klein meisje quilts

And all ate and were filled. Matthew 14:20 This quilt is for the Good News Community Kitchen benefit. I hope they make a lot with it. Th...

My Grandfather's sisters, Hendrieka, Johanna, and Elisabeth (Hattie, Jo, and Beth) were fashionable and talented. I knew two of th...

This is my mother's grandmother and her sister, Jenneken Scholten and Tante (Aunt) Roelfe. Jenneken was a quilter; most of her quilts ...

Bonnie's music quilt reminds me of this Blackford Beauty quilt I made in 1997. I had this beautiful Hoffman mulberry (blackberry?) fabr...

Here is the wonderful raffle quilt of Illinois Quilters, Inc for the Fine Art of Fiber exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Costs are $1.0...

Seth's first day of 4th grade. I cropped out a pile of bags for the donation truck--I've been cleaning house and told the kids all ...

or, at least, the strength to finish a project. Last year when I got bogged down with our raffle quilt, my friend Donna said to bring in ove...

This little quilt (20 1/2" by 25 1/2") was made for a friend's fundraiser--She is the director of a museum. I asked for museum...

Andy and I saw the new production of August: Osage County by Tracy Letts at the Steppenwolf Theater today. If you have a chance to get tic...

Eve and I made lemon bars this morning for some new neighbors. She was at Starbucks yesterday with a friend and they got a bad lemon bar. T...

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 ...