klein meisje quilts

Thursday, November 17, 2016

churn dash--quilt completed

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72" by 90" Block finishes 9" Quilted by Sue DiVarco The churn dash quilt made in the solids-on-prints series is quilted ...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

a new grand-niece!

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The quilt was made by her Grandma-Great and her Great-Aunts. Welcome, dear Sybil, to the family! I used the pattern County Lines...
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Friday, November 04, 2016

madder sew-a-long at Humble Quilts, completed

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Lori at Humble Quilts hosted another small quilt sew-a-long with a madder print theme. I have maybe 2 madders prints, so instead decided ...
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Sunday, October 23, 2016

framed nine-patch

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Another in my solids on prints series. This time, a framed nine patch. Solid--five 2 inch squares. Print--four 2 inch squares, two 2 by...
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Thursday, October 20, 2016

drafting the Hillary block

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The logo for Hillary Clinton's campaign is a great fit for quilters. I have found several patterns online but all seemed to be more c...
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circa 2016 Temecula Quilt Co. sew-a-long, progress

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This sew-a-long has been going on since January. We were given a block pattern every Friday. I usually made double the blocks called for s...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

olympic sew-a-long number two--Temecula Quilt Co. pattern--top completed

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I did a second quilt top with Temecula Quilt Co.'s Olympic sew-a-long. This one with solids. The 2 1/2 and the 1 1/2 inch squares we...
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Wednesday, October 05, 2016

not-so-final end of the basket medallion sew-a-long, fourth border, something fishy

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This last round had the theme "something fishy". The round came as my semester was getting started so not much is done for it...
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Sunday, September 18, 2016

olympics sew-a-long with Temecula Quilt Co., top completed

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Temecula Quilt Co. did a sew-a-long on their blog during the Olympics. I had all the fabrics already out in my active pile for the w...
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Thursday, September 01, 2016

basket medallion sew-a-long third border, stars

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This is part four of the Gwen Marston Style sew-a-long. Lori at: http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/ started the medallion sew-a-long wi...
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Saturday, August 27, 2016

attribution/derivatives/inspiration

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Monica at Lakeview Stitching has a very good post on the current Modern Quilt Guild's statement: http://www.lakeviewstitching.com/2016/...
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Monday, August 22, 2016

tip #37--go negative

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I have to be careful with this post. No pictures are included. We usually look at quilts and think, "I like that. That one too." ...
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Thursday, August 18, 2016

patience corner--an 18 year old heads to college

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Seth is nearly all packed up. We shipped a guitar and record player (vinyl is as popular now as it was in Andy and my college years in t...
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Monday, August 15, 2016

tip #36--clean your machine bed

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The picture shows just one hand (the other was holding the camera), but you see how my wrist and thumb are on the machine bed? Even though...
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Thursday, August 11, 2016

geese in flight--top completed

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99 blocks set 9 by 11 72 by 88 inches Block finishes 8 inches solids--4 geese cut with companion angle from 2 1/2 inch strips prints...
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Monday, August 08, 2016

tip #35--have a picture taken of you sewing

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I asked Andy and Seth to take pictures of me sewing the other night. Between the two of them there are about 20 images, most of which I w...
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Saturday, August 06, 2016

seeing stars sew-a-long, quilt completed

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Tricia Cribbs at Turning Twenty had a sew-a-long last year with a design by Sue Carter, Seeing Stars.  12 block patterns, each made in t...
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Thursday, August 04, 2016

...she doesn't have the sense God gave geese

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  North and South, staggered set  We had geese when I was little--until they kept knocking me down so they became meals. We had th...
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Monday, August 01, 2016

basket medallion sew-a-long second border, log cabin

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This is part three of the Gwen Marston Style sew-a-long. Lori at: http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/ started the medallion sew-a-long ...
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Friday, July 29, 2016

tip #34--drape the machinery

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These recent tips are reflections on my housekeeping skills which are sorely lacking. I have some lengths of silk habotai 12 momme from s...
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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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