January 2010 Sale Days -

We are having a "10% off everything in our farm store " sale, and you are invited!  Now through February 28, 2010.  Just give us a call and come on over.
Our Farm Store is well stocked with wonderful alpaca products.  Come do some gift shopping, or treat yourself to incredibly soft and warm socks, gloves, hats or scarves.  Jackets and sweaters are also available.   We now have fair trade handknit animals that are irresistible, in addition to fluffy alpaca fur bears........ and even a moose!
Our hand made  accessories and limited edition yarns are wonderful, and are included in the sale.  We accept checks, VISA, Master Card, Discover Card and of course, cash!

 Special pricing on our alpacas, too.  We have lots of crias coming in 2010, and great deals to be had.  Buy one of our bred females, and look forward to a cria this year, with a free rebreeding for another cria next year, all included in the purchase price.  Discounts for custom-selected packages make this an ideal time to invest in superior quality breeding stock.

ISN'T HE STUNNING?

 We are proud to announce the addition of this outstanding silver grey male to our herdsire row.  Our thanks to Faith and Herb Perkins of Quarry Ridge Alpacas for giving us the opportunity  to purchase Quarry Ridge Ikon,  the award winning offspring of Legend's Challenger of KPR and QR A Cappella.  We are excited to add these solid genetics to our herd, and we look forward to using Ikon in our breeding program.  Please look for more information and photos of Ikon on our Herdsires' page. 

Updated News 2009

National Alpaca Farm Days

Thanks to everyone who came out to visit our farm on  National Alpaca Farm Days, Saturday and Sunday, September 26 and 27, 2009.  It was a great time to  see our new "crop" of crias,  and to watch demonstrations of what we do with the luxurious fiber that our alpacas provide for us.
 
Visitors were able to browse the new products in our farm store, including exclusive, limited edition yarns and roving made from our alpaca fleeces, just waiting to be made into beautiful handmade items.

Fall 2009 Alpacas Shows

Patchwork Meadow Alpacas participated in  the following Fall 2009 shows:

Empire Extravaganza - October 24 - October 25.  NY State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York.  We came home with ribbons, renewed friendships, new acquaintances and great memories of a wonderful show!

Green Mountain Alpaca Fall Spectacular - October 31 - November 1.   Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, Vermont. 
Annie, Morgan, Lily and Rocky all took ribbons for the farm, and brought further recognition to our quality breeding program. 

News

Spring, 2009

Our first cria of the year has arrived! 
Patchwork Meadow's Sweet Adelaide was born to our dam Madeline and sire Braveheart on May 31st, 2009.  Her outstanding quality is just what we were hoping for when we chose Madeline to be  Braveheart's first breeding partner.    Sweet Addy is simply a wonderful cria with incredibly soft and silky bright white fiber.  Madeline's bay black cria from 2008, Annie's Song, took her first reserve champion banner at the Northeast Alpaca Expo in May.  From black to white, Madeline throws crias of excellence.

Seeing Blue, and Purple and Red, too!

Our guys brought home the blue ribbons again, this time at the 2009 Empire Fleece Event Spin-Off.   Patriot, his brother Beringer, Finnegan and Braveheart all took first place honors.... and Patriot took home the purple ribbon for Highest Scoring Fawn entry!  For the girls, Rosalia took second place honors, while Danica placed third (in Finnegan's class).  Great work and thanks, Anne, for doing all the skirting and preparation for our entries!

SPRING, 2009 SHOW RESULTS

Patchwork Meadow's Annie's Song took a blue first place ribbon at the Northeast Alpaca Expo in Syracuse, NY in May.  She topped that when she was awarded the Reserve Championship for black female huacayas.   At just under one year old at the time, Annie is certainly living up to her potential!

2008

Mighty Fine Finnegan continues to take the blue!

Finnegan came home with first place honors from the Empire Extravaganza in October, 2008.  He then repeated his first place showing at the Green Mountain Alpaca Fall Spectacular in Vermont.   The judges had great things to say about his dense,fine fiber as well as his awesome conformation and presence in the ring.  These were both highly competitive classes, at two different shows with two different judges.  Finnegan's outstanding showing confirms our judgment that he  is, indeed, "mighty fine," and destined  for herdsire status in the summer of 2009.

Danica takes awards at two Fall shows!

Patchwork Meadow's Danica took second place honors at the Empire Extravaganza in October, 2008.  Considering that the alpaca who placed above her already has a  reserve champion banner, we were very pleased.  She continued her excellent showing at the Green Mountain Alpaca Fall Spectacular the following weekend, with third place honors  (again, behind two alpacas that have bannered in the past).  Danica is showing excellent form and outstanding fiber, and we are looking forward to showing her again in the spring.  
Hmmm,...  we'll be on the lookout for just the right herdsire when we select a breeding partner  for her next summer.