klein meisje quilts

After seeing Kim's delightful quilt on Pokeytown Kim blog quite a while back, I was determined to make my variation of it. Hers was ba...

I was making these at two a week following Quilts by Cheri's quilt-a-long. But, I have no self control...

Following along with Quilts by Cheri's alphabet blocks. I have started to sketch out how I think the block will be made. Then, I await ...

Here is a list of places I like to visit here in Chicago. I encourage readers to post a list of their home-town favorites on their blogs. ...

Eve has an internship at City Hall this summer (now she  knows a guy ) and I joined her for breakfast this morning. I love this view down Cl...

We took a few days away by traveling up to Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Art Museum has two exhibits that are well worth the trip. Posters of ...

"GUCKI BIRDS" A REGULATED COTTON "NEVER MISBEHAVES" I loved this print as a child--I couldn't wait for Janna to ou...

Following Quilts by Cheri's sew-a-long. I altered the C a bit.

Last night I attended a reunion of a group of students the great Marykutty Mathews and I had the pleasure of teaching three years ago. This...

My father with his dad, brothers, uncles, and cousins--the Meerdink Men. Left to Right 1-My grandfather, Jurrien Dykstra (husband to Cynthi...

Over at the blog Quilts by Cheri, she is sharing her method of making alphabet blocks. She plans to post two a week. I am using Kona Cott...

More bow ties from my mother's scraps. They include fabrics from her mother and mother-in-law, including true feedsack from which the...

Finished sashed block size is 8" by 9" (8 1/2 inches by 9 1/2 inches unfinished). (Both blocks in the photograph are the same s...

Sewing Tree top Sew one of the 3 inch cut EZ angles to each side of the goose. Note the position of the pieces. Press towards tree. (I ...

There are lots of tree blocks out there. This simple, primitive tree is based on one that I saw about 25 years ago on a Ladies Circle Patch...

Eve, class of 2014 and her grandmother, class of 1950. Andy with the women in his life (sister, daughter, mother).  (I'm taking the p...

When you look at quilt tops for sale, you find there is deterioration of the seams at the edges, and sometimes fraying of the edges. My mo...

On Friday, November 22, 1912, the Rouse Simmons, heavily laden with 3,000–5,000 Christmas trees filling its cargo hold and covering its d...

Scholten cousins of my grandfather  A friend of my Great Aunt Hattie (Hendreka) Scholten. Front--cousins of my grandfather Jan Scholten. B...