This is created by making two blocks of pin wheels 4.5 inch squares face to face and stitch all around 1/4 inch seam Cut each square into 4 triangles Press to squares Layout the two pin wheels, reversing the colours so two different wheels Piece the two blocks Then on freeze paper draw out the circle Iron onto the back of the pinwheel to go on top Cut out the inner citcle (1/4 inch from the final circle Cut little intention into the actual circle line all the way around Press behind to form a nice circle Pin and appliqué to other pinwheel block
Dear Jane Quilt - Slow Stitching Sunday I am pretty laid back when it comes to timescales I take to make a English Paper Pieced quilt - I am in no hurry. However, once it is no longer portable I tend to get less time to work on it and it seems to take for ever to come together. I am at that stage now with my Dear Jane quilt. I have at last got all the Dear Jane square blocks together, along with the sashing and the cornerstones and I am now finally working on the border triangles. Also I would like to welcome Laura Bender who is my 300th Follower on my blog! Time to join up with Kathy at Slow Stitching Sunday.
Somos Sonnia, Laura y Natitxu que estamos haciendo los bloques del Dear Jane. Os contaremos como hacerlos, dos bloques cada mes
Este famoso quilt de la época de la guerra civil americana, creado por Jane A. Stickle, se exhibe anualmente en el The Bennington Museum de Vermont por cortos periodos de tiempo. Fascinó a Brenda Papadakis, quien hace 18 años hizo una réplica del quilt original formado por 285 bloques, 116 triangulares y 169 cuadrados. De ellos están confeccionados con la técnica del patchwork y apliqué 225 piezas y 56 son piezas de tela de forma triangular. Os dejo el mío que hace de cabecero en la habitación de una de mis hijas.
Somos Sonnia, Laura y Natitxu que estamos haciendo los bloques del Dear Jane. Os contaremos como hacerlos, dos bloques cada mes
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'Dear Jane' quilt by Frances Meredith, 2018 If you are heading off to the Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK, this week you will be able to see my completed Dear Jane quilt on display, No FO48 in the Traditional Quilts section. It is a few months since she was completed and there have been a few requests for a bit more information about how I reached the finishing post! I guess you need to start at the beginning, with the trip to Nantes, France in April 2013, where there was a spectacular 150th Anniversary display of Dear Jane quilts, which was the inspiration to start on my Dear Jane quilt. Then in August 2015, once my Nearly Insane quilt was completed I was able to start my Dear Jane journey. Wow, three years ago. As you all probably know, my Dear Jane quilt was completed by hand, using English Paper Piecing in conjunction with the Electric Quilt Dear Jane software. Steadily each block and side triangle was completed during trips away and in travelling time. 'Dear Jane' quilt by Frances Meredith, 2018 About a year ago in the spring of 2017 I managed to get the top completed and together, which was followed by the mammoth task of removing the papers. There are 5163 pieces in the quilt. I think this took about 5 days this time and is not something I rush to do straight away. Meanwhile, there were a few challenges that lay ahead - quilting the quilt and doing a scallop edge for the first time. I will admit that I have a long pause between finishing a top and quilting my quilts, but a show deadline is usually a good prompt to get it done. I am lucky enough to have a long arm quilting machine and having put so much time into each block of the quilt I wanted each one to shine. Each block is stitched in the ditch and then I designed my own pattern for blank triangles and the sashing. At the time of quilting the edge of the quilt was a straight border. To tackle the scallop edge I would recommend making some practice quilts. I made a few charity quilts for Project Linus which were lucky enough to have scallop edges. By making these I ironed out the problems before I encountered them on my masterpiece. I chose quite a narrow binding for the edge and applied it with the machine and then finished it by hand. I only trimmed the scallop border once I had applied the binding on the machine. 'Dear Jane' quilt by Frances Meredith, 2018 Once I decided to make a Dear Jane quilt I knew I had to go the whole way - all the blocks, all the triangles, and the scalloped edge, just as Jane Stickle had done. Now this quilt is done, my next Dear Jane quilt can be done in any way I choose! I will admit that while I was quilting each block I was reminded of what a fun quilt this was to make. The variety of techniques that you can choose to make each block, makes it interesting. Fussy cutting each block makes it interesting. Choosing colour combinations makes it interesting. I wouldn't dismiss the idea of making another one. How much fabric did I use to make my Dear Jane quilt? I don't know, but I know I have enough Kim Diehl fabric left to make probably three more of these! As I write this I am reminded of the true beauty of English Paper Piecing. When I was away in Nantes, I was most probably working on a few Nearly Insane blocks. Dear Jane has travelled with me for the past three years and my handmade quilts really do weave their way into my life. They hold memories of where you were, trips you made and follow you when you are out and about living your life. The quilts I make when I am sat down in the same room on a sewing machine, perhaps don't have that weight of value. I am often asked 'How long did it take you?' Well, like friends, you don't measure the number of days you have been friends as a measure of special your friendships are, they are just friendships.
