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July 5-10, 2011

Experience the
36th Annual Sisters, OR
Outdoor Quilt Show,

A Quilt Sampler
Shop Hop,

A Tour of Hood River,
and much much more!

Join Stitchin’ Heaven Travel for the Quilter’s Journey of a Lifetime! You’ll meet, and get to know many quilters as we tour the gorgeous Portland area enjoying the sites, the quilt shops, and, finally, the ultimate quilter’s destination, the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show!

We’ve got a full schedule of exhilarating and inspiring stops planned including the Maryhill Museum of Art, a tour through several of the Hood River Fruit Loop stops, and the beautiful Multnomah Falls.  Then, it’s off to visit seven featured shops from the Quilt Shop Sampler magazine.  

The Big Finale? The piece de resistance? We’ll visit the renowned Stitchin’ Post, be there for the Quilter’s Picnic and Lecture, and take in the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show!

What it's All About

With your paid registration, you will receive

• Accommodations for 3 nights in Portland, Oregon
  
  
• Accommodations for 2 nights in Bend, Oregon
  
  
• Shuttle service to and from all of the listed destinations
  
  
• Tickets and admission to all of the listed destinations
  
  
• Picnic and Lecture the night befor the show in the park
  
  
• Breakfast is included each day, Lunch included all days (except day of show),
  and two dinners
  
  
• Register by January 1, 2011 and receive a FREE Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show T-Shirt

(See itinerary for complete details)

Maryhill Museum of Art

On Tuesday, July 5th, everyone will arrive at the Portland Holiday Inn Express (Nob Hill), check in, and help themselves to dinner in the area.  Then, we’ll meet later, and have a Get Acquainted Party back at the hotel.

On Wednesday, July 6th, we’ll have breakfast at the hotel, then, we’re off to tour the scenic Columbia River Gorge.  First stop, the Maryhill Museum of Art, a real life fairy tale, set in a castle-like chateau on a stunning 6,000-acre site.  Maryhill Museum is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most fascinating cultural destinations! 

Hood River Fruit Loop Tour

Next, we’ll enjoy a drive along the Hood River Fruit Loop Tour, where we’ll visit the
Lavender Valley Lavender Farm - Oregon’s Premier Lavender Farm, featuring four acres of lavender, 65 different varieties, and over 100 lavender products! 

Then, it’s on to the Packer Orchards & Cookie Stop Bakery, your one-stop, fresh fruit and sweet treats destination. Sugar free is their specialty, and we’re sure to find a tasty treat for the road.

The Cascade Alpacas Foothills Yarn & Fiber is where we’ll find gentle alpacas, and touch the yarn that inspires creativity.  The full-service yarn shop offers a wonderful selection of quality yarn and equipment for knitting, crocheting, weaving, and spinning. Gifts too! 

Multnomah Falls

At dinnertime, we’ll visit, and dine at Multnomah Falls, the second highest year-round waterfall in the United States, plummeting 620 feet from its origins on Larch Mountain. Nearly two million visitors a year come to see this ancient waterfall.

The Multnomah Falls Lodge offers an authentic northwestern cuisine, served in a rustic, romantic setting. We’ll enjoy a buffet-style dinner of prime rib and salmon, vegetables, and oh, such wonderful desserts. A meal you’re sure to remember for a long time. Oh, and did we mention that part of the movie Twilight was filmed here?  It was!  Really!

The Shop Hop

First stop is at a historic shop.  Greenbaum’s Quilted Forest is a third generation family business that has evolved over time. In 1900, It started as a dry goods store; in 1946 became a fabric store; and finally a quilt shop, in 1988. The shop is in a beautiful historic structure that was built in 1889, and is located in the heart of the downtown historic district in Salem, Oregon.

Greenbaum’s Quilted Forest is known regionally for its innovative classes, and showcasing the newest products and fabrics that compliment its trend-setting personality.  Sylvia Dorney, the current owner and granddaughter of founder Izzy Greenbaum, continues the family tradition of providing excellent customer service and quality merchandise.  In 2003, they were recognized by Better Homes and Gardens’ Quilt Sampler magazine as a “Top Ten Quilt Shop”. 

Next, we’re off to Keizer, Oregon, to visit The Cotton Patch Quilt Shop, where we will find a warm, inviting shop full of quilting atmosphere.  This great new store, opened in 2009, by Diane, is bright, welcoming, and growing daily with a large collection of fabrics.

We’ll make a stop at the Hollyhill Quilt Shoppe & Mercantile, a Top 10 shop just this year, in May 2010! Owner Jan Hill decided to open the "Shoppe" in June of 2005, dreaming of a place that she could escape to and quietly pursue her love of fabrics, quilting and decorating. This unique shoppe nestled in the historic Willamette area of West Linn, is known for its charming interior and gorgeous fabric selection. We strive to always carry a complete collection of fabrics in a certain grouping.

Then it's off to the Pine Needle Quilt Shop, owned by Geri Grasvik. Pine Needle Quilt Shop was Top Ten shop in 1999 and offers over 4500 square feet of fabric, and over 50 quilts hanging!  Along with the retail store almost bursting with color and prints, they bring together the newest fabrics with the freshest patterns, offering “quilting inspiration, and kits.”

And finally, A Common Thread, Portland’s Finest Creative Sewing Center offers over 5,000 square feet, 3,000 bolts of fabric, a full calendar of creative sewing classes, and a wonderful community of creative quilters and stitchers of every type. In business since 1989, this Sewing Center offers a wealth of quilting classes, sewing machines, fabrics, notions and knowledge. 

