November Palouse Patchers Newsletter
Palouse Patchers Meeting at 7:00 PM on
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
1912 Center, 412 East 3rd Street, Moscow
Meeting Program
The next meeting will be Tuesday, November 4 at 7:00 PM at the 1912 Center. Social hour begins at 6:30.
Come and enjoy learning the art of visible mending through the Japanese technique of Sashiko which is translated as "little stabs". Chelsey Byrd Lewallen from the University of Idaho will teach us how Sashiko morphed from a mending technique into a textile surface design method. Participants will receive a pre-marked piece of indigo dyed fabric, Sashiko needle and thread to learn a running stitch and different stitch designs. After the presentation, students can continue to work with their fabric or bring your own textile to embellish or repair. If you have done Sashiko previously, please bring your examples for Show and Tell. We will also do Tool Time this month. In preparation for the December meeting, fabric and instructions for the holiday drawing block will be passed out.
From the President – Mary Silvernale-Shook
I'm currently working on a Sashiko project for our quilt show so I'm very excited for this month's program on Sashiko. The meeting will include kits for everyone to practice with real time to learn the technique. I hope to see everyone at the November meeting for this very educational and hands-on program to learn more about this versatile Japanese stitching and embroidery technique. At our Executive Committee meeting, we discussed having members who are working on quilt show challenge projects to bring yours works-in-progress if you'd like to show other members fancy stitching projects. So our show and tell will also be inspirational for those of you still planning out what to do for our April 2026 quilt show challenges.
PP Budget – Chris Schultz
Voting for the proposed budget will be at the October meeting. The budget that was discussed at the September meeting, includes information from the last 2 years for reference. Some notes at the bottom of the worksheet mention the significant additions to this year's expected expenses.
Upcoming events
November Meeting, November 4, 2025
PP Executive Committee Meeting, November 21 - contact Mary Silvernale Shook for agenda items.
December Meeting and Potluck, December 2, 2025 @ 6:00pm
Quilt Show
Thank you to all those members who have agreed to be coordinators for the 2026 show. We have a few positions left to fill. If you have an interest in stepping into a leadership role contact me or a member of Thimble Therapy (Julie Trail, Chris Schultz, Mary Jane Dey, Cheryl Ardrey, Leslie Sprouse, Sara Lawrence, and Margrethe Naess-Schmidt).
We would like to invite everyone to bring the challenge projects you have in progress to Show and Tell. They don’t have to be finished; we just want to see ideas on how to meet the challenges. Remember there are two main events, the alphabet challenge and the Janet Frietag Fancy Work challenge. Both are listed on our website. If your group wants to create your own challenge, be sure to talk with Sara Lawrence about the guidelines.
Applications for quilt show vendors will be sent out in January and the save the date notices will go out in the next week or so. If you know of a vendor you think would be a great addition to the show, please tell one of us and we will follow up with an invitation. Leslie Sprouse will be taking our raffle quilt around to a few winter market events, craft shows, and other gatherings.
Challenges for 2026
The Janet Frietag Challenge is “Fancy Work”. Size limit is 150 inches perimeter.
Chairman’s Challenge is “ABC Blocks”. Letters will be drawn from a bag. Each person will create their own block using the alphabet letter they have drawn. Size will be 14” wide x18” long, hung vertically.
Raffle Ticket Sales – Leslie Sprouse
We will be selling raffle tickets at the November 8th Winter Market. I am looking for volunteers to do 8:30AM setup and selling from 9AM - 1:00PM.
The raffle quilt will also be at the December 13 and March 7th Winter Markets. Leslie has packets of tickets to hand out to members so that we can sell to our own friends, coworkers, and family members. Please consider picking up a packet of tickets as your contribution to the quilt show. With the holidays approaching, they will make great stocking stuffers. Remember to take a picture of yourself in front of the quilt and post it on social media. We sell lots of tickets this way
Comfort Quilts - Jill Huffman & Joan Cass
The next Comfort Quilt Sew Days will be January 30-31 in 1912 Center in the Arts Room. Any questions, contact Jill Huffman or Joan Cass.
Palouse Patchers Library – Karen Schoepflin Hagen
The Palouse Patchers library is now housed at Kascha Quilts, 148 E Ash St, Genesee.
Please check Kascha’s Facebook page for current hours, https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077437912128.
Community Share
Alien Quilters
Alien Quilters is an open sew group that Palouse Patchers members are welcome to attend. They meet Thursday afternoons from 12:30 to 3:30 PM at the Little Denmark quilt shop in Moscow at 1917 South Main Street. Bring a hand or machine project you are working on. We meet around a large table and there is a nearby cutting mat and ironing board. The cost is $5 to attend.
Palouse Patchers Officers for 2024-2025:
Mary Silvernale-Shook, President
Pam Ewing and Nancy Larson-Powers, Vice President
Chris Schultz, Treasurer
Sarah Morra, Secretary
Newsletter Information: Please send in Palouse Patchers newsletter items by the 4th Tuesday of every month to patchersnews@gmail.com. The newsletter will go out one week before the meetings. Contact for the newsletter is Margaret Donelick at patchersnews@gmail.com
Palouse Patchers website at http://www.palousepatchers.org
Palouse Patchers Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Palouse-Patchers/258911240821801