Ogallala Quilt Festival 2017 Purple Explosion · of design, color, and workmanship in quilting, teach the art of quilting, and preserve our quilting heritage. You can join Ogallala

Ogallala Quilt Festival 2017

Purple ExplosionMarch 31 – April 1, 2017 — Dimmitt, Texas

Gyleen FitzgeraldGyleen Fitzgerald is theauthor of Trash to Treas-ure Pineapple Quilts,Polygon Affair, Quilts:Unfinished Stories withNew Endings, Learn toQuilt with Scraps: Stash

to Treasure, The Dream: A Magical Journey inColourful Stitches, and In this House. Gyleenmakes quilts that blend color, pattern, and tex-ture to provide a contemporary essence in tra-ditional quilting. Her strength as a quilter isdemonstrated by the infusion of engineeringtools and innovative techniques she uses tosimplify visually complex quilts. She sharesher enthusiasm for quilting through interac-tive lectures and workshops. As a writer,Gyleen centers on haiku poetry, quilt projectbooks, magazine articles, and children’s books.

An avid quilter, Gyleen has earned Best ofShow honors, and as a publisher, she is aGold Medal winner for Quilts: Unfinished Sto-ries with New Endings. She is best known forinspiring Trash to Treasure Pineapple Quiltsand creating the Pineapple Tool by Gyleen.Gyleen has appeared on The Quilt Show andLifetime TV promoting a contemporary spiritin traditional quilt making.

Ricky TimsRicky Tims successfullyblended diverse passionsof music and quiltinginto one unique career.He is known as an en-thusiastic and encourag-ing teacher, an award-

winning quilter, and a talented and spellbindingspeaker. His innovative and entertaining pre-sentations feature live music and humor com-bined with scholarly insights and wisdom. Hisquilts have been displayed worldwide and arehighly regarded as excellent examples of con-temporary quilts with traditional appeal.

Ricky began designing and making quilts in1991 and was recently was selected as one of“The Thirty Most Distinguished Quilters in theWorld.” In 2008, Quiltmania named Ricky oneof nine “Exceptional Men” in the quilting world.He is the author of 10 books (over 100,000copies sold) that demonstrate his unique blendof artistry with quilt making. He maintains anextensive international schedule of teachingand speaking engagements, is the founder ofthe often sold-out “Ricky Tims Super QuiltSeminars,” and founder, with Alex Anderson, ofThe Quilt Show (thequiltshow.com). Ricky alsodesigns his own line of fabrics and threads.

Quilt EntriesCinde Ebeling806-292-0468

[email protected]

VendorsBrenda Jones806-292-8528

[email protected]

Registration and MealsBecky Holley

Home: 432-570-5207Cell: 432-638-2157

[email protected]

VolunteersSheryl Abdill575-799-1917

[email protected]

Who do I call?

Two Featured Teachers for 20th Anniversary!Table of Contents2018 Featured Teacher 12Area Hotels 23Area Map 24Auctions (Live and Silent) 4Awards Dinner 2Best of Show Collection 5Cancellation Policy 16Classes 13–18Deadlines 2Door Prizes 22Fantastic Friday Night 2Featured Guild 5Featured Teacher Classes 13, 15, 17Festival Schedule 3Founding Mothers Exhibit 5Heart and Hand Award 4Hoffman Challenge 5Honored Quilter: Jean Dean 5Junior Quilt Show 10Junior Quilt Entry Form 10Location of Events and Classes 3Missouri Star Bus Trip 22Ogallala Challenge 7Ogallala Membership Form 23Ogallala Membership Meeting 6Ogallala Quilter’s Society 2Quilt Entry Drop-off Locations 7Quilt Entry Form 9Quilt Entry Rules 8Quilt Festival Awards 20Raffle Quilt 22Registration Form 21Retreats 6Regional Teacher Biographies 19Saturday Afternoon Sampler 18Scholarship Lecture 6Show Judge 4Volunteers 4Who do I call? 1

Ogallala Awards Dinner

Gyleen Fitzgerald: LectureAwards CeremonyThursday, March 30

Dimmitt High School CafeteriaDinner and Program $15.00 • Program Only $10.00

Reservations RequiredComplete the “Meals” section on Registration Form

Doors open at 6:00 PM

Dinner begins at 6:30 PM

NO OUTSIDE FOOD ALLOWED

2 Ogallala Quilt Festival 2017

Fantastic Friday NightRicky Tims:

Music and Storytelling OQS Live Quilt Auction

Friday, March 31Dimmitt High School Cafeteria

Dinner and Program $15.00 • Program Only $10.00

Reservations RequiredComplete the “Meals” section on Registration Form

Doors open at 6:00 PM

Dinner begins at 6:30 PM

NO OUTSIDE FOOD ALLOWED

The Ogallala Quilter’s Society

Festival DeadlinesFebruary 1

Nominations due for Heart & Hand Award

February 24Quilt entry form deadline—or the first 200

entered, whichever comes first. Entry forms mustbe postmarked by February 24, 2017.

March 15Class registration deadline

Deadline for reserving meal tickets for AwardsDinner and Fantastic Friday Night Dinner.

See Registration Form for meals and classes.

March 28Quilts due at Dimmitt High School Activity

Center by 9 AM

Live and silent auction donations due at DimmittHigh School Activity Center by 9 AM

April 1Quilt pickup begins at 6:00 PM at Dimmitt High

School Activity Center or check with your drop-offlocations for their dates and times.

May 1Missouri Star bus trip registration

OQS is a nonprofit educational, non-discriminatoryorganization founded in 1997 to foster high standardsof design, color, and workmanship in quilting, teachthe art of quilting, and preserve our quilting heritage.

You can join Ogallala Quilter’s Society!Dues are $15.00 per year.

MembershipMembership is open to all with an interest in thequilting arts.

With your yearly $15 membership, you receive thefollowing:

• Entry fee to Festival each day• Free entry on first quilt entered ($10 saved)• OQS pin (one time only)• Opportunity to attend the Ogallala retreats, bus

trips, and special workshops.

To join or renew your membership for 2017, completethe Membership Form on page 23.

Dimmitt, Texas, March 31 – April 1, 2017 3

Festival EventsTuesday, March 28

Quilt entries will be accepted at the Dimmitt High SchoolActivity Center until 9:00 AM. Check Drop-Off Locations listed

on page 7 to see when quilts need to be at the locations.

Tuesday, March 28–Thursday, March 30Quilt judging and classroom set-up

Wednesday, March 29th Gyleen Fitzgerald Class: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

You must have registered for this class and received a confirmation.

Exhibits and Vendors will NOT be open Wednesday or Thursday

Thursday, March 3oth Vendor Set-Up

Gyleen Fitzgerald Class: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM


Regional Teacher Classes: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Ogallala Awards Dinner: 6:30 PM – $15.00Reservations Required

Exhibits and Vendors will NOT be open Wednesday or Thursday

Friday, March 31stRicky Tims Class: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM


Festival Exhibits: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Admission: $5.00; Free to OQS Members • Good for ALL Exhibits

Regional Teacher Classes: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Fantastic Friday Night Dinner: 6:30 PM – $15.00Reservations Required

Saturday, April 1st Gyleen Fitzgerald Class: 8:30 AM – noon


Regional Teacher Classes: 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Festival Exhibits: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Admission: $5.00; Free to OQS Members • Good for ALL Exhibits

Scholarship Winner Lecture: 12:00 PM

Ogallala Membership Meeting: 12:30 PM

Saturday Sampler Classes: 1:30 – 3:00 PM

Raffle Quilt Drawing and Basket Drawing: 4:00 PM

Quilt pickup begins: 6:00 PM

Event & Class Locations

Registration, Judged Quilt Show,

Vendors, Demonstrations, OQS General Meeting,

Silent Auction, Scholarship Lecture

Dimmitt High School Activity Center

Special ExhibitsMethodist Church and Senior Citizens Center

Thursday Night Dinner(March 30)

Friday Night Dinner (March 31)

Dimmitt High School Cafeteria

Gyleen Fitzgerald ClassesWednesday, March 29;

Thursday, March 30; andSaturday, April 1Dimmitt City Hall

Ricky Tims Class Friday, March 31

Dimmitt Middle School Auditorium

Regional Teacher ClassesSenior Citizens Center, City Hall,

Rhoads Memorial Library, and CastroCounty AgriLife Building

Class locations are based on thenumber of registrants. We areunable to inform registrants of theexact location of their classes at thetime of registration. Please checkthe website the week before Festivalfor your class location or look forposted information at the DimmittHigh School Activity Center.


