Here is a picture of my rendition of the Pinwheel Hearts Quilt. Still finishing hand sewing the binding to the back. I tried a new method with my binding since I have a heck of a time with the mitered corners turning out just right. I curved the corners, following the curves in the quilt. Much easier to get the binding to work on a curve then on a mitered point…..Jen

Call for entries….

Submit your creations to us. We’ll put them on our Show ‘N Tell page and in the newsletter! Be sure to send a picture as well as the story behind your quilt, wallhanging,tablerunner…..

send them to terrye@kayewood.com?subject=”show-n-tell”

1795 The 11th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.1904 Disastrous fire destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in downtown Baltimore.

1926 Carter G. Woodson founded Negro History Week, which later evolved into Black History Month.

1964 The Beatles arrived in the U.S. for the first time.

1971 Women in Switzerland were finally granted suffrage.

1974 The island of Grenada won its independence from Britain.

1986 President Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier fled Haiti.

1990 The Communist Party of the Soviet Union allowed other parties to compete for power.

1991 Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as first democratically-elected president of Haiti.

I’m sending the photo of the completed Blazing Stars quilt.

This is the first quilting class that I’ve taken and I really enjoyed the experience as well as learned a lot. Thanks for the opportunity….Kay

Call for entries….

Submit your creations to us. We’ll put them on our Show ‘N Tell page and in the newsletter! Be sure to send a picture as well as the story behind your quilt, wallhanging,tablerunner…..

send them to terrye@kayewood.com?subject=”show-n-tell”

We Love Our Trees!

Yes, I’m talking about The Quilt Pattern Magazine, totally green, totally online and totally cool!

All content is online, so you can print out only what you want to, or save it to your computer, and it’s instantaneous! No printing or shipping costs either, so you save. Plus, since it’s online, you don’t have to sit at the end of your driveway and wait for the mailman! It’s a win-win!

The Quilt Pattern Magazine contains just what you’d think! Quilt Patterns!

But there’s more. There are games, articles, features, product review and yeah there are ads, but they’re fun to explore too. There’s always something new in the world of quilting, and you’ll find it in here.

Want to explore a new technique? You’ll likely find it in this magazine, it’s pretty comprehensive!

Each monthly magazine contains no less than 5 patterns, and it’s simple, just download the magazine to your computer and then click on the patterns to bring them up in the well-known PDF format to print or save on your computer.

Check out their facebook page for giveaways. Check out their tutorials, and check out their gallery.

Check. Them. Out!!

1536 The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza. 1709 Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, was rescued after four years alone on an island off the coast of Chile.

1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, was signed. In the treaty, Mexico ceded to the United States a huge portion of what is today the American West and Southwest, including California and New Mexico.

1870 The Cardiff Giant was revealed to be a hoax.

1876 The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed.

1887 The first gathering at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsatawney, Pa. to wait for the groundhog’s shadow occurred.

1922 James Joyce’s Ulysses was published.

1943 Nazi troops surrendered in the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.

1990 South African President F. W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.

2003 Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel stepped down after 13 years.