10, 2020 1 Welcome to the 2020 Quilter’s Affair Class & Event Guide! Thank you to all who visited the Stitchin’ Post, in person or online, and to all who attended Quilter’s Affair and the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show last year. It is always a pleasure to see familiar faces and a joy to make new friends. You honor us with your patronage, and we treasure you. We are hard at work preparing for a fantastic Quilter’s Affair 2020. My staff and I strive to make your experience positive and we listen to your suggestions for improvements. As part of that, we are happy to debut a new website and registration process. New website features include: searching classes by teacher or day, teacher pages with bios and classes, cart hold, and easy navigation to all the information you need. We have added a worksheet to this guide to help you plan your visit (see p. 48). This year, lunches will be provided by Melvin’s, our local market–their food is outstanding, and we think you will love it. Thank you for all of your suggestions and your patience, as we strive to create a special experience for you. 2020 will bring back lots of our favorite teachers and some new faces. We have some special guests from Egypt, The Tent Makers of Cairo, coming to teach Egyptian appliqué all week long, as well as Jenny Bowker from Australia. They are the special event program for the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show on Wednesday night. You won’t want to miss it. Quilter’s Affair offers more opportunity for education than any other textile art event in Oregon, and workshops abound throughout the year at Stitchin’ Post. Education is the foundation of our business! We welcome you to check our website frequently and subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on all our workshops and events. You may subscribe online at https://mailchi.mp/stitchinpost.com/signup We look forward to seeing you this summer, if not before, and invite you to stop by the Stitchin’ Post anytime you are in Sisters, where we are very busy writing orders for new products that will fill the store to the brim by July! XO Valori 2 Registration Procedures Online Registration opens for all workshops, lectures, events and lunches beginning at 10:00 am PST, Wednesday, January 8, 2020, on QuiltersAffair.com All registration is online only. No registrations will be taken via snail mail, e-mail, paper (walk-in), or fax. Quilter’s Affair has a new registration system this year and all students must create an account before completing their registration checkout. You may create your account before registration to save time. Please check quiltersaffair.com or subscribe to our quilters affair newsletter to be notified when the website is available for account creation. On registration day, be sure to read all of the instructions for registering posted on quiltersaffair.com. All classes are filled on a first come, first served basis. Class seats added to your cart are yours for a set time. You must checkout within the time limit or you class seats will return to available seats. Time limit will be posted on registration day. Shortly after your registration is processed and your credit card is charged, you will receive an email receipt from Quilter’s Affair. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $25.00 for all sign-ups. Tote bags, name tags, and lecture/meal tickets for Quilter’s Affair participants are available at the High School beginning Monday, July 6 from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. (Early pick-ups are available Saturday & Sunday, July 4 & 5, at the Stitchin’ Post from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm.) If you forget your confirmation or lose your name tag, there will be a $5.00 replacement charge. If you are unable to sign up online, you may call Stitchin’ Post after 10 AM PST on January 8th, and a sales associate will assist you in the process, by entering your information online as they speak with you on the phone. This is not faster and will not increase your chances of getting a place in a specific class. Feel free to log on to the instructor’s websites to learn more about them and to see more examples of their work. The instructor list is toward the back of this flyer. We look forward to seeing you this summer in Sisters! Any communication in reference to registration must be directed to Lawry Thorn by email: [email protected] Cancellation Policy If you cancel before June 1, 2020, a refund will be issued (less the $25 non-refundable registration fee). All refunds will be processed by July 30. After May 31, there are no refunds. However, you are always welcome to fill your place with a friend. Please contact us with any registration changes so that the appropriate name tag will be available. A $10 non-refundable fee will be charged for any changes made after we have processed your registration. All cancellation requests must be made in writing or by email. 3 Welcome! STITCHIN’ POST HOURS Quilter’s Affair Features: School Store • Workshops for beginners as well as more Stitchin’ Post will set up a store with class supplies advanced quilters at the High School while workshops are held. We • Daytime lectures from Jenny Doan Thursday make every effort to carry most of the supplies that & Friday morning the instructors request on their supply lists. The • Evening programs promise to be fun downtown Stitchin’ Post will deliver supplies to the and informative school each day at noon. • The Quilt Roadies host the Quilter’s Affair Main Event on Friday evening School Store Hours: Mon. July 6 7:30 am to 3:30 pm All workshops, lectures and evening programs Tue. July 7 7:30 am to 3:30 pm (BINGO, Main Event) are held at the Sisters High & 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm School. The Sisters Garden Tour, Black Butte Wed. July 8 7:30 am to 3:30 pm Ranch Buffet & Quilt Show, Quilt Walk, Sisters & 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Outdoor Quilt Show, and Quilt Show Sunday Thu. July 9 7:30 am to 3:30 pm are all held at various locations around Sisters Fri. July 10 7:30 am to 1:00 pm (specified with the information for each event). Downtown Store Hours: Sat. July 4 9:00 am to 4:00 pm One-day workshops are $95, two-day workshops Sun. July 5 10:00 am to 6:00 pm are $190, three-day workshops are $285, and Mon. July 6 8:30 am to 6:00 pm four-day workshops are $380. Tue. July 7 8:30 am to 6:00 pm Each workshop is coded by level of expertise: Wed. July 8 8:30 am to 7:00 pm Beginner workshops are for people who have Thu. July 9 8:30 am to 7:00 pm little or no experience with quiltmaking; Confident Fri. July 10 8:30 am to 8:00 pm Beginner workshops require you to have rotary Sat. July 11 8:00 am to 6:00 pm cutting and piecing experience; Intermediate Sun. July 12 9:00 am to 6:00 pm workshops require you to be comfortable doing your own interpretation of patterns/designs; and Advanced workshops require you to be comfortable with all levels of designing and creating quilts. Box Lunches Boxed lunches are available Monday through Supply lists will be posted at: Friday for $12 at Sisters High School, through the https://quiltersaffair.com/pages/supply-lists efforts of the staff at Melvin’s Newport Market. Pre-order by June 15. View the menu and order Some workshops require a specific book, pattern, lunches at QuiltersAffair.com or a Lab Fee. We have indicated these items at the (Vegetarian or special request lunches not available.) bottom of the class description. Lab Fees will be paid to the instructor at the time of the class. Books and Monday: Chicken Chutney Salad on Lettuce w/Roll patterns are available on the Stitchin’ Post’s website: Tuesday: Ham & Swiss on Pretzel Bun https://stitchinpost.com/quilters-affair/ Wednesday: Taco Salad with Chips Thursday: Turkey and Provolone on Sourdough If a class will have a kit or starter bundle available, it will be designated with a ` symbol. Lab fees (paid Friday: Newport Chicken Salad on Lettuce w/Roll to instructor) are designated with a H (Light dessert included with lunches.) Starter bundles will be posted on our website as soon as we have them ready. Kits will be available To receive your 10% Quilter’s Affair discount at by the end of April. Stitchin’ Post, you must wear your name tag. 4 Monday - July 6, 2020 101 A Monday Mystery Quilt Lawry Thorn 1 Day - 8:30 am - 3:30 pm . $95 Level: Confident Beginner Size: Lap/Throw (54” x 66”) Here is a fun mystery quilt that Lawry will present to you–and your supply list contains a few clues: The first one is the size of the finished quilt. It is 54” x 66”. Going through the supply list, you will find sugges- tions to help you pick your fabrics, plus amounts of fabric you will need as well as some pre-class cutting instructions. You will have your choice of using the “traditional” method of cutting half- and quarter-square triangles, or if you are familiar with the half-square and quarter-square triangle rulers, you may choose to use those instead.