Quilters Club of America

Lonely for my sewing room

Sharon of Raleigh — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:37:00 GMT

Ah, the trials of moving. The DH and I are working hard to get the house ready for the market. It's a small house, so I adopted the dining room as my "studio". Of course, it really should be a real dining room when the house is visited by potential buyers. So all of the sewing furniture cabinets and piles of fabric and notions have to go to the storage unit. I'm lost and wander solefully around the house. BUT - yea! there is a "but" - there is still quilting in my life.

The local senior center hosts a little quilting group - we call it Quilt! Quilt! Stitch and Gab. I have my back-up machine stored in my roll-around, along with essential tools and a project. I'm making blocks for Operation Valor. Easy to tote along - just a few fat quarters and some neutral thread and I'm in business! It isn't enough to satisfy me for the whole week, but it helps.

So here's to those wonderful rolling sewing machine totes, a portable project, and the comfort of laughing with my special quilting friends.

Patchwork Scottie Dog

Pamela — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:04:00 GMT

The last couple of weeks has been super busy. I have been working at our family bakery making lots of decorated items for Valentine's Day, followed by a birthday cake for my granddaughter's third birthday. Yesterday, I helped prepare Paczskis for Fat Tuesday, and continued making chocolates, for party favors at my eldest daughter's baby shower planned for this coming Saturday. I will be finishing the cake later this week. Besides keeping busy with the family business, I still have my...(read more)

Phillips Fiber Arts Jewel Box Gems, Now In Our Shop!

Kaye Wood — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:15:00 GMT

We Now Have all of the Jewel Box Gems 5 and 10 Patterns!

Some of them are shown below, click HERE to see them all and order, while they're on sale!

Jewel Box Gems 5 & 10

Sierra Trails	Water Wheel
Sea Blossom	5 Star Gala	Banded Agate	Ferris Wheel
Ten Point Star	Sundial	Framing Pattern	The Swirl
Hawaiian Sun	Star Sapphire	Bronze Mosaic	Ruby Ring

Quilting The Kaye Wood Way Week of 2.21.12 - Entire Line of Gems Tools and Patterns are On Sale!

Kaye Wood — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:17:00 GMT

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In This Issue....

Kicking off the Spring Quilt Shows

What's On Sale

Alert - All Remaining VHS on Sale!

What's New

Quilt Pattern Magazine

Question of the Week

Arizona in the Winter

Our Facebook Group

List Your Events!

Kaye's YouTube Channel

Show 'N Tell

This Day in History

Weekly Roundup

Quilting the Kaye Wood Way
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FaveCrafts

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Ten Point Star

Sundial

Hi Quilters!

Well, Kaye's off to her surprise party in New Orleans, and then off to Puyallup for the Spring Show! Are you going? Be sure to stop by her booth and say Hi!

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Water Wheel

What's On Sale....

Get Kaye's Strip Quilting Project Books 2-9 as a set for $8.00 that is only 1 dollar a piece. These book's separately sell for 5.00 a piece (which is the clearance price!) That is a savings of $32.00.

Gotta Have It!

Brand New and On Sale This Week....

We now have the ENTIRE line of Cheryl Phillips' (Phillips Fiber Art) patterns using her 5 and 10 Jewel Star Gems Tools! These patterns are so awesome, and since Cheryl is a regular contributor to our Quilting Indulgences Boxes, we've been able to see UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL how cool these Gems patterns are!

In fact, they are sprinkled throughout this newsletter!

And they are ALL marked down this week! We haven't been as excited about a collection since Kaye introduced her Starmakers!

Gems 5 and 10, regularly $19.95, now $14.00

Gems Patterns, regularly $9.00, this week, $6.00

Framing Pattern, regularly $6.00, this week $4.00 (or 1 cent with any other Gems pattern or tools purchase).

16 gorgeous patterns to go with these templates, and they are indeed GEMS!

I Want To Be A Jewel Box Gems Quilter!!

