Stained Glass Art Quilt
Our friends over Craft Gossip bring us a story on this Stained Glass Art Quilt.
Art Quilts have been around forever, some intricate beyond belief and some simpler, they are all beautiful.
You can see more info on this quilt by clicking on this link.
Quilting The Kaye Wood Way, Week of 9.1.10
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Quilting The Kaye Wood Way, Week of 9.1.10This week’s issue of Quilting The Kaye Wood Way newsletter is online and ready to view!This issue includes all of your favorite features such as Ask Kaye, Readers Tips and Techniques, and Funny Stories, plus a free pattern, Chain of Roses.A special sale on Kaye’s newest Quarter Quilt pattern too.All of this and more, here: http://www.kayewood.com/content.php?content_id=1005
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Pre-washing Fabric – Avoiding the Threads!
This is the method that Kaye uses!
Quilters Sew Their Thanks for Female Veterans
The Sew & Sew Quilters of Beverly, Vermont have joined with the Vermont chapter of Quilts of Valor to make quilts for our female veterans. They figured that most of the veterans are male, so they’re making their quilts with a more feminine appeal.
Last year, the group donated two quilts and a half-dozen pillowcases. Now they have completed a 45-by-60-foot quilt with a patriotic flag theme that they plan to give to a nurse at the hospital who is also a Vietnam War veteran.
Click here to read the whole article!
Picture by Ken Yuszkus
Purple Heart Quilts, Afghans and Throws….
A new program at the Columbiana County Fair (OHIO) reflects respect for servicemen who were wounded while fighting for America.
Sharen Cope and Robert Crosser, who are among the directors on the county’s fair board, came up with the idea earlier this year.
People in the quilting, crocheting, knitting and cross-stitch categories were asked to make and enter a throw at least 40-by-60 inches but not larger than a twin size. The entries had to have the colors of red, white and blue and show a purple heart. The Purple Heart is the military decoration given to those wounded in battle.
Click on this link to read about this project for our wounded warriors!
Troy, PA – Relay For Life Quilt
TROY – The Relay for Life of Western Bradford County is setting the pace – literally.
Click here for more information on this awesome project!
Click here for information on Kaye Wood’s own quilting charity, the LoveQuilt Connection.
Handmade quilts from Nepal Raises Money for Children’s Education
Lynchburg, VA
In this day and age where daycare and private school could easily cost a couple of thousand bucks.
Quilts handmade by a woman in Nepal could fund one child’s entire education there.
At $140 the quilts are sold through a non-profit organization called Quilts for Kids in Lynchburg.
“I think they really love the pieces they are beautiful hand stitched quilts but also people know that they are doing some good by purchasing one, so I think we will get a good response to it,” said Erin Stover of Riverviews Artspace in Lynchburg.
The quilts are on display and up for sale at the Riverviews Artspace.
The gallery is open Monday through Friday from noon until 5 p.m.
Click on this link for more information
Click on this link for information on Kaye Wood’s Quilt Charity, the LoveQuilt Connection.
Torch Lake, Michigan Quilt Guild Hosts Annual Quilt Show
The Torch Area Artisan Guild hosted its annual quilt show this weekend at Depot Park.
Over 30 quilts were on display and featured both hand and machine stitched items.
The guild also had a quilt up for a raffle with all proceeds going toward several community projects that the Guild supports.
The quilts on display ranged from two months to over 80 years old.
The Artisan Guild members also use their time to create caps for newborns at Munson Medical Center and place mats for Meals on Wheels.
Click on this link for more info!
Click on this link for Kaye Wood’s Quilting Events Schedule
New – Emags!
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Quilts of Gees Bend
Acclaimed quilts from Gee’s Bend Alabama are in London Aug 9-14th at the London Convention Centre. Gee’s Bend, which began as a slave plantation om the deep south has been producing quilts since the mid-1800′s.