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Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show – 2009

Posted on July 11, 2009February 3, 2010 by Martha

Today Gordon and I went to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show in Sisters, Oregon, which is located in the central part of the state. It’s a cute town in a gorgeous setting — Ponderosa pines everywhere and the beautiful Sisters mountains. For the show they hang quilts (1200 of them this year) inside and outside of all the local businesses — they even close the highway through the middle of town and re-route all the traffic. We arrived early and it was pleasant — not too hot yet and not too crowded. I have to admit that I didn’t see a lot of quilts like the ones I make — most of them are brightly colored and machine quilted. If you want to see examples of fine hand quilting these days, I guess you have to go to a museum. Anyway, there were a few antique quilts displayed which were very pretty, and then this one that just blew me away. It’s a Charley Harper bird quilt and I just loved it — even though it’s contemporary. I should have gotten the info from the tag, but I was so distracted staring at the quilt, I completely forgot. If anyone knows who made this quilt, please let me know. I have all of the re-issues of the Charley Harper books and I have often thought I would love to make a quilt from his wonderful pictures. I doubt I ever will, though, because I don’t think I could ever make one this beautiful. My photo really does not do it justice.

UPDATE: Lisa K. informed me that the quilter’s name is Jane Haworth (from Auburn, California). Lisa provided a link to Susan Beal’s blog — West Coast Crafty. Susan has wonderful photos of the of the Sisters quilt show, including close-ups of the Charley Harper quilt.

I also bought several bags of great vintage fabric scraps that were super cheap. They were mixed in with bags of newer stuff and nobody buying seemed interested — even the people selling it didn’t seem to think it was worth anything — I was thrilled!

CharleyHarperQuilt

8 thoughts on “Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show – 2009”

  1. Ann says:
    July 11, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    That is amazing! I did see Jane H. stitched in the bottom right corner, but that doesn’t narrow it down too much I guess…
    Ann

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  2. Mary says:
    July 12, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    This is beautiful. I see the robin and the cardinal and the blue jay. I think there is also a mourning dove, a red-breasted nuthatch, a brown creeper, and I think the bird with the white eye stripe is a wren of some kind.

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  3. jan says:
    July 14, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    It sounds like a wonderful event! I hope that when I retire, I can talk The Mister into building some vacation time around events like this! (I love the bird quilt!)

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  4. Lisa K. says:
    July 21, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    Looks like it was a talented lady named Jane Haworth:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanstars/3724423910/

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  5. Gigi says:
    September 12, 2009 at 11:10 am

    I seem to remember the Valorie Wells review of the quilt show had info on the bird quilt. Thanks for all you share. I took up quilting after becoming disabled and donate what I make. I’m not out to quilt stores much and rely on the web. Your site is great. Thanks, Gigi.

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  6. jane h says:
    February 3, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    My daughter just found this link whilst at High School today. I am the maker of the Charley Harper Quilt. It’s wonderful to hear all your comments. Get back to me if you require more info.
    Jane Haworth

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  7. Sybil says:
    May 12, 2010 at 3:38 pm

    Last night I saw the Jane Haworth Bird quilt in the June/July Quilters Newsletter (last page) and loved it.

    I could not believe how my heart sung at that quilt and I had never heard of Charley Harper.

    So I went to work today at the National Park Service and stared at our walls which are covered with wonderful NPS posters. I looked up Charley Harper on the internet and found that he had done all of those posters!!! I had never thought to look for an artist for those posters.

    While I feel silly, I would love to contact Jane and thank her for that quilt. Does anyone have an email for her?

    Sybil Winfield, Colorado

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  8. Norma Petersen says:
    October 23, 2012 at 10:43 am

    Years ago CBS Sunday Morning Show featured Charley Harper and that is how I discovered who did the posters we had hanging for years.
    I could not afford the book about his work that was featured but did get another, a DVD and best of all, a coloring book! For quilt designs!!!

    NOW if only I would get around to that quilt..It is news to me that fabric is available..I will have to seek it out…Ellicott City, MD

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