Oh, before I forget, the Framing Pattern, which allows you to frame the ten sided quilts made with the Jewel Box tools such as the Moroccan Tile, Sundial, Banded Agate, Water Wheel, Ruby Ring, Hawaiian Sun, and Swirl. It includes three options: without border, 2" border, or 3" border. This week only 1 cent - with any Jewel Box Gems purchase!! (shopping cart will show $4.00 - we will adjust the price in the office before your card is charged!

Framing Pattern

Jewel Box Gems 5 & 10

Sea Blossom

5 Star Gala

Click HERE to see Cheryl's video on using this way cool Jewel Box Gems set!

Still, lots of hurt patterns available, and a few hurt Starmakers!

2 whole pages of sale and clearance items!

Limited Time Offer - $6.00 Quilting The Kaye Wood Tote Bag! Be ready for the Puyallup Show - showing this bag at our booth will get you 10% off your entire purchase - even sale items!

New Policy.... Any order over $50.00 now ships free to the US!

Alert Alert Alert....

Don't Forget - all of our remaining VHS copies of Kaye's Quiltng Friends and Quilter's Toolbox Shows are just $4.00!

MUST HAVE COPIES OF
KAYE'S QUILTING FRIENDS AND QUILTER'S TOOLBOX SHOWS

What's New In Our Store....

	Patriotic Dog Pattern How cute is he? Sure wants to get in on the parade doesn't he? Well, you can make that happen. This very cute pattern would be awesome as a part of your holiday decor. I don't want to leave my critters out of my Holiday decor!
Hanging Snowman There's no other way to put it, this little guy is hanging on to Winter with everything he has. Sorry, Mr. Snowman, spring will come. Help him stay around all year with this cute, quick and easy little pattern from The Wooden Bear! I Heart Snowmen (and women)!
	Spring Fling Candle Mat We've featured this pattern before, and may get more in, that's how well you like them! Perfect for your spring table, but you know what? I know it's way early, but you could make this into a poinsettia for your Christmas table... just sayin........ My table wants its own Candle Mat!

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!!

Question of the Week....

Is Kaye on TV anymore?

You may find a station still carrying her shows, but when the TV world went digital, with all of it's requirements it simply became too expensive to continue to produce our TV shows. So we've done the next best thing. YouTube! You can find all of her shows, past, present and future on our YouTube Channel, by clicking HERE

Kaye's lots and lots of seminars and teacher certification classes scheduled in Arizona. Check out her schedule HERE

And sign up for her next seminar - Sun City, AZ, Sew & Sew Club, kaye@kayewood.com, Feb 23, 2012, 989-709-0978

Star Sapphire

Moroccan Tile

The Swirl

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Colorado Star Flower

List Your Event....

All across the land, Quilt Guilds and Groups are gearing up for their shows. Get yours listed!

Looking for a Quilt Show to attend? Check out our listing. If you have an upcoming event or show you'd like to post on our events page, just click the link!
mailto:terrye@kayewood.com?subject=events

Sierra Trails

Kaye's on YouTube!

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Show 'N Tell....

Ferris Wheel

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"

Hawaiian Sun

This Day in History....

1613 Michael Romanov was elected czar of Russia, beginning the Romanov imperial line.

1878 The first telephone book was issued (New Haven, Conn.).

1916 Battle of Verdun, the longest and one of the bloodiest engagements of World War I, began.

1965 Black nationalist leader Malcolm X was assassinated.

1972 President Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit China.

1995 Steve Fossett became the first person to cross the Pacific Ocean solo in a balloon.

2002 It was confirmed that Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was dead, allegedly murdered by Islamic militants.

Bronze Mosaic

Weekly Roundup...

Researching Beaded Quilts - suggestions welcome!

Have a GREAT Day from the Gals at Kaye Wood, Inc!