What a fun spree!!! Allowed to just shop my heart's content within needs and reason at the local quilt shop after a full year of new-fabric dieting. . . Wow. :D Happiness! And I hit the jackpot. Our shop gives a nice discount on your entire purchase (barring machines and previously-discounted fabrics) - including notions. So I shopped for my August NewFO Birthday Bash quilt and important quilts coming up that I can't supply from my stash. Tools I've been waiting for - 60 degree triangle for a kit in storage I want to pull up. Jenny's ruler that I've been drooling over for a YEAR. Pattern for a quilt later referenced. Refills for my sewline marking pencil. And Fabric - oh, fabric!! Birthday Bash: I wanted something from my Pinterest yearnings, something bold and fun, and a circles concept won out. Some fun prints and mixers to go on a very pale blue background, along with some prints already in my stash. Found a nice gray mini-print for the backing, and I'll use the stripe for the binding as well as some circle work. This is this month's NewFO, though I doubt I'll have time to get much more done than the fabrics washed/pressed and some templates created before month's end. Sofa size. Backing for my Dear Jane: I wanted something perky and modern-ish, so I got this yardage. One of the women at the shop seemed mighty incredulous that I would buy good fabric for the backing, asking if I was going to do anything other than hang it on the wall. Even if it never gets used on my bed, SO MUCH work and heart went into this quilt top that I couldn't bear to put a cheap-o backing on it. Jane deserves the print. I probably won't use that smaller piece for the binding, but it's an option for the auditions. Generous queen size. Important Gift for next year: Surprisingly, I did not have enough Christmas greens and reds for this design, and I've been hunting long and hard for a large-scale print for the border. This is not *perfectly* what I wanted, but it's super close and I'm out of time for more hunting. Plaid is for the backing. Queen size. September's NewFO. 25th Wedding Anniversary!! Coming up next summer - gotta get cracking to make us a nice double wedding ring for an option on our bed. Clearly this is going to be incredibly feminine. I'll foundation-paper-piece the arcs. King size. And a nod to my man: 25th Anniversary Groom's Quilt. ;D He liked the idea. Asked about having a moose or elk somewhere on it. I have enough cream in stash and can pull cool plaids and such for the arcs. Using Jenny Pedido's Metro Rings pattern for this one. Just needed a gray and the red - lol'ing at camera changes - this is the same gray as in the sample above. Sofa size. And *that* was more than enough shopping, for sure! I'm back on the stash-only diet until we have been able to buy a book case, window treatments, a breakfast table set and a deck table set. It will be a while! oh! But I loved this modern sample hanging in the shop - Hexagon Shuffle, it was called. Free pattern available online - Here's one as quilted by Natalia Bonner: Fun way to dress up a plain back for display, too! Leaves cut from Bella solids and sewn into strands, tied onto a dowel.
Dozrel čas na ďalšiu výzvu a rozhodla som sa rozbehnúť nový projekt, pod názvom DEAR JANE . DEAR JANE je názov pre quilt - deku, kt...
Re-bonjour ! C'est ou "pas de nouvelles pendant 5 mois" ou 2 messages dans la même journée ... Afin de faire plaisir à mes fidèles lectrices .... voici le début de mes photos du salon de Nantes. Je commence par une des exposition "phare", c'est à dire...
I am drawn to Dear Jane quilts at quilt shows because they are so awesome and because I am trying to finish mine! I saw two at the Denve...
In no particular order, I am going to share some of the quilts that caught my eye at Quilt Festival this year. Check back tomorrow for Part 5. "It Takes the Case" by Karlyn Bue Lohrenz "Something More Magical Than It Ever Was" by Judy Martin "Th
Wednesday and Thursdays work, 50th – 53rd blocks complete… C2 Streak of Lightning. I drafted this a little different from the book to avoid having to hand appliqué the outer diamonds. M…
A-2 One-Two Buckle My Shoe I used Aunt Reen's 13 Month's of Jane to help with this Dear Jane Block. I love that she has cutting in...
¡Madre mía, cómo pasan los días de rápido, ya estamos a primeros de mayo! Y como corresponde, aquí estamos de nuevo mi amiga Marta y yo para enseñaros los bloques terminados en esta quincena para el Dear Jane. Bueno, los suyos los veréis en su blog, que están espectaculares de bonitos!! Para esta cuarta entrega hemos completado la fila B y dos triángulos más de la parte superior, con estos van seis ya. Tengo que reconocer que de este grupo unos bloques me gustan más que otros, bueno, como en los anteriores, pero en concreto hay dos que no me convencen demasiado... aunque no desvelaré cuales son, jejejje. Lo que sí me gusta es el descubrimiento que he hecho en estos últimos días... la técnica del apliquilt. Que no es que la haya descubierto yo, noooo, ni mucho menos!!... ya estaba inventada hace tiempo pero yo no la había probado aún. Y es que las aplicaciones (esos melones dichosos...) quedan de maravilla y se hacen mucho mejor, un lujo, vamos!! Os dejo el enlace a un tuto, por si os apetece probarlo. Aquí encontraréis un PDF del Tutorial para apliquilt de Lynette Anderson Como veréis en el tutorial, venden unos palitos especiales para esta técnica, pero os diré que yo me he apañado muy requetebién sustituyéndolos por un palito de naranjo... sí, de esos de madera que se usan para la manicura. Y el pegamento... el de barra de toda la vida me ha ido genial también. Y ale, vamos ya a dar un vistazo bloque a bloque. B8 Water Lily B9 Tinker Toy B10 Jud's Trophy B11 Melissa's Cross B12 Starflower B13 Four Corner Press Top Row 5 Top Row 6 ¡Fila B terminada, esto va que vuela! ¡Hasta pronto!
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Wishing Janeites everywhere a very Merry Christmas. I am sharing my Christmas card online this year. Appropriately, it is called A Jane Austen Christmas. It is by David Price. You can buy your very…
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Author Jane Austen is to feature on the next £10 note, the Bank of England says, avoiding a long-term absence of women represented on banknotes.
