March Palouse Patchers Newsletter
Palouse Patchers Meeting at 7:00 PM; social time begins at 6:30PM
on
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
1912 Center, 412 East 3rd Street, Moscow
Meeting Program
The next meeting will be Tuesday, March 3, at 7:00 PM at the 1912 Center, with social time starting at 6:30.
Pam Witt has been a quilter for 40 years and over the last 8 years has fallen in love with repurposing vintage linens such as table runners, hankies and doilies. Having many family heirlooms as inspiration, the idea was to get them out of forgotten drawers or boxes in the attic and use them to make new and useful items that could be enjoyed. Pam Started to watch YouTube videos and immediately started cutting up items, which was very hard but necessary first step. After several smaller projects, her mind was flooded with ways in which to use the pretty linens and so far, have created over 100 items that she uses, display or gave away. Pam will display many of her projects, discuss how they were created and also talk about the care & cleaning of vintage lines, hoping that others will be inspired to turn some of their pieces into items that they and younger generations will use and admire for years to come.
There will be show and tell. Please bring any repurposed linens you may have for show and tell.
From the President – Mary Silvernale-Shook
I'm very excited for this month's speaker, Pam Witt, as I am a big fan of repurposing vintage linens and heirlooms into quilts. We'd like to encourage everyone to bring quilts or items you have made that repurposed vintage linens into something new for an additional show-and-tell item. I can't wait to get inspired! A big thank you to everyone who has signed up to volunteer for the quilt show! Links to sign up are in this newsletter and there is a new volunteer opportunity for the Beasley Spring Craft show as well. I'm working on getting my quilt show entries together and encourage everyone to do the same before the April 7th deadline. One of my favorites at our quilt show are the challenges all hung together and I'm looking forward to seeing all the entries for the Janet Freitag, Chairman's Challenge, and Alike-But-Different challenges.
Upcoming Events
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
March 18-22, Spring Quilt Camp
April 7, PP Meeting, 1912 Center
April 17 & 18 Spring Beasley Craft Show table to sell raffle tickets
August 1 - Deadline to turn in U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree skirts and ornaments, see info in newsletter
October 28 - November 1 - Fall Palouse Patchers Quilt Camp
Save the date: Palouse Patchers Quilt Show, April 9-11, 2027
Tool Time - Volunteer(s) Needed!
Tool Time is taking a break for the next couple of months. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please see Mary Silvernale Shook. We supply the overview sheet on expectations for volunteering, raffle ticket wheels and signage. You provide the fun, creativity and shopping expertise! Working with local quilt shops to bring in new, inventive tools is highly recommended, but sourcing items for Tool Time is up to your discretion so it could be things you find on your travels or online. This is a position that could be shared between co-chairs and if there are occasional months you can't attend in person, volunteers can be arranged to carry on under your direction.
Quilt Show-Julie Magelky
Palouse Patchers Quilt Show - Sign Up To Volunteer
Please visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4BA5AE29A2F49-61461378-2026 to sign up to volunteer at our 2026 Quilt Show. Part of our "dues" as Palouse Patchers members are to volunteer for at least two slots and bring homemade cookies for the kitchen. Remember this year we have new volunteer slots for Friday evening and the hours for Sunday have changed. If you have any difficulty in using the online form, please contact Mary Silvernale-Shook and she will manually enter your information; she just needs your name, email address, phone number, and what slot(s) you want to volunteer for. You don't have to be a member to volunteer, so recruit a friend and definitely bring family members to help with set up and take down.
The Quilt Show will be open to the public April 10-12. Families of Palouse Patcher members will be able to attend free on Friday, April 10. There will be a meeting of the 2026 Quilt Show Coordinators before the Palouse Patchers meeting on March 3. We will meet at 6:00 in the bookroom, upstairs in the 1912 building.
We continue to accept items for our Quilt Show Boutique. Just bring them to the Palouse Patchers meetings. Kathy Baerlocker will be collecting them. If Kathy is not available, look for Julie Magelky or any of the Thimble Therapy members.
Online Quilt Entry - Juliana Cheatham
Visit https://forms.gle/k6LkVDsywdBMWbFt9 to enter all your quilts for the 2026 Palouse Patchers Quilt Show. Please enter quilts by Tuesday, April 7. We will close the entry form after the April Palouse Patchers meeting.