Kaye, Terrye, Kayla

Banded Agate

Ruby Ring

I Chronicles 17:26

Linda — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:24:00 GMT

You, Lord, are God! You have promised these good things to your servant. (1 Chronicles 17:26)

He has given me some good things during these last few days in Arizona. It all started on Friday, Feb. 17 at noon with the Quilters Club of America/Reap What You Sew Luncheon held at my church Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Scottsdale. We had a great turnout and I was able to introduce the QCA members that live in Phoenix to each other and to Reap What You Sew. RWYS is a large quilt group started 16 years ago that distributes approximately 2500 quilts to various charities (mostly children's) throughout the Phoenix metro area. About four years ago I started a small chapter at my church to help finish quilt tops that people made but didn't complete the quilt process. We had a lovely luncheon with twice baked potatoes, salads, fettucine, and desserts preceded by a devotion and singing "Bringing in the Quilts" to the tune of "Bringing in the Sheaves". We ended the program with a show and tell.

We were just finishing with cleaning the Fellowship Hall after all our guests had left. Another good thing came my way.

My brother Bill and his wife Gerry arrived from California. This was the first time I have met my brother. Bill is Daddy's middle son from his second marriage. My parents were divorced when I was 13 and I never saw Daddy again. I had a call from a California attorney back in 1980 telling me my father had passed away and that there were 3 boys ages 18 thru 13. I wanted to take them in and raise them. However, I was in an abusive marriage and my husband wouldn't hear of it. So all those years were lost and I always wondered what had happened to them. Finally last summer I gathered up the courage to start searching and found them! Turned out Robert (the oldest) lives near me and we have gotten together several times.

I have been able to spend a wonderful weekend with Bill and Gerry. He reminds me so much of Daddy. I now feel like I have a part of him returned to me. Bill is equally happy that we have met and has promised that we will stay in touch. He even has a nickname for me...Sunshine. No one has ever had a nickname for me. I'm so touched. I just remembered something...on the luggage tags I made, I put "You are my Sunshine". Think God had a hand in this?? I am so happy Bill and I had this weekend together and I was so sad when we parted this morning. We have friended each other on Facebook. I will be praying we will have many more get togethers. Here's Bill....

The third brother, Gary has not been receptive to meeting. Perhaps in time he will change his mind. I will continue to pray that he will have a change of heart.

Now I start preparing to return home to Ohio on Wednesday evening. I shipped out the last of the cartons of sewing supplies, gifts, finished projects, extra clothes, my birthday stash, LQS purchases, etc. this morning. Think of all the fabric I could have bought with the shipping costs!! It would almost be cheaper to rent an apartment here year round and just keep things here....well, not really. Traveling would be a lot easier tho.

Tomorrow I see the chiropractor and massage therapist for the last time. Wednesday Pastor is coming over to give me communion and I'll see my caregiver for the last time till next winter. My caregiver will be keeping in touch as she will be managing my care long distance with the help of an agency that we'll be talking to via phone on Monday. Well, I'll be at home with the agency rep and we'll be on the phone with my caregiver. We have managed to get some support systems in place to help me back home which is making me feel much more secure. It's been difficult managing my own health care when I'm not able to focus or feel overwhelmed most of the time. Should start to feel less stressed. Praise God!

Sing to him a new song...and shout for joy! (Psalm 33:3)

stippling

Nancy — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:18:00 GMT

I just recently learned to stipple and I love it. I finished a binding on one quilt and it turned out great. I am now trying to finish another quilt and my stitches don't look right. It's hard to explain, but mostly when I go around the corner, I can see the bottom stitches coming through the top. I have changed tension, needles, stitch length and nothing is helping... Any ideas? I would love to get this problem solved... thanks

Farmer's Daughter Quilt Mosaic

Starwood Quilter — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:44:00 GMT

http://www.starwoodquilter.blogspot.com/2012/02/farmers-daughter-quilt-mosaic-81-blocks.html

Lost in fabric

Carol Baker — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:49:00 GMT

Does anyone else, beside me, get lost when trying to clean and organizes a their fabrics?

