The Patchery Menagerie

Ten years ago I made my first signature panel for a quilt. This was the year. I really liked the number 8.  NIne years ago I made a sa...

It rained most of October, and the wind and rain knocked the leaves off the trees so the fall foliage in this area didn't live up to e...

The tree quilt, Early Autumn, is now a flimsy. Here are some details: It measures about 63" x 93". There are 81 trees. Ther...

Since the tree quilt, Early Autumn, was designed for my dining room table, I had to take pictures of it on the table. Here they are. . ...

About 10 days ago, I posted this on the blog, and pointed out the strong diagonal from the light background block on the left, to the whi...

I've sewn the bottom row together into one long panel.  I thought you might like to see close ups of the trees so you could enjoy the di...

I'd been burning the midnight oil working on this quilt, and I finally needed to rest so the last couple of evenings I have been readi...

I've got the right side column done, all the way to the bottom row (which isn't finished yet). Those pieces in the corners are jus...

Here's the last row. Since I really wanted to see everything all together, I got the bright idea of hanging that last row from t...

I've sewn the central panel of the tree quilt together, and here it is on my dining room table. I also have named the quilt: Early Aut...

I love small classes. Students get so much personal attention.  These are the ladies from yesterday's Scrap Slab Triangles class at Qu...

This is the central part of the tree quilt. Look a bit familiar, but not quite?  It's because this is upside down from the way you us...

Not  my quilt, the movie, which I went to see last night. Enjoyed it very much. My quilt is getting to the point where I am happy enoug...

I'm getting closer. This is where the quilt was just before I went to bed last night. It still needs some tweaks, another row at the...

Since the tree quilt is designed for a table, I really had to put it all on the table to see if the vision I had in my head really looked th...