The Patchery Menagerie

This is an updated version of a post I wrote back in 2013 about Julie wrestling with her quilt, See Rock City . It was my Mother's comme...

Woo Hoo! My quilt, The Black Box, is going to the AQS show in Syracuse NY , which will be from July 29 to August 1, 2015.

Life is 'Tweet arrived in New Hampshire yesterday. Because I'll be moving in a week I won't be able to work on finishing it an...

This is my best pal Julie with my Black Box quilt, which is currently on exhibit at the AQS show in Chattanooga. If you are planning to...

 This is my quilt, "The Black Box." It's 55" x 81" and it is completely original, designed by me, Lynne Tyler. I...

Every word quilt I make generates lots of duds or "misfit" letters. These are from Nine x Nine . The letters in the lower h...

I really enjoyed telling the story of lunch with my Mom, both on this blog and to my colleagues at work. What was really interesting though,...

My quilts arrived back home yesterday. After an extended stay in Memphis with Julie , the sampler quilt, Letters From Home, is back on t...

The Black Box is finished, and hanging at Quilted Threads in Henniker NH, and it looks great. Here, finally, is a good picture of it. You...

These really aren't great pictures. The room has really crappy light, and the camera didn't flash, but it's finished, and ...

I'm always asked why I do my finish binding on the FRONT of the quilt instead of the back. Simple answer: I think it looks better....

Long ago I discovered an easy way to hand sew binding on a big quilt. You need a table with a straight side, a rolling office chair an...

The scariest thing about finishing up a quilt is trimming the excess backing and binding away, and making the quilt "square." Wh...

 You really didn't think I was going to show you the whole quilt, did you?

I am very excited about this quilt. Happy Easter!

Glittery gold metallic thread, multicolor rainbow colored thread... I am in love with this quilt.

My Black Box quilt is quilted and now it is on its way back to me. This is a very small part of the magic Chris has done. I am beyond th...

My Mom came over the other day and took a photo of me with the Black Box quilt top.  It's a good way for you to see just how big this ...

When viewers look at my quilts, I am often asked "How did you come up with that idea?,  "Where did that come from?" I often...

I've prepared the backing and the binding for the Black Box quilt. Here is the backing I have selected: I bought it this past summer ...