This quilt is a first for me in two ways: it is my first foundation piecing quilt and it is my first QAYG quilt too. Both techniques were a bit intimidating to me but both have turned out to be qui…
Met grote quilts vind ik het makkelijk met een schema te werken. Zo werkte ik bij de Dear Jane al met een kleurenschema voor de blokken dat rechts op de foto te zien is. Nu werk ik met een quiltschema. Ik zorg wel steeds dat ik iets voor lig op schema, zodat ik , als dat nodig is, een dag niets kan doen. I like to work with a scheme while working on a large quilt. I already used a color scheme for my Dear Jane as you can see on the right in the first picture. This time I use a quilt scheme. The trick is to work a bit in advance. That way you can always take a day off.
Bloque M-9 Fan Dance Hace tiempo que quería hacer un tutorial y este va dedicado a todas las fans, como yo, del Dear Jane. A las que lo estén haciendo, a las que tengan intención de hacerlo y también por qué no, a las que ya lo han hecho. Además del método tradicional y el paper piecing, yo lo he hecho mediante esta técnica que en mi opinión creo que es más fácil y rápida. A mí personalmente me gusta más trabajar en pulgadas pero trataré de “traducir” las medidas en cm. Y cuando sean muy precisas en mm. Para evitar en lo posible variaciones. Empezamos cortando 4 tiras de 1” y 5/8 (4cm) por 6” y3/4 (17cm), 2 de la tela de fondo y 2 del color que hayamos elegido para el bloque. Asimismo cortamos también 2 tiras de 1” y 1/8 (28mm) y del mismo largo que las otras, en cada una de las dos telas. Las cosemos como si fuéramos a hacer un Nine Patch colocando cada tira estrecha entre las dos más anchas. Obtenemos dos sets cuyas costuras planchamos hacia el lado oscuro o estampado de la tela. Ahora colocamos los dos sets perfectamente uno encima del otro, encarando los derechos y muy importante, haciendo coincidir exactamente las costuras de las tiras centrales Marcamos una línea divisoria justamente por la mitad, es decir a 3” y 3/8 (8.5cm). Cortamos y marcamos las diagonales, ojo!, las diagonales se deben marcar de abajo arriba y de izquierda a derecha, o bién de arriba a abajo de derecha a izquierda.Si marcamos la diagonal en el otro sentido el bloque nos quedará al contrario, en efecto espejo. Ahora cosemos a ¼ de pulgada a cada lado de las diagonales y una vez cosido ya podemos cortar por las diagonales marcadas. Tenemos los cuatro triángulos Abrimos los triángulos y los planchamos con las costuras abiertas y ya tenemos el bloque casi hecho. Ahora toca cuadrar las piezas a la medida exacta,. Para ello preparamos una plantilla, recortamos uno de los cuadrantes del bloque que previamente hemos imprimido, lo pegamos sobre una cartulina a la que añadimos el margen de costura de ¼ de pulgada. Es muy útil marcar la continuación de las líneas centrales de la plantilla sobre el margen de la cartulina. Colocamos la plantilla sobre cada uno de los cuatro cuadrantes del bloque que hemos cosido y hacemos coincidir la diagonal de la cartulina con la costura diagonal y las rayitas que hemos marcado en la cartulina con las costuras centrales del cuadro, una vez perfectamente colocado cortamos el sobrante con el cutter. Y ya tenemos el bloque listo para coser a su medida exacta. Bloque cosido. Planchamos las costuras Por último añadimos las cuatro tiras del borde. Cortamos dos tiras de 1“ de ancho por 4” y ¼ de largo ( 2,5cm por 108 mm,{ escasos 11cm}), y dos tiras más de 1 pulgada de ancho por 5 pulgadas de largo (2.5cm. por 128mm,{un pelín menos de 13}) Cosemos empezando por las tiras cortas arriba y abajo y después las tiras largas en los lados y ya tenemos nuestro M-9 terminado Bueno, este es mi primer tutorial, espero que le pueda ser útil a alguien, si es así me gustaría que me lo hicierais saber, tal vez me anime a hacer más tutoriales, aunque reconozco que llevan un ratito por eso es muy de agradecer a las que se molestan en hacerlos.
OK, here I am and I'll try to make a little tutorial to show you how I asseble my finished blocks with the QAYG method. 1. Step Take two blocks. Be sure they are 5". 2. Step Cut two sashing strips, one 1" and one 1 1/4". 3. Step Add the 1 1/4" sashing to the back of your block pinning in place, then add the 1" sashing to the front of your block and pin in place. 4. Step Sew all this sandwich together using a 1/4" seam allowance. 5. Step Flip the front sashing and press, put the second block right sight on top of the sashing, lining up the raw edges. Pin in place and stitch again using 1/4" seam allowance. 6. Step Press your sashing. Now your blocks are toghter on the front. 7. Step Flip over your blocks to the back, turn under your sashing and make sure it is 1/2" wide. Slip stitch the sashing into position. DONE!! Now join all your blocks together like this and join the rows with a long sashing that measures the complete lengh of you row.