Show JudgeMaribeth Schmit

NQA Certified Quilt Judge, member NACQJ

Maribeth is an experienced CertifiedQuilt Judge and is qualified to evaluateMasterpiece quilts. In addition tojudging, she is a teacher, lecturer, andfiber artist. Raised in Illinois, she livedand taught for several years in PuertoRico and Indonesia before moving toCedarburg, Wisconsin.

Maribeth’s traditional and art quiltshave won numerous awards. She hasexhibited in National Quilting Associa-tion shows in North Carolina and Ohio;has been juried into several AmericanQuilter’s Society shows; and has beeninvited to show quilts in special exhibitsat the International Quilt Festival inChicago (Illinois), museums, and fineart galleries. She has been published inAQS Quilt Art Engagement Calendar,Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, PieceWorkMagazine, QuiltMania, and the NQAQuilting Quarterly.

In 2014, Maribeth became a QualifiedInstructor of the NQA Intensive “2-DayIntroduction to Judging Seminar.” In2015, she became Documentation Chairat the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts andFiber Arts in Cedarburg, Wisconsi n.

Visit Maribeth’s website at www.wiquiltjudge.com.

Small Quilt Live Auction and Small Quilt Silent Auction

Don’t forget to make a small quilt donation to the Auctions! The AuctionCommittee will determine whether to include your donation in the LiveAuction at the Friday night dinner or the Silent Auction on Friday and Saturdayat the Dimmitt High School Activity Center during the Festival. Be sure to labelyour quilts with the word “Auction” when dropping off or mailing them.

The deadline for donating your small quilt is Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at9:00 AM. Bring your donation to the Dimmitt High School Activity Centervolunteer table or to the drop-off sites (see page 7), or mail them to:

Karen Hutson511 NW 2nd

Dimmitt, TX 79027

During the Festival, come by the display in the Dimmitt High SchoolActivity Center and bid on your favorite quilt in the Silent Auction, or makea bid during the Live Auction on Friday night! All proceeds go to thescholarship fund and to the continued expansion of the Ogallala Festival.We appreciate your support!

OQS Houston and Doris Lust “Heart and Hand” AwardThis award recognizes quilters who use quilting to benefit theircommunities, whether making quilts for those in need of a warm hug,teaching quilting to those who need to learn a skill, or meeting other quilt-related community needs.

The award is named for Houston and Doris Lust of Dimmitt in honor of thecontributions they have made to their community and to the Ogallala Quilter’sSociety. Nominees may be individuals or groups, but either the individual orsomeone in the group must be a member of the Ogallala Quilter’s Society.

The honoree or honorees will be recognized at the Awards Dinner with a$100 check to be used as needed in their project.

If you would like to nominate a person or group for the Heart and HandAward, please complete the form found on www.ogallalaquilters.org.Nominations are due February 1, 2017.

Be a Volunteer! • Get your OQS Pin!Volunteers are always important at any event as large as the Festival. If youvolunteer for 2 hours, you will receive one of the 2017 Limited Edition OQSPins. Please indicate the times you can volunteer on the registration form.From ticket takers to quilt watchers, we have a job for YOU!

For more information, contact Sheryl Abdill at 575-799-1917 [email protected]

NOTE: By volunteering for the 2017 Festival for two hours, you will receiveyour 2018 Festival Catalog one week earlier than other members, allowingyou to register early for classes.


Featured Guild Friendship Quilter’s Guild

Dimmitt, TexasFriendship Quilter’s Guild was organized by twelve chartermembers in May 1987. Five of these women are still mem-bers. The group organized a quilt show and competition tobe held at the Castro County Museum in conjunction withthe Castro County Fair in August 1987 that has continued.Members began teaching each other what they had learned.Every year a raffle quilt helped supp ort the group’s manyprojects. Several of these quilts have been juried into theInternational Quilt Festival and featured in the Lang QuiltCalendars and the 2011 book, Lone Star Quilts III: A Legacyof Texas Quilts, 1986–2011 by Karey Bresenhan and NancyPuentes. One of these quilts also won Ogallala Best ofShow. Group members believe in giving back to the com-munity, county, region, and country in any way they can:making Quilts of Valor, quilts for Child Protective Services,and lap quilts for the residents of the local nursing home;purchasing requested gifts for the local Angel Tree atChristmas; donating quilted and framed quilts to decoraterooms at a local hospital; participating in the local Walk forCancer; continually supporting the local Senior Citizen’sCenter, local disaster funds, and Ogallala Quilter’s Society,which was born in a Friendship Quilter’s Guild workshop,and the Ogallala Quilt Festival held each April in Dimmitt.

See this exhibit at the Sen ior Citizens Center

Best of Show Collection

See this exhibit at the Methodist Church

The Hoffman Challenge

In 1987, the Hoffman Challenge started with 94enthusiastic quilters. The numbers of entries havegrown to more than 700. Although the majority of theentries come from the United States, numerousinternational entries are received. Each year, the topentries are grouped into collections that travel in theUnited States and Canada. The Hoffman Challengehas grown to be a premiere traveling quilt collection.

Come visit this outstanding display of quilts fromaround the world at the Methodist Church

2016 Best HandWorkmanship, Appliqué: “Butterflies Are Free” by Janet Gigee

Honored QuilterJean Gilles Dean

A display in the sunroom of the Methodist Church will honorthe late Jean Dean, one of the founding mothers of the OgallalaQuilter’s Society. Jean was well-known for her excellent choicesof fabrics, for her skills, and for trying new techniques, whichshe taught all over West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Pleasecome enjoy some of her pieces!


1998: June Long1999: Friendship Quilter’s

Guild of Dimmitt2000: Jackie Reis2001: Shari Schumacher2002: Jackie Reis2003: Yvonna Hays2004: Pat Connally2005: Samantha Usnick2006: Pat Connally2007: June Long

2008: Marilyn Clifford2009: Deborah Cole2010: Gloria Blackwell2011: Pat Connally2012: Pat Connally2013: Mary Steinhauer2014: Bonnie Holmans2015: Ann Powell2016: Pecos Valley Quilt

Show Committee

Founding Mothers ExhibitThis display honors the women who gave selflessly oftime and energy to make the Ogallala Quilter’s Societyand the yearly quilt festival and retreats what we knowtoday. The list of tasks was never-ending: Th ey foundteachers; wrote articles for newsletters; lugged plug strips,extension cords, chairs, and tables from venue to venue;registered show participants; hung quilts; and begged fordonations and door prizes. These women found time tomake quilts, too.


Jean Gilles Dean ScholarshipJean Dean passed away in October. A scholarship fund hasbeen set up in her name through the Ogallala Quilter’sSociety. This scholarship will fund a participant to attend anOgallala Quilt Festival class. The Board will select the luckyparticipant. Nominations will be accepted.

Ceta Canyon RetreatSeptember 22–24, 2017

Ceta Canyon Cost: $200 (includes meals, room with linens)

The Ceta Canyon Retreat is held each Septemberat the Ceta Canyon Retreat Center near Happy,Texas. Each year a specific project is featured, butparticipation is optional. If you choose not towork on the project, bring your own projects.This is a great way to meet other quilters, learnsome new techniques, get away from distractionsat home, and sew, sew, sew.

For more information and registration forms, go to

www.ogallalaquilters.org

Winter ExperienceJanuary 27–29, 2017

Red Barn Ranch Cost: $200 (includes meals, room with linens)

The Winter Experience is a time when our ownquilting peers share some interesting and funtechniques they have learned and want to makeavailable to others. If you would like toparticipate in any or all of the workshops, justmake your selection on the Winter Experienceregistration form. There is no extra charge forparticipating in the classes!

