Yo-Yo-Spread Raffle 

PRESS RELEASE August 24, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE WHALEHEAD CLUB, CURRITUCK HERITAGE PARK, COROLLA, NC

Contact: The Whalehead Club at Currituck Heritage Park
Edna Baden, Executive Director 252-453-9040
PO Box 307, Corolla, NC 27927
director@whaleheadclub.com


Final days to win the beautiful
hand-sewn Yo Yo Spread!

Drawing to be held during the Whalehead Club “Arts in the Park” on September 1st, 2010.

Several times a day I hear “this is beautiful; how did she do it!” as visitors stop to admire the 98” x 72” Yo Yo spread. Displayed on the Front Porch of the historic Whalehead Club, this work of art is being raffled off as a fundraiser for preservation. Tickets are $1 a piece or 6 tickets for $5. The winning ticket will be drawn at the Whalehead Club “Arts in the Park” festival on Wednesday September 1st, 2010.
Come to the Whalehead Club at Currituck Heritage Park in Corolla, NC to buy your chances. Or you can purchase tickets by calling 252-453-9040 ext 2.
For more information visit our website at www.whaleheadclub.org.

It took two years for Genevieve Baden to hand-sew this magnificent bed covering known as a “Yo Yo” spread. Genevieve was taught to do the Yo Yo pattern by a loving aunt when she was around 12 years old. A running stitch, when applied to a kaleidoscope of colored fabric creates an instant family heirloom in her hands. She remembers being helped to choose her colors, then make a circle, go around, turn it under and anchor it. Now in her mid 80’s Genevieve’s practiced hands can repeat the pattern effortlessly, keeping alive an antique tradition which has almost disappeared.