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About 50 miles southeast of Spokane, Washington, lies a small town called Oakesdale.  Once the junction of three major railroads, the town was named for Thomas F. Oakes who was then the vice-president for the Northern Pacific Railroad.  It is now a farming community nestled in the beautiful hills of the Palouse and is surrounded by wheat fields. View of the Palouse Hills from Steptoe Butte In this small town, there is a group of quilters who call themselves the Sew Ladies.  They meet every-other Wednesday at the home of Russ and Darlene Rickett.  They meet from September through May and then take the summerRead More →

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One night, a couple of months ago, my husband and I were watching the evening news.  About halfway through the program, a feature was presented about medical evacuations of soldiers from Afghanistan to military hospitals in Europe.  I don’t really remember the gist of the whole story; but they did interview a soldier who was injured and getting ready to be evacuated.  He was injured enough that he needed to be evacuated, but he was able to stand and walk. As the story progressed, the cameraman focused on injured soldiers being loaded onto a transport plane.  The injured, covered with the usual drab green blankets,Read More →

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Candy’s 1st Round Robin What a great name for a small group!  When asked how they arrived at that, they said that the group came up with a list of figures of speech, played around with them, and landed on this one.  (Great job, ladies–this “figure of speech” aptly describes your small group!) Individually and together as a group, they have produced many stunning traditional quilts and “edgy” art quilts. Becky’s Round Robin The Quilters on the Edge consist of Becky Bohlinger, Jacque Ervin, Claudia Evers, Candy Fullaway, Jean Kelly, Judy Liebo, Lisa Roberts, and Jan Shipman.  (Do you remember Becky and Jacque being included inRead More →

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This just came in from our travelling correspondent, Liz McElhinny: I was in Washington DC early in March for a conference and had the opportunity to explore the National Museum of Women in the Arts.  The museum is in a beautiful historic Renaissance Revival building-a former Masonic Temple.  It has three floors that showcase a permanent collection of works of women artists from the past and present.  The mezzanine has a restaurant that is open for lunch.  It is located in downtown DC. The exhibit that caught my attention was “Workt by Hand”: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts.  It is a collection of quilts organized byRead More →

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Our March guild meeting was all about color. Featured Quilter Helen Thomas was featured as our member quilter this month.  She has been quilting since 1990.  Among the many quilts she had to show us was this colorful sunflower fabric quilt that she hand-pieced and is in the process of hand-quilting.  She’s not sure she’ll finish quilting this. The quilt laying on top of the sunflower quilt is one she made from her winnings at one of the MPS “Strip Poker” game nights.  Helen has also participated in many of the MPS Quilt Show Challenges and had several of those quilts to show us.  SoRead More →