klein meisje quilts

Monday, November 21, 2005

spinning stars

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(((Lost this post when I tried to make a correction!))) I made this little (about 20" by 28") quilt back in 1996. The pattern was...
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Monday, November 14, 2005

Fine Art of Fiber

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My guild has a cooperative show with the weavers and knitters guilds, the Fine Art of Fiber. I displayed a beautiful quilt that was given t...
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Thursday, November 03, 2005

another one of Bonnie's wonky houses

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I just finished another quilt top using Bonnie's wonky houses. This one will be a fund raiser for my church--they participate in Appala...
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Monday, October 31, 2005

red stars

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I've been working on this red quilt for a while--finally at a place where I can concentrate on it and finish the top. Trying to figure ...
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Friday, October 28, 2005

cowboy quilts

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I buy plaid cotton shirts at the thrift stores--here in Chicago the big chains are Unique Thrift (half price on Mondays!) and Village Discou...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

go go white sox!

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Chicago is full of Sox fever and I laughed when on the radio this morning the sports guy went on a rant about how there were no hotel rooms ...
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Friday, October 21, 2005

cats

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I guess I can join the Halloween bandwagon with this quilt--not Halloween colors, but has cats. I am not a cat person. We had cats on the f...
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Monday, October 10, 2005

hospice

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I am a hospice nurse and have days where I come home feeling like I have carried too much, and others when I come home exhilarated by the ev...
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Friday, September 30, 2005

t block making stars

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I made this quilt from scraps-it is just a rail fence block made with 1 1/2 by 3 1/2 strips and two 1 1/2 inch squares on one side to make i...
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autumn stars

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I had many wonderful brown large scale prints and put them with some corals to make this star quilt last winter. Some blocks are low contras...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005

squirrel protection

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My favorite fall picture of Seth with his pumpkin in 2003. He and a neighbor decided to squirrel proof the jack-o-lantern with tooth picks-...
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Monday, September 26, 2005

ashes

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My father-in-law's funeral was yesterday. His ashes were buried in the church gardens. They had to be in a biodegradable container, wh...
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Thursday, September 08, 2005

shawl ministry

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Women from my church have a knitting group that has a shawl ministry. This spring we made shawls for women struggling with life issues and ...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

And another...

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Here is another buzz saw, set into a circle block. To make the block a square, you have to add a 2 inch strip to one side. You can then set...
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Saturday, August 27, 2005

another buzz saw--green and cream

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This buzz saw started with 6 1/2 inch blocks, cut 1 1/2 inches into strips. I used mainly dark greens and creams. The borders are a bunch ...
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Thursday, August 25, 2005

Buzz Saw

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I have a Buzz Saw class that I really enjoy. These photos are of one I made in scraps. I think I started these with 7 1/2 inch squares....
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005

pastel batiks

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My small group gives each other fat quarters for our birthdays--I try to put them into my next quilt. This one I made 2 years ago for my da...
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Saturday, August 20, 2005

Hand dyed fabrics

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A small quilt made with hand dyed fabrics I purchased about 12 years ago. After many years of being pregnant or breast feeding, I finally a...
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Saturday, August 13, 2005

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Our family attends St Pauls United Church of Christ in Chicago, where I am happy to make paraments and vestments. These red ones were for th...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Framed Nine Patch, triangle label

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A framed nine patch, the darks being from the floor of my really needing to be cleaned up sewing room, and multiple pastel backgrounds. On t...
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Quilting in Chicago. 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. Lrdykstra@aol.com Instagram: Lrdykstra
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