For more information and registration forms, go to



Ogallala Membership Meeting

All Members Invited12:30 PM Saturday, April 1st

Dimmitt High School Activity Center

The deadline for nominating officers is March31st at 12:30 PM. Please place names in the labeledbox located in the foyer at the Dimmitt HighSchool Activity Center.

The Earl and June Long Scholarship LectureLittle Things

Presented by Kerri Forrest

Have you ever seen a quilt that every time youlook at it, you see something new? Kerri Forrestwill describe how you can have fun as you learnpositive/negative appliqué, bobbin work,couching, rickrack appliqué, shisha mirrorembroidery, and how to add tiny piping.

Saturday, April 1st at 12:00 PM

Dimmitt High School Activity Center Bleacher Area

Friend Us on FacebookIf you find you have paid for a class and cannotattend, sell your class by posting it on Facebook.

Bookmark our website

www.ogallalaquilters.orgSee past winners and other Ogallala Quilter’s

Society information on this site.


Sisters’ Scraps Quilt Shop, 6018 SW 33rd, Amarillo, TXDrop-off times: Monday, March 27th, 3:00 – 5:00 PM

Contact: Janice Hathaway, 806-679-6470

The Sewing Studio, #14 Salem Village, 4601 SouthLoop 289, Lubbock, TXDrop-off time: Monday, March 27th, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Contact: Elizabeth Gutschke, 806-790-0667

Alamo Heights Baptist Church, 1305 Midland Drive,Midland, TXDrop-off time: Monday, March 27th, 1:00 – 5:30 PM

Contact: Lucrecia Black, 432-528-4655

Desert Rose Center, 208 E. Main St., Tucumcari, NMDrop-off time: Monday, March 27th, 1:00 – 5:30 PM

Contact: Diane Beck, 575-461-2342

The Sewing Basket, 1605 N. Prince, Clovis, NMDrop-off time: Saturday, March 25th, 10:00 AM – 12:00 noonContact: Kerri Forrest, 575-762-9082

The Country Store Quilt Shop, 115 N. Main St.,Lovington, NMDrop-off time: Friday, March 24th, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Contact: Deann Adams, 575-396-4914

Calico Cow Quilt Shop, 311 N Main, Roswell, NMDrop-off time: Thursday, March 23rd, noon – 3:00 PM

Contact: Carolyn Noling, 575-623-8647

Karen Hutson, 511 NW 2nd, Dimmitt, TXDrop-off time: Saturday, March 25th, 1:00 – 5:00 PM

Contact: Karen Hutson, 806-647-6178 (Must call ahead)

Quilt Entry Drop-Off LocationsPlease DO NOT take your quilts to these locations

before the drop-off times indicated below.

Check out the Challenge Quilts on display in the DimmittHigh School Activity Center. They are amazing!

The winning quilter will receive the award of $100 in“Ogallala Bucks” sponsored by Pass Time Fabrics ofGainesville, Texas, to be spent with Festival vendors oradvertisers, plus first-place prize money. Be sure to lookclosely at these unique interpretations.

Quilters who finished the challenge quilts and enterthem in the 2017 show will have the opportunity topurchase 2018 packets first. The remaining packets willbe available for purchase ($20) at the Dimmitt HighSchool Activity Center.

You must purchase one of these packets to be eligibleto enter the contest. Only 60 packets will be sold.

A note for those entering a Challenge entry in the 2017Show:• Only one challenge entry per person.• Your challenge entry does not count in the three

quilts per person show limit.• All work on the challenge quilt must be done by the

person entering the quilt.• Entries are due at the same time other 2017 show

entries are due.• The $20.00 fee paid for the packet at the 2016

show covers the packet of fabrics and entry fee forthe 2017 challenge.

• Each challenge entry must be entered on the 2017OQS Quilt Entry Form (see page 9), and accompa-nied by a picture of your completed quilt top.

• A copy of the numbered form that accompaniesthe purchased packet of fabric MUST also beattached to the entry form. Entries will not beaccepted without this numbered form as proof ofpurchase.

Ogallala Challenge

2016 1st PlaceWinner“Catching a RideWith My Best FriendGertie”By Cinde EbelingPlainview, Texas


Quilt Entry RulesPlease read ALL ENTRY RULES before submitting your entry.

• Have two (2) copies of the Quilt Entry Form for each entry. Send theoriginal entry form with your check and a picture of the completedquilt top (stapled to back of form), postmarked by February 24,2017, to Cinde Ebeling, Show Chair, Ogallala Quilter’sSociety, 877 CR Q, Plainview, TX 79072. Attach the secondcopy of the Quilt Entry Form via safety pin to the outside of the en-tered item’s cloth sack.

• Your entry will not be accepted without a hard copy photo of your com-pleted quilt top attached to the entry form. Photo can be printed on paper.Remember, your quilt’s image (photograph) is all that the committee sees todetermine category eligibility of your quilt for judging. Your quilt DOESNOT have to be quilted and bound at the time you send in your quilt entry.

• The Quilt Entry Form, check, and picture deadline is Feb-ruary 24, 2017 (postmarked) or the first 200 entries, whichevercomes first.

• All quilt entries must have a sleeve firmly sewn to the back with a4" opening for a large/medium quilt or 2" opening for small/minia-ture. If a quilt is longer than 93", it MUST have a 4" sleeve at 93"from the bottom of the quilt to the top of the sleeve to prevent drag-ging on the floor. Quilts without sleeves or sleeves that have beensafety pinned will not be hung. Sleeves for table runners and bedrunners need to be on the SHORT ends.

• Fabric identification labels must be visible and sewn to the back of allquilts, including miniatures and clothing items. The label must be lo-cated in one of the lower corners on the back of the quilt. The nameof the quilt and the quilter MUST be clearly printed on the label.

• The type of machine used for quilting must be indicated on theentry form: stationary, track-mounted, or computer-guided.

• All entries must be completed. No “works in progress” accepted.• No more than one quilt by a quilt maker may be entered in a category,

and only one combination of quilt maker/quilter may enter a quilt in atwo-person category. This rule does not apply to the group category.

• Three (3) entries per person are allowed.

• The Challenge Quilt does not count as one of the three (3) entries.You must include the separate entry form for the challenge quiltprovided in the purchased packet with the regular entry form.

• The fee is $15 per entry for non-members; $10 for OQS members(OQS members get 1st entry free).

• Make check payable to Ogallala Quilter’s Society and send withentry form.

• Each entry must be in its own separate cloth sack with your nameand phone number affixed (written or sewn) to the cloth sack, and acopy of the Quilt Entry Form attached with a safety pin to the bag.NO PLASTIC BAGS!!! And no straight pins!

• All quilts must be clean, free of smoke and odor. Quilt Show Chair-person has the right to refuse any quilts on this basis.

• All quilt entries must be at the Dimmitt High School Activity Cen-ter by 9:00 AM on March 28, 2017, to be exhibited at the Festival.

• All entries sent by mail must include a pre-paid return address,UPS, or USPS label (no Fedex). Each quilt must be placed in a sepa-rate, labeled cloth sack with your name and phone number affixed,and a copy of the Quilt Entry Form attached to the bag via safetypin. If you are mailing your entry, send to: Karen Hutson, 511 NW2nd, Dimmitt, TX 79027.

• The Quilt Show Chair has the right to change any entry’s category as ap-propriate. Quilts entered in an inappropriate category may not be hung.

• Final category placement is at the discretion of the Show Chair.• Quilts entered may not have been shown previously in an Ogallala

Quilt Festival.• All participants are responsible for insuring their own entries.• Quilts made from kits and/or blocks of the month are not eligible

for the Cotton Boll Awards for color and design, but are eligible forother awards.

• Quilt pickup is at end of Festival, April 1, 2017, beginning at 6:00PM. Quilts left after that time may be picked up at the drop-off loca-tions, or you may contact Karen Hutson at 806-647-6178.

Definitions• Quilts (other than garments) must consist of three distinct layers: top,

middle, backing. These layers must be held together by hand- or machine-made functional stitches or other elements that clearly pierce and showthrough all three layers at one time and are distributed throughout the sur-face of the work. Stitches or elements must be visible on the back of thework. Edges of the work must be finished, but not necessarily with a tradi-tional binding. Quilts must be able to be hung.

