The Patchery Menagerie

  I finally picked up the Pink Barn from Janet-Lee Santeusanio, my fabulous long-arm quilter. For this I told Janet-Lee I wanted it special,...

Here's a closeup of the pink barn.You can see the detail in the sky fabric, and the trim I used around the roofline. Every part of thi...

I'm back working on the pink barn. I created the row of lights above the door. Then I made the doors and the sides and put them to...

I needed more pinks for the pink barn, so this morning I got up early and drove to my favorite quilt shop, Quilted Threads . I really li...

I've added a thin strip of the decorative stripe I showed you a few days ago to the edge of the barn roof. I like it a lot. It just g...

This is a garage I pass on my way to the grocery store. I like the reddish trim. This reminds me that less can be very much more. So ...

When I am making a barn out of my head, like this one, I don't draw it out first and I don't plan it. I just "wing it." ...

This is a view of the short side of the Sparkling Winkel quilt, showing how the backing fabric looks like it rolls over and surrounds tha...

The Colorado Quilt has arrived in the high desert of Colorado and now it lives on P & J's bed. My extremely loquacious brothe...

You're probably wondering... Why did I choose GREEN for the binding of the Colorado Quilt? After all, the background of the quilt is whi...

That's me (on the right) with Janet Lee Santeusanio of Woodland Manor Quilting, who quilted the Colorado Quilt. It is all hand guided f...

 Most free pieced barns are imaginary, or inspired by real barns. Most free pieced barns are not meant to be accurate representations, but w...

These birds are sewn to the barn block. I've set the row of birds that go above the barn so I can check it out before I sew it tog...