Before and After

For the last few days this has been the view into the dining room. Notice the empty walls.  I had taken the quilts down to bring to the Concord Piecemaker's Guild for my talk.

They were a great bunch of ladies and I hope we all had a good time. I talked a bit too much (sorry) and as a result the guild's show and tell did not take place. (Really sorry about that, I'dve waited, with pleasure, to see what everyone was making.)

It was an hour's drive home, but at 9:45 at night, the roads are blissfully empty. I set the cruise control and the GPS and stayed in the slow lane for the calming drive home.

At home I was too jumpy to go to bed right away, so I put my quilts back on the walls where they belong.

Yeah, that's better!

A Little Hand Work

My sewing machine is in the shop for repairs and a tune up. I may have it back later this week.  In the meantime I've been sewing the AQS labels on the back of the Black & White Crayons...

and Too Much Chicken.

Of course Millie had to help.

This is my quilting buddy, Julie Post (who blogs as Joe Tulips, which is an anagram of her name), with Too Much Chicken when it was at the AQS show in Des Moines. Julie is an awesome quilter, and a fellow member of the SSOBB. Thanks for the photo, and the show pin, Julie!

To AQS Syracuse

I'll be at the AQS Syracuse show today sometime after 3:00 PM. If you see me, come on over and introduce yourself. I'll give you postcards of my quilts.

This quilt of mine, Black & White Crayons, will be on exhibit there. Check it out, and take a selfie with it and send it to me at: patcherymenagerie AT gmail DOT com.

My quilt Too Much Chicken, will also be on exhibit. To "get it" you should start at the top and read down. It's in the "Whimsy" category, which is a perfect place for it.

I'll be staying overnight, and will be at the show on Thursday morning as well.  Hope to see you there!

Postcards!

You gotta love Vistaprint. They make it so easy to make postcards. Here are my newest cards featuring my quilt, "Too Much Chicken." I've included the dimensions of the quilt and a little story of the inspiration for it. If you notice, there is a list of AQS shows in which the quilt was/will be shown.  I'll be at the AQS show in Syracuse in July, on Wednesday and Thursday. I'll give a postcard to anybody who asks for one while I am there.

I also updated the postcard for the Black & White Crayons. It now lists all the AQS shows in which it has been exhibited as well as the dimensions of the quilt.

Flock of Fancy Quilting Details

Check out all this delicious yummy quilting Chris did on the Flock of Fancy (Birds quilt.)

I love the way the feathers and swirls complement the negative spaces around the birds.

I've sewn the binding on the back of the quilt, now I will hand sew it down on the front.



Somebody wanted to know how I ship my quilts. When I ship my quilts anywhere I use USPS Priority Mail. The quilts I exhibit in shows are all appraised and insured on a separate rider of my homeowner's insurance policy. I'll have this quilt appraised as soon as it's finished.

Anita (my son's MIL) asked about a hanging sleeve. I've answered her separately, but here's a photo of the back of the Black and White Crayons that shows the signature panel as well as the hanging sleeve on the back.

And as long as I am answering questions, if anybody wants to know WHY I made a the "Too Much Chicken" quilt, please read this post. It's a funny story.

AQS Paducah

My quilt, The Black & White Crayons, entry # 4-1528 at AQS Paducah this week.

My quilt, Too Much Chicken, entry # 4-1214, also at AQS Paducah this week.

I can't remember the categories, Wall Quilts under 60" wide and possibly Modern Quilts, but with the numbers you ought to be able to locate them if you wish.

If you go to Paducah Kentucky this week and see my quilts, take a selfie with them and send it to me. Email it to patcherymenagerie AT gmail DOT com. If you want, send me your snail mail address, and I'll send you a postcard of the Crayons quilt (but only if I get a picture of you with it).

Tell me what you think. Here are some things to look for.

The Black and White Crayons has over 80 different fabrics, 60 different black and white, and about 10 different WOWs and 10 BOBs. Can you see the difference in the binding on the left and right sides of the quilt? Can you see how the different fabrics in each letter work to make the letter? Can you figure out what's common about the letters that straddle the divide?

Too Much Chicken has three foxes and several "jokes". Can you find the lazy A or the backwards S, and the drunken chicken? How many different fabrics did I use in the background? Can you figure out what happens to the Chicken words as you get to the bottom of the quilt?

Have fun looking for, and finding all the little things I have so much fun putting in.

Enjoy!

Spring is in the Air

It was time to change out the quilt on the dining room table. It seemed too early to use the blue summer quilt, so I am using Hidden Potential, the quilt my pal Julie made for me using my leftover bits. Just goes to prove that just because something is wrong for one project, it doesn't mean it can't be successfully used in another.

The new cell phone arrived yesterday and it took barely an hour to set it up and restore everything. Lucky me.

For those of you fortunate enough to visit the AQS Lancaster show that begins today, keep a lookout for my quilt, the Black & White Crayons. You can see a photo of it at the bottom of this post. If anybody would like to buy a Lancaster show pin for me, I'd much appreciate it, and will be happy to reimburse you for the cost plus shipping to me. Email me at patcherymenagerie AT gmail DOT com. Thanks.

The Chicken Quilt is Going to Paducah!

WOO HOO!  My quilt, "Too Much Chicken" has been accepted into the American Quilter's Society show in Paducah Kentucky from April 20 - 23 2016.

I'd be lying if I told you I ever expected it to get into any show at all. It was Gerald Roy who told me the quilt was better than I thought it was, and that I should enter it in the AQS Paducah show.

The Black & White Crayons quilt has also been accepted into the show in Paducah.

Woot!