New for 2026: We will have a computer at Palouse Patchers meeting to help you enter quilts in the quilt show. Bring information on your quilt (name, size, pattern, fabric line, inspiration, etc.) and we can help you enter quilts before and after the monthly meetings.
Challenges for 2026 Quilt Show
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.
Spring Palouse Patchers Quilt Camp March 18-22 - Mary Silvernale-Shook
Thank you all for your patience as we worked through rescheduling our spring quilt camp. The finalized dates are Wednesday, March 18 through Sunday, March 22nd. Flyer and form are attached and the final day to sign up is Tuesday, March 3rd at our meeting. There's lots of room to join those already registered. There is no minimum for our numbers and Shirley is ready to welcome all who attend! If you are attending camp, please reply to palousepatchersquiltgroup@gmail.com and let me know, as well as if you are mailing things in or turning them in at the meeting. Once we know the group attending, I will put you in touch with each other so you can touch base and finalize any planning. There has been a change of organizing for quilt camp and I am taking over in the itnerim this spring and we are looking for a volunteer to take over organizing for the fall camp; please see Mary Silvernale Shook if you're interested.
Spring Beasley Arts and Crafts Fair April 17 and 18 - Volunteers Needed!
Calling all Palouse Patchers and friends to help staff our table at the Beasley Spring Arts and Crafts Fair for WSU Family Weekend. The fair runs Friday, April 17 from 10 to 9 PM and Saturday, April 18 from 9 AM to 4 PM. We provide everything you need to sell raffle tickets for our 2027 Raffle Quilt and talk to the public about Palouse Patchers. You can bring hand work too and get lots done! Sign up on SignUp Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4BA5AE29A2F49-62568975-spring#/ If you have issues with signing up, please contact Mary Silvernale Shook to let her know what date and time you want and she will get you signed up
Quilt Show Promotions – Mary Jane Dey
For Quilt Show promotions I will have packets of flyers and bookmarks at the March meeting for members to take and disperse. The packets will have a map and a list of businesses for that area. If you would like me to "reserve" a packet for a specific area please let me know by text or email--before the meeting.
Packets:
Moscow-North, Moscow-West, Moscow-East, Moscow-South/downtown, Moscow-UI, Moscow-Palouse Empire Mall
Pullman-Downtown, Pullman-West & North, Pullman-South #1 (Bishop), Pullman-South #2 (S.Grand)
Palouse, Colfax, Potlatch, Troy, Lewiston
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
US Capitol Christmas Tree Skirts and Ornaments Needed
Sydney Schoth contacted us for our help with an exciting project! You can see her request here and attached are the two flyers she sent us. Are there any volunteer(s) with Palouse Patchers that would like to organize us or help put on a work day? All ideas welcome!
"I am an engineer for the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest. We have a very exciting project this year - our forest is providing the Capitol Christmas Tree and many companion trees to be displayed in Washington D.C. along with ornaments and tree skirts! We are hoping to get the community involved in helping us provide the tree skirts. I would love to chat with you and any other potential community members and/or clubs about helping us with the tree skirts. I attached a couple of flyers with more information. Please feel free to email or call at 2084902886 if you have any questions or to talk more about this. Thank you for your time and consideration!"
Juanita Garcia-509-808-8823
We are wanting to buy a quilt for a baby girl and are hopeful one of the Patchers has one for sale. Please let me know if more information is needed.
Textile Retreat at Camp N-Sid-Sen in March
There is an upcoming retreat for any kind of textile artist at our old quilt camp, N-Sid-Sen. Join them on the shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene where you can sew, knit, weave, crochet and chat with other folk from across the NW. Work on a craft or project, enjoy delicious meals or go for a leisurely stroll. Work on any project you like, there will be a group quilting project, demonstrations and some teaching as well. They begin on Thursday the 26th of March at 4 pm and close at 11 am on Sunday March 29 after breakfast. More info and register at https://camp.pncucc.org/camp-events/
Research study participants needed
U of I Assistant Professor Lori Wahl is seeking adults 19 and older for a two visit study on clothing and textile waste and how to repair and maintain clothing, with visits held three weeks apart and lasting up to 60 minutes. Participants will complete surveys, receive information on reducing textile waste and get a clothing repair kit at the end of the study. Sign up at https://uidaho.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2sedDaNJu71duGG . For more information, contact Lori Wahl or call 208 885 6302.
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