Woohoo! I got the quilting finished on Dear Jane yesterday! So exciting! I was almost a little sad to finish, but excited to complete the journey at the same time! I do have threads to clean up, of course! I'll do a lot of that during the binding process. The final corner! I'm using an idea from my friend, Erika, and wound my binding around a can of tomatoes! I'll let you know how it works for me - I'm usually lazy and just let it puddle on the floor, but I thought with the bias and all the scallops that it might be good to have a little extra control this time. I also finished this quilt yesterday (with the help of my daughter!) 1500 pieces! It's so lovely I want to keep it together! Definitely a fun change of pace - and a relaxing project for the weekend. Now it's on to getting ready for the New Year, making my UFO list and thinking about what I want to accomplish. Less stress and more fun are on my list for sure!
This Dear Jane Quilt is pieced and appliquéd all by machine by Becky Beall. I quilted it for her. ...
For those who want to know how I faced my scallop edge here are a few photos of the process. For full instructions go to Marci Baker of Alic...
Cut out 4 background squares and 4 pattern squares 3 1/4 inch make up two blocks Draw circle on freeze paper Iron freeze paper to top block Cut out centre and then reverse appliqué
Dear Jane Quilt - Block E6 Michelle's Medley I have had a very busy stitching weekend and have managed to do a few Dear Jane blocks amongst it all. Here is Dear Jane block E6 Michelle's Medley. Some fussy cutting, some applique and I have another completed block. Easter Bunnies I hope you have had a pleasant weekend - Easter certainly has its plus points! Techniques: English Paper Piecing and Applique Pieces: 28 pieces
Figurez-vous que samedi, j'étais à un anniversaire. Je n'étais pas la seule d'ailleurs, comme en témoigne la taille du gateau... Saturday, I was invited to a birthday party. I was not the only one, as you can se on the size of the cake... Eh oui, en...
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Dear Jane Quilt - Draw 48 - H1, H4, I9, I12 Here are the green Dear Jane blocks from the latest draw. Some were easy, some more difficult with lots of pieces. Moving onto the next blocks Draw 49 LR3 - Connie's Brownies RR3 - Epicentre LR11 - Kathy's Cake RR11 - Hills of Jerusalem This Draw will be in PURPLE
Somos Sonnia, Laura y Natitxu que estamos haciendo los bloques del Dear Jane. Os contaremos como hacerlos, dos bloques cada mes
This Dear Jane Quilt is pieced and appliquéd all by machine by Becky Beall. I quilted it for her.
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First of all, I want to apologize for the post that went out yesterday if you subscribe by email or just happened to look at my blog. I had the post written, and it was in my drafts folder. Then I added and changed a few things and hit the publish button. When I went to look at it on line, I noticed that it already had 11 comments. I had posted that same post about a year ago, but somehow it was back in my drafts folder. I'm not sure how that happened. I take photos with either my iPhone or iPad and then email them to my blog where they save as a draft post. I intend to get back in here and write something to go along with the photos and then post. That doesn't always happen, and that's how I ended up with 57 posts in my Drafts folder. I've cleaned that out only kept a few things that I really want to post. NOW...….Dear Jane Last November we celebrated our 20th year getting together for the Jane Stickle Quilt Retreat up in Shipshewana. I have only been going 18 of those years, but I've made friendships that will last a lifetime. We had a very large crowd last November (I think around 130), so we had a separate night for just Dear Jane show and tell. Here are the quilts that I showed: My Dear Jane quilt. There are 169 blocks that finish at 4 1/2, 52 triangles and 4 corners. I worked on this quilt off and on for about 10 years. I had it long arm quilted. There was an internet Dear Jane list, and we had a signature block swap. Some of the blocks have hand sewn beads and buttons and embroidery. The blocks in this quilt are from a Spring Fling swap. I bought the center applique block at Rebeccar Harrer Arts and Antiques in Shipshewana. When I first became part of the Dear Jane list and retreat, whenever someone said the word swap, I asked where I should sign up. This quilt is made up of swap blocks from some of the girls that come to the retreat. I'm not sure what I was thinking with that bright yellow sashing, but it definitely brightened up all of the dark blocks. These blocks are from a Christmas Jane swap. All of the blocks in these quilts are taken from the Dear Jane book. The feathered star in the center of this quilt was a block that I made for a round robin I was in. I think I changed my mind on the fabrics for the round robin and used the feathered star for the center of this quilt. At some point, a second Dear Jane list formed. I'm not sure now what the reason was for that. But, I signed up for this list, too. They had a Christmas signature swap, and this is the quilt I made. I love arranging the signature blocks in a colorwash pattern. All of the blocks have Christmas fabric on the corners. This is a photo of all of us that were at the November retreat that have completed the Dear Jane quilt. I'm the only one in the photo wearing red (I didn't get the memo!) I've made enough swap blocks that I could have made a second Dear Jane quilt. There are some in our group that have made 5 or 6 Dear Janes. I've thought about making a second smaller quilt. I think there is kind of a withdrawal when you finish a huge project like this. After this I moved on to the Nearly Insane quilt and finished it. You can see that quilt by looking under my header at the My Quilts tab. Thanks for stopping by for a visit. Hope you are finding some time to stitch today!
