klein meisje quilts

Thursday, June 30, 2016

plus quilt, completed

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It was so much fun making another tessellated cross quilt. I made one about 20 years ago, and with the current plus quilt phenomena, I was...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

wedding quilt, bricks and stepping stones completed

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My niece Emilee asked me to collect signatures at her wedding and make a quilt. I used Bonnie Hunter's Bricks and Stepping Stones pat...
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Monday, June 27, 2016

circa 2016 progressing

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Temecula Quilt Co. is having a sew-a-long. http://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/search/label/Circa%202016 Once the center medallion ...
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Sunday, June 26, 2016

orange! 25 patch/framed nine patch quilt, completed

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I participated in a faculty exchange with a Dutch nursing professor. She was with me in October and I was with her in May. It was a ve...
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Saturday, June 25, 2016

graduation! paint box quilt completed

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We have another high school graduate! Lane Tech graduated close to 800 students.  Seth met up with us at a gas station, an odd but effici...
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Friday, June 24, 2016

basket medallion sew-a-long, center appliquéd block

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After a spring of way too much travel (Andy to China and me to the Netherlands for work-more about that soon!) and family weddings in Con...
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Friday, April 22, 2016

dead women's notions

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I stopped by an estate sale a few neighborhoods away from ours after class this noon. My friend Sharon Sikes refers to the sewing supplies...
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Thursday, April 21, 2016

circa 2016 sew-a-long--center completed

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FINALLY, a chance to do a bit of sewing. Only knitting and some bindings have been worked on since February. I stole away the morning to ...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Up in the roof--259 East Erie

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Looking southeast. Another in a series of rooftop views, this time from Green River restaurant.
Sunday, April 17, 2016

hand knit orange socks!

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Over the past few weeks I did some wound dressing care for a friend and in gratitude she knit me some socks!
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

up on the roof--255 South Franklin

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Looking northwest. Another in a series of roof top parking garage views.
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Friday, April 08, 2016

visiting my quilts--confirmed

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Today I visited my friend Marcia who was our oldest son's confirmation teacher. I made this and a duplicate quilt for the students to ...
Tuesday, April 05, 2016

up on the roof--5145 N California

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Looking southeast Another in a series of parking garage roof views
Friday, April 01, 2016

childhood dresser

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When I was 10 years old, my mother bought this oak dresser at an auction and refinished it. I have used it ever since and love the famil...
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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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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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