klein meisje quilts

Here is my second string quilt made with the purple constant. I used a great Jane Sassaman print for the border. This one will be donated t...

While hitting the thrifts yesterday, I came upon this Bernina 830 from the mid 1970s for $25.00. It is missing the cord (about $30.00 to r...

The Heartstring project asks for blocks made with a purple constant for children's quilts. I made up these blocks, then decided to use ...

I love this shade of aqua, and it works well with the thirties repros. The pattern is a scaled down version of one in McCalls from several ...

This quilt may qualify as a variation of Finn's orphan block project. Twelve years ago I hosted an exchange on Quiltnet called the Doubl...

Bonnie's beautiful raffle quilt has me thinking again about my problems with raffles. When I joined my guild in about 1986, we sold o...

I have added my sister Janna's Veterans History Project link to my blog. I am so proud of her work. It is a wonderful place to spend a ...

I just got these back from my quilter, Suzette. The County Lines pattern is a wonderful way to use a theme of fabrics. I have previous pos...

I was asked to make the ordination stole for a former intern at our church. She asked for periwinkle to be included. I had a hard time fi...

This antique top is from my mother's friend, Mina, who is deaquisitioning her house to move to a retirement home. It is lovely. It is ...

My neighbor, Steve Johnson gave me this wonderful painting of my grandmother. I knew he had been painting industrial type things, and gave...

Mary and Eleonore, in my small group, have been making spliced log cabins--where you splice together the fabrics, pay no attention to keepin...

Judy encourages us to use stash this month in a quilt for/inspired by our mothers. My mom, (who reads my blog, so I must be careful here) is...

My friend Donna has been playing with optical illusions in her quilts and has developed a pattern. I am honored she asked me to test the pa...

Another crumb quilt--someone asked why I call my plaid quilts cowboy quilts--I like cowboy fabric and find they work well with plaids. I lo...

I have periods of insomnia, nothing terrible, but when I find myself tossing and turning too much, I head downstairs to the davenport. I aw...

I finished my version of Bonnie's Crayon Box. I have been trying to get a handle on the plaid shirt problem in my sewing space. I tack...

I belong to a group of wonderful women called "Tuesday Knitters". Our children were in preschool together, and we would get toget...

Eve and I are just back from a few days in New York, doing touristy stuff, and getting a Chicago angle by visiting the site of our of our fa...

Seth loves my quilts and my fabrics. A few days ago, when a revolution was forming on LeClaire and a banner was needed for the troops, some...