The Patchery Menagerie

Back in October 2013, I had flown to Memphis so I could drive up to St Louis with Julie. I crossed the mighty Mississippi for the first ti...

My quilt, Too Much Chicken, is back from its trip around the USA, and now I will sew the last two labels on the back of the quilt.

My quilt, Too Much Chicken, is back home from the AQS shows in Syracuse, Chattanooga (where it won an Honorable Mention), and Des Moines. ...

My quilt, Too Much Chicken has placed at AQS Chattanooga. Update: I won an Honorable Mention in the Wall Quilts, Long Arm Quilted Ca...

My quilt, Too Much Chicken, has been accepted into the AQS show in Chattanooga Tennessee, September 14 - 17 2016.  I'll also have tw...

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...

Check out all this delicious yummy quilting Chris did on the Flock of Fancy (Birds quilt.) I love the way the feathers and swi...

My quilt, The Black & White Crayons, entry # 4-1528 at AQS Paducah this week. My quilt, Too Much Chicken, entry # 4-1214, also at...

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

This man is Gerald Roy . It was his collection of quilts that was exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston last year, and is curren...

 It's nice to have a rack to hang my quilts so I can photograph them.  I hung my chicken quilt, Too Much Chicken the other day and my ...

My son and DIL sent me these lovely flowers for my birthday, which was on Monday. It was one of those "0" years and I am still ...

My very tall nephew helped me hang "Too Much Chicken" on the fence at the local playground so I could take some pictures. ...

The chicken quilt is all done.  I threw it up on the fence so I could get a quick photo. It's about 81" tall and the fence is onl...

I straightened out the Chicken quilt top and sewed 3-1/2" strips to all four sides. It's now 59" (150 cm) wide by 85" (...

Julie and I hear this all the time. The idea that "free-piecing" is a synonym for "sloppy workmanship." Folks who don...