This block is made using foundation paper piecing as well as traditional piecing. How to make Dear Jane block C08 Where to get the Jane A. Stickle Quilt patterns Susan Gatewood’s paper founda…
OK, here I am and I'll try to make a little tutorial to show you how I asseble my finished blocks with the QAYG method. 1. Step Take two blocks. Be sure they are 5". 2. Step Cut two sashing strips, one 1" and one 1 1/4". 3. Step Add the 1 1/4" sashing to the back of your block pinning in place, then add the 1" sashing to the front of your block and pin in place. 4. Step Sew all this sandwich together using a 1/4" seam allowance. 5. Step Flip the front sashing and press, put the second block right sight on top of the sashing, lining up the raw edges. Pin in place and stitch again using 1/4" seam allowance. 6. Step Press your sashing. Now your blocks are toghter on the front. 7. Step Flip over your blocks to the back, turn under your sashing and make sure it is 1/2" wide. Slip stitch the sashing into position. DONE!! Now join all your blocks together like this and join the rows with a long sashing that measures the complete lengh of you row.
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!
Print or trace the block diagram onto foundation paper, number, and cut out as below. (Ignore the little unpieced triangles. We'll rotary cut them.) Following the numbers, foundation piece each numbered section and trim the seam allowances to 1/4". Out of background fabric, cut 2 squares 2 3/8" x 2 3/8" and cut each in half on the diagonal. Sew together the three center sections. Attach the four side sections. Finally sew on the four background fabric triangles.
Tuoriales Dear Jean
Bloque M-9 Fan Dance Hace tiempo que quería hacer un tutorial y este va dedicado a todas las fans, como yo, del Dear Jane. A las que lo estén haciendo, a las que tengan intención de hacerlo y también por qué no, a las que ya lo han hecho. Además del método tradicional y el paper piecing, yo lo he hecho mediante esta técnica que en mi opinión creo que es más fácil y rápida. A mí personalmente me gusta más trabajar en pulgadas pero trataré de “traducir” las medidas en cm. Y cuando sean muy precisas en mm. Para evitar en lo posible variaciones. Empezamos cortando 4 tiras de 1” y 5/8 (4cm) por 6” y3/4 (17cm), 2 de la tela de fondo y 2 del color que hayamos elegido para el bloque. Asimismo cortamos también 2 tiras de 1” y 1/8 (28mm) y del mismo largo que las otras, en cada una de las dos telas. Las cosemos como si fuéramos a hacer un Nine Patch colocando cada tira estrecha entre las dos más anchas. Obtenemos dos sets cuyas costuras planchamos hacia el lado oscuro o estampado de la tela. Ahora colocamos los dos sets perfectamente uno encima del otro, encarando los derechos y muy importante, haciendo coincidir exactamente las costuras de las tiras centrales Marcamos una línea divisoria justamente por la mitad, es decir a 3” y 3/8 (8.5cm). Cortamos y marcamos las diagonales, ojo!, las diagonales se deben marcar de abajo arriba y de izquierda a derecha, o bién de arriba a abajo de derecha a izquierda.Si marcamos la diagonal en el otro sentido el bloque nos quedará al contrario, en efecto espejo. Ahora cosemos a ¼ de pulgada a cada lado de las diagonales y una vez cosido ya podemos cortar por las diagonales marcadas. Tenemos los cuatro triángulos Abrimos los triángulos y los planchamos con las costuras abiertas y ya tenemos el bloque casi hecho. Ahora toca cuadrar las piezas a la medida exacta,. Para ello preparamos una plantilla, recortamos uno de los cuadrantes del bloque que previamente hemos imprimido, lo pegamos sobre una cartulina a la que añadimos el margen de costura de ¼ de pulgada. Es muy útil marcar la continuación de las líneas centrales de la plantilla sobre el margen de la cartulina. Colocamos la plantilla sobre cada uno de los cuatro cuadrantes del bloque que hemos cosido y hacemos coincidir la diagonal de la cartulina con la costura diagonal y las rayitas que hemos marcado en la cartulina con las costuras centrales del cuadro, una vez perfectamente colocado cortamos el sobrante con el cutter. Y ya tenemos el bloque listo para coser a su medida exacta. Bloque cosido. Planchamos las costuras Por último añadimos las cuatro tiras del borde. Cortamos dos tiras de 1“ de ancho por 4” y ¼ de largo ( 2,5cm por 108 mm,{ escasos 11cm}), y dos tiras más de 1 pulgada de ancho por 5 pulgadas de largo (2.5cm. por 128mm,{un pelín menos de 13}) Cosemos empezando por las tiras cortas arriba y abajo y después las tiras largas en los lados y ya tenemos nuestro M-9 terminado Bueno, este es mi primer tutorial, espero que le pueda ser útil a alguien, si es así me gustaría que me lo hicierais saber, tal vez me anime a hacer más tutoriales, aunque reconozco que llevan un ratito por eso es muy de agradecer a las que se molestan en hacerlos.
