klein meisje quilts

Henrietta is 85 today! Both my mother and my mother-in-law have New Year's Eve birthdays.

A wonderful Christmas season in that I was able to spend time in my mother's and both my sisters' homes. And, was able to visit my q...

 In the aftermath of opening gifts. AND, the An Extravagant Welcome quilt is installed! Two years after it was completed... My uncoope...

As you can see, it is still in progress, but I want to share my version of Lori's Humble Quilts sew-a-long. I am not happy with my qu...

The fashionistas of Northwest Iowa.

We were to a caroling party hosted by our friends Craig and Lisa this weekend and I was delighted to find them using one of my quilts as a...

I prefer to give (and get) consumables for Christmas gifts. Here are some of my favorite purchases for this year. All but the last two can b...

Made 1993, adapted from a Country Threads pattern.

Eve and I were to New York last week to visit Paul, go to the opera, the Matisse exhibit, and, of course, make a stop at Mood. Our hotel w...

When I visit my sisters I also get to visit my quilts.

I was able to attend my sister's church's harvest fest. Each year she organizes a theme display that is open to the community. Pas...

The 2014 corn harvest is complete. Our family always celebrates this with a meal of oyster stew.

Made with rectangles cut 2 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches. As I took pictures I saw two blocks are flipped and need to be picked out and re-oriented...

A lovely day where we celebrate our neighbors. Our block of LeClaire has one of the longest running block parties in Chicago--this was our ...

This is a dish of Andy's mother. He tried to describe it for many years but I could never get it right. My last visit with her I aske...

Working on the binding of Eve's graduation quilt (Chinese Coins). For my whole childhood this Lady Godiva fabric was in my mother...