klein meisje quilts

I've seen this idea on several blogs. My 1 1/2 inch strips drawer was pretty lackluster, most under 9 inches long, a few longer piece...

Today I placed the order for our mother's corsage for Mothers Day. Faithful readers may remember our problems with our small hometown of...

I used a free pattern on the Moda site for this. I like it without borders and may add a few rows to make it bigger.

An Iowa Quilt Made from 70 6 1/2 inch plaid squares cut in half to 6 1/2 by 3 1/4 inches.  Red strips in each row, cut 6 1/2 inches long: ...

I love this wonderful block from Bonnie Hunter's book. My sashings are cut 2 inches instead of 2 1/2. I am awaiting finding a great cran...

I liked the simple vintage block Bonnie showed over at Scraps and threadtales' . The block is huge, 17 1/2 inch finished. I am working o...

My Sarah's Sisters group at church helped me name these quilts for the auction this weekend. First is Green Whimsy , second is Chicago B...

Andy and I went to Nashville for a few days. Enjoyed the food and music, and had a little time to bind this second stretched star quilt in t...

We celebrate our 25th anniversary on St Patrick's Day, and hosted coffee hour at church today. Today is also Eve's birthday. I was t...

My machine quit working last evening--no loud noises, no smoke, no warning. The needle just stopped engaging. While getting it ready to take...

More shirt parts. I wanted to encourage use of lights, (and this quilt certainly uses up a lot of them) playing with the negative space. Row...

There is much discussion among quilters about which iron is best. I had a Rowenta that I liked for its weight. I don't understand why ma...

When I wasn't feeling well, my friend Barbara told me to haul out my quilt magazines and find an "old favorite" pattern that I...

When Paul was 4 and starting preschool I made friends with these women who all had children starting school. We met to knit weekly and our c...

These quilts were made for my parents' 45th and 50th anniversaries. The 45 Tulips are from Mary Hickey's Angle Antics--a book with m...

My mother bought this wonderful redwork quilt included in a box of linens at an auction near home, and discovered her grandmother's name...

My photos aren't so good this year of the big cast. Here is Eve as the Tree of Life, Seth and his classmates as Ezekiel's Dry Bones...

In 2004 I prepared a few pieces to present to a jury for inclusion in the Illinois Artisans Shop. I only got a few done when I decided to go...

I am home, trying to keep quiet for a while until classes start again. I am pulling out a few projects that were just about done, then the l...

We did manage to all be in the same state and time zone for about a day on January 4th. Andy and Eve had been on the East Coast. Here also...