klein meisje quilts

I am having fun making some chicken blocks from Lori Holt's Farm Girl Vintage . I see I got the wing upside down on this one and will ...

We had a shower for my niece in Connecticut. A lovely affair for my lovely niece.

A wonderful week in Iowa visiting my mother and my sister. And my quilts.

I will be hosting a shower for Andy's niece next weekend. I knitted colorful dishcloths for her and made some for favors. My neighbor...

Eve is making quite a collection from my piles. Her apartment is is a wonderful 1880s two-flat here in Chicago.

Lori at Humble Quilts had a sew-a-long last November with her delightful take on an antique quilt she named Cascadia. I sewed-a-long and...

Lori held another great sew-a-long and I jumped it. I have my 30's repros out for another sew-a-long and used them. It measures 21 1...

It is another busy semester and I've discovered that when I do have time to sew, my creativity is nowhere to be found. So, bindings an...

Seth and I  have a garden this year!

It is once again block party! Our block's 58th anniversary party--one of the first and longest running block parties in Chicago. It is...

August marks 10 years of blogging for me here at klein meisje quilts. Above is a picture of me at about age 8 with my Grandpa Scholten, wh...

It is set 8 by 10 blocks, measuring 72 by 90 inches. 80 blocks, 9 inches finished. It was so much fun again using the wild prints from...

I am making solid churn dashes on wild backgrounds--the same theme that I used for the Ships quilt. My neighbor Sharon called me over t...

I am participating in Turning Twenty's block of the month "Seeing Stars". Sign ups are now closed, but you can purchase the...

Here is my completed top from Deanna's Calico Rose sew-a-long on her Wedding Dress Blue blog. Thanks Deanna! https://weddingdressbl...

My niece Emilee asked me to plan a signature quilt for her wedding to her Andy last September. (We have three Andy's in the family no...

I thought I had one shoe box of 2 inch squares--then this weekend found another that was pretty close to being full. In a quest to find a...

I remember this cake! It was beautiful, mom! It looks like 3 candles, so 54 years ago.  We celebrated at a new restaurant--the Dutch a...

It is huge! About 84 by 102 inches. The unit (finishing 6 inches) is a rail fence, with two rails made from 2 1/2 inch cut squares and th...