May Palouse Patchers Newsletter
Palouse Patchers Meeting at 7:00 PM on
Tuesday, May 6, 2024
1912 Center, 412 East 3rd Street, Moscow
Meeting program
The guest speakers will be three Palouse Patchers members giving short presentations. Karen Owsley will speak on the internationally recognized quilter Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentery she saw on her visit to the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, Colorado. Pam Ewing will demonstrate a way to quickly view downloaded PDF quilt patterns. Sara Lawarence will show a special quilt block technique.
There will be Tool time and Show and Tell and some freebies from the Debbie Brudie stash.
From the President – Mary Silvernale-Shook
THANK YOU!!!! A huge thank you to all of you that helped make the 2025 Quilt Show a success. It's a big undertaking, but with everyone helping out in so many different ways, we get it done! A special shout out to Julie Magelky and Madeline Martin for co-chairing the event and all their hard work organizing us. If you're a coordinator, be sure to fill out your evaluation form emailed to you so we get all your ideas on what we did well and what we could improve on for next year. I'm excited for our last two meetings and hope everyone has fun summer plans, quilting or otherwise! The quilt show challenges for the 2026 quilt show will be announced soon so your summer travels and/or shopping might find a new purpose!
Volunteer Needed - Mary Silvernale-Shook
Calling all detail-oriented people! After almost ten years, Julie Trail is stepping down as Membership Chair by September. The position involves keeping a record of the membership. The two main tasks are tracking the monthly attendance sheets at meetings and then once a year preparing the directory. Regular attendance at a meeting to collect the sheets is important, but there is coverage if you can't attend. Julie will be your mentor and pass on any relevant documents to make this an easy transition. Plus, you might have new ideas too!
Palouse Patchers is Moscow Chamber of Commerce Featured Artist for June 2025
If you had a quilt in the Janet Freitag or Quilt Show challenge in this year's quilt show, you will receive an soon. We would like quilts from these two challenges to hang in June at the Moscow Chamber of Commerce as an art display and to be featured on Thursday, June 26th Art Walk event. If you could bring your quilts to the May or June meeting, There will have a sign up sheet to track obtaining and returning quilts. If you have other plans for those quilts, no worries, we just thought they would be a fun display. Other quilts will probably be needed, so if you have an idea for a good quilt to hang, please let me know too.
Upcoming events
May Meeting, May 6, 2025, 1912 Center
June Meeting, June 3, 2025, 1912 Center
September Meeting, September 2, 2025, 1912 Center
October Meeting, October 7, 2025, 1912 Center
Fall 2025 Quilt Camp, October 29-Novermber 2, 2025
November Meeting, November 4, 2025
Quilt Show
Quilt Show Coordinators/Chairs
There will be a short meeting prior to the Tuesday Palouse Patchers meeting to discuss how the show went, and what can be improved in the future.
Comfort Quilt News - Jill Huffman and Joan Cass
Be sure to bring in any comfort quilts that you started on the Sew Days in January. Also, we have a new roll of batting for comfort quilts. Contact Jill Huffman if you need some (she is in the phone directory).
Palouse Patchers Library – Karen Schoepflin Hagen
The Palouse Patchers library is now housed at Kascha Quilts, 148 E Ash St, Genesee.
Please check Kascha’s Facebook page for current hours, https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077437912128.
Community Share
Old Tin Lizzie
A friend of mine here in Moscow has a Tin Lizzie longarm that she would like to get rid of. She just got a Bernina longarm so needs the space. They don’t make them anymore so maybe someone would like to get it just for the parts? Is this something you could put in the newsletter or should she come to a meeting and announce it during the show and tell time?
Thanks, Karen Owsley
Floor Quilt Rack
For sale, pine , $50 OBO contact jeanne.hayes@yahoo.com
Pullman
The fourth annual Pullman Depot Vintage Quilt Show is happening now! Show dates are April 26, May 3, and May 10 – noon to 5:00 at the Pullman Depot Heritage Center (330 N. Grand Ave.).
Chewelah Quilt Show
Cabin Fever Quilt Guilt will have their 23rd annual quilt show May 23 and May 24 at Jenkins High School 702 E Lincoln Avenue, Chewelah WA. Over 100 quilts, vendors and featured Quilter Linda Downing.
Boise
Our non-profit organization, Wrap the World With Quilts, will be a featured charity at the Quilt, Craft, and Sewing Festival in Boise on May 8-10, 2025.
We know that quilters are givers! And we would like your guild members to know they can help those in need by bringing quilts to donate at our booth at the Festival. We will be in our booth, with free stickers, buttons, and more information about our charity.
About our organization:
Three years ago, Gina Halladay and Beth Hawkins (both former pattern and fabric designers in the quilt industry) began an effort to send quilts of comfort and warmth to the refugees flooding the borders from Ukraine. Over 56,000 quilts have been donated from all 50 states, Canada, and several other countries! Those quilts have already been shipped and/or delivered to refugee mothers and children in various housing centers, orphanages, and other locations in Poland, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine; to those in need in Afghanistan, Jordan, Bangladesh, Greece, Pakistan, Lebanon; earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria; and within the U.S to those affected by fires in Maui, tornadoes in Nebraska, flooding in North Carolina, and most recently, the fires in Los Angeles.
Each donated quilt is inventoried, tagged, and tracked to its destination. The quiltmaker can choose to leave their name and hometown, as well as a message of comfort to the recipient. The recipient can then scan the QR code on the tag, and send a message in return to the quiltmaker, through our website (email addresses are kept private). We post photos daily on our social media, showing the process of getting the quilts into the hands of refugees. Often quiltmakers can spot their quilts wrapped around a child or family in the photos that are posted!
Can you let your quilters know that they have a unique opportunity to drop off donated quilts if they are attending the Festival in Boise in May? We would greatly appreciate it! The need for warmth, comfort, and love sent to those affected by war or natural disasters around the world is great.
Handmade quilts of any size are needed. They can be quilted or tied. Fleece, crocheted, knitted, infant swaddle flannels are accepted too.
Quilts can be registered on our website at WraptheWorldWithQuilts.com if the quiltmaker would like to send a personal message and tag their quilt before dropping off. (We can also do that for them in our booth.)
Quilt, Craft, and Sewing Festival in Boise, May 8-10, 2025 at Expo Idaho, 5610 N Glenwood St, Boise, Idaho. More info here
Please let us know if you would like more information. We have attached a flyer with information if you would like to post it in your shop window.
We’d love for you to consider being a part of our GiveBackBox shipping program. As a guild, you can be a collection point for quilts donated to our organization. We can provide you with small info flyers and free stickers and buttons for customers that donate quilts. When you have a stack of quilts to donate, you can load up any box up to 50 pounds, place a label on it (which we can provide to you), and have your UPS driver pick it up! It’s that easy! Contact us at wrapquilts@gmail.com with any questions.
Palouse Patchers Officers for 2024-2025:
Mary Silvernale-Shook, President
Karen Owsley and Pam Ewing, Vice President
Chris Schultz, Treasurer
Joy Stotz, Secretary
Newsletter Information: Please send in Palouse Patchers newsletter items by the 4th Tuesday of every month to patchersnews@gmail.com. The newsletter will go out one week before the meetings. Contact for the newsletter is Margaret Donelick at patchersnews@gmail.com
Palouse Patchers website at http://www.palousepatchers.org
Palouse Patchers Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Palouse-Patchers/258911240821801