klein meisje quilts

Paul has left for his fourth year at the University. I miss him!

Over at her wonderful blog Exuberant Color, Wanda Hansen (from whom I took a workshop many years ago) shows how to make an "H" b...

Finished the top yesterday. I love how this looks.

Andy moved Eve out to Wellesley this past weekend. She is living in the same dorm Andy's mother lived in 60 years ago. I am glad to know...

So named because spell check doesn't like the word bargello and tries to change it to bordello. I am making another version of Bonnie Hu...

We have a great band this year, Green Sugar. http://www.thegreensugar.com/ In true Chicago fashion, a neighbor "knew a guy" and we...

When my father-in-law moved to Chicago from Connecticut, he came with about 30 large packing boxes that ended up in our living room. On her ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/garden/12qna.html?_r=1 Check out the great interview with Boo Davis in Thursday's New York Times. Clic...

You may recall my rant last year about our family vacation to Cape Cod. I have nothing against the cape, other than it being 1000 miles away...

Made for friends who gave us their summer home for a week. My mother and I worked on the binding together while sitting on the fabulous porc...

Shopping at the Jewel this morning, over the music system played the Ramones. In 1978, two things never entered my mind--that one day I woul...

Today is my birthday. The photograph is me at age three with my sewing cards--I loved them.

Amidst the sadness, I am hoping to score some reduced price jerseys for Christmas presents....

Made with a block I saw my friend Diana Burrows use--she is making hers from a wonderful collection of indigo Dutch Wax Batiks. I'm usin...

Make sure you visit more quilts in the Blogger Quilt Festival by clicking on the link. Made from the Bonnie K Hunter block in this month...

Two years in a row now, our mother had a corsage for Mothers Day! In our home town, the walk of shame is for mothers who do not have flowers...

Had this one quilted by Suzette Fisher and put into our church auction to raise money for a work trip.

This quilt was made for my guild raffle several years ago--coordinated by Melissa Kane. I think if I fit a block or two into each week of th...

St Patrick's Day is a fine day for a wedding.

This May I celebrate the 30th anniversary of my graduation and becoming a nurse. I've always wanted to make a red cross quilt. As I rese...