• Large: Appliqué, Pieced, and Mixed Technique quilts that are over 70"in width. Large Art Quilts have a total perimeter of over 150". Quiltsover 96" wide will be accepted based on available space.

• Amateur Quilter: Not a professional.• Professional Quilter: Any person who sells his/her work, teaches,

or has won any award in a juried competition, such as Houston.• Two-Person Quilt: Two quilters worked on any part of the quilt.

This includes the quilting.• Group Quilt: More than two quilters worked on the quilt.• Mixed Technique Quilt: Combination of pieced, appliqué, and/or

embellishing techniques.

• Stationary Machine: Where the quilt is moved by hand under asewing machine to do the quilting.

• Track-Mounted Machine: Where the sewing machine is movedover the surface of the quilt to do the quilting.

• Computer-Guided Machine: Where the computer guides thesewing machine over the surface of the quilt to do the quilting. Thisalso includes embroidery machines.

• Original Design: Created firsthand without copying the works ofothers or using a pattern created by others.

• Art Quilt: The quilt must be original, composed firsthand withoutcopying the works of others. This is a one-person category. An origi-nal work composed and created solely by the person submitting work,consisting of at least three layers (front, middle, and back) quilted to-gether with materials, color, and/or design used in a nontraditionalform or format. May include mixed media, traditional fabric andthread, appliqué, embellishments, digital imagery, surface design,nonconventional finish techniques, or elements not normally foundin traditional quilts.


Form MUST be postmarked nolater than February 24, 2017

Quilt Entry FormPer entry fee is $15 (non-members) or $10 (OQS members, with 1st entry free)

Send to: Cinde Ebeling, Show Chair,877 CR Q, Plainview, TX 79072

Last Name: First Name:

Address: Email:

City, State, Zip: Phone:

Personal Information (must provide complete information; please print legibly; download additional forms from www.ogallalaquilters.org)

ALL of the following information about your entry MUST be completed! (one entry per form; please complete all fields)

Made by: Pattern by:

Quilted by: Pattern title:

Size of quilt in inches: Width: _________ Length: ________See Quilt Entry Rules about sleeve if quilt length is more than 93" Name of entry:

Is quilt an original design? ! Yes ! No Was computer-guided quilting used? ! Yes ! No

Type of quilting (MUST check one): ! Hand Quilted ! Track (Sewing machine is moved over quilt)! Stationary Machine (Quilt is moved by hand under a sewing machine)

Is quilt made from a kit? ! Yes ! No Is quilt from a Block of the Month pattern? ! Yes ! No

Additional information (25 words or less): Entry form MUST include a hard copy photograph of completed quilt top. NOphotographs of works in progress.

Check only one of the following categories (see definitions in Quilt Entry Rules)

!Theme Quilt: Your interpretation of the theme of the 2017 QuiltFestival. Total of 4 sides not to exceed 200".

!Miniature: Quilt must represent a scaled-down version of a full-sizequilt. Total of 4 sides not to exceed 100".

!Specialty Quilt: Crazy, Yo-Yo, Cathedral Window, Whole Cloth, Tiedquilt of any size, T-Shirt quilts, hand embroidery.

!Machine Embroidery: One or more persons, quilted by maker oranother person. Any size.

!Appliqué Quilt Amateur: Predominately appliqué. Any size largerthan Wall Quilt. ONE PERSON CATEGORY

!Appliqué Quilt Professional: Predominately appliqué. Any size largerthan Wall Quilt. ONE PERSON CATEGORY

!Appliqué Two Person or Group Quilt: Predominately appliqué. Anysize larger than Wall Quilt.

!Pieced Quilt Amateur: Predominately pieced. Any size larger thanWall Quilt. ONE PERSON CATEGORY

!Pieced Quilt Professional: Predominately pieced. Any size largerthan Wall Quilt. ONE PERSON CATEGORY

!Pieced Two Person Quilt: Predominately pieced. Width 70" or less,but larger than Wall Quilt.

!Pieced Two Person Quilt Large: Predominately pieced. Width over70".

!Pieced Group Quilt: Predominately pieced. Any size larger than WallQuilt.

!Mixed Technique Quilt Amateur: Combined pieced, appliqué,and/or embellishing techniques. Any size larger than Wall Quilt.ONE PERSON CATEGORY

!Mixed Technique Quilt Professional: Combined pieced, appliqué,and/or embellishing techniques. Any size larger than Wall Quilt.ONE PERSON CATEGORY

!Mixed Technique Two Person/Group Quilt: Combined pieced,appliqué, and/or embellishing techniques. Width 70" or less, andlarger than Wall Quilt.

!Mixed Technique Two Person/Group Quilt Large: Combined pieced,appliqué, and/or embellishing techniques. Width over 70".

!Wall Quilt Amateur: Total of quilt’s 4 sides not to exceed 200". ONE PERSON CATEGORY

!Wall Quilt Professional: Total of quilt’s 4 sides not to exceed 200".ONE PERSON CATEGORY

!Wall Quilt Two Person/Group: Total of quilt’s 4 sides not toexceed 200".

! Art Quilt: Total of quilt’s 4 sides is 150" or less. See definition.

! Art Quilt Large: Total of quilt’s 4 sides exceeds 150". See definition.

!Wearable Art: Garment constructed by entrant made of fabric usingquilting techniques of piecing, appliqué, and/or quilting. Batting notrequired.

!Challenge Quilt: See rules and use this form and the entry form inpurchased challenge packet. This is not included in the 3-entry limit.

I understand the Ogallala Quilter’s Society will take every precaution in the care and handling of my quilt. I will not hold OQS responsible for any damage due tounforeseen events that might occur. I also understand that my signature gives OQS the right to use a photo of my quilt for promotion of the Ogallala Quilt Festival inany publications, advertisements, or catalogs of show quilts and other printed or electronic materials. Quilt pickup is at end of Festival, Saturday, April 1st, beginning at6:00 PM. Quilts left after that time may be picked up at the drop-off locations, or you may contact Karen Hutson at 806-647-6178.

Signature ________________________________________________________ Date __________________________


Junior Quilt CategoryThe Ogallala Quilter’s Society has categories specifically for the new generation of quilters—those 18 years ofage and younger. By entering a quilt, juniors become OQS members for this year.

The Best of Show winner in the Junior Category will receive $350. We are very fortunate to have private donorsto help sponsor the prizes for this category.

If you are 18 or younger and would like to enter a quilt, use the form below to submit your quilt entry. Pleasereview the Entry Form Rules to make sure the proper requirements are met. Additional rules for the JuniorQuilt Category are the following:

1. 100% of single-person entries must be completed by the entrant: This includes the construction of quilt topand the quilting.

2. If entrant has won “Best of Show” twice, then entrant has to enter show as an adult amateur.

3. Junior quilts may be quilted by an adult, but do not qualify for the Junior Best of Show award.

Form MUST be postmarked nolater than February 24, 2017

Junior Quilt Entry FormEach entry is free! — Only one entry per person

Send to: Cinde Ebeling, Show Chair,877 CR Q, Plainview, TX 79072

Last Name: First Name:

Address: Email:

City, State, Zip: Phone:

Birth Month & Year: Age:

Personal Information (must provide complete information; please print legibly)

ALL of the following information about your entry MUST be completed! (one entry per form; please complete all fields)

I understand the Ogallala Quilter’s Society will take every precaution in the care and handling of my child’s quilt. I will not hold OQS responsible for any damage due tounforeseen events that might occur. I also understand that my signature gives OQS the right to use a photo of my child’s quilt for promotion of the Ogallala QuiltFestival in any publications, advertisements, or catalogs of show quilts and other printed or electronic materials. Quilt pickup is at end of Festival, Saturday, April 1st,beginning at 6:00 PM. Quilts left after that time may be picked up at the drop-off locations, or you may contact Karen Hutson at 806-647-6178.