This block is made using different techniques: appliqué, paper piecing and traditionally piecing. Watch how I made Dear Jane C07 block If you enjoy my video tutorials, subscribe to my Youtube chann…
OK, here I am and I'll try to make a little tutorial to show you how I asseble my finished blocks with the QAYG method. 1. Step Take two blocks. Be sure they are 5". 2. Step Cut two sashing strips, one 1" and one 1 1/4". 3. Step Add the 1 1/4" sashing to the back of your block pinning in place, then add the 1" sashing to the front of your block and pin in place. 4. Step Sew all this sandwich together using a 1/4" seam allowance. 5. Step Flip the front sashing and press, put the second block right sight on top of the sashing, lining up the raw edges. Pin in place and stitch again using 1/4" seam allowance. 6. Step Press your sashing. Now your blocks are toghter on the front. 7. Step Flip over your blocks to the back, turn under your sashing and make sure it is 1/2" wide. Slip stitch the sashing into position. DONE!! Now join all your blocks together like this and join the rows with a long sashing that measures the complete lengh of you row.
This one was a breeze! NB: You HAVE to mirror the diagram if you want your block to look like Jane's. Foundation pieced. Print or trace the diagram (MIRRORED!) onto your foundation paper, cut apart the sections on the seam lines, and number them. (I changed the numbering a little after making the block.) Foundation piece the individual sections. Remember to leave a ¼" seam allowance all the way around each piece. Sew the little squares to their corresponding rectangle pieces, checking the diagram to make sure you orientate them correctly. (speaking from experience here) Complete the block. It doesn't get much simpler than this.
I have a plan for 2013. Here is my version of Rainbow Scrap Challenge Dear Jane in a trip around the world arrangement. Each month there will be a new focus color. Not sure yet how many blocks I can get done each month, but I have a feeling it will take more than one month for each color. Dear Jane Progress July 7, 2014 All the blocks are sewn together. Now for the border triangles. Block tutorials are available at That Quilt Blog. They are quite helpful. The original Dear Jane site still has block hints and information about the quilt and the book. Cathy is playing along too. Go visit her blog to see how her quilt is coming along In January I finished all the pink blocks. Pink A6, A8, B5, B9, C4, C10, D3, D11, E2, E12, F1, F13, H1, H13, I2, I12, J3, J11, K4, K10, L5, L9, M6, M8 (25 blocks) A6-Uncle Homer – Traditional piecing 11-30-12 9 pcs A8-Florence Nightingale – Traditional piecing 11-30-12 11 pcs B5-Hot Cross Buns – Traditional and applique 12-30-12 15 pcs B9-Tinker Toy – traditional piecing 12-1-12 13 pcs C4-Tic Tac Toe – traditional? 1-4-13 C10-Patriot's Lantern – Paper 1-13-13 D3- Jason's Jacks - Applique 11-22-12 2 pcs D11-Snow Crystal – Hand piecing and applique 1-13-13 17 pcs E2-Merry – May – Applique and traditional piecing 12-30-12 12 pcs E12- Mary Ruth's Corset – Paper and traditional piecing 1-12-13 17 pcs F1-Big Top – Hand piecing 1-4-13 24 pcs F13-Tour De France - Applique 11-23-12 5 pcs H1-Peek-a-boo – Paper 1-3-13 H13-Farm Fields – Traditional 1-3-13 I2-Kaye's Courtyard – Traditional 12-30-12 13 pcs I12-Fred's Square – paper 1-12-13 41 pcs J3- Rick's Volleyball Net – Applique and traditional 12-30-12 18 pcs J11-Twin Sister - Applique 12-27-12 9 pcs K4- Thea's Turn – traditional 1-4-13 17 pcs K10-Quandry – Paper 1-13-13 L5- Chattanooga – traditional 1-12-13 22 pcs L9- Walter's place – paper 1-12-13 29 pcs M6- Simplicity – paper 1-13-13 26 pcs M8-Enchanted Square – paper 1-13-13 RS7 Fredialia's Hearts applique and paper 1-3-13 BS7 - 1-13-13 18 pcs LS7 Sally's Steeple 1-13-13 15 pcs TS7 1-13-13 20 pcs 24 blocks and 4 triangles with 547 pcs In February I finished off the Purple blocks Purple A7, B6, B8, C5, C9, D4, D10, E3, E11, F2, F12, G1, G13, H2, H12, I3, I11, J4, J10, K5, K9, L6, L8, M7 (24 blocks) A7-Dad's Plaid's - applique and traditional 12-30-12 8 pcs B6-Wild Goose Chase – Paper B8- Water Lily – Applique and traditional C5- Eye of the Cyclone – applique and traditional C9- Jane's