I went into my sewing room last weekend to clean and organize sdcmscdy stash, which is only one kitchen cabinet size. I ended disappear playing with my fabric for over two hours. I keep moving piles, thinking of new projects and deciding what fabrics I should donate. Seeing as I only have a small stash, much did not get donated. I did end up colorizing scams fat quarters, and putting yardage in order of importance. Which really means seasons lol

I think next week I will get to my thread drawer, you never know where that will lead :)

Mystery Quilt - Cutting the Fabric

Pamela — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:29:00 GMT

This pattern will use Thangles to make half square triagles (HST). If you would prefer to make HST using a traditional method, follow the instructions at the bottom of the post for cutting a portion of the fabric strips. The fabric requirements are the same, but the fabric is cut out differently. Fabric #1 – Dark From 3/8 yard (1/4 yard) cut five (two), 2 ½ inch strips the WOF If using 2 (2) FQs – cut nine (four), 2 ½ inch strips the WOF Place strips into a baggie labeled...(read more)

Mystery Quilt - Fabric Cutting Tips

Pamela — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:12:00 GMT

Before we get to cutting the fabric, I want to share how I prepare my fabric for the cutting process and the process I use when cutting. You may have ways of preparing your fabric, as well, but I am sharing mine for others that may not have considered these points. 1) First, I always wash and press my fabric before beginning a project. You may choose to use the fabric, as purchased. Be sure to square up your fabric, regardless of whether or not you pre-wash. 2) Ensure the fabric is folded straight...(read more)

Thankfullness, Fear and Prayer Requests!

Kathy M. Boice — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:10:00 GMT

I decided to not post more pictures of memories today, just let you know I am Thankful!! I worry, worry, worry and at my age, it is a hard habit to stop. I realized my memories may be peaceful or they could break me into "pieces".......... my daily fears need to stop or I won't have "new pieceful memories" to write about..Did I just make sense?? Anyways, I wanted to share my worry weakness and ask for you all to pray with me about doing more "piecing quilts" and far less worry! I have always said "Fear separates us from God". I know we are NOT to worry, but it has been a big part of my heritage and being sixty is far to long to hold onto this destructive behavior!! My blood work is getting worse and worse, my diabetes more out of control and I lay most of it to stress. I need to channel those stresses into more quilts!! So.. I am Thankful for you and ask for you to help me pray about this. I have many many family issues right now, I will not bore you with the details. God knows them already. God has given me many talents to use and he has added the friendships of many. I need to stay focused on what He has done for me and given me. That my dear friends, includes each of you!! Hugs,

Sew Away Your Winter Blues

QCA Admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:46:00 GMT

February 23-27 0% Financing Special!

There Are Still A Few Left!

Kaye Wood — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:29:00 GMT

What is a Quilting Indulgence Box?

Well, it's like Christmas for Quilters! It's a mystery box, always $30.00 (and worth way more!) and free shipping (to the US). It contains books, patterns, dvds, maybe some lotions, maybe a candle, maybe some fabric samples, you never know what we're going to put in there. Our designers work overtime to provide you with their coolest stuff month after month after month.

Due to popular demand, we increased our numbers, so now is your chance to get your own! Click HERE

Our designers have worked extra hard this month to give you extra boxes!


	February's Quilting Indulgences Boxes.... Check out the Amazing Designers who have contributed to this month's boxes! And then HURRY over to get yours! There are a few left!!

new to quilting

ccandykiss — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:34:00 GMT

good day everyone i am new to quilting and i am having some trouble getting started can anyone please help me with turning 20 quilt?

Pa dnau Snail house Heart Block

Pamela — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:25:00 GMT

The next installment of the Applique Club heart quilt is complete. Just in the nick of time, as well, since next week is our guild meeting. Some club members will be happy to only have one block to complete. As the quilt has progressed, the blocks have become more challenging. This block uses reverse applique, which will be a new technique for many club members. I have done very little, myself. The stitch is the same as traditional applique, but the design is drawn onto the background fabric. Then...(read more)

Mrs. Komnenovich

Gramz Quilts — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:17:00 GMT

Mrs. Komnenovich was my fourth grade teacher.