Signature of Parent/Legal Guardian _____________________________________________ Date _______________

Print Name of Parent/Legal Guardian __________________________________ _________

Can only be accepted with signature of parent or legal guardian

Made by: Pattern by:

Quilted by: Pattern title:

Size of quilt in inches: Width: _________ Length: ________See Quilt Entry Rules about sleeve if quilt length is more than 93" Name of entry:

Is quilt an original design? ! Yes ! No Was computer-guided quilting used? ! Yes ! No

Type of quilting (MUST check one): ! Hand Quilted ! Track (Sewing machine is moved over quilt)! Stationary Machine (Quilt is moved by hand under a sewing machine)

Is quilt made from a kit? ! Yes ! No Is quilt from a Block of the Month pattern? ! Yes ! No

Additional information (25 words or less): Entry form MUST include a hard copy photograph of completed quilt top. NOphotographs of works in progress.



Ogallala Quilter’s Society Websitewww.ogallalaquilters.org

The Ogallala Quilter’s Society’s website haseverything you need to know about theorganization’s upcoming events.

Upcoming events will also be listed andupdated on a frequent basis, allowing you tobe kept up to date.

Lyric Montgomery Kinard isan award-winning artist witha passion for sparking thecreativity that she knowseach of her students pos-sesses. With playful supportand gentle encouragementshe will take you throughyour first steps on a new

path, seeing the world through the eyes of an artist.As an artist, author, and educator she transformscloth into art in her studio and timid spirits intoconfident creatives in the classroom.

Lyric was recognized for her talents as the 2011International Association of Professional Quilters

Teacher of the Year and is the author of the bookArt + Quilt: Design Principles and CreativityExercises. She has written extensively for QuiltingArts Magazine, has appeared on Quilting Arts TVand The Quilt Show, and has two DVD Workshops,Surface Design Sampler Platter, and Bead It Like YouMean It. She has studied with many well-knowntextile artists around the country and continues toexpand her skills in the area of surface design. Shehas a BA in English Literature from the Universityof Utah and has also formally studied music andarchitecture. She currently lives in Cary, NorthCarolina, with her husband and some of their fivechildren.

Mark your calendars NOW for the 21st Annual Ogallala Quilt Festival March 29th–31st, April 1st, 2018

2018 Ogallala Quilt Festival Featured Teacher: Lyric Kinnard


8:30 AM – 4:30 P M Bending Star with Gyleen FitzgeraldClean and crisp design lines colored to bend. Imageis everything and that image is controlled by colorplacement and precision piecing. Learn the Butterflyand the Crisscross seam techniques. Plus learn howto inlay the star in Gyleen’s signature piecedbackground. The entire design is machine pieced—it’s easier than you can imagine!Level of difficulty: All levelsCost: $85 (includes $10 pattern)Maximum # of students: 25

Supply list: • Group A fabrics: 8 fabrics, 4 1/2" x 40" each:

Choose a medium and dark from 4 color families• Group B fabrics: 2 neutral fabrics, one darker

than the other, 3" x 40" each piece• Background: 2 fabrics, 2/3 yard each: Consider

selecting 2 colors next to each other on the colorwheel. The striping should be more unexpectedrather than shocking.

• 1/2 yard binding fabric• Polygon3 Tool (available for purchase in class)• Basic supplies: Fabric scissors; rotary cutting

supplies with 6” x 24” ruler; neutral generalpurpose thread (gray, tan) or one that blends inwith most of your fabrics; and straight pins.

• Sewing machine in good working order.

Wednesday All-Day Class, March 29, 2017

8:30 AM – 4:30 P M Engaged with Gyleen FitzgeraldAre you ready for love? It’s a Polygon Affair. Engagedcombines 4 shapes (diamonds, pyramids, hexagonsand cones) into one stunning quilt all cut from yourstash. You will learn how to construct a “ButterflySeam” for effortless stitching. It’s so easy—you’ll fallin love. Gyleen says, “I love scrap quilts, thereforemy first thought is to cut 3-inch strips from fabricyou love or want to use up or a collection just beg-ging to be used. In class you really don’t need muchto learn the pattern—15 strips should do it. You candecide on the connector fabric later as long as youbring one 3-inch strip of two fabrics to practice. Andif scrappy is not your thing, Engage looks stunningusing five fabrics with one fabulous border print.Level of difficulty: All levelsCost: $85 (includes $10 pattern)Maximum # of students: 25

Supply list: Fabric:• 45 3" x 40" strips; if using FQs, cut 2 strips per

fabric, 3" x 22" each• 1 1/2 yards connector pyramid and edge fabric• 2 yards connector background pyramid and

border 1• 1/2 yard border 2• 1 yard border 3Other supplies:• Polygon Tool (available for purchase in class)• Sewing machine with manual; 1/4" foot without

edge guide (if possible)• Two thread colors, one for the top and another in

the bobbin and that is visible on the wrong sideof fabric

• Seam ripper; thread snips; rotary cutter, rulerand mat; extension cord; straight pins; fingerpressing tool; and batting to use as a design wall(optional)

Thursday All-Day Class, March 30, 2017


Thursday Morning Class, March 30, 20178:30 AM – 11:30 A M Fabulous Feather Quilting with Jean Grimes

Beautiful flowing feathers can really set yourquilting apart. We will practice on paper and thenbegin to stitch feathers using several differenttechniques. So many variations are possible to usein blocks and borders.Level of difficulty: IntermediateCost: $50 (includes $15 kit)Maximum # of students: 10

Supply list: • Sewing machine set up for quilting (feed dogs

dropped, free motion or darning foot), withextension table if available

• 50 wt thread (colored, not white), 2 filled bobbins• New size 12 needle—universal or top stitch• Scissors, pen or pencil• Thick pillow to sit on• Any quilting aids you want to try, such as

Supreme Slider

1:30 PM – 4:30 P M Fusing Sunset with Nancy Woods

Who can resist a sunset? Have you ever wanted tocapture one in fabric for a landscape quilt? In thisclass, we will use photos of colorful sunsets asinspiration for a raw-edge fused fabric sky to use ina landscape quilt. Students will be guided throughbasic steps to create a dynamic sunset, painted withfabric and ready to sew at home.

No sewing machine needed for this class, but Nancywill bring hers to demonstrate how to shade andadd texture between the sunset colors with thread-painting. Level of difficulty: IntermediateCost: $45 (includes $10 kit of Mistyfuse, muslin,and parchment paper)

Maximum # of students: 8Supply list: • Fabric: small prints, designs, patterns: orange,

yellow, red, coral, purple, pink, blue, and anyother color that you choose. Scraps, strips, fatquarters, 1/4 yard pieces work well. Try to have alight, medium, and dark of each color. Batiksand tightly woven fabrics are good for fusing.

• Rotary cutter, mat, and ruler• Scissors, tweezers, glue stick, straight pins• Ironing mat

1:30 PM – 4:30 P M Not Your Grandma’s String Quilt Anymore! with Lou Sikes

This class is taking your Grandma’s String Quiltone step further. We will explore the endlesspossibilities you can create by using the string quiltblock and taking it to a new dimension.Level of difficulty: BeginnerCost: $35 Maximum # of students: 15

Supply list: • Sewing machine in good working order• Scissors• Rotary cutter and mat• 9x12 tablet of tracing paper• Pencil• Frixion marking pen• Variety of fabrics within a color family (for

example, blue) cut into 1", 1 1/2", 2" strips• 2 to 3 fat quarters in a coordinating color, maybe

a complementary color• Co ordinating thread

Thursday Afternoon Classes, March 30, 2017


8:30 AM – 4:30 P M Six Days in Six Hours with Ricky TimsRicky Tims presents a day of informative live lectureand video demonstrations. This lecture class featuresimprovisational patchwork, his Convergencemethod, Kool Kaleidoscope quilts, Rhapsody quilts,precision pieced curves, quilting, and binding. Takeaway the equivalent of six hands-on classes in oneday! Leave with inspiration and full-color classsyllabus. No hands-on sewing.

