Courthouse Steps Quilt Block and Constitution Day

Courthouse Steps Quilt Block

Today is the 226th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.  On this day, Constitution Day, we commemorate the formation and signing of the Constitution on September 16, 1787. 

Article I: Creates the Legislative Branch

Article II: Creates the Executive Branch

Article III: Creates the Judicial Branch

Article IV: Crafts the relationship between the federal government and the states, as well as explains the obligations that states owe to each other

Article V: Explains how the Constitution can be amended

Article VI: Explains certain details about the transition from the Articles of Confederation-bound government to the Constitution-bound government and establishes the supremacy of the United States Constitution, international treaties, and all and federal laws made in pursuance of the Constitution

Article VII: Explains how the Constitution is ratified and testifies to the unanimous support of the states represented at the Constitutional Convention

 

There are only twenty-seven amendments to the Constitution, including the first ten, which are the Bill of Rights. 

 

You can read this and more about the Constitution and Constitution Day at this site.

 

You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post here.

Memory Quilts and the Memories in a Quilt

Do you love to quilt AND love to read?  I invite you to join the free, online Quilters' Book Club.  Each month, we read a book, discuss it through comments on my blog posts, and then make a quilt block to represent that book.

To join, become a follower of my blog so you won't miss any blog post.  You can also sign up for my posts to be delivered right to you via email.  It is never too late to join and begin reading and sewing along with us.       

Our book to read and discuss during September is The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs.  In the book, mother Linda creates a memory quilt for her daughter Molly to take to college.  The quilt is made of material from Molly's former clothes.  My mother made a similar quilt for each of her three daughters.  Mine is shown above.

If you'd like to create a quilt block to represent the memories sewn into Molly's quilt, click on the following names to check out their patterns:

Memory Quilt Block

Memory Block Quilt Block

Memory Chain Quilt Block

My Favorite Quilt Quilt Block

Do you feel it's important to mark life's milestones with something concrete?  How do you do it in your family?  Inquiring minds want to know!  Answer in the comment section below.  If you are reading via email, you must first click on the blog title to be able to comment and read the comments of others.  

By commenting, you are entering you name in a give-away for a copy of The Double Wedding Ring by Clare O'Donohue, courtesy of Plume Books.  There will be two lucky winners this month!

You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post here.