I started this quilt in July 2004 and put the final border on in June 2005. I was going to machine quilt it myself and did some practicing but finally decided I wasn't good enough so I sent it to Veronica Nurmi. That explains the long lapse in the top being finished and the quilting being done. She did the quilting in February 2007. The quilt pattern was designed by Karen Kay Buckley.

This is a Maggie Walker Block-of-the-Month which consists of sunflowers, grape vines, fowl hens, chicks and cockerels. Some with feathered legs and some with beards, all having fun in the garden.

These block patterns were inspired by patterns seen on pottery on a trip to Italy.