The Patchery Menagerie

I put the words in the signature panel for the Not Paper Pieced quilt together. I love the lady at the sewing machine in the counter of th...

I made the numbers for the year on the signature panel of the Not Paper Pieced quilt. And you know me, I couldn't resist adding a f...

First things first. When I got an alert on my phone that the movie MAIDEN was showing an hour's drive away, I made plans to go see it w...

The signature panel for the Early Autumn quilt is finished. Now I will clean up the studio and eventually make the backing for the quilt. ...

OK, so I tried a bird. Looks passably successful here but... The body disappeared. Birds need contrast, and I didn't want this guy...

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...

When I make a quilt that's really special, I'll add a signature panel on the back. This is the signature panel I am working on f...

While this may not be the best photo of the finished backing for the Colorado Quilt, this is very accurate in terms of color.  The backin...

The signature panel is done. Now "all" I have to do is sew it into the backing. I'll get there. The last few days have bee...

I'm almost done the signature panel for the Colorado Quilt. This one isn't right. The dark numbers make it too visually heavy on t...

Last night I made the numbers 2-0-1-7 for the year and then sewed them together, then sewed my surname together. Tonight I'll finish t...

I really want to get the Colorado Quilt quilted, so I am working on the signature panel for the back. I have made the letters of my nam...

When Gerald Roy first appraised my quilts he asked if I signed them. I replied that I did, and I showed him. "Not big enough" was ...

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 decided to make a signature panel for the back of the Chicken Quilt. Who would have thought that after making almost 200 letters for t...