klein meisje quilts

I made some more spools with my mother's scraps. Some of our childhood clothing in this group. Also, some feedsacks.

I see there are several others of you out there substituting blocks for those where Barbara Brackman uses sadistically odd measures. I made...

This block finishes 16 inches. I developed this pattern, adapting several antique blocks. Use at your pleasure. I used a Timeless Treasu...

Morgenrot (Red Sky at Morning) is a quilt commemorating the Schuenemann family and their contributions to the City of Chicago and to St ...

I was asked to make a stole for the congregation to present to our new senior pastor upon his installation this afternoon. I've been ...

I needed some variety in my pinks for my spool quilt, and my small group came through with giving me a nice assortment of 10 inch strips t...

Getting caught up on Barbara Brackman's Grandmother Choice sampler with blocks celebrating votes for women. Still need to applique a s...

When pressing binding, I thread it up through the grate at the end of my ironing board. This helps keep it untangled as I pull it up to p...

Just back from my quilter, Suzette Fisher. The block is scaled down from one Judy Laquidara posted on her Patchwork Times blog. Made fro...

Alas, no Tim Gunn. I was in New York last week and made a stop at Mood. It was fun to see the shopping haunts of Project Runway, and of ...

Along with chain piecing and cutting, there is also chain pressing. I press patches one over the other, I off set each patch by about 1/...

I use the Easy Angle for making half-square triangles. It makes one dog ear when you cut the triangles. You can cut it off by using the ...

The corn is ready for harvest. This is the first crop managed by my mom and we sisters. This week marked one year since my father's de...

Several quilters who have used my tutorials for the children blocks have sent me some of their blocks--THANK YOU!! They are a delight. I ...

I am making the spools along with Bonnie Hunter as an ongoing project for the year. Once again, I am using some of my mother's scraps...

Well, that wasn't going to happen. Barbara's block for this week was an intricate sunflower. I went my own way with a pieced one...

It was Eve's last day in town, so we took her to lunch at Topolobampo. It helps to get a last minute reservation when you sit next ...

Union Square, third in a series of 49 blocks shared by Barbara Brackman in her block-of-the-week history lesson recalling the fight for wom...