Fiber arts shows feature quilts, yarns
From our weekly issue dated October 14, 2009
This quilt, titled Valley Chicks, will be raffled to benefit the Illinois Valley Boys & Girls Club and SMART. (Photo provided)
Members of the Valley Girls will hold their second annual quilt show on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 16-17 at the Illinois Valley Senior Center, 520 E. River St. in Cave Junction.
Show hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, and there is a small admission fee. Food also will be available during the event.
The show will feature more than 100 never-before-shown quilts crafted by Illinois Valley quilters. Also, there will be a display of “challenge” quilted wall hangings based on the theme, “Green.” These challenge quilts will not be judged, but rather, there will be three “People’s Choice” awards presented on Saturday.
A highlight of the show will be the raffle of a 92-by-92-inch quilt titled “Valley Chicks,” which was sewn in a color palette of teal, yellow, black and white by the Valley Girls quilters. Raffle proceeds will benefit the Illinois Valley Section of the Boys & Girls Club, and the Illinois Valley SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) Program.
Raffle tickets are available at Picket Fence Fabrics, 379 Caves Hwy., and will be available during the show. The winning ticket will be drawn on Saturday afternoon.
Due to the limited display space, show entries and the challenge quilts are open only to Illinois Valley residents. Additional information on entering a quilt is available by phoning Picket Fence Fabrics at 592-5003.
And while in the neighborhood, visit the 2009 Illinois Valley Fiber Arts Festival which will be held the same weekend at the Rogue Community College Kerby Belt Bldg., 24353 Redwood Hwy. in Kerby, 2 miles north of Cave Junction.
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The show will feature items ranging from hand-spun yarns, knitted, felted and woven goods to hand-made beads and buttons. Show hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.
An exquisite collection of fine yarns and fabrics will be featured for sale. The collection belonged to beloved southern Oregon healer, Alanna McLean, who was a passionate lover of the fiber arts. Knowing that Alanna would want her quality collection to benefit the arts community and other fiber artists, her husband Damian has donated the entire collection to the Southern Oregon Guild, a 501c(3) whose mission is to help artists and artisans increase their commercial success and to further enhance the presence of the arts in southern Oregon.
Fiber producers will show their animals and have fleeces for sale, and several artists will also demonstrate their craft. Felter Steve Coots will offer a mini-workshop for $10 in which 4-5 participants will each make a small felt bag in an hour and a half.
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