Tears - Applique 11-29-12 5 pcs D4- Crystal Star – traditional and applique D10- Battlefield – Paper E3-Paddle Wheel – Traditional 2-1-13 20 pcs E11- Wagon Wheel - applique 12-6-12 3 pcs F2- Kaleidoscope – paper 1-21-13 25 pcs F12- Starburst – Applique and traditional G1-Hattie's Henhouse – Applique and traditional 12-30-12 8 pcs G13- Molly's Muffins – traditional and applique H2-Jacob Anthony – paper and applique 1-21-13 25 pcs H12-Hannah Lou's Hearts - Applique 11-24-12 5 pcs I3-Family Album – traditional 2-1-13 17 pcs I11-Coyote Chase – Applique and traditional J4-Adeline's Apron Strings – traditional J10-Chieko's Calla Lily – Applique and traditional K5-Passing Through – traditional piecing and reverse applique K9-Scout's Honor – paper 1-21-13 21 pcs L6-Maze of Madness – paper 2-1-13 L8-Box Kite – paper 1-21-13 15 pcs M7-Junko's Rose Garden - Applique 12-29-12 10- pcs 44 blocks and 4 kites with 589 pieces The Orange blocks were finished in March Orange A4, A10, B3, B11, C2, C12, D1, D13, F7, G6, G8, H7, J1, J13, K2, K12, L3, L11, M4, M10 (20) A4 - Courtney's Stethoscope - Paper A10 - Which Points West - Paper and Applique B3 - Mirror Image - Applique 12-1-12 8 pcs B11 - Melissa's Cross - Paper and Applique C2 - Streak of Lightning - Paper C12 - Family Renunion - Traditional D1 - Allison's Guiding Light - Paper D13 - Field of Dream - Traditional F7 - Star Struck - Traditional G6 - Grandpa's Star - Paper G8 - Justin's Comet - traditional H7 - Bennington's star - traditional J1 - Josepha's Jonquil - Applique 12-30-12 9 pcs J13 - Pam's Bell's Traditional and appliqué K2 - Grandpas Chickens - traditional K12 - Doris's Dilemma - Paper L3 - Reflections Abound - Paper L11 - Caitlin's Rose - Paper M4 - Stepping Stones - Paper M10 - Simple Simon - Traditional 20 blocks and 8 triangles with 605 pieces Green A2, A12, B1, B13, D7, E6, E8, F5, F9, G4, G10, H5, H9, I6, I8, J7, L1, L13, M2, M12 (20 blocks) A2-One Two Buckle My Shoe – Paper 2-10-13 40 pcs A12-Starlight Starbright – Hand 3-31-13 41 pcs B1-Batchelor Buttons - Applique 11-23-12 5 pcs B13-Four Crosses Press – Traditional 5-31-13 9 pcs D7-Meeting Place - Paper and Traditional 13 pcs E6-Michelle's Medley – Paper and applique E8-Mama's Maze – Paper 35 pcs F5-Parcheesi – Paper and applique 12-29-12 12 pcs F9- Autumn Aster - Applique 25 pcs G4-Shutter Bug – Paper 37 pcs G10- Woven Meadow – Paper 39 pcs H5-Michael's Motorocycle – Paper 22 pcs H9- Snowflake – Melt – Traditional and applique 20 pcs I6-Viewer's Choice - Applique 12-30-12 12pcs I8-Peter's Paintbox – Paper 25 pcs J7-Chicken Tracks – Traditional 3-31-13 41 pcs L1-Window's Pane – traditional 22 pcs L13-Harvest Moon – Applique and traditional 12 pcs M2-Duff's Bluff – traditional 21pcs M12-Hopscotch – traditional 19 pcs BR 11 - Tartan - Paper 31 pcs 20 blocks 1 triangle with 543 pieces Red A5, A9, B4, B10, C3, C11, D2, D12, E1, E13, G7, I1, I13, J2, J12, K3,K11, L4, L10, M5, M9 (21) A5 Cathie's campfire - paper pieced 12-8-12 29 pcs A9 Cabin Fever - Paper pieced 12-8-12 41 pcs B4 Chris's Soccer Field - Paper 21 pcs B10 Judd's Trophy - Paper 27 pcs C3 Rayelle's Fence - Paper or traditional C11 Soldiers and Sailors Monuments - Applique and traditional 12-30-12 12 pcs D2 Mouse in the Mirror - paper piece and applique 10-31-13 41 pcs D12 Crossed Swords - Paper E1 - Aunt Elxie's Phlox - Applique 11-23-12 5 pcs E13 - Moth in a Web - Paper 5-31-13 22 pcs G7 - Indianapolis - Applique and paper 12-30-12 17 pcs I1 - Ralph and Nelda's Wedding - Traditional 10-29-13 20 pcs I13 - Sweet Harmony - Paper J2 - Picture Perfect -Paper and traditional J12 - Rebecca's Basket - Paper and applique K3 - Seven Sister's - paper K11 - Brandon's Star - Traditional L 4- St. George's Cross - Paper ? L10 - Nan's Naiad - Paper and applique? M5 - Mother's Point- Traditional 10-30-13 5 pcs M9 - Fan Dance - Paper RS8 - Love Forever applique 10-29-13 5 pcs 12 blocks 1 triangle with 274 pieces Yellow A3, A11, B2, B12, C1, C13, E7, F6, F8, G5, G9, H6, H8, I7, K1, K13, L2, L12, M3, M11 (20 blocks) A3-Hunter's Moon - Applique 12-9-12 9 pieces A11-Pebble's Protest – Paper 3-31-13 37 pcs B2- Sweet Tater Pie – Applique and traditional 12-24-12 16 pcs B12-Starflower - Applique 12-22-12 6 pcs