Aunque no fieles a la fecha programada, estamos de nuevo aquí, Carmen María y yo enseñándote la segunda parte del montaje de la Dear Jane. Ya tenemos todo el centro del Top montado. 169 bloques = 13 Letras de la "A a la M " 13 bloques por letras + 364 sashing de 1" En Marzo, nuestros trabajos estaban así.... Dear Jane - Filas de la A a la F - iherba Dear Jane - Filas de la A a la F - Carmen María Ahora, casi a los dos meses de la última publicación, ya podemos decir que tenemos un 80 % del Quilt montado. Dear Jane - Filas de la G a la J - iherba Las últimas siete filas, las he hecho en dos tandas. Las cuatro primeras, las seguí cosiendo como hasta el momento. Iba uniendo los sashing a cada bloque y según los iba acabando, los cosía entre si Y como en mis anteriores fotos, había llovido el día que me había terminado de unir las cuatro tiras. Las últimas tres filas que me quedaban, opté por coserlas de distinta forma . Dear Jane - Bloques de la K a la M - iherba El 11 de Mayo el trabajo estaba a falta de 5 bloques por coser los sashing. Dear Jane - Bloques de la K a la M - iherba En este puente de San Isidro, retomé el trabajo y ya tenía todos los sashing cosidos. Dear Jane - Filas de la K a la M - iherba Allí en el pueblo, coso bastante más a mano que en casa, me conecto mucho menos a internet y es todo mucho más fluido. Ya estaban los dos grupos de 6 y 7 filas a falta de unirlas entre sí El Domingo por la mañana hacía mucho aire y casi no podemos hacerle la foto. Y el Domingo día 18 de Mayo a las 24 horas daba la última puntada y terminaba de coser los dos grupos de filas. La foto no era demasiado buena, pero valía para enviársela a mi compañera de aventura y compartir con ella mi alegría. Y esperando a que terminará de llover y hacer una foto del Top entero, el cielo estaba así de bonito. Dear Jane - Filas de la A a la M - iherba Hasta no añadir los triángulos no la he querido planchar, seguro que luego su aspecto será mejor. Dear Jane - Filas de la A a la M. Carmen María Ahora pásate por el blog de Carmen María y podrás disfrutar de más fotos, creo que una sabe a poco. "patchwork + plantas" mis dos pasiones. Ya está doblado, esperando a los 108 triángulos, más 4 corners que lleva de borde. Te has fijado la forma de las flores del Jazmín parece un "Pinwheel" Jazmín de leche "Trachelospermum jasminoides Y en el cajón meteré unas ramitas de Jazmín, para que se impregne de su aroma. Nos vemos en la próxima "entrega", nos toca los triángulos.....
