A few weeks ago I was hopping from blog to blog, when somebody mentioned their excitement about entering their 'Dear Jane' quilt into a special exhibition of 'Dear Jane' quilts in Nantes, France. A little further investigation, and I discovered that the "Pour l'Amour du Fil" (For the Love of Thread) show was being organised by the magazine Quiltmania. Regular readers will know that I am currently working on my 'Nearly Insane' Quilt, which is of a similar genre to 'Dear Jane', so I was intrigued, especially at the thought of seeing over 100 'Dear Jane' quilts together. 'Dear Jane' 150th Quilt Exhibition, Nantes, France 2013 I regularly go to the quilt shows in the UK, but this was my first 'European' show, which involved a ferry crossing from England to France and a little trip in our camper van. The exhibit of the 'Dear Jane' quilts was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. As you walked into the room, you could not help but gasp in amazement! Over 100 quilts, all the same, all different. There was a Hand- Dyed 'Dear Jane' Quilt Dear Jane Quilt (Hand-Dyed Fabrics) Paula Klein, Luxembourg There was an Indonesian fabric 'Dear Jane' Quilt Dear Jane Quilt (Indonesian Fabrics) Annie Tromp-Doornink, Netherlands There was a Low Volume 'Dear Jane' Quilt Dear Jane Quilt (Low Volume) Ineke Marijissen Van der Molen, Netherlands There was a Liberty Fabric 'Dear Jane' Quilt Dear Jane Quilt (Liberty Fabric) There was a Red and White Dear Jane Quilt Dear Jane Quilt (Red and White) Nathalie Pierre, France There were the traditional Civil War Fabric 'Dear Jane' Quilts Dear Jane Quilt (Civil War Reproduction Fabrics) Michel Galan France There were modern, bright with black background 'Dear Jane' Quilts Dear Jane Quilt (Modern Brights) Chantal Guyon, France There were modern, bright Batik 'Dear Jane' Quilts Dear Jane Quilt (Batik) Diane Rhode and Judy Doenias, USA And some really lovely, unique colour combinations Dear Jane Quilt (Greys, Reds) Rineke Imenshot, Netherlands Originally, Brenda Papadakis was due to attend to give a talk and run some 'Dear Jane' workshops, but due to a broken arm, was not able to travel to France from the USA. However, there were many of her ambassadors at the show, and it was fabulous. The impact of the display was so brilliant, thanks to the organisers and contributors for putting on such a brilliant exhibit. Never to be forgotten. They were all lovely. Do you have a favourite? Sharing the inspiration of this lovely event with Freemotion By the River and Quilt Story See more of my Quilting Adventure here
Ik krijg wel vaker de vraag in de winkel, maar moet het antwoord altijd schuldig blijven. "Het patroon voor Dear Jane in kruissteekje...
Dear Jane Quilt - the Halfway Edition! As promised here is the latest update on my Dear Jane quilt progress. I haven't pulled out the blocks since the last update in February and it is like meeting up with old friends. Dear Jane Quilt - the Halfway Edition! I don't lay them out in their correct order because it is so incomplete, but the Electric Quilt image below gives an idea of how it is going to go together. The eagle eyed will notice that their placement is not the same as the original Jane Stickle quilt either. That is the plan. Dear Jane Quilt - the Halfway Edition! Electric Quilt Software The white blanks are slowly filling up and some of the lines are nearly complete - it's just like playing BINGO! If you pop back to the post in October 2015 you can really see the progress I have made in the last six months. On the sidebar you can see this image updated regularly, but I like to capture a snapshot in these progress posts for a sense of progression. Dear Jane Quilt - the Halfway Edition! From the pretty piles of blocks above and the statistics in the table below you can see that I have yet to do a PURPLE block, which will hopefully pull the final colour scheme together. You can also see that I have added those little extras to the data below - the sashing, the cornerstones and the alternate triangles. It all has to be done and then I have to think about putting it together and removing those tiny bits of paper. Blocks Triangle Red 13/29 4/8 Purple 0/12 0/8 Blue 12/20 4/8 Green 8/28 4/8 Yellow 16/36 4/12 Orange 40/44 8/12 TOTAL 89/169 (52%) 16/56 (42%) Sashing 17/312 (5%) Cornerstones 28/144 (20%) Triangles 5/56 (8%) I have spotted other bloggers out there working steadily at their Dear Jane quilt. UKCityCrafter is building up a lovely collection of Dear Jane blocks in blue and white, the contrast is going to be stunning when it is put together.
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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 is coming along right on schedule. Five Months = Five Rows Complete, Top Row Triangles finished and Eight Right Side Triangles done. How is your Dear Jane coming along?
Hola Xiquetes!!! ...y otro Dear Jane acabado. Ahora solo falta acolcharlo. Es precioso!!!! Es el Dear Jane de Joana. ...
One of our favorite exhibits at International Quilt Festival in Houston, is Janet Clare - My Story So Far. Inspiration Collage by Janet Clare You know Janet as a Moda fabric designer, quilter and creative artist. The exhibit allows us to walk into Janet's "studio" to see how she works. From her inspiration boards and sketchbooks, she shares what sparks her creativity, her design process and how she seeks inspiration. In Janet's words...
