2024 QUILT SHOW
Sampling Umpqua
April 25-27, 2025
“Sampling Umpqua”
Friday - April 25, 2025 - 10:00am-5:00pm
Saturday - April 26, 2025 - 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday - April 27, 2025 - 10:00am-3:00pm
Douglas County Fairgrounds – Douglas Hall
Roseburg, Oregon – Interstate 5, Exit 123
Our 2024 Featured Quilter, Rona Herman - “Rona the Ribbiter”
Rona is an author, pattern designer, teacher and Vlogger with a passion to see and experience all that life (and quilting) has to offer. She uses travel to stitch life’s grand quilt one adventure at a time! Her website offers numerous free resources to quilters including a lists of Quilt Shops across the US, Shop Hops, Quilt Museums, and quilt shop road trip planning guides. We are so excited to have her join us this year.
2024 Quilt Entry is Closed
Every quilt entered is a treasure. Every quilt has a story and they are all a piece of work of which to be proud. Your quilt can inspire others to complete their quilts; try new things, as well as an opportunity to have friends, family and the community enjoy it.
$700 IN PRIZE MONIES TO BE AWARDED IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
- Best of Show $250
- Viewer’s Choice $100
- President’s Choice $100
- UCC President’s Choice $100
- Mayor’s Choice $100
- Judge’s Choice $50
We are excited to see all of the beautiful quilts that have been entered.
Honored Quilter - June Kuitert
June Kuitert, this year's Honored Quilter, has been quilting for 16 years. June was a teacher in Roseburg for 32 years and loved her career. Upon retirement she joined some good friends in Sutherlin once a week to learn to quilt. She learned by watching her friends and picking their brains.
June is married to Jake Kuitert who has been very supportive of her "new" hobby. She has two children, Krystal who lives in Eugene with her husband Will and children Anna and Anderson. Her son, Thys, lives in Sisters with his wife Kate and twins, Macy and Brayden. She loves sewing gifts for all of them and they have been recipients of many of her quilts. She has done several retreats with friends over the years and taken many classes to sharpen her skills.
Five years ago, June, Nancy Murphy, and Connie Grady started a Cancer Comfort Quilt Ministry. They hear of people in our community who are needing comfort during their Cancer treatments and one of them contacts the person. The lap quilt is chosen, a matching bag with outside pockets is made for each quilt. They fill the pockets with snacks, water, books, magazines and games to give them ideas to take to treatments. A personal visit is made then by one or all three of the women to present them with the quilt, pray with them and remind them, God is with them throughout their journey.
Quilting brings great joy to June!
2024 Quilt Show Classes
We have some great classes again this year. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to take one of these amazing classes. They will fill up fast!
Quilts of Valor Presentation
We will present Quilts of Valor during the 2024 Quilt Show.
The “Quilts of Valor” organizations’ mission is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor. This moving presentation honors our Veterans who served in our military to protect the USA and all of us who live here. This is a ceremony that everyone should witness at least once in their life.
Admission Fees
Admission to the Quilt Show is $10 per day, or the best deal is $15 for a three-day pass allowing you to attend the show every day at a bargain price! Our special price for students 13-17 is $5.00. Children 12 and under are free.
Online ticket purchases is closed, but they are for sale at the Admission table in the Community Building when you arrive at the show.
Thank You 2024 Platinum Sponsors
Platinum sponsors (to date) for the 2023 Quilt Show include:
Boersman’s
City of Roseburg
Douglas County Fairgrounds
Lotus Media Group
Roseburg Country Club
Their support is greatly appreciated and contributes to the quality and success of this show.
If you missed the DIANA Cherrywood Challenge, click below:
We were proud to feature The Rose Collection which included 49 quilts. The goal of the challenge, as described by Cherrywood Fabrics, was:
Diana, Princess of Wales changed the way the world viewed the royal family. Her charming personality and generous smile continues to warm the hearts of people around the globe, even 25 years after her tragic death. Cherrywood Fabrics challenged artists to use specific colors to create an original 20-inch art quilt as a memorial to Diana. The juried exhibit includes an abundance of techniques, theme and creativity, all using hand-dyes fabric from Cherrywood. Because of the cohesive nature of the quilts, the exhibit makes a huge visual impact.
For a brief video on the challenge click here: https://youtu.be/mOCAKfev_ZY