Patsy began quilting in 1981 – self taught from a magazine. It was a Christmas wreath log cabin. She didn't have a sewing machine so she pieced it by hand! Imagine. Her grandmother quilted and made her clothes. Her grandmother could replicate any dress they showed her from a store or picture. Her sweet husband remembered a quilt on his bed as a youngster that was “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” the little hexagons. Patsy cut and pieced over 4000 hexagons for that quilt. After piecing it, she hand-quilted the project. She has had it on her bed ever since then and it’s a bit faded, but well-loved.
She never met Kathy, but knew Loraine Ryan from the library and Peacemakers Quilt Guild. Loraine told Joy and Joan Penrose that Patsy worked with appliqué and invited her to join Pieced Together Quilters.
Married to the love of her life whom she met at age 16. She and Bill have been married since 1959! They have two children, a boy and a girl and three grandchildren – two girls and a boy. They will welcome their great-grandaughter in July! Such a happy occasion.
Patsy grew-up in Michigan then moved to Hawthorne California in July 1958 where she fell in love at first sight with her sweet hubbie! They now reside in Hayward, living there for 17 years.
She loves to read and enjoys all kinds of music. She has always sung in the church choir and in quartets.
A little know fact about Patsy is she is basically shy in a large group preferring to meet in small groups. However, she easily integrated into Pieced Together Quilters because we are “Pieced together in love,” especially Joy, “She is such a loving person.”
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