The Patchery Menagerie

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...

If you happen to visit the AQS show in Daytona Beach this weekend, and see my quilt, The Black & White Crayons, take a selfie with it ...

My quilt, The Black & White Crayons, is on display at AQS Chattanooga this week. If you go, take a selfie with it and send it to me a...

Woo Hoo!  My quilt, Black & White Crayons, has been accepted into AQS Chattanooga, and will be on display there September 16 - 19, 201...

A certain purple and orange quilt arrived from Chris yesterday. I see some binding in my future. I've entered the Black & Whit...

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...

I had a little time last night after dinner so I quickly hung up all four crayons quilts on the new fence.  They look pretty much like I e...

In for a penny, in for a pound. I'm sewing the [black] binding on the [black] crayons quilt. Although I've got all four Crayons ...

Yeah, I know you've seen this six million times, but now it's finished and hanging in my dining room. I'll have a better pictu...

I've sewn the binding on the black (right) side of the Black and White Crayons quilt. Millie sat on the arm of the chair while I work...

I am so happy with this quilt. The quilting is beautiful. I am adding the binding, which is a slightly complex affair given that I am usi...

The amazing Chris has sent me these preview pictures of the quilting on my Black & White Crayons. I'm very pleased and excit...

I've finished sewing the binding and hanging sleeve on the Bright Crayons quilt. I'm really happy with it.   For now it...

This doesn't have the strong contrast that black and white usually has, but I didn't want that. I wanted this to be a bit more lo...

I like to choose the right backings for my quilts. I never use whatever I have left hanging around unless it's perfect for the quilt. (Y...

My friend Julie asked if I had lined up all the Crayons quilt and looked at them all together. I didn't. I don't have a wall big en...

In the end, I decided to add the small contrasting border because I felt it helped define the edges of the quilt and emphasized the contra...

As I was finishing up the Black and White Crayons, I needed a way to figure out how big the finished flimsy would be, so I stuck a piece of ...

White bird #2 Black bird #2 (Note these two have the same leg and beak fabric.) Black bird #3 (Love those "Mondo" legs...