C1- Trooper Green's Badge – Paper 13 pcs C13-Lakota Sioux – Paper 5-30-13 21 pcs E7-Bread Basket – Paper 5-29-13 49 pcs F6-Deanie's Daisies – paper and applique 5-29-13 29 pcs F8-Church Window – Paper 5-30-10 37 pcs G5-Poof - Applique 5-29-13 9 pcs G9-Mary's Journey – Paper 33 pcs H6-Pie Sale – Applique and traditional 5-29-13 21 pcs H8-Eaton's Crossing – Applique and paper 10-31-13 36 pcs I7-Mac and Muff – Paper and applique10-29-13 19 pcs K1- Crooked Creek – Paper 5-30-13 28 pcs K13-Brandon's Star – Traditional ? L2-Stephanie's Snowflake L12-Sally's Pride – Paper M3-Fireweed Flower – Paper and hand M11-Rickshaw – Paper 15 blocks with 363 pieces Teal C7, D6, D8, E5, E9, F4, F10, G3, G11, H4, H10, I5, I9, J6, J8, K7 (20 blocks) A1-Pinwheel Gone Awry – Paper 2-28-13 28 pcs A13-Starlight Starbright – Hand C7- Megan's Mountain Laurel – paper and applique D6- Challenge - paper 5-30-13 9 pcs D8-Dee Dee's Delight - Applique 11-29-12 9 pieces E5- Rising Sun – Paper E9- Quilt Jail – Paper 5/31/13 13 pcs F4-Old Windmill – traditional 5-31-13 35 pcs F10-Potholder – Paper 10-31-13 35 pcs G3-Four Leaf Clover - Applique 12-27-12 4 pcs G11- Decisions Decisions – Traditional and applique H4-Abbey's Eyes – Hand 10-29-13 7 pcs H10- Ben's Bowties – Traditional 10-7-13 26 pcs I5- Maria's Majesty - Applique 12-27-12 6 pcs I9-Chase A Myth – Paper 10-30-13 41 pcs J6-Granny Weaver – Traditional 10-8-13 25 pcs J8-Anna's Anchor – Traditional and applique K7 – Rose of Sharing - Applique 12-30-12 8 pcs M1-Dogwood Days – traditional and paper M13 – Lynette's Diamond - Applique 12-30-12 9 pcs A13 - Starlight 3-4-13 21 pcs TR12 - Oak Tree - applique 12-9-12 4 pcs 15 blocks and 1 triangle with 257 pieces Blue A1, A13, B7, C6, C8, D5, D9, E4, E10, F3, F11, G2, G12, H3, H11, I4, I10, J5, J9, K6, K8, L7, M1, M13 (20 blocks) B7-World's Series - Applique 12-12-12 10 pcs C6- Ashley's Aura - Applique 12-7-12 6 pcs C8-Hani's Crown – Paper and traditional 3-12-13 21 pcs D5-Cathedral Window Traditional 21 pcs D9-Uncle Richard – traditional 5-27-13 36 pcs E4-Buffalo Tree Hopper – paper and applique 5-27-13 15 pcs E10- Five and Dime – Applique and traditional 12-30-12 6 pcs F3-Snowball – traditional 5-27-13 17 pcs F11-On Target - Applique 10-13-13 19 pcs G2-Mohawk Trail – paper 5-27-13 32 pcs G12- Gloriae - Applique 12-30-12 15 pcs H3-Berry Basket – Paper 5-23-13 24 pcs H11-Piercing Rays – Hand 5-29-13 24 pcs I4-Stability – traditional and applique 5-29-13 25 pcs I10-Iris's Medallion – Paper and hand J5-John Jacob's Windmill – traditional and applique J9-Maury High School – traditional and applique 5-27-13 9 pcs K6- Ann's Folly – Paper 33 pcs K8- Springbrook Park – Paper 27 pcs L7-Town Square – paper 10-7-13 17 pcs M13 - Lynette's Diamond 1-29-13 9 pcs 19 blocks with 359 pieces The count so far: 169 blocks with 15 triangles 4 kites 3537 pieces Dear Jane "Map" June 23, 2014
Or, dear Jane, did you make up all your tiny blocks on your own? I know nineteenth-century sewers used to find sampler block patterns in magazines and the like. I wonder how many of Jane’s blocks c…
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My good friend, Sue Schwegler, pieced this Dear Jane over several years. She said some of the piecing challenged her. Over time, her quilting skills and techniques improved while putting it together. What a great accomplishment! Here are a couple photos to wet your appetite! The idea was to keep the quilting simple, to accent the intricate piecing. I SID inside every block and around all the piecing. Each block was then quilted with a line or arc. A straight line was quilted in the tiny sashing. Some of the piecing is SO tiny! It was really interesting to see all the different civil war reproduction fabrics and try to figure out how the blocks were put together. She used many techniques - including applique and paper piecing. Triangle border. Edges and Corners. The edges were quilted with a shallow swag - it will be a scalloped edge. A view from the back. This quilt is large, 90 x 90, and heavy. The solid backing shows all the quilting and SID that you may not see from the front. Dear Sue - When you get tired of looking at this one, send it back. I'll be happy to visit it again.