I was nervous on the first day of school, but the butterflies in my stomach were especially active since it was the first day of a new school. We had moved for the second time in eighteen months so this was the third school of my career in public school and it was different from the previous schools because those classrooms had all been on the single floor; Monfort Heights Elementary was a great big, old, three-storey building with a basement. When Monfort Heights Elementary inhabits my dreams it is always much bigger and has multiple basements; it also has many, many stairs between my classroom and the bus and I am always worried the bus will pull out before I can get there. It had a gymnasium but no pool. However, in my dreams there is a pool deep within the twisting and turning bowels of the hulking building - way beyond the lower level locker rooms. This all sounds more ominous than I intended, but I think the occasional dreams are just a way for me to work through particular stresses in my life.

I do remember bits of that first day of the fourth grade; especially the other students since this was my first time meeting them. The common names were Mike, Dave, Bob, Rick, and Tom for boys, as well as Karen, Mary, Debbie, Barb, and Lisa for girls. There were so many Karens that one girl opted to go by the pet name her family called her. Then there was also the girl of Greek heritage who, shocking to the rest of us, had no middle name yet when spelled out on paper her first and last names alone were longer than any of our three names.

That year was the first year that lessons in stringed instruments were offered in our school district and it had been decided to begin with fourth graders although the band instruments did not begin until the fifth grade. The “orchestra” teacher traced our hands on a piece of paper and recommended an instrument based on the size of our hand and the length of our arm. I picked the violin and I was surprised when my parents actually rented an instrument and encouraged me to play. Once we got to junior high and then high school, we were the class to introduce strings to each new school and we were the first orchestra students to graduate. Many kids dropped out along the way, opting to focus on sports or band or choir or art, but I managed to hang in there. I enjoyed it, but I also felt obligated to stick with it. If we all dropped out then future generations might not have this option. In retrospect, perhaps it was silly of me to that kind of pressure on myself, but that doesn’t make it feel any less real.

Fourth grade class work was challenging. I had always worked hard in earlier grades because I wanted to do as well as the really smart kids. You know the type: those who would shout out the last word on the spelling test although the words were given in no particular order or who finished the math assignment so quickly that they got to help the teacher grade the other papers. In the third grade I had always felt a step behind in math; I never could seem to finish quickly enough to help Mrs. Miller grade. My mom tells me it is because I struggled with the multiplication tables. Apparently I was a step behind here at Monfort Heights as well. There were three fourth-grade classrooms and for reading and math the students were divided by ability. At math time I found myself in another classroom with all the students of the middle group; I felt humiliated that I wasn’t good enough for the higher group. For reading, I was sent to Mrs. Richardson’s class – also the middle group.

In Mrs. Richardson’s class, I learned the importance of a good name. It happened only once, but I remember it well. While taking attendance she commented about how strong one boy’s name was: Ben J. She said it sounded like he would be a lawyer or a judge or something. She repeated his name for emphasis. I still wonder how his life turned out.

I didn’t stay forever in Mrs. Richardson’s class because one day she sent me back to my homeroom for reading. I had been promoted to the higher reading class! I was stunned and embarrassed; I hoped I didn’t draw the attention of the other children at that moment. But I was satisfied that I was finally where I wanted to be.

That year was the first year I felt mocked and bullied by another student. I wanted to do all things well and I wanted to be noticed, but even when I did well I did not wish to draw attention to myself. In art class when I lamented the less than satisfactory result on my project, one girl began to mock me. I think she interpreted my self-deprecating comments as false humility and decided to call me out on it. She was a popular girl who always wore the latest styles and confidently spoke her mind, so of course I wanted to be like her. I was miserable when she teased me about my accent which, unfortunately, was stronger whenever I returned from a trip to southern Kentucky to visit extended family. So I worked hard to perfect my speech and use of grammar so as not to be considered backward or stupid.

But English and grammar were difficult subjects for me – and my grade card showed it. I was devastated when my report card had a C next to English. Until that first fourth-grade report card I had straight As. I now recall that the school I attended for the second half of the second grade and for all the third grade was significantly behind the schools I attended in the first and the fourth grades. But the only thing I could think of when I saw my very first C, was that I was frustration because so much of the new curriculum seemed foreign to me. I felt dumb.

