klein meisje quilts

(A late father's day post--I had to hunt down the photo and figure out the scanner.) I love this picture of my father with his daughters...

I organized the raffle quilt for my guild and finished the quilt this week. Sue DiVarco did a beautiful job of quilting it. I used the same...

I love Jane Sassaman's fabrics and have been using them on the backs of quilts for teenaged girls lately. On this one, (I showed the top...

We have been preparing for a bridal shower Saturday for my nephew's fiance. I had a goal of knitting 7 dishcloths--6 are done and #7 is...

The pattern County Lines by Mountainpeek Creations http://www.mountainpeekcreations.com/274.htm has become a new favorite of mine after my f...

Karla Alexander's second book, Stack a New Deck, is excellent for giving me ideas. I made this quilt with humble materials, lots of thri...

Today is the day of the big LeClaire Avenue Egg Hunt, and it looks like there will be no snow, wind, or rain! I hung out over the porch rail...

This week is the big expo here in the suburb of Rosemont. If you go, take the el as the River Road stop is just as close as the parking ram...

My oldest son has developed a craving for chocolate pudding since track practice restarted. I was making the Jello box stuff, and decided I...

My mother makes these amazing smocked blankets for grandchildren. This one was for Seth. She starts with velvet, velveteen, or velour, dra...

My mother and I did handwork while we sat with my father in the hospital last week (knee surgery). I bound three quilts and she worked on a...

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...

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?

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...

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

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...

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 ...

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. ...

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...

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...