klein meisje quilts

I finished this quilt last year--another cowboy quilt made from thrifted plaid shirts.

Andy and I were married on St Patrick's Day 23 years ago. Here we are early in our married life. We tell people we chose St Patrick...

I am finishing an advent wall hanging for our church auction. I have made many of these over the years adapted from a Debbie Mumm piece--I ...

I have been making crumb blocks from plaid shirts I have taken apart--the great stripe for the border has been on my shelves so long I have ...

I really enjoy teaching--my quilting students are so wonderfully excited about their newly discovered talents.

One irritation with the new blogger is it rotates my photos. I will take time later to fix this, but has anyone else been having this proble...

All the wonderful string quilts showing up on the stashbusters ring got me to make my first string quilt. I had made blocks before, but is ...

I needed two shots to get the cast of thousands (ok, cast of 169). This year, it was "Follow Me" a look at the calling of the wom...

I am getting ready to teach a Buzz Saw class--it has been a while since I made one, so I have been having fun making samples this week. Thi...

Eve decided, like her mother, to make many of her Christmas gifts. Also like her mother, it is the middle of January and there are several ...

Here is my little dragon teeth quilt, finishes about 20" by 25". Maggie's teeth in progress. Patricia and her daughter with a ...

I gave this class for the first time today at the Portage Park Center for the Arts. I have very generous students who help me edit my works...

I need to bind this yet, and talk someone in this house into holding it for a full shot. I cut 5 inch squares of large prints as I used th...

I have taken on a third part time job. A friend and I were talking about if we gave up all our part time jobs and side enterprises to conce...

My sweet Seth and his friend Margo acolyting on the third Sunday of Advent

I have been making gift bags for about 15 years. I donate them to my kids schools craft fairs where they have become popular items. The me...

A few weeks ago I had a Dragon Teeth workshop at the Portage Park Center for the Arts. My samples are in the first and last photo, and my s...

I finally broke down and bought a new camera/computer cord. This means I will find the lost cord this week, as usually happens in this hous...

Being born in the middle of 20 cousins (on one side--26 on the other!) has given me the advantage of remembering them all well--those at t...

(note to relatives horrified at the condition of my laundry room and that I am showing it--this is part of a ring of quilters posting photos...