klein meisje quilts

Thursday, March 17, 2016

St Patrick's Day is a fine day for a wedding

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1984 32 years ago!
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Friday, March 11, 2016

up on the roof--221 West Adams

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Looking north. Another in a series of rooftop garage views.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016

when buying flowers, and orange is a choice, your decision is already made.

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Gerbers from the farmers market in Carpinteria, California.
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

circa 2016 sew-a-long

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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...
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

shoo fly, top completed

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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...
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Saturday, February 13, 2016

shoo fly

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I have again been working with the wonderfully ugly fabric scraps from the home furnishings maker. She makes lots of kitchen curtains and ...
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Saturday, January 30, 2016

seeing stars sew-a-long, top completed

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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...
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Friday, January 29, 2016

visiting my quilts--tea at Sharon's edition

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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...
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Friday, January 22, 2016

stars sew-a-long

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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...
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

red cross

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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...
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Saturday, January 02, 2016

visiting my quilts--a churn dash

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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....
Monday, December 28, 2015

jack and jill--a quilt for Beth

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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...
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Sunday, December 27, 2015

rick rack--a quilt for Henrietta

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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...
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Saturday, December 26, 2015

chickens--a quilt for Janna

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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...
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Friday, December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas 2015!

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Thursday, December 24, 2015

retreat

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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...
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

tip # 30--spray in the waste basket

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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...
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Saturday, December 19, 2015

bindings!

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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...
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Monday, December 14, 2015

cute enough

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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...
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Sunday, December 13, 2015

joy--third Sunday of advent

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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...
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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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