klein meisje quilts

Thursday, June 25, 2015

rail fence streak of lightning--process

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My 2 1/2 inch square shoebox has become two shoeboxes and I have been looking for a project to use them. I saw a picture of a quilt using ...
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Monday, June 22, 2015

an extravagant welcome, installed

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It was such a delight making this quilt. If you click the label below, you will be brought to all posts I made while making the quilt, alo...
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Saturday, June 20, 2015

ships, progressing

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I keep making more blocks, heading to set it 7 by 8. It is fun working with the odd prints from my shelves (and from my floor...).
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Sunday, June 14, 2015

ships

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Claire Witherspoon over at Cspoonquilt has put together a tutorial inspired by an antique quilt from Barbara Brackman's blog. Here...
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postage stamp--top completed

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Pieces cut 1 1/2 inch squares, made into 64 patch blocks, with 32 each solids and scraps. I didn't do any strip piecing for this--all...
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Saturday, June 13, 2015

tessellated crosses top completed

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It was so much fun to make this design again. I used lots of odd fabrics. Each cross is cut from 2 1/2 in strips, with one 6 1/2 inch...
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Thursday, June 04, 2015

next up, tessellated crosses

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In my small group we choose a fabric type for the others to give us on our birthdays. Kathryn asked for strips of fabrics we were working wi...
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Wednesday, June 03, 2015

postage stamp progress

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It is nearly finished! I haven't posted about this quilt since February. After a rapid start, it needed to be set aside due to a...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2015

from Lorraine's stash

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This little doll quilt was made from my neighbor Lorraine's stash. I will give it to the Block Party this year for the raffle. I work...
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Sunday, May 31, 2015

a decade ago

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I made this parament for my father-in-law's funeral ten years ago. I was happy to see it in use this morning in the chapel at St Pauls...
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Saturday, May 30, 2015

graduation a year ago today

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Here are some photographs from Eve's graduation from Wellesley College a year ago today. I was delighted my mother and sister Janna we...

a quilt is on its way

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This doll quilt is on its way to Jill in Pennsylvania as part of Lori's doll quilt exchange on Humble Quilts. It includes several pie...
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Monday, May 25, 2015

another graduation!

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Our son Paul graduated last week in New York from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. We wish you well, Paul! The...
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Friday, May 22, 2015

a quilt comes my way!

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I am participating in Lori's doll quilt exchange over at Humble Quilts. Look what came to my house! Merry from Washington State (sh...
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Sunday, May 17, 2015

remembering Lisa

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Last December I posted about our visit to our friends' caroling party and their display of the Christmas village with my quilt used as...
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Saturday, May 16, 2015

birches--for Faith

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Last year my niece Faith told me she'd like a purple quilt for her high school graduation. I wrote then about pulling together some pa...
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Quilting in Chicago. Klein meisje is Dutch for little girl--what my beloved grandfather called his 12 granddaughters because, I fear, it was easier than trying to remember our names. Lrdykstra@aol.com Instagram: Lrdykstra
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