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My Dear Jane top is done! Unbelievably, I did it! My Dear Jane Journey began with my first post May 30, 2010. That was 7 1/2 years ago. Back then I decided to keep track of the time and the number of pieces. Later on I quit. I made the blocks mostly in order and sewed the rows together as I went along. I would recommend that. It was so nice to just add the next row when it was completed. Here is a photo from my first week. At that point I had logged 4 hours and 40 minutes with 194 pieces. By June 20th, nearly a month later, I had two rows and two blocks done with a total of 22 1/2 hours and 586 pieces. April 5, 2011 ( almost a year later), I had 4 rows and 3 blocks done: 47 hours 52 minutes 1,202 pieces January 15th 2014 (3 years later and nearly 1 1/2 rows added): 65 hours 33 min and 1,629 pieces. I must have really worked hard on it in 2014 because it had about doubled in size 6 months later. June 20, 2014: no time was logged but I was up to 2,431 pieces. The end of 2014 I was nearly done with row 10 out of 13 rows. The photo below is a beginning and end of year comparison photo. In 2015 I only made 6 blocks all year! Only 10 blocks were completed in 2016. So, for 2017 I had only two rows left. I participated in Patchwork Times group where you make a list of 12 projects to finish and number them 1-12. She draws out a new number each month and that is the one you work on. I wisely put Dear Jane into two months with the goal to complete one row a month. It worked and now I am finally done! I chose not to piece the triangles as is traditional. I don't like how busy they make the quilt. I think it is busy enough as it is; that is why I chose to do colors on the diagonal. It gives your eyes a place to settle and travel. I also chose to point the colored triangles toward the quilt instead of away from it. I feel like they point the eye back to the middle rather than moving the eye off the quilt. I am joining the following Linky Parties: BOM's Away Monday Making WOW - Wips on Wednesday Moving it Forward Freemotion by the River Bambi's Show N Tell Monday
Here is what Jane and I have been up to. 7 Rows completed. Top Row and Right Side Triangles finished. 4 Bottom Row Triangles complete. One Corner Triangle finished. January's blocks are in the works. 5 Row G blocks complete. I am keeping up and still on track to complete in 13 months. How is your Dear Jane coming along? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Coming soon another great English Paper Piecing Project. Here is a look at our 2014 project. This years project will be a little smaller and a different shape but equally addicting.
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Dear Jane Quilt - Draw 22 - L2, A1, L10, K10 Another set of Dear Jane blocks completed and we are moving onto Draw 23. Like my Nearly Insane quilt, the Draw system which I use breaks the Dear Jane journey down into achievable steps. It works for me on one level but means that I don't have all the pieces to start stitching the whole quilt together until the end. And that I will have all the papers to take out at the end ... Will I ever learn? Draw 23 D1 - Alison's Guiding Light I3 - Family Album J2 - Picture Perfect L4 - St Georges Cross This Draw is in Red
Dear Jane Block - B7 World Series With the Nearly Insane quilt top completed and ready for quilting, it means that there is nothing stopping me forging ahead with the Dear Jane blocks. Here is block B7 World Series. Each draw usually means that I will be using the same colour. Draw 1 is orange, so all my orange Kim Diehl fabrics are being thrown into the mix. Dear Jane Block - B7 World Series As I said at the start, I will picking up new techniques as I go along and that learning is part of the fun for me. The construction tips I found for this block involved applique, reverse applique and then some more applique. Not the most efficient use of fabric, but I liked the idea of getting the melons looking round with the reverse applique technique. Once I have built up some confidence with all these techniques, then I hope to use my informed judgement about choosing which method to use for each block that comes my way. Techniques: Reverse applique, Applique Pieces: 8
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...
Hola Xiquetes!!! ...y otro Dear Jane acabado. Ahora solo falta acolcharlo. Es precioso!!!! Es el Dear Jane de Joana. ...
Many of you will recognise the quilt below! Many of you will know Brenda Papadakis is the incredible lady who brought Dear Jane to the worlds attention! Here at QITB we are so excited to be hosting Brenda in the coming weeks, where she will share with us her stories and adventures discovering this beautiful quilt in her lecture "My Journey with Jane" Friday 26th September 7pm – 9pm $15 then share her tips and tricks to making some of the blocks during the 2 day workshops she is holding. Saturday 27th Sunday 28th September 10am -4pm $300 or Monday 6th & Tuesday 7th October 10am -4pm $300 They say we all come to our own Dear Jane Journey in our own time, and l for one are so excited that my time has come!! l want to share the photos here with you used with permission from Temecula Quilt Company's blog. Every week or so Sheryl is sharing her progress and its incredibly inspiring!! Come join me on your Dear Jane journey, Want to start your own or rediscover the joy of making yours? Inspired yet? or want to join a barn full of ladies who are equally excited about sharing their Dear Jane Journey with Brenda? l sure am!! Take home a signed block that will make your quilt even more special! Its a once in a lifetime opportunity that really is too good to miss!! Can't wait to get to this stage!! Just love this blue wagon! Not only is Shery's fabrics beautiful, her stitching is amazing!! Have you been inspired by Temecula's Dear Jane progress? At Quilts In The Barn we still have a few spots left on both dates in Brenda Papadakis workshops. Contact me on [email protected] for a registration form. l can't wait to begin on this amazing journey with history! Thanks for visiting. Linda.