Boxed lunch providedLevel of difficulty: Beginner to ExperiencedCost: $90 (includes boxed lunch and class book)Supplies:• Pencil, pen, and notepaper

8:30 AM – 11:30 A M Maintenance of Featherweights with Kerri Forrest

Learn to clean, oil, and adjust your Featherweightsewing machine.Level of difficulty: BeginnerCost: $35Maximum # of students: 15

Supply list: • Featherweight sewing machine, oil, and grease• 1" paint brush or old blush brush, old toothbrush• Small flat screwdrivers• Soft cleaning rag• Thread, bobbins• Scissors, new needles• Fabric scraps for test sewing

Friday All-Day Class, March 31, 2017

1:30 PM – 4:30 P M Machine Embroidery with Jeanette Wenner

Beginning embroidery techniques and tools will bedemonstrated. Pattern options and threads will beshown, along with several machines. You will leaveclass with an embroidered “something” as an exam-ple of what you have learned, along with handoutsand samples of products used in embroidery. This isa coming trend in our quilting world and is an inter-esting one, with an interesting teacher!

Level of difficulty: BeginnerCost: $40 (includes $5 kit)Maximum # of students: 12Supply list:

No additional supplies needed. Embroiderymachines will be available for demonstration andpractice.

Friday Morning Class, March 31, 2017

Friday Afternoon Classes, March 31, 2017

1:30 PM – 4:30 P M Little Things with Kerri Forrest

Have you ever seen a quilt that every time you lookat it, you see something new? In this techniqueclass, you will learn how to add details that keepviewers coming in for a closer look. You can havefun as you learn positive/negative appliqué, bobbinwork, couching, rickrack appliqué, shisha mirrorembroidery, and how to add tiny piping.Level of difficulty: Confident beginner

Cost: $40 (includes $5 kit of fabric, fusible web,batting, and embellishments) Maximum # of students: 15Supply list: • Decorative thread: shiny, sparkly, variegated; any

color will work• Sewing machine with decorative stitches in good

working order• Open-toe presser foot


Morning Lectures8:30 AM – 10:00 A M • $5

Modern Quilts with Becky Holley. Negative space and bright solidfabrics: Are these the ingredients that make a modern quilt?Come hear and see how design, fabrics, and quilting make upthese graphic and hip quilts. Learn why the modern quiltmovement has gotten so many quilters “out of their box” and intohaving fun with the freshness and energy of modern quilting.

10:00 AM – 11:30 A M • $5

Teachers’ Academy with Vicki Tracy, Darlene Collins, and LucreciaBlack. Goal: happy, successful quilters! Who Should Attend: quiltinstructors, “maybe” instructors, and quilters who would enjoyattending this unique class. What Will We Do?: We’ll examinethreads, needles, stabilizers, tools, patterns, fabric, and trends.We’ll demonstrate how to teach a specific pattern (using OQSquilters as “students”). Working with the Internet, our local quilt

shops, copyright issues, and needs of our quilters will be on theagenda. Question and answer time will be available for more!

Afternoon Lectures1:30 PM – 3:00 P M • $5

Scrappy Quilting with Nathalie Neil. Got a lot of scraps and don’tknow what to do with them? Come get ideas of ways to usescraps—some familiar, some not so familiar. Bring your questionsand challenges and enjoy the lively discussion!

3:00 PM – 4:30 P M • $5Building Your Visual Vocabulary with Mary Mattimoe. Find yourown personal visual vocabulary through your use of color, stitch,technique, and so forth to create a unified expression of your story.Mary will share what she considers and how she proceeds toexpress herself as a visual storyteller. Then you will have a chanceto plan on your own, both what you need to express and also howyou will go about sharing your message with the world.

Friday Lectures, March 31, 2017

Cancellation PolicyIf you must cancel a class for which you have registered, NO REFUNDS will be issued.

If a class is cancelled by the Ogallala Board, a full refund will be issued. If you are on a waiting list and aclass opening does not occur, a full refund will be issued.


8:30 AM – 11:30 A M Star Gazer with Jill Craig

Starting with 2 layer cakes, take a detour throughthe hourglass, sew, cut, rotate, sew some more, andend up with a sky full of stars. If you are a stargazer, or just looking to learn a new technique, youwill enjoy this class. Level of difficulty: Beginner to intermediateCost: $35Maximum # of students: 12

Supply list: • Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies• Rotary cutter and ruler• Two 10x10-inch layer cakes (one white or cream

and one color of your choice)Pre-work required: • If you do not have layer cakes, then cut enough

10-inch squares to equal a layer cake (usually 42squares)

Saturday Morning Classes, April 1, 20178:30 am – 12:00 noon Over and Under Rainbows with Gyleen Fitzgerald

Modern with a twist! “KNOT” as hard as you think!It’s visually dynamic with fast easy piecing. Don't letcutting “TIE“ you up. Workshop project is a 70” x70” lap quilt, however doing less makes a wonderfultable or bed runner. Project looks modern with solidor semi-solid or batik fabric. Select a backgroundfabric that doesn’t compete with your strips. If youhave a collection of self-made 2 1/2-inch strips, yougo for scrappy. I used my light 2 1/2-inch strips for ascrappy background. Don’t over think it. Come tohave fun!Level of difficulty: All levels

Cost: $55 (includes $10 pattern)Maximum # of students: 25Supply list: • Angle Trim Tool (available for purchase in class)• 42 2 1/2" x 40" strips, assorted colors (solids,

semi-solids, batiks)• 3 1/2 yards background fabric (note: 4 yards of

background fabric if you want a border)• Seam ripper; thread snips; rotary cutter, ruler

and mat; extension cord; straight pins; fingerpressing tool; batting for a design wall (optional)

8:30 AM – 11:30 A m Introduction to Wool Appliqué with Janice Joyner

Wood appliqué is the FUN appliqué. In this class,you will learn about background fabrics, preparingthe wool appliqué shapes, and specific stitches touse. You will learn the basics while making a smallpincushion. Level of difficulty: All levelsCost: $50 (includes $15 kit)Maximum # of students: 12

Supply list:• Clover white marking pen (fine)• Paper, embroidery, and fabric scissors (Karen Kay

Buckley blue handle scissors if you have them)• Pencil• Thread Heaven thread conditioner• Stiletto• Quilting ruler, 6x12 inch


Saturday Afternoon Classes, April 1, 20171:30 PM – 3:00 P M Saturday Afternoon Sampler

Four teachers at separate tables around the Church of Christ offercontinuous demonstrations of techniques and methods forenhancing your quilt making. Receive a handout from eachteacher and circulate around the building.

Demonstrations will include

Fold Down Quilted Travel Tray with Elizabeth Somers. Stepsdemonstrated so you can make a 8" x 5 3/4" travel tray with Velcrocorners that fold flat for travel.

Binding with Lucrecia Black. A demonstration of cutting andapplying double-fold binding, with emphasis on mitered cornersand joinings.

Fast Easy Blocks with Becky Holley. Looking for easier and fasterways to piece a quilt block?? You will see tricks and tips to helpspeed up the process on several of our favorite blocks.

Embellishments with Darlene Collins. Kick up that using wallquilt just a notch! See a demonstration on various ideas to use.Hot-glue crystals, sew-on beads, fabric application, embroiderystitches, buttons, labels, and more will be shown and discussed.Fun to play with surprise ideas!

Sign up on Registration Form or pay at the door.Demos start promptly at 1:30 PM

What a deal for only $10!

Morning Lectures8:30 AM – 10:00 A M • $5

Roots and Wings with Nina Johnston. Sisters Nina Johnston,Jeannie Johnston Mayeux, and Alison Johnston Peden have lovedtheir grandmothers’ Dust Bowl Depression quilts all their lives.Over the last couple of years, the sisters have worked on a projectcovering their particular interests: quilting and preserving theheritage of family quilts (Nina); preserving family records andpictures (Jeannie); and art, the written word, and love of family(Alison). The project has become a presentation on the Dust BowlDepression era quilts inherited from their grandmothers EulaJohnston and Mildred Skillings and includes vignettes of their

lives along with photos and journal entries. During theirprofessional lives Nina was a nurse, Jeannie worked in real estate,and Alison was a kindergarten teacher.

10:00 AM – 11:30 A M • $5

Dating Antique Quilts: Learn the basics of dating antique quiltswith Curator of Clothing and Textiles at the Museum of Texas TechUniversity, Dr. Marian Ann Montgomery. Dr. Montgomery willshare images of the Museum’s quilts, explaining how the patternor fabric help date the quilt. Quilts from the personal collection ofLinda Fisher will be shown as further examples of using fabric todate a quilt. Participants are encouraged to bring 1–3 quilts thatthey would like to know more about for group discussion.

