klein meisje quilts

Temecula Quilt Company is having another sew-a-long and I decided to join in even though it has those ridiculous 2 1/4 inch finished block...

82.5 by 95 inches block finishes 7 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches The background is cut four pieces 4 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches, two pieces 2 by 3 1/2 i...

I have again been working with the wonderfully ugly fabric scraps from the home furnishings maker. She makes lots of kitchen curtains and ...

Seeing Stars sampler 80 by 99 inches Turning Twenty had a sew-a-long Seeing Stars . I altered their set a bit, making extra blocks to m...

My neighbor Sharon and I try to meet for tea each a week. The sun in her house this morning was so lovely, and lead to me getting beautif...

Turning Twenty had a sew-a-long and I kept up! I am now setting it together, playing with the setting a bit to make best use of my fabri...

57 inches by 70 inches block measures 4 1/2 inches finished I pieced this in 2010 in celebration of 30 years in nursing. And, finishe...

We spent new year's eve with friends who several years ago gave us a beautiful week at their dacha when I was recovering from surgery....

Jack and Jill. Measures 60 " by 78". Made with rectangles cut 2 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches (finish at 2 by 4). I ran out of the te...

Made with 2 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches cut (2 by 4 finished) rectangles. The construction left one side with more of the solid--I could have...

Made from the 12 inch chicken block found in  Farm Girl Vintage  by Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet book. The back has actual chicke...

My mother and sisters and I spent a few days early this week at a parks department cabin in central Iowa. We ate Dutch food, had a busines...

I make my labels by cutting a square, folding in in half, and placing the triangle on a lower corner of a quilt just before doing the mach...

I spent yesterday and today making bindings and doing the machine work for finishing 5 quilts, simplifying the task a bit by using the sam...

16 1/2 by 20 inches. Machine quilted. Temecula Quilt Company's We Wish You a Mini Christmas sew-a-long was a fun diversion during e...

18 inches square. Made from cut 2 inch (finished 1 1/2 inches) squares of batik fabrics, quilted in a grid. Last week I brokered a conne...

I am working on Temecula Quilt Company's sew-a-long We Wish You a Mini Christmas . Their blocks finish 2 1/4".  I'm drafting ...

Of all my roles in life, one that brings much joy is being an aunt. One way I've been celebrating this is by buying the weddings shoes ...

I was to the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in Evanston today to see the exhibit Native Haute Couture. It will hang until January 20...