A la fecha .... Cada bloque en detalle ... ...
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Cela fait un petit moment que je ne poste pas, mise à part l'actualité des expos.... mais mon appareil photo étant défaillant, je n'ai même pas pu vous faire de compte-rendu, désolée !!! Si j'étais peu active sur le site, c'est que j'étais fort occupée...
I knew I would dread the job of cutting and sewing all the sashing strips to my Jane blocks if I waited until all the blocks were finished. So I decided in the beginning that I would sash the blocks a few rows at a time once I completed them. PLEASE NOTE:The instructions I'm providing below are my own personal method of assembly - I'm sure there are other ways to create your sashing but this is what works best for ME! There is a 1/2" sashing strip between each of the blocks in all the rows A-M and a 1/4" sashing around the outside edges (the border between the square blocks and triangles). Measurement terms = .25 is a quarter inch, .5 is a half inch, .75 is three quarters of an inch. So...I cut one inch strips of fabric by the length of my background fabric (selvage to selvage) From those one inch strips I cut fairly equal amounts of 1"x5" sections and 1" x 5.5" sections. I also cut a several pieces of fabric that measured 1" x 5.75". Each block will have a 5" sashing strip sewn to the RIGHT side and then a 5.5" sashing strip sewn to the BOTTOM of the block. ALL of these blocks should now measure 5.5" square! I found it easiest to pile my blocks in numeric order by row...Row A, Row B, Row C with block 1 at the top and block 13 at the bottom of the pile. NEXT... Pull out Block 13 (it should be the bottom/last block of each pile) Trim a quarter inch off of the RIGHT side sashing. All of your A-M blocks that are number 13 should now measure 5.25" across by 5.5" down (top to bottom) This narrow edge makes up the quarter inch border between the square blocks and triangle section. NEXT...Block #1 of EACH row will need a narrow border sashing on the LEFT side of it's block as well. Sew a 3rd sashing strip to this block - 1" x 5.5" strip to the left side of the block. Press and trim off a quarter inch. Block #1 should now measure 5.75" across by 5.5" down. NEXT... These instructions are for EACH block of ROW A and ONLY Row A. You will add a final strip of fabric to the TOP of each block and trim off a quarter inch. Block #A1 will measure 5.75" square and have sashing on all 4 sides of it. Blocks A2-A12 will have 3 pieces of sashing and measure 5.5" across x 5.75" down. Block A13 will have 3 sashing pieces also (narrow on top & side and normal on the bottom) this block will measure 5.25" across x 5.75" down. Special instructions for ROW M: You will need to trim the BOTTOM sashing piece a quarter inch on EACH block of this row to create the narrower 1/2" measure (quarter inch border when sewn to the triangle sashing. I hope you find this a helpful start to sashing your Jane Blocks! every Quilt tells a story...
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.
Dear Jane Block - B7 World Series With the Nearly Insane quilt top completed and ready for quilting, it means that there is nothing stopping me forging ahead with the Dear Jane blocks. Here is block B7 World Series. Each draw usually means that I will be using the same colour. Draw 1 is orange, so all my orange Kim Diehl fabrics are being thrown into the mix. Dear Jane Block - B7 World Series As I said at the start, I will picking up new techniques as I go along and that learning is part of the fun for me. The construction tips I found for this block involved applique, reverse applique and then some more applique. Not the most efficient use of fabric, but I liked the idea of getting the melons looking round with the reverse applique technique. Once I have built up some confidence with all these techniques, then I hope to use my informed judgement about choosing which method to use for each block that comes my way. Techniques: Reverse applique, Applique Pieces: 8
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...