Somos Sonnia, Laura y Natitxu que estamos haciendo los bloques del Dear Jane. Os contaremos como hacerlos, dos bloques cada mes
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.
OK, here I am and I'll try to make a little tutorial to show you how I asseble my finished blocks with the QAYG method. 1. Step Take two blocks. Be sure they are 5". 2. Step Cut two sashing strips, one 1" and one 1 1/4". 3. Step Add the 1 1/4" sashing to the back of your block pinning in place, then add the 1" sashing to the front of your block and pin in place. 4. Step Sew all this sandwich together using a 1/4" seam allowance. 5. Step Flip the front sashing and press, put the second block right sight on top of the sashing, lining up the raw edges. Pin in place and stitch again using 1/4" seam allowance. 6. Step Press your sashing. Now your blocks are toghter on the front. 7. Step Flip over your blocks to the back, turn under your sashing and make sure it is 1/2" wide. Slip stitch the sashing into position. DONE!! Now join all your blocks together like this and join the rows with a long sashing that measures the complete lengh of you row.
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
I had to think a little on this one. The block could definitely be pieced traditionally but I have found that, because these blocks are so small, foundation piecing is the most accurate way to go on most of them. Trace or print the block diagram onto foundation paper, number, and cut out as in the photo. I use freezer paper for my foundation piecing. If you don't, you will have to trace the center sections onto freezer paper for the applique. Foundation piece the numbered sections and trim the seam allowances to 1/4". Cut a 4" square out of your main fabric. Iron the freezer paper cutout of the block's center section onto the right side of this square. Iron the small half-melon sections onto the right side of your background fabric and cut out, leaving a scant 1/4" seam allowance along the curved edge and at least 1/2" on the straight side. We are going to use the edge of the center freezer paper as a guide for our applique. Place a melon freezer paper side up on top of the background fabric square. Carefully line up the curved edge of the melon freezer paper with the curved edge of the center section freezer paper (as they were before you cut them out) and baste through all layers. A light table is very handy for doing this because it allows you to see through the fabric. You could also hold the fabric up against a bright window. Repeat for the opposite melon. Applique the melons onto the main fabric square along the curved edges, turning under the fabric as you go and using the center freezer paper shape as a guide for your curve. Repeat on the other side, remove the freezer paper from the melons, and press. Repeat for the other two melons. Trim the block to 2 3/4", making sure to center everything. At this point you can trim away some of the extra fabric bulk, but I didn't because I was worried about the square losing its shape. Sew the foundation pieced sections to the sides of the center square, lining up the seams carefully. (I used the same technique on block B-7.)
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Modern Dear Jane Quilt This page is to provide updates and keep myself honest on my Modern Dear Jane Quilt progress. I started on October 15, 2012, and my goal is to make 5 blocks a week until I have my dream quilt - a Dear Jane - completely finished. Help me stay on track, ok?! :-) I have been in love with Dear Jane quilts for years now, and I love them all equally - from the original Dear Jane, to 1930s Dear Janes, to the Rainbow Jane, and on down the line. Really, there's nothing particularly "modern" about my version of "That Quilt" aside from the fabric. About the fabric: Some of you have asked how I chose my fabric. I started a Dear Jane once before and found that the most difficult thing for me at that point (I didn't have a large stash to pull from then) was finding and choosing fabric. When I decided to start again, I initially planned on doing just a 2-fabric quilt to eliminate the difficulty of fabric choosing on every block. The background I chose is a white with some blue dot, and the main fabric is a solid blue. I quickly discovered, though, that I wanted a little pop of red, so I've been adding that little touch with scraps from my stash. The fabric choosing has been greatly simplified, though, by doing it this way. Now all of my focus can be on the sewing - which is difficult enough as it is! Maybe on the next one I'll branch out to different fabrics for each block, but I really like how this 3-color quilt is turning out. Please link and pin away! Thank you for sharing my work with your followers. You keep me motivated to take up the next block ! :-) Happy stitching, Kelly Read each blog post here Week 11 Week 10 Week 9 Week 8 Week 7 Week 6 Week 5 Week 4 Week 3 Week 2 Week 1 Finished Blocks
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Jane B. Stickle quilt, a celebratory exhibition of Dear Jane quilts from around the world was staged in Nantes. It is hard to believe that there can be so many interpretations of the same quilt and yet in their won way, each is so unique and clearly shows the quilter's mastery of their art. Here are some of my favourites... Aimee Marchant - Belgium Ainaka Imenschot - Netherlands Annie Tromp-Doornink - Netherlands Close-up of Annie Tromp-Doornink's quilt Barbara Larson - USA Each block is 2" square Close-up of Barbara Larson's quilt Betty Prins - Netherlands Diane Rhode and Judy Doenias - USA Gisselo Piaj-Britt - Denmark Ineke Marijnissen-Van der Molen - Netherlands Joes Messter - Netherlands Her quilt was selected to be on the Dear Jane bag for the exhibition, unfortunately though she was not acknowledged on the bag - so I am doing it! Julie Clarke - Australia Maryvonne Deschamps - France Nancy Jackson - USA Paula Klein - Luxembourg Brenda Papadakis was due to give a 2 hour talk on Dear Jane, but unfortunately at the last minute she could not attend... So she video'd her presentation which was about 20 minutes in length and quite emotional. So what to do for the rest of the presentation? The audience patiently waits... By some amazing happenstance there were a number of us attending the talk who each knew each other through attending the Dear Jane meetings in Shipshewana. There was also a wonderful chronological representation from the early 1990's through to 2010. The Nantes panel - Brenda (USA), Elizabeth (our wonderful interpreter), Theresa (USA), Me (UK), Caroline (Belgium), Hanne (Norway), Brigitte (Germany), Julie (Australia), Barbara (USA) and Fernande (Belgium) We each gave a short presentation on how we came to find out about Dear Jane with snippets on how the blocks came to be named, how friendships have been formed, and how some of us gained new-found independence and strength to travel half-way across the world to go to Shipshewana - for us all the common theme was how the Dear Jane Quilt had crossed boundaries and enabled the firm foundation for wonderful friendships to form both through the Dear Jane list and at Shipshewana. Our reception from the audience was wonderful and for the remainder of the show, attendees stopped to thank us for a wonderful presentation... In our own way we added to the continuing story of Jane Blakeney Stickle's quilt.
