Darlene Christopherson quilt
Originally uploaded by Mellicious.

Several years ago, Darlene Christopherson was working on a sequel to her book A Perfect Union of Patchwork & Applique and my mom was going to a bee that was fairly near where Darlene lives, and she got roped into making a sample quilt for the new book. I don't think I've ever put a picture of this quilt up before because of that; I was intending to wait until the book came out. But I think if it hasn't by now, it probably isn't going to. In any case, it's a lovely quilt.