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Quilting The Kaye Wood Way, Week of 9.1.10 This 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 [...]

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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. [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 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 [...]

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. Kaye Wood has her own version of a unique Stained [...]

Quilting Arts in Stitches, exclusively from Interweave Press is the newest in “E” things! This revolutionary, one-of-a-kind special issue specifically celebrates hand and machine stitching, and is available only as a digital download. • Do you wish there was even more in-depth content? • Would you love to see videos of featured QUILTING ARTS artists—in [...]

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. Click here to read the whole article at lfpress.com