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Finally, the aeroplane blocks I made for Little Island Quilting’s Soy Amado project are a baby quilt pattern that is ready for download. Hurrah! The brief was to make a quilt for boys. I could not …
My good friend, Sue Schwegler, pieced this Dear Jane over several years. She said some of the piecing challenged her. Over time, her quilt...
As Quilters we all have quilts to make on our bucket list. I personally have probably 2 pages of bucket list quilts to make, but I just don't seem to have the time, which is fine. I am happily busy quilting quilts for folks and that is such an honor and joy. I love being able to work from my home and spend the summer with my family. I quilt in the morning and go to the pool after lunch. Not a bad gig. Well, lets talk about the Dear Jane quilt. The first time I heard about this stunner was in 2006. My husband was deployed to Iraq, I had 3 kids in diapers and I was new to quilting. I was in the obsessive phase of making quilt after quilt. I made them for all my friends and family and I haven't really slowed down since. I was part of a quilt group with my church. At the time I was in my late 20s and the rest of the group was all easily double or triple my age. They knew SOOOO much! I am so blessed to have fallen in with them. The leader of the group was working on this amazing quilt that was made up of a zillion tiny squares and whenever she would bring it to the group all the older ladies would stand around it and murmur words of awe and adulation. It was almost a holy thing. I, not knowing much at all about the whole process and how FREAKING complicated it was, fell in love with this quilt. Judy patiently told me about it and explained what a Block Of the Month was and that there were Online quilt shops that would send me the fabric to make several blocks each month. All I had to do was pay them a little money. I was hooked. As soon as I got the kids down for bed that evening I booted up my computer and signed up for the next Dear Jane BOM which would begin in a couple months. It would be a 24 month project. I was so excited and being newly out of the Army I was such a task oriented lady, I just had no doubt at all that I would easily keep up with the program. Well, my husband got home from Iraq and we moved to Alice Springs, Australia and the blocks kept coming....and coming and coming! And I got behind. In 10 years I have only made 33 blocks. They really are maddeningly fussy. Especially since I have broken up with precision piecing. Fast forward 10 years. I am quilting day in and day out. Each quilt fabulous in their own way. I received an email from a client who wanted me to quilt her Dear Jane quilt. All I could think was what a motivated lady she must be to have the intestinal fortitude to power through all the blocks. Susan sent her quilt to me and it was just stunning. I had such a blast quilting this beauty. And now, since I quilted one Dear Jane quilt I figure I had mark it off my bucket list right? Or maybe I should drag the sack of organized BOM blocks in ziplock bags out and get to it. I knew there would be miles and miles of stitching in the ditch and that alone would probably be fine for this quilt , but I wanted to do a little more...but not too much. I did a great deal of echoing the blocks and some tiny feathers here and there. I made melons into wee little Welsh leaves. Tiny corner blocks and pearls were quilted in as well as mini piano key borders. After I found my stride it was just so fun to quilt this quilt. I didn't rush it and did about 2 and a half rows a day. The corner diamonds really threw me as to how to quilt them. I had to physically force my self NOT to swirl them. I am trying hard to rein in the swirling. Susan is going to bind the quilt with a traditional scallop so that will look lovely right beyond the pearls. I quilted a little bouquet of flowers in the basket, but they are hard to see in this picture. I had such a good time quilting this quilt. I hope Susan loves it even more now that it is ready to be used. What a masterpiece. What are you working on? Is a Dear Jane on your bucket list? xo, Tia
Out of main block fabric, cut four squares 3" x 3". Out of background fabric, cut four squares 3" x 3". With a pencil or marker, draw a diagonal line corner to corner on the wrong side of all four background fabric squares. Pair up each background fabric square with a main fabric square and place them right sides together. Sew a seam 1/4" from the diagonal line on each side of the line. Cut on the diagonal line. Press open. You will now have eight half square triangles. Lay them out as in the photo below. Sew them together to form two pinwheel blocks. Cut out a 1" square from the center of one of the pinwheel blocks to reduce bulk. Trace or print the center shape of the block onto the dull side of freezer paper and cut out. Iron this shape onto the right side of one of the pinwheel blocks, carefully lining up the seam lines on the shape with the actual seams on the block. Cut out, leaving a seam allowance of about 1/4". Place the shape section right side up onto the right side of the pinwheel block, lining up all the seam lines. Baste through all layers. (I forgot to take a photo here.) Turning the seam allowance under, applique the shape to the block. Trim the resulting block to 3 5/8" square. Out of background fabric, cut two squares 3 1/8" x 3 1/8" and cut each in half on the diagonal. Sew the background fabric triangles to the center section as below. Sew opposing triangles first and then the remaining two. Use your preferred applique method to applique the diamond shapes to the block.