Saturday Lectures, April 1, 2017


Lucrecia Black, an accomplished quilter and teacher, hastaught at shops in Midland. She is currently serving as anOQS board member, offering innovative insights for thefuture of OQS.

Darlene Collins has been a supporter of quilters and learn-ing new skills and techniques for over 25 years and isready to share and learn ideas. She has shared her quiltsin trunk shows in Texas and New Mexico and remainsdedicated to the Ogallala Quilter’s Society!

Jill Craig lives in Plainview, Texas. She made her first quiltby hand when she was 13. But, out of necessity and inter-est, she explored garment sewing and crafts for years. Af-ter the kids were out of the house, the quilting bug bitagain. She enjoys quilting with friends, going to classes,and learning new techniques. She gives away a lot of herprojects as prayer quilts and gifts.

Linda Fisher is a well-known West Texas quilter who hastaught quilting and won numerous ribbons for her work.Her antique quilt collection is remarkable.

Kerri Forrest has been sewing all her life and began teachingin 1994. She opened The Sewing Basket in 1998. She lovesembellishing with threads, yarns, and decorative stitches.

Jean Grimes was a traditional quilter who always wanted tochange the pattern. Now she enjoys being an art quilterand playing with color through commercial fabrics, hand-dyes, and painted fabrics.

Becky Holley was bitten by the quilting bug 39 years ago.She has been active with the Ogallala Quilt Festival sincethe second show and the Midland Quilters Guild for 28yea rs. Becky has taught classes for Ogallala, quilt shops,quilt guilds, and quilt retreats in several states. Eachprocess of every quilt takes her to a happy place.

Nina Johnston has been a lifelong needle woman. As ayoung woman she was an expert embroiderer. When shewas raising 5 children in India, she began designing andmaking quilts of silk. During her career as a registerednurse, Nina became a student of traditional American quilt-ing, reflected in her prolific quilt making. Most recently shehas studied the history of her family heirloom quilts andthe 1930s dust bowl era grandmothers who made them.

Janice Joyner has been quilting for 25 years and teachingfor 13. She is a former partner/owner of Sisters’ ScrapsQuilt Shop in Amarillo, Texas, where she continues toteach classes and encourages quilting students. She is theowner/designer of Lone Star Pattern Works, a quilt pat-tern design company.

Mary Mattimoe is an artist and storyteller who loves mak-ing quilts. She enjoys learning and teaching all kinds ofcool things. She believes everyone can learn and thatsewing is good for whatever ails you.

Marian Ann Montgomery has been Curator of Clothing andTextiles at the Museum of Texas Tech University since2014 and has shared her knowledge of quilts through theexhibit “Legacy of a Thousand Stitches” and its catalog aswell as through public programs and quilt documenta-tions. She has studied quilts since first caring for them asCurator of Fashion and Textiles at the Tennessee StateMuseum in 1987. Dr. Montgomery is also a quilter and haswon ribbons at the Ogallala and Dallas quilt shows.

Nathalie Neil has been sewing since she was 5 years oldand making quilts for the last 23 years. She majored inhome economics and has taught color and design in herapparel and interior design classes. She teaches culinaryarts during the day and designs and quilts in her sparetime. She is most known for her use of “ugly” fabrics andunusual color combinations, along with her wonderfulquilt top collection. Nathalie is a winner of the Earl andJune Long OQS Teacher Scholarship.

Lou Sikes grew up under Grandmother’s quilt frame. Shestudied art education at ENMU and Texas Tech, thentaught art for 25 years in Portales schools.

Elizabeth Somers has been quilting since 1988 and sewingsince she was 6 years old. She took her first quilting classto better understand all the old family quilts she inheritedfrom her parents. She discovered that most of the quiltswere probably made by her great-grandmothers althoughthere are no labels. As a retired Family and ConsumerScience teacher, she is working on her PHDs: projectshalf done!

Vicki Tracy is the owner of the Sewing Studio in Lubbockand is a favorite for her exciting flavor and enthusiasm.She has a special insight into choosing fabrics and tools.

Janette Wenner is an embroidery expert who has been will-ing to share her techniques with others. She became seri-ous when her 3-year-old daughter sat on Vicki Tracy’s lapand asker her for one of her machines!

Nancy Woods was born in San Antonio and has spent mostof her life in the Panhandle and South Plains areas ofTexas. Her grandmother gave her a Singer Featherweightduring college, and she has had her foot on a pedal eversince. Travel, photography, and creating with fabric,thread, and paint to make art quilts are her passions.

Regional Teacher Biographies


Ogallala Quilt Festival AwardsCheck out this list of awards given at the Ogallala Quilt Festival, and youwill see why a large number of winners leave happy and ready to enteragain the next year. Some of these awards are unique to the OQS Festival.

• Best of Show: This prestigious award features a cash prize of $750and is named by the show judge.

• Junior Best of Show: This prestigious award features a cash prize of$350 and is named by the show judge.

• First, Second, Third, and Honorable Mention in each category:The first three are cash prizes and all are selected by the show judge.$50, $25, $15. Ribbons: blue – 1st, red – 2nd, green – 3rd, yellow – HM.

• Cotton Boll Awards: The prizes for these six awards are 14K gold and white quartz cotton boll charmsand are given for Best Original Design, Best Use of Color, Hand Quilting, Machine Quilting: Stationary,Track-Mounted, and Computer-Guided. Design and Color awards are given to the person who made thequilt and the awards for Hand Quilting and Machine Quilting are given to the person who did thequilting. The show judge selects these winners. Each charm is valued at approximately $185.

• Fat Quarter and Silver Dollar Awards: All of these twenty to twenty-five awards are selected by amerchant/sponsor from an assigned group of quilts. The prize consists of fifty silver/gold dollarswrapped in a fat quarter of fabric.

• Featured Teacher Award: The featured teacher selects the quilt he/she likes best and awards asigned copy of one of his/her books to the winner. Valued at approximately $35.

• Judge’s Choice Award: After judging all the quilts and naming the other places and awards, thejudge picks his/her personal favorite, and the quiltmaker receives a cash prize of $100.

• Ogallala Challenge Pass Time Fabrics Award: This award of $100 vendor/advertiser bucks isgranted to the winner of the Ogallala Challenge and is named by the judge.

• People’s Choice Award: This is your chance to vote on the quilt you like best, and that quiltmakerreceives a cash prize of $100 awarded at the close of the show.

Money for the places in each category comes from entry fees paid by those entering quilts. All other prizesare donated by sponsors. Be sure to notice who gives that prize money and tell them we greatly appreciatetheir participation.

The Board of Directors of the Ogallala Quilter’s Society is always looking for more sponsors to help rewardthe work of quilters. If you would like to be a sponsor or you know someone who would, please contact us.


Registration FormPlease use one form for all classes and meals to help reduce administrative costs.

ONLY ONE REGISTRANT PER FORM — We are unable to process forms with multiple registrations.Any questions about registration or meal availability, contact Becky Holley at 432-638-2157 or [email protected].

