The April A to Z Challenge is in its tenth year, I’ve now participated for 6 of those years, and this year will be my 3rd quilt theme. It’s my first quilt using only patterns from the Kansas City Star newspaper archives. Welcome to my blog!
Weather Vane In StarQuilts 
1929 Weather Vane in StarQuilts
I love how it states “Makes a Striking Quilt”. Weather can be pretty striking in certain instances. Kansas City is smack dab in the middle of ‘Tornado Alley’. Well known for that. Some other weather extremes were, most recently, 17 inches of snow dumped mid-January followed by another few inches a week later with pounding winds to boot.
I won’t go on a tangent about our Missouri weather any further. Everyone has extremes in the weather to some extent. So the weather vane in January 1929 might have been an unintentional foreshadowing of the stock market crash and the beginning of the Great Dust Bowl? I just find the irony in these things interesting. Do you?
DId You Know?
According to Weather Channel, Tornado Alley may be shifting east and it’s a mystery as to why. To read more on this phenomenon click here. One reason suspected is the drying of the Great Plains causing this shift. As for someone personally effected, I do believe there has been a shift.
Come back here Monday 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. There are excellent writers participating every year with topics in whatever you’re interested in
Katy Trail Creations 
I like your fabric choices for this pattern. I like the quilting design in the big square of the sample. And yes, I do believe that tornado alley is shifting eastward. We used NEVER to get tornados where I live in Virginia. Now they are almost as common as the hurricane that we KNOW will come every year. Several neighboring communities have been hit hard with tornados.
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Scary to have both weather events for you all. I’m thankful we finally have added on a basement. A little peace of mind.
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Climate is changing… pretty block, beautiful fabrics!
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