December Palouse Patchers Newsletter
Palouse Patchers Meeting at 6:00 PM on
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
1912 Center, 412 East 3rd Street, Moscow
Meeting Program
The next meeting will be Tuesday, December 2 at 6:00 PM at the 1912 Center.
The theme is Treasured Memories with social hour at 5:30 followed by a potluck starting at 6:00. Please bring a dish to share. Water will be provided. Also remember to bring your raffle blocks - one chance to win for each block you bring.
The program will be a continuation of our Fancy Work theme. Many of you did not participate in September. Please bring no more that 3 examples of handstitched items. We will have a table at the front to display your items, so people will have a better chance to study them in addition to hearing about them during Show and Tell. Remember we are also interested to see how your Janet Frietag challenge is progressing.
From the President – Mary Silvernale-Shook
The Palouse Patchers December meeting will kick off the holiday season on December 2nd - I think it's the best holiday potluck around! If you haven't attended Palouse Patchers in a while, we'd love to welcome you to this festive gathering. I can't wait to see more examples of Fancy Work and there will be a table at the front to display everyone's samples so we have more time to admire them. Regular show and tell is part of the evening, as well as the free table and I'm bringing a big box of fabric to add to it. We don't meet in January, but be sure to put Comfort Quilts on January 30th and 31st on your calendar. It's a wonderful example of the caring nature of our group and always energizes me to start the new year. I wish you a Happy Holidays and lots of finished projects for the New Year!!
Upcoming Events
December 2, PP Meeting & Potluck, 1912 Center
Palouse Patchers does not meet in January
January 30-31, Comfort Quilt Sew Days, 1912 Center Arts Room
February 3, PP Meeting, 1912 Center
February 20-22, Winter Sewcial in-town retreat
March 3, PP Meeting, 1912 Center
April - stay tuned for information on the Spring Beasley Craft Show
April 2-6, PP Spring Quilt Camp
April 7, PP Meeting, 1912 Center
April 10-12, 2026 Palouse Patchers Quilt Show, Latah County Fairgrounds
Winter Sewcial – Sylvia Jones
We are excited to announce that it's FULL! We are happy to start a waitlist. Just let Sylvia or Mary Jane know that you'd like to be on a wait list, and we'll make that happen. Stuff happens and it's possible someone may not be able to attend at the last minute. We will having the new member drawing for a free Winter Sewcial scholarship at the December meeting as well. That's exciting! Thanks so much for your enthusiastic to this new endeavor. The response has been great.
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 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 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 Idgi Potter 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