Welcome!
The April A to Z Challenge is in its tenth year and I’ve now participated for 6 of those years. This year will be my 3rd quilt theme and my first quilt using only patterns from the Kansas City Star newspaper archives. I purchased 2 books to help me accomplish this.
Why the Kansas City Star blocks? Well I’m a native, lifetime-resident Missourian and feeling like sharing a part of our history here this year. The result, I hope, will leave you with some quilt knowledge and appreciation as well as possibly learning a scrap of information for each year of these blocks—being it’s a scrappy quilt.
The Before Assemblage of Scraps 
The Aftermath Cache
So for the beginning of the quilt, we’re using the pattern entered in the KC Star in 1928– the Album block. In my opinion, it’s the perfect way to start so that I’ll have a way to memorialize the quilt with either a favorite saying, or quote from a fellow A to Z partipant.
The uses for an album block in the past predate photo albums as they are used for signatures to celebrate births, weddings, and fairwells with friends and family.
Did You Know?
Sliced bread sold for the first time in Chillicothe (Chill – a – koth – ee), Missouri in 1928 thanks to Otto Frederick Rohwedder’s machine invention.
Come back here tomorrow for another quilt block for the A to Z Challenge! Also be sure to visit the home of the A to Z here and see other entrants challenge posts …..the next best thing to sliced bread! (couldn’t resist) There are excellent writers participating every year with topics in whatever you’re interested in.
Katy Trail Creations 
Pretty block! And thanks for the sliced bread info 😉
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Thank you! I’ve never been good at slicing homemade bread lol
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Great A-Z concept! I might use this Album Block idea for a mending group “assignment” where we’re all bringing in a piece of fabric for everyone to “sign” with stitches.
I’m doing Truck Butts and Shoe Sketches again for my A-Zs.
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Always good to hear from you Anne! I’m glad to contribute to your group’s assignment in a fun way 🙂 Will be stopping in soon !!
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Your quilts photos are unique and colorful. I look forward to learning more about quilting during April. I did not know that about sliced bread!
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Thank you 🙂 I’m glad you took time to drop in!
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Great first block Stephanie! I look forward to seeing if there are any we have the same. 🙂
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Thank you for your visit! You never know what’ll turn up eh? Headed your way to have a look-see 🙂
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What a great idea, Stephanie. As a scrapbooker, I’m all about the albums. This is a great concept.
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Those old timers were ahead of their time huh?! Thanks and see you in a bit!
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