Pat Knoechel Speaks to the Cotton Patch Quilters

 

Thursday evening was guild meeting night with our traditional October speaker, Pat Knoechel. Pat has been coming to Kern County for over 20 years and keeps us us to speed on what’s new at Quilt In a Day. She should know. Eleanor Burns is her sister.

Pat shared many of the new patterns from their new book, called El’s Kitchen. Most of the patterns come in two sizes, which is a nice if you don’t want to make a large quilt. The color choices for the new designs were accomplished in a predominance of pretty pastels. Pat gave us some great sewing tips, and as always, made us laugh.

Pat gave us the various names for the different traditional quilt blocks that are included in the quilts she brought along.

Much to my dismay, I discovered another name for the Snail’s Trail block is the Pig Tail. Hmmmmmm… And to think that I spent so much time working on that Snail’s Trail quilt of mine.

These are some of the other lovely examples she brought along for us to see. More sweet pastels.

This pineapple quilt was created with the fabric line called “Little Black Dress”. The border was exquisitely fussy cut, pieced, and sewn.

We look forward to seeing Pat again next year.