Using wool is a wonderful experience in quilting. Hand-dyed wool from Weeks Dye Works made its way back from Houston’s International Quilt Festival right into my quilt studio thanks to my local quilt shop in Salida. I machine blanket-stitched the applique in place. Olivia was my grandmother’s name and she had bright red hair, so I honor her with this quilt, Olivia’s Garden.   —Joyce Robinson

• Published in the November/December 2009 issue of McCall’s Quilting

• Juried in and toured the world as part of the American Tradition VII traveling exhibit, part of the Houston International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, 2009, and published in the main brochure for the festival

• Quilt photo by Mellisa Karlin Mahoney

• 28˝ x 28˝

• Quilt is available and is for sale

• © Joyce Robinson