Send to: Becky Holley 707 East County Road 320

Midkiff, TX 79755

Name: Email:

Address: Phone:

City, State, Zip:

Personal Information (must provide complete information)

Priority Class Time Teacher Class Name CostWednesday, March 29 Please indicate your priority for each time period. You will provide payment for your 1st choice

! 1st 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Gyleen Fitzgerald W-101 Bending Star ($85) $ ______Thursday, March 30 Please indicate your priority for each day. You will provide payment for your 1st choice

! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Gyleen Fitzgerald Th-201 Engaged ($85) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Jean Grimes Th-202 Fabulous Feather Quilting ($50) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Nancy Woods Th-203 Fusing Sunset ($45) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Lou Sikes Th-204 Not Your Grandmother’s String Quilt ($35) $ ______

Friday, March 31 Please indicate your priority for each day. You will provide payment for your 1st choice

! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Ricky Tims Fr-301 Six Days in Six Hours with Ricky Tims ($90) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Kerri Forrest Fr-302 Maintenance of Featherweights ($35) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Jeanette Wenner Fr-303 Machine Embroidery ($40) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Kerri Forrest Fr-304 Little Things ($40) $ ______

! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Becky Holley Fr-305 Lecture: Modern Quilts ($5) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Vicki Tracy et al. Fr-306 Teachers’ Academy ($5) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Nathalie Neil Fr-307 Lecture: Scrappy Quilting ($5) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Mary Mattimoe Fr-308 Lecture: Building Your Visual Vocabulary ($5) $ ______

Saturday, April 1 Please indicate your priority for each time period. You will provide payment for your 1st choice! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 8:30 AM – 12 NOON Gyleen Fitzgerald St-401 Over and Under Rainbows ($55) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Jill Craig St-402 Star Gazer ($35) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Janice Joyner St-403 Introduction to Wool Appliqué ($50) $ ______

! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Nina Johnston St-405 Lecture: Roots and Wings ($5) $ ______! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Dr. M.A. Montgomery St-404 Lecture: Dating Antique Quilts ($5) $ ______

! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Saturday Sampler St-406 See page 18 for description ($10) $ ______

I would like to make a donation to The Friends of Ogallala $ ________

Please enter the TOTAL AMOUNT enclosed with this form $ ________

Meals (deadline for meal tickets is March 15, 2017) How many?! MEAL-101 Thursday night 3/30: Gyleen Fitzgerald Lecture & Awards: $15 each! MEAL-102 Friday night 3/31: Ricky Tims Concert & Live Quilt Auction: $15 each

Please enter your Meal total here _____ x $15 = $ ________

Friday, April 1st Morning ! 9 – 10 AM ! 10 AM – Noon Afternoon ! Noon – 2 PM ! 2 – 4 PM ! 4 – 6 PM

Saturday, April 2nd Morning ! 9 – 10 AM ! 10 AM – Noon Afternoon ! Noon – 2 PM ! 2 – 4 PM ! 4 – 6 PM

Be a volunteer and get your OQS Pin!Check the position for which you would like to volunteer and check the time(s) you are available. Feel free to volunteer as many times as you would like

and your schedule permits. Complete the form below and someone will contact you. NOTE: By volunteering for two hours, you will have priority registration for classes at the 2018 Festival.

If you volunteer for 2 hours, you will receive one of the 2017 limited edition OQS pins. We have lots of opportunities available to help make our Festivala success! For more information, contact Sheryl Abdill at 575-799-1917 or [email protected]. If you would like to work with a friend who is signingup for the same times as you, please provide her/his name here. ________________________________________________________

Send registrations to Becky Holley, 707 East County Road 320, Midkiff, TX 79755


Door Prizes!Once again, Cenci Hardee willprovide Longaberger baskets thatour vendors stuff to the brim withall kinds of notions and fabric.Don’t miss an opportunity to walkaway with a big basket of goodies!

Tickets will be $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Ticketscan be purchased during the Festival at theDimmitt High School Activity Center.

OQS Raffle QuiltWater Is Life

Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Tickets can bepurchased now and during the Festival. If you would

like to purchase tickets now, contact us throughFacebook or the website (www.ogallalaquilters.org) or

call Becky Holley, (432) 638-2157.The 2017 OQS Raffle Quilt will be displayed at the

Dimmitt High School Activity Center during the show.

About the OQS Festival LogoConcept and quilt by Muff Fregia, PhotoShopwork by Merie Fregia. Muff is an OQS memberwho designs our volunteer pins. Merie is herdaughter-in-law, a graphic designer and slave tothree cats.

Missouri Star Bus TripJune 12–16, 2017

Are you ready for a great bus trip with some of yourfriends from Ogallala Quilter’s Society? We are plan-ning a trip to the Missouri Star Quilt Company. Elevenstores will provide the fabric you need for your nextwonderful quilts. The trip also includes the KansasCity Regional Quilt Festival (over 300 quilts and 100vendors!) and an afternoon in Jamesport, Missouri, totour an Amish area and see their quilt store.

June 12: Leave Lubbock (with pickups in Plainview andAmarillo) and head to Holiday Inn Express in Wichita,Kansas, with a stop at Quiltworks in Oklahoma City.Lunch on your own along the way. Dinner provided.

June 13: After breakfast at hotel, we will spend theafternoon in Jamesport and Sherwood Quilts & Craftsand have a driving tour of Amish country. Lunchalong the way. Dinner will be provided. We will stay atthe Comfort Inn in Cameron, Missouri.

June 14: Breakfast at our hotel and then a full dayshopping at Missouri Star’s 11 stores in Hamilton and

back to our rooms in Cameron. Lunch on your own inHamilton. Dinner will be provided.

June 15: After breakfast at our hotel, drive to OverlandPark and attend the Kansas City Regional Quilt Show(ticket included in price), then to Holiday Inn Expressin Wichita for the night. Dinner will be provided.

June 16: After breakfast at our hotel, drive home with astop at Prairie Quilts in Oklahoma. Lunch on yourown along the way. Arrive home about 8 PM.

Cost includes bus, rooms, breakfast and dinner (4nights) and admission to quilt show. Water and softdrinks will be available on the bus. Current price is$1100 for double occupancy or $1300 for single occu-pancy, and you may make payments each month withfull payment due May 1, 2017.

If you have questions, please contact Jean Grimes [email protected] or 806-787-6682.

300 quilts, 100 vendors • And more fun along the way! • Sign up today!


Ogallala Quilter’s Society Membership FormMembership Fee: $15 yearly

Please Print Clearly

Mail form to:

Lucrecia Black, 4108 Roadrunner Trail, Midland , TX 79707

Name: Email:

Address: Phone:

City, State, Zip: Date:

2017 Membership

MEM-101 2017 Membership — $15 How many years?

Please enter your Membership total here _____ x $15 = $ ______

Area Hotels See the OQS website for more information, and mentionthe Ogallala Quilt Show when you book your room!

DimmittExecutive Inn, 806-647-2177

CanyonBest Western Inn, 806-655-1818Holiday Inn Express, 806-655-4445

ClovisComfort Inn, 575-762-4536Days Inn, 575-762-4491Econo Lodge, 575-763-3439Fairfield Inn, 575-762-1411Hampton Inn, 575-763-3300Holiday Inn Express, 575-935-8777La Quinta Inn, 575-763-8777Super 8, 575-762-5600

FrionaFriona Inn, 806-250-2784

HerefordBest Western Inn, 806-364-0540

Budget Motor Inn, 806-364-8275Holiday Inn Express, 806-364-3322

LittlefieldBest Western Inn, 806-385-3400

MuleshoeHeritage House Inn, 806-272-7575Irish Inn, 806-272-4500

NazarethYellow Rose Inn B&B, 806-945-2356

PlainviewComfort Suites, 806-293-7700Days Inn, 806-293-2561Holiday Inn Express, 806-296-9900Quality Inn, 806-293-9495Reddy Hotel, 806-288-8888Super 8, 806-293-4181

TuliaExecutive Inn, 806-995-3248

Ogallala Quilter’s Society

Box 994

Dimmitt, TX 79027


A – Dimmitt High School Activity Center, 1405 Western Cr. G – Rhoads Memorial Library, 103 SW 2nd

B – Dimmitt High School Cafeteria, 1405 Western Cr. H – Chamber of Commerce, 115 W. BedfordC – Senior Citizen’s Center, 218 W. Jones I – City Hall, 200 E. JonesD – United Methodist Church, 110 SW 3rd J – Dimmitt Country Club, 1215 W. HalsellE – Church of Christ, 4th & Bedford K – Castro Co. AgriLife Extension Office, 205 N. BroadwayF – Dimmitt Middle School Auditorium, 1505 Western Cr.

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Catalog MailingSchedule 2017

First Mailing – Goes tothose who volunteeredat 2016 Festival

Second Mailing – Oneweek later to theMembership of OQS

Available to GeneralPublic – One week later

Documents

Ogallala Quilt Festival 2017 Purple Explosion · of design, color, and workmanship in quilting, teach the art of quilting, and preserve our quilting heritage. You can join Ogallala