klein meisje quilts

From the Davis and Dykstra family. (Paul is stranded on the plaines of Nebraska)

I used the idea from Kathie' s Plaid kits to make my own version of stretched stars for my dear friend and neighbor. Sharon and I are b...

Today is my last day with students, the paperwork is nearly complete, the anxiety of the next classes is several weeks away, hospice work is...

Things that a farm girl transported to the city takes delight in: -- the el and buses --you step out of your door and the city is at your fo...

Finn shows her Country Threads quilt on her site--here is mine. I made mine in 1993 as part of a guild challenge, so the fabrics were set. ...

These are several members of my church group, Sarah's Sisters; very important people in my life. (that's me on the right) Our name w...

Seth's class is studying the Netherlands, and, good mama that I am, I am feeding the class this noon--pea soup, banket, and hot choco...

My sister Janna's church is celebrating their 150th year--a few months ago I posted photographs of their wedding dress review. Today the...

Andy and I went to vote today. After an hour and a half in line and after accidentally committing a felony by dropping my printouts of judg...

I have spent too much time away from sewing--I hope to have a little time today. I remember when the children were little, I would do ...

Actually, my friend refers to our thrift shop finds of sewing supplies as "Dead Women's Notions", but the huge piles of bags a...

I love meteor showers; something I miss most from living on the farm is the sky--morning, noon, and night. We had great sunrises and sunset...

I was lamenting my lack of time/energy/inclination to accomplish anything domestic lately. My wonderful neighbor Sharon suggested we spend ...

The rolling start of the school year is in full steam. Andy teaches year round. I started mid August, my grad-student nephew who lives he...

Block Party time again. It was a glorious day, perfect weather, and a cast of thousands. We took a block party portrait I will post when ...

The complex beauty of plaids makes them ideal for simple patterns. I adapted a Moda pattern I saw on the net to make this top. The large b...

I've been playing with leftover trimmings of the Bordello/Bargello quilt of a few months ago. I had 1/3 yard of a great red Kona Cott...

After the Oklahoma City City bombing in 1995 a group of us on QuiltNet held a fundraising raffle. Participants sent in a fat quarter of fab...

My neighbor Margaret died this winter at the age of nearly 90. She moved into the house in 1953, and was instrumental in making the block a...

This little quilt 24" by 39" is one of my favorites. It was made in about 1990 and has some of my early use of shirt parts in t...