Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

Sisters, Oregon               High 95 Low 64

Today is expected to be very warm. Because of that and the fact that the last two nights have been so warm boondocking at the Sisters Creekside RV Park, we decided to move this morning………..almost 100 yards to a site that someone left yesterday that had full hook-ups. So far we have been a lot more comfortable than the last two days. We did run our generator so we could have air conditioning, but it wasn’t the same as having full hook-ups.

Yesterday we walked to see the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Which is the largest outdoor quilt show in the world, with what is estimated to have over 10,000 visitors and in excess of 1300 quilts on display.

This bridge Covers the small steam that separates the RV Park from down-town.

The show began on a sunny day in July 1975 when the local quilt shop owner hung 12 quilts on the outside of her quilt shop. Other ladies brought their quilts to add to the display and the show began to grow from that humble start.

Yes, Penny was with us!

New to the show this year was the quilt show walk kickoff where businesses that sponsor the event hang quilts in their shop. I talked about the walk off on the last post. That portion of the show begins a week earlier than the actual show.

The event has about $200,000 in expenses to produce the show. Visitors to the show provide a boost to the economy. A recent study found that attendees spend in excess of $1.7 million during their stay.

When we started our walk, some of the quilts were still being hung and as the day went on, more and more people could be seen walking, what we found out after our walk that it was about a five mile walk. By the end of the day walking in 90+ degrees, we were pretty tired, but it was well worth our visit. All the shops had quilts hanging on them, even the ones that had nothing to do with quilting.

This is the local Quilt Store, and of course it had the most quilts.

One store we walked past had Cinderella's chariot.

Street Entertainer.

This group were mostly the same pattern in different colors.

Lots and lots of people.

If you have any interest in quilting, this show in almost a must see. But if you do come, we stayed in the Creekside RV Park because it was within walking distance of all the festivities, I would recommend full hook-ups. Some of the roads through down-town are closed and as a result Parking is hard to find. This was another reason we stayed in the Park we did. Another plus is free wi-fi, probably the fastest we have seen.

The show is always the second Saturday in July.

This is painted on a Downtown Park rest room!

A different view of the Quilt Store.

The loose mountains were bound.

Thanks for visiting.