klein meisje quilts

http://ibol.wordpress.com/ Here is my box for the Iraqi Bundles of Love. It is filled with some of my stuff plus much thread from the stash ...

This quilt, made in 2001, has hung in Andy's office for several years. He put up the one I gave him for his birthday and this one has co...

We are getting ready for the roofer to do a tear-off and dorm out our attic. This means my fabric has been bagged up and we are throwing out...

Let me tell you about one of the hardest parts of being a hospice nurse. If you are dying without advanced directives, and are no longer abl...

Since not much quilting is getting done around here I decided to show some from back in the day. My less than cooperative handlers do not li...

We celebrate my sister Beth's birthday. In this photograph you see what a lovely baby she was. Janna and I are wearing reversible hounds...

Eve is studying in China and this is the only photograph she has sent. My parents and sister are just back from England. In viewing their ph...

Andy's favorite Dressing: 1/4 cup mustard (use honey or brown or dijon) 1/2 cup olive oil 1/3 cup vinegar (use combination of balsamic a...

Not sure if anyone but a quilter would use sleeved as a past tense verb. These quilts have been all but the three above for some time now. ...

Yes, I can use non plaid fabric. I have a nice collection of Japanese fabrics. We were in Tokyo in 1989 and I still have some I bought then ...

We are just back from a week on Cape Cod, where Andy vacationed many summers in his childhood. Andy and Eve flew because of work/school time...

Dish Cloths--How I make them. One 3 ounce skein of Lily's Sugar 'n Cream variegated cotton yarn will yield 2 dish cloths. You can m...

I had these three quilts hanging at the arts center. I enjoy getting reacquainted with quilts I haven't seen for a while. I think all we...

Jennifer LaCivita started the Portage Park Center for the Arts here in our neighborhood of Chicago in 1999. It was a pilot program of introd...

My Father, Cpl Leroy Dykstra, US Army, service 1952-1954. My Father-in-law, Edward Davis, US Navy, service 1955-1961 My Grandfather, Pvt Jer...

I made this Jacob's Ladder quilt in 1997. Seth was a newborn and I bought the wonderful background print on one of our first outings. I ...

I like how it turned out--sweet and not too saccharine.