klein meisje quilts

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

the lions' den

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This year's Bible Story Theater at our church was the story of Daniel. I was in charge of the lions' costumes--the 4 and 5 year old...
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Monday, February 06, 2006

scot's plaid

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I love this quilt--I made it about 8 years ago from my 1 1/2 inch and 2 1/2 inch strips drawers. Who knew I had this many reds?
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

new stuff

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I am getting used to a new computer and a new camera. I have a wonderful memory of my grandmother, sitting at the new telephone when we mov...
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Thursday, January 19, 2006

neutrals

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I love collecting neutrals and have an extensive selection that I pulled from for this quilt. Lots of them are conversationals. I also lik...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Foster Avenue Beach

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A favorite place of mine in Chicago is Foster Avenue Beach. Many years ago, our city in its wisdom, saved most of the lakefront to have pub...
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Sunday, January 08, 2006

mystery quilt

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I wrote a mystery quilt for my guild's newsletter many years ago, and it has floated upon the web ever since. Every few months I get a ...
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Saturday, December 31, 2005

aunt janna and mini me

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Our camera is broken, so I am mining the data base of old photographs. Here is my sister, Janna, and our niece, Faith, on Christmas 2003. ...
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Friday, December 16, 2005

cat quilt

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Here is the first cat quilt I made--Catherine is working on a free form style that looks great--check out her progress. This one is all reds...
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Monday, December 12, 2005

winter in the city

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Now, I grew up on a farm in Iowa, and there is no more beautiful place on earth than that place in Sioux County, but there is a magical beau...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

St Nikolaas Day

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Yesterday morning the shoes were filled with chocolates--Seth (8) asked the question we have anticipated, "How come St Nikolaas only c...
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Beth's Roman Stripe

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My sister, Beth, loves to quilt, but her busy teaching and lecturing schedule leaves little time. She fits in quilting one hour a week duri...
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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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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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