Despite the challenges of fourth grade, there was one redeeming thing about it: Mrs. Komnenovich. Mrs. K. (her name was often shortened thusly because the closest some people could get to pronouncing her name was Ms. Kuh-nen’-a-vich) must have been petite, because she didn’t seem very tall or wide to me. She wore polyester pantsuits and the tops were usually white or ivory colored and were printed with floral or geometric designs. Her lipstick was too bright, but she smiled often. I do remember an occasional student getting into trouble, but I do not recall her raising her voice or yelling. She didn’t have the walls covered with stuff like the classrooms of today, but the bulletin boards were always colorfully decorated and she planned crafts around the holidays. Best of all, at the end of the school day if our class work was completed, Mrs. K. played games.

I don’t recall if I ever had a teacher play “Around the World” like Mrs. K. The game is played with flash cards. A student stands next to the person seated behind him who is also standing. The first person to correctly identify the card moved to the next person behind and the loser is seated. Sometimes the subject was math, but my favorite was when she used the geography or States flash cards. The other students were familiar with the game, and Ricky W. blew us all away when it came to identifying the shapes of countries. With the States cards the subject would vary: state bird, state capital, or the state itself. I lived for the days we would play “Around the World”.

Sure, fourth grade was difficult, but there are lots of good memories, too. Some of the friends I made there were with me the day I graduated from high school. Since there were 557 students in our graduating class, I had lost contact with many of those kids because our academic focuses varied and some attended classes in other buildings in business, car repair, or cosmetology. I did see them in the halls from time to time. But I met others who moved up through the ranks from other schools that fed into my high school. And, thanks to Facebook, I have reconnected with some of those people. We are parents and grandparents now and retirement is not so far off. I still wonder where some of them are and what they do.

But the reason I began this story is Mrs. Komnenovich. I wanted to tell you about the last day of fourth grade. All the achievement testing was done. The field day competition was over. All the milestones for the year had been reached. And we had one more “Around the World” game to play. She got out her grade book for reference and we began in the front, far right corner of the classroom. These questions were different. It was the Who’s Who of Mrs. K’s fourth grade class of 1973. Who has the highest grade point average? Who has the second highest grade point average? Who had the highest score on the achievement tests? Who had the most (fill in the blank)? The questions went on and on. She had prizes for the students who had achieved those goals.

The answers to most of those questions were obvious to us all. We all knew who were the brightest and most talented among us. But there was one question that had the entire class stumped. I believe every single person had a guess and absolutely no one could give the correct answer. Mrs. K. burst into laughter after my guess, an action which I tried not to take personally, but how could I feel badly when nobody else could answer correctly either? Finally, Mrs. Komnenovich had to tell us who had the second highest score on the achievement tests. It was … me. The whole class fell silent and stared at me as stunned as I. I slunk down in my chair then went to her desk to retrieve my prize. Me?

Today, I have my doubts as to whether Mrs. K. would be allowed to share those stats with the class as it is probably against the law, ethics, and school policy to do so. But I am so glad she did. I might have felt like I was lost somewhere in the middle when it came to grades and ability, I might have seemed shy and backward to others, but on that last day of school Mrs. Komnenovich found a way to let me know that I was special, too.

Thanks, Mrs. K!

Fabric For Life Winners Announced!

QCA Admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:34:00 GMT

Thank you to all who entered the Fabric For Life Sweepstakes.

Please click here to see the list of winners.

Quilting Indulgences Boxes for February Are HERE

Kaye Wood — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:25:00 GMT

Hurry, hurry, hurry over and get yours!

Here's the link! http://www.kayewood.com/item.php?item_id=1227

Designers such as Whistlepig Creek, The Wooden Bear, Quilted Photo, Quilts With a Twist, Londa's Sewing, Debbie's Creative Moments and Phillips Fiber Art are among our participants this month. Plus a contest to win free patterns!

Are You Ready For Some QI?? (Quilting Indulgences...)

Kaye Wood — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:15:00 GMT

51 minutes and counting... but don't worry, if you miss this first run, we'll be doing the 2nd run tonight at 7PM EST!!

Stay tuned for the link...

Fabri-Quilt: Melrose Collection Quilt