2009 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

Hang on to your hats, this is going to be a post full of color and pictures. For the first four years I knew Andrea, she always went to the Sisters quilt show without me because I had to work on Saturdays. Now, I finally had the chance to go with her.

On the last day of our camping trip, we packed up, but didn't head home. Instead, we headed into Bend to spend time before we could check into our hotel. We stopped at the outlets and went shopping. Then on the way out, I spotted a quilt store! Only the second time I've spotted one before Andrea did (the first time was on our honeymoon). We couldn't stop for long, I can't remember why, but we did go back after checking into our hotel. We then got some lunch, went to a dog wash and washed Kirby (he was DIRTY) and headed to a local park and had a picnic lunch. Caleb played on the grass and loved every minute of it. He crawled about a couple hundred feet from the blanket and then played next to a tree for a while and then crawled back. He was tired! (all part of the plan ;).

The next morning, we got up plenty early. When we went downstairs, I was disappointed to find a lot of other quilters down there getting breakfast before us. I had been hoping we were going to get to town before the epic traffic jam began to build (the backup coming into town is miles long!). I needn't have worried though. We got to Sisters and parked without a single delay. The following is a fraction of the 295 pictures we took!











Quilts are EVERYWHERE. They are hung on pretty much every single business all over town. It's impressive. You would have to spend a considerable amount of time there if you wanted to see every quilt. I believe there were over 1,100 quilts this year alone!

Here is a fraction of the crowd taken from a great distance away.

Here's a few individual quilts. We took a lot more, but here are some highlights:

This is an Amish quilt. That means, everything has been done by hand. No machines were used to piece or quilt this quilt.

Mother Goose.

This is done by a local quilt artist. This is one of Andrea's favorites.