McKenna Ryan Country

A McKenna Ryan Block of the month

For quite a while I was enamoured of McKenna Ryan’s quilts. They were quite a challenge as each block was like a mini quilt in itself. And then they had to be joined. From memory there was a bit of fudging that went on to get each block to align properly. This was the frst one I did as it harked back to our farming heritage even though some of the images are quite American inspired. I have always thought it would be fun to do a quilt with the round haybales that are now such a common sight in the rural community. I love the tree in the block at the top of this quilt. I had grown away from the country themed quilts like the one I did early on in my quilting journey but this was a return to base almost. Of course batiks work beautifully in quilts like this because they give such depth with their marbled patterning.