I just wanted to share my finished Jane Stickle quilt with the world. It took me four years to make 115 Jane blocks. The group I was meeting with every month was talking about doing a show with o…
Last week was my birthday and also the Vermont Quilt Festival. I live in Washington DC but we were traveling to see family in the New England area for the 4th of July holiday. When I learned that t…
Somos Sonnia, Laura y Natitxu que estamos haciendo los bloques del Dear Jane. Os contaremos como hacerlos, dos bloques cada mes
Una tras otra nos hemos plantado ya en la décima entrada de las dedicadas a nuestro Dear Jane. Y, como el diez es un número redondo, Marta, y yo hemos pensado que tenía que ser una entrada especial, de manera que hemos juntado en ella todo el trabajo realizado hasta ahora. Y ¿qué tenemos terminado?, pues las cuatro primeras filas de bloques y todos los triángulos de la parte superior. Somos conscientes de que aún nos queda mucho que hacer, pero no os imagináis la ilusión que nos hace haber llegado hasta aquí, ver lo bien que quedan esas cuatro filas montadas y todos esos triángulos juntitos y encima seguir tan ilusionadas como al principio, aumentado día a día esta labor tan gratificante. Ya veis que poco hace falta para disfrutar... un buen proyecto, una telas bonitas, algo de esmero con la aguja y, sobre todo, una buena amiga que te acompañe en el trayecto. Os dejo con las fotos, las mías a continuación y las de Marta en Marta y sus labores, no os las perdáis. ¡Hasta pronto!
Hola de nuevo. Vuelvo al azul. Hace bastante tiempo que completé el diagrama central de bloques del Dear Jane (169 bloques, aquí) Retomo el trabajo ... A las 3436 piezas, acabo de sumar 146 Top Left Corner: 16 piezas Top Right Corner: 48 piezas Bottom Left Corner: 70 piezas Bottom Right Corner: 12 piezas Completadas las 4 esquinas. 100 % a mano. 3436 + 146 = 3582 piezas ¿A 2020 piezas del final? Y como coser en compañía es tan gratificante y productivo, he empezado esta etapa con Isabel (iherba); ella nos presentaba su diagrama completo de bloques el pasado febrero (aquí) Intercambiaremos ideas, intentaremos coser a un ritmo similar ... y publicaremos a un tiempo. Nuestra primera cita: Domingo 7 de abril a las 18:00 horas. Gracias Isabel, una verdadera suerte tener al otro lado de la pantalla a una costurera tan ordenada y disciplinada. Es admirable ver cómo sacas adelante tantos proyectos y la dedicación y cuidado que se percibe en cada uno de ellos. Esperamos que esta etapa sea la definitiva para el top ... sería genial celebrar el 150 cumpleaños de la obra original de Jane A. Stickle con nuestro top terminado. 1863 - 2013 150 aniversario del Dear Jane Interesante la agenda de celebraciones, en la que el quilt original viajará este mes a Nantes (Francia). El Dear Jane sale por primera vez del Museo de Bennington (Vermont, USA) y está prevista su exposición junto a 100 reproducciones. ["Pour l'amour du Fil", del 24 al 27 de abril de 2013. Más información aquí.] Dado su valor y fragilidad, el quilt solo se exhibe unos meses al año para limitar su exposición a la luz. La siguiente cita será en el propio Museo de Vermont del 31 de agosto al 14 de octubre de 2013 (aquí); se darán a conocer nuevos datos sobre el quilt, su autora y el tiempo en que se creó. Estoy contenta de haber soltado de nuevo amarras con esta labor. Algún bloque se hace cuesta arriba, "La Dune du Pyla", Aquitania, Francia ... pero la subida merece la pena. Para mí el Dear Jane es sinónimo de azul ... "La Dune du Pyla", Aquitania, Francia. Unos 2700 m x 500 m. ... de cielo y océano "Bassin d'Arcachon", Aquitania, Francia. ... de barcos que surcan una enorme bahía azul, ... del azul que torna al gris, "L' Ile aux Oiseaux", Bahía de Arcachon, Francia. ... del gris que envuelve islas, "Cabane Tchanquée", Bahía de Arcachon, Francia. ... de tranquilidad, "Les Cabanes Tchanquées", Bahía de Arcachon, Francia. .. de calma, "La Teste de Buch", Puerto ostreícola. ... de vida sencilla, ... de tardes de patchwork en azul y gris "Place de la Bourse", Burdeos, Francia. ... de nubes "Place de la Bourse", Burdeos, Francia. ... y de lluvia en la ciudad. Muchas gracias. Merci beaucoup. "No toda nube engendra una tormenta" W. Shakespeare "Jardin des Délices", Obok 2006 Gérard Manset.
"Dear Jane Quilts" from the Quilt Group "Dancing Hands" in Osnabrück at the 3. Main-Quiltfestival Aschaffenburg 2009, Bachsaal Christuskirche. 169 blocks in original order
