The Patchery Menagerie

  I love taking an idea and pushing it around, seeing where I can go with it.  When I made my son a chessboard out of fabric way back in 200...

  This is J, who's been cutting my hair for over 32 years. I've told her about my cat Millie, my blog, my quilts, my tutorials... ev...

Later today the Aquamarine quilt will be going to it's new home. The recipient doesn't know about it, so it will be a surprise. I...

  I stayed up late the other night finishing the binding on the Aquamarine quilt. I had twelve inches left when it was time to go to bed, an...

  I wasn't quite sure about this fabric for the binding of Aquamarine, but as I pinned it to the front of the quilt my qualms disappeare...

  This is Aquamarine, a Zebra quilt I made a year ago. It has been quilted, and is ready for the binding. I wanted to use what I had, and I ...

 I know. Backings are boring. But I like having the decisions about them all done so I don't have them taking up space in my head. Willi...

After work I went into the studio and looked at what I had on the wall and wondered "What if..." I kept going where it took me ...

I wanted to see the Zebra quilts all lined up, but I don't own them all. So I did my best in making a virtual show. Top row, from...

There are 28 different fabrics in this quilt. Here you can see most of them. Here is a closeup of some of them. The fabric on the left...

I got up yesterday morning, very excited about playing with this. I moved a few things around. I did not like the bland blenderinsh light ...

Way back when I was drawing, my son who was about 12 at the time, made this comment: "It's never too late, Mom. That's what era...

This where the Sapphire quilt was a week or so ago when I took it off the design wall because there was something about it that bugged me,...