On Friday, July 8th, the day we’ve been waiting for, we’re off to BJ’s Quilt Basket. With a 5,600 square-foot store, housing over 4000 bolts of fine fabric and notions, books and magazines, they are Central Oregon's largest quilting and sewing supply store.

After lunch, we’re on our way to Sew Many Quilts, a Top Ten Shop in 2008. Owners Sharon and Gail started the shop in October of 2002, and have since moved to their current location, a little off the beaten path, but a delightful destination shop, in Bend. Sew Many Quilts is a great resource for quilt kits, some designed by their own staff. Their goal is to make their shop an incredible place to shop, relax, visit with friends, enjoy all the "eye-candy" on display, plan your next project, and let your creative juices flow.

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

And, finally!  That afternoon, we’ll arrive at the Stitchin’ Post, in Sisters, the shop where it all began!  We’ll enjoy a look around, visit with owners, Jean and Valori Wells, and take it all in.  The fabrics, the kits! It may all be a blur, but a beautiful blur, no less. Finally, we’ll dine at the annual Quilter’s Picnic hosted by The Stitchin’ Post, and stay for the Lecture that evening.  Visit their website at www.stitchinpost.com

That night, we’ll sleep locally, in Bend, and be rested for the big day ahead!

Be ready to be amazed, because, on Saturday, July 9th, we’ll be up at sunrise and off to the 36th Annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show!  The Beauty! The glamour! The Quilts! It’s truly something to be admired. You’re free to walk at your own pace while you enjoy the immense size and simple wonder of this grand event.

When Jean Wells Keenan decided tohanga few quiltsoutside of herstore, The Stitchin’ Post, on a warm summer day, she had no idea the legacy she was embarking upon. Thirtyfive years later, the annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show has grown to showcase over 1,300 quilts blanketing the small town of Sisters, Oregon, population: 1,925. Every July the population swells to nearly seven times that amount as quilt-enthusiasts from around the globe travel to scenic Central Oregon to view quilts from prominent, accomplished artists and instructors right alongside those of their neighbors, friends and family members.

Each year, the Quilt show offers an array of exhibits and contests, and feature different quilters, teachers, upcoming quilters, and influential people in the quilting community.  And we’re sure you won’t be let down in 2011. Just like a quilter’s fabric stash, it seems to just continue getting bigger and better with each passing year.

They say all good things must come to an end, so, at 5pm, when the Quilt Show is over, we will board the bus, and return to our hotel in Bend, for the night.

Itinerary at a glance

Tuesday, July 5th

• Arrival at the Holiday Inn Express (Nob Hill). Check in.  Dinner not included.
• 7:00PM – Get Acquainted Party at the hotel!

Wednesday, July 6th

• 8:30AM – Breakfast at the hotel
• 9:00AM – Depart hotel
• 10:45AM – Arrive at the Maryhill Museum of Art
• 12:00PM – Box Lunch (included)
• 1:00PM – Depart for Hood River Fruit Loop Tour
• 2:00pm – Arrive at Lavender Farms
• 2:45pm – Depart
• 3:00pm – Arrive at Packer Orchards
• 3:45pm – Depart
• 4:00pm – Arrive at Multnomah Falls
• 6:15pm – Dinner at Multnomah Falls (included)
• 7:30pm – Depart for hotel
• 8:05pm – Arrive at Holiday Inn Express in Portland

Thursday, July 7th

• Early breakfast at the hotel
• 8:00am – Depart Hotel
• 9:10am – Arrive Greenbaums
• 10:10am – Depart Greenbaums
• 10:20am – Arrive Cotton Patch
• 11:20am – Depart Cotton Patch
• 11:35am – Arrive Sassy Onion
• 1:00pm – Depart Sassy Onion
• 2:00pm – Arrive Holly Hill
• 3:00pm – Depart Holly Hill
• 3:20pm – Arrive The Pine Needle
• 4:20pm– Depart The Pine Needle
• 4:40pm – Arrive A Common Thread

Friday, July 8th

• 8:00am – Breakfast at the hotel
• 8:30am – Check out, and depart the hotel
• 12:00pm – Arrive at BJ’s Quilt Basket (lunch will be provided)
• 2:00pm – Depart
• 2:10pm – Arrive at Sew Many Quilts
• 3:10pm – Depart
• 3:40pm – Arrive at Stitchin’ Post
• 5:30pm – Picnic (included)
• 6:30pm – Lecture
• 7:30pm – Leave for hotel in Bend

Saturday, July 9th

• 8:00am – Breakfast at the hotel
• 9:00am – Depart hotel
• Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show!
  Show is over at 5pm. We will go to dinner at a local restaurant (at your expense), then, back to the hotel
  in Bend.

• 8:00am – Breakfast at the hotel
• 8:30am – check out, and depart the hotel.
  We will arrive back at the Portland airport by 12:30,
  then, back through to the Portland Holiday Inn Express
  (Nob Hill) for anyone who needs to be dropped off
  there. Flights home need to be scheduled later than 2:30pm

Click here for a printable copy of the Itinerary at a Glance

Pricing & Reservations

The total cost for this extraordinary trip is
$995 per person, double occupancy*
There is a $200.00, per person, deposit due at registration.
*Transportation to Portland not included.

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Meet our Travel Consultant

Have questions?
Our Travel Consultant is happy to help!

Clay Luttrell
with Stitchin' Heaven Travel

clay@stitchinheaventravel.com

Phone: 903-312-8591

Fax: 512-628-3283

Stitchin' Heaven Travel is a division of Stitchin' Heaven, Inc.

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