Did you catch Alex's LIVE on Wednesday about her visit to the 50th Sisters Outdoor Quilt Festival? Did it make you excited to visit next year? Want to learn even more about this storied quilt show? Well, you're in luck, as founder of the Sisters Quilt Show, Jean Wells, has written a book about the history of the show and more entitled, Sisters, Oregon - Five Decades of Quilting in America. Listen to Jean, and her daughter Valori Wells, as the talk about the book, its release, and how you might be able to get an autographed copy for yourself.
If you are in the area, or want to make the trip to Oregon, this Saturday, July 12, 2025, is the 50th Annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. A beloved quilting tradition, this show was begun in 1975 by TQS Quilt Legend Jean Wells, and has been promoting and sharing its love of quilting for fifty years now. Over 1000+ quilts will be hung outdoors throughout the town of Sisters, Oregon, it is truly a beautiful sight to see. And if the quilts weren't enough, our very own Alex Anderson will be there too as one of the Showcase Quilters.
During Wednesday's LIVE, Alex Anderson and Jean Wells visited quilting extraordinaire Freddy Moran at her beautiful home full of color and inspiration everywhere you look. Everyone who watched could not get enough of the house, and of course, Freddy herself. Watch the video and you'll see why this is one studio tour you'll want to watch again and again.
Every year on the second Saturday in July, Sisters, Oregon holds one of the best quilt shows you will see. As you tour the town, over 500 quilts will be hanging outside for your viewing pleasure. With there being no traditional show last year, the makes its triumphant return this year! Want to see what it's like? Watch a video of our visit to the 2017 show and see why it's one of the best quilting events of the year!
Go behind the scenes and tour the studios of some of the quilting world's best quilters. See where Jean Wells, Tonye Belinda Phillips, Valori Wells, and Betsy Rickles make their stunning quilts and get some insight into creative process as well!