20 years of blogging

My first post included this photograph and explaination:
Klein meisje is Dutch for little girl--what my beloved grandfather called his 12 granddaughters because, I fear, it was easier than trying to remember our names.
I continue to take pleasure in sharing my quilting life.
Thank you for being with me!
Lynn

chickens, "Henny and her friends" top completed

Henny and her friends
Chickens
62 by 58 inches
Top completed 2025

My sisters and I are naming the chickens for my mom's childhood friends.

I finished this top in June and just realized I hadn't posted about it.
Read HERE about how I constructed the block.
I used Kona Rich Red for the constant and will also bind with it.

I adapted and revised the chickens from a block shown in the Special Spring 2013 edition of Quiltmania Hen Party designed by Kim Gaddy of Buttons and Bees. I cannot find an active link to the designer. Quiltmania is defunct, old copies of the issue are available online.

My block finishes 12 by 14 inches. I added a sprocket sashing of 1 1/2 inch cut squares.

This quilt will go to my sister Beth.

The back is made from chicken feed sacks of my mother. The photo shows the back in progress--there is another print added. I will photograph the back when it returns from the quilter.

Block revisions and set are mine--use at your pleasure.

tulips! Using pattern by Bess Casey Wilke of Side Lake Stitch: top completed

Tulips
top completed 2025
83 by 65 inches

After the sunflowers, I had to make tulips.
Bess Casey Wilke of Side Lake Stitch has a great tulip pattern Flower Block HERE. 
I modified piecing a bit by using a goose for the center tip of the tulip and by using the Doug Leko tool for the leaves. And I widened the frame a bit to 2 inches cut.
LOVE THIS!!
Get her delightful pattern and read about her natural dye work!

I used Kona Snow for the constant and made each block with a different red print.

Backing is Farm Family Red by Marshall Dry Goods Co.

LOVE this beaters fabric of Robert Kaufman

scottie dogs, binding! quilt completed

Scottie Dogs

top completed 2024
Quilt completed 2025
68 by 62 inches

Quilted by Sue Divarco

48 blocks set 6 across and 8 down
Block finishes 5 by 6 inches
I used Kona Snow for the white
Go HERE to read about the quilt and links to directions.

My design, use at your pleasure.