klein meisje quilts

Although I enjoy wrapping presents, some packaging is too lovely to cover up so I just add a bow.

No sewing yet, but quilts are being unpacked. And, one is hung! You see it as you enter our home. I made this quilt in 2006. I had a sm...

Before everything went into storage in July, I had my machines serviced. I am amazed how much oil is underneath them. I will take time t...

Check out the delightful fabrics a Latifah Saafir Studios. http://www.latifahsaafirstudios.com/ I love these two, the jump rope handles ...

The paraments were in use this morning. Totenfest is a special Sunday where we commemorate members of our congregation who died in...

In honor of a retiring pastor at St Pauls, I was asked to make paraments for the white seasons of the church. Top is the lectern piece,...

Andy caught this scene at St Pauls today.

Oh beautiful machines. I will have you out to play soon. Bernina 1530 Elna Lotus SP

On the left is my grandmother, Cynthia Meerdink, with the Girls Society of the First Reformed Church of Hull, Iowa sewing a banner with st...

Farewell LeClaire. You shaped who we are as individuals and as a family. May you bless all who enter in.

Fabric gifts from my small group. My request was for man-made objects. Love them!

The block is Portuguese tile. Several commercial patterns are out there and lots of actual Portuguese tile floors and walls also. It ...

An idea from Pinterest. I saw several quilts with this block and don't know who to attribute it to. If you know, please tell me. ...

I was asked to make white paraments (used at Christmas and Easter) in honor of our retiring associate pastor, Avena Ward. I used Michae...

Quilt was made in 2015 with  Deanna's fabulous sew-a-long  at Wedding Dress Blue. https://weddingdressblue.wordpress.com/calic...

I occasionally find a block error only when looking at a photograph of the top. The recent double four-patch quilt is an example of th...

On the left is a scrap of fabric from a dress my mother made for my sister in the late 1950s. On the right some fabric I purchased this ...

I wanted to finish this top here at the house as it is on-point, making it hard to put together without lots of room to spread out. I do ...

Our cousin Gerald spoke for our family at my father's funeral five years ago. After the funeral, my mother and sisters and I decide...