Hi all! I'm still hard at work on my Dear Jane Quilt, and it's coming right along - watching my little stack of blocks grow is keeping me motivated. And, honestly, since each block is so different, I'm not getting bored making these little guys! Here are this week's 5: B11 (still have some basting thread showing...) B2 B5 C3 C6 The overall progress so far! Happy stitching! Kelly
I set myself a goal of trying to finish the 169 square blocks of my Dear Jane quilt before the end of 2013. The blocks are finished, and I am only a few days late! In fact, I made 170 blocks, not 1…
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Bloque M-9 Fan Dance Hace tiempo que quería hacer un tutorial y este va dedicado a todas las fans, como yo, del Dear Jane. A las que lo estén haciendo, a las que tengan intención de hacerlo y también por qué no, a las que ya lo han hecho. Además del método tradicional y el paper piecing, yo lo he hecho mediante esta técnica que en mi opinión creo que es más fácil y rápida. A mí personalmente me gusta más trabajar en pulgadas pero trataré de “traducir” las medidas en cm. Y cuando sean muy precisas en mm. Para evitar en lo posible variaciones. Empezamos cortando 4 tiras de 1” y 5/8 (4cm) por 6” y3/4 (17cm), 2 de la tela de fondo y 2 del color que hayamos elegido para el bloque. Asimismo cortamos también 2 tiras de 1” y 1/8 (28mm) y del mismo largo que las otras, en cada una de las dos telas. Las cosemos como si fuéramos a hacer un Nine Patch colocando cada tira estrecha entre las dos más anchas. Obtenemos dos sets cuyas costuras planchamos hacia el lado oscuro o estampado de la tela. Ahora colocamos los dos sets perfectamente uno encima del otro, encarando los derechos y muy importante, haciendo coincidir exactamente las costuras de las tiras centrales Marcamos una línea divisoria justamente por la mitad, es decir a 3” y 3/8 (8.5cm). Cortamos y marcamos las diagonales, ojo!, las diagonales se deben marcar de abajo arriba y de izquierda a derecha, o bién de arriba a abajo de derecha a izquierda.Si marcamos la diagonal en el otro sentido el bloque nos quedará al contrario, en efecto espejo. Ahora cosemos a ¼ de pulgada a cada lado de las diagonales y una vez cosido ya podemos cortar por las diagonales marcadas. Tenemos los cuatro triángulos Abrimos los triángulos y los planchamos con las costuras abiertas y ya tenemos el bloque casi hecho. Ahora toca cuadrar las piezas a la medida exacta,. Para ello preparamos una plantilla, recortamos uno de los cuadrantes del bloque que previamente hemos imprimido, lo pegamos sobre una cartulina a la que añadimos el margen de costura de ¼ de pulgada. Es muy útil marcar la continuación de las líneas centrales de la plantilla sobre el margen de la cartulina. Colocamos la plantilla sobre cada uno de los cuatro cuadrantes del bloque que hemos cosido y hacemos coincidir la diagonal de la cartulina con la costura diagonal y las rayitas que hemos marcado en la cartulina con las costuras centrales del cuadro, una vez perfectamente colocado cortamos el sobrante con el cutter. Y ya tenemos el bloque listo para coser a su medida exacta. Bloque cosido. Planchamos las costuras Por último añadimos las cuatro tiras del borde. Cortamos dos tiras de 1“ de ancho por 4” y ¼ de largo ( 2,5cm por 108 mm,{ escasos 11cm}), y dos tiras más de 1 pulgada de ancho por 5 pulgadas de largo (2.5cm. por 128mm,{un pelín menos de 13}) Cosemos empezando por las tiras cortas arriba y abajo y después las tiras largas en los lados y ya tenemos nuestro M-9 terminado Bueno, este es mi primer tutorial, espero que le pueda ser útil a alguien, si es así me gustaría que me lo hicierais saber, tal vez me anime a hacer más tutoriales, aunque reconozco que llevan un ratito por eso es muy de agradecer a las que se molestan en hacerlos.
C-5 Eye of the Cyclone Nº de Piezas ...........................5 Nº de unidades ......................3 Color original .........
