The Patchery Menagerie

  This is the original black quilt, that started me writing the tutorial for what I came to call the Nightingale quilts. You can go read the...

  This was the last photo in yesterday's post. I have marked it up to show the areas that I think need work. If you look at them, you wi...

  I went to the flower shop yesterday because I felt I needed a pick-me-up. Normally I can go into the walk-in cooler and pick what I like, ...

It was supposed to be 2 to 4 inches. ROFLMAO. Until I had to shovel it. Oh well. It'll melt. About yesterday's post. Ye...

Before I went to bed Thursday night, I had this, and I thought it was damned close to perfect. Wanda had a suggestion. She wasn't su...

I love knowing stuff. I have an insatiable curiosity about all kinds of things, and color is right up at the top of the list. I remember lis...

I made a couple of test four patch diamonds. On the shelf, the not blue fabric looked cream colored. Here, against the silver of my ironin...

In the next few days I will write pages about the gnarly little topics that caused so much angst earlier this week. I need to think about w...

I have to make six more birds so each student will have a sample bird at their station while they work. Here are the first three of six. D...

OK! This is easy. Take a 7" square and sew some of the 4-1/2" strips around it to make a block like those above. BUT WAIT.... ...

Oh boy, do I love color. For my next project, I need contrasting pairs of fabrics. One of the pair needs to be "busy" and "br...

You never know where or when something around you will inspire you. Julie and I found these gorgeous reddish orange tiles on the subway i...

I don't make quilts for the usual reasons, if there is any such a thing as a "usual" reason. Sure I make quilts for people I l...