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
Bridgettt's Dear Jane Photostream www.flickr.com/photos/bridgettt/sets/72157606018816155/ Association France Patchwork francepatchwork.com/magazine/au coeur quilt/dearjane.html Soft Yellow Quilt from "Au fil de l'autre" www.au-fil-de-l-autre.com/photo-339830-dear-jane-msisole_... store.stitchinheaven.com/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details.asp? Beautiful blue quilt by by Tutu Haynes-Smart of Cape Town, South Africa on Stitchin' Heaven's website store.stitchinheaven.com/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details.a... Red White and Blue "DJ Yankee Doodle" by jeanmfo1 home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1075897262028317475alJCoS
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.
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...
Sorry it's taken me so long to post anything, but here it is my layout..............Have also decided on the material; Black with White dots, Pale Blue with Darker Blue dots, and plain white. I am trying to be as organised about this as I can, so i have printed off all the blocks and sorted in a folder and that's about as far as I got before my little girls got sick again. Just over pneumonia and now some virus which has Amelia covered in a rash. Am hoping to get a few hours this weekend for my first attempt at quilting, there maybe a few calls to Anthea for help.
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…
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…
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.
Went to a quilt show this past weekend, APWQ in Tacoma Washington. Here are a few photos… 2″ log cabins, 990 of them! 8″ x 10″ photo on fabric 2″ Dear Jane blocks The …
So glad you are done! 70 hours later and a ton of thread later you are finished! Hooray! Here's the quilt in Gwen's (owner of the DJ) own words: "Hello to Judi's fans! Judi asked for my "story" about this quilt. Truth is, I can't remember why I decided to do a Dear Jane. Crazy, right? I had never undertaken such a large project in my quilting history prior to making this commitment, nor had I ever enjoyed applique up to that point. However, the single greatest factor in motivating me to work on and complete this quilt is that Anina provided fabulous block tutorials two days per week so I just followed along. Top that with Kaffe Fassett's colorful fabrics and I had all the stimulation I needed to keep going week after week, from December 2008 to March 2010. 225 blocks and 4,948 little pieces of fabric later, we add Judi's amazing talent and magic to the fray and, well, here we are. I couldn't be happier with the overall result. If you are inclined to do a DJ, just start with one block --- an easy one, maybe the nine-patch --- then move on to the next easiest one. Just keep going. You'll be surprised at how much fun it is. Click here for more inspiration. And the best part about doing the DJ is that I'm now a huge fan of applique. Have you seen Kim McLean's appliqued quilt designs? I'm almost done with Flower Pots. Next???!!!" Isn't this quilt incredible? I love it. However - after spending 70 hours doing stitch in the ditch - I don't think I will be piecing this quilt any time soon - sorry - maybe when the kids are grown and out of the house. It will have to be on my "bucket" list for now. At first I wasn't sure what I was going to do on this quilt, but it hit me "like a ton of bricks" when I started quilting and I decided that each block needed to be individualized because of how much work went into each block. That is why I just did a straight stitch in the sash, it sets off each block perfectly I think. The bottoms of the large triangles were 5 inches - so 4 equal straight lines to set these off. I used a gold metallic thread for these. Quilting around the curves were fun - just a little bit of marking with a purple marker - and some figuring around the corners and there you go - I love it! Probably my most favorite quilting picture I have ever taken! Do you see how the curved border has curved diamonds? I absolutely love it! I enjoyed quilting this DJ, but I am so glad to have it finished! Yay!
We're talking about Dear Jane®, that is... the civil war-era quilt, made by Jane A. Blakely Stickle in 1863. Jane's quilt had received sca...
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 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…
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Bij mij ligt Dear Jane al een poosje op het stapeltje voor ooit... Nee niet de quilt... maar een heus borduurproject! Het blijft altijd een verrassing hoe lang zo'n prachtig patroon gratis beschikbaar blijft. Voor het downloaden even hier klikken... Hier en daar zie je op verschillende blogs al de eerste vorderingen verschijnen.
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
Since the temps have been in the 90's, with full humidity, and my brain has turned to mush......I totally forgot that I hadn't finished posting about the Vermont Quilt Festival! Sheesh! Seriously......I was never meant to live in this kind of heat and sweaty mess! Ugh! One of the special exhibits at the show was 'Dear Jane Through the Years' honoring the 150th year since Jane Stickle finished her quilt in 1863. Author of the Dear Jane book, Brenda Papadakis gave a lecture tour of the quilt exhibit! Awesome! Here are most of the Dear Jane quilts......some were just too blurry to post. Notice how different border treatments and colors change the whole look sometimes! Fun! Enjoy! "No Pain, No Jane" by Cindy Garcia, Racine, Wisconsin. "Infinite Gratitude" by Deborah Semel Bingham, New York, New York. "This quilt was made in 2011 for Joanna Semel Rose in thanks for her exhibition, Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts. Thirty six quilters worked together for nine months, in time for her 81st birthday. We knew this was one quilt design she did not have in her vast collection!" "Kitschin' Jane" by Amy Ronis, New York, New York. "I wanted elements of humor, surprise and "kitsch" in my version of Jane. I viewed each block as an individual design challenge, and looked for "kitsch" worth images, prints and iconic midcentury designs - a passion of mine. Even Elvis makes two appearances in the quilt." "Not Perfect Jane" by Goldie Morrow, Rumney, New Hampshire. "I started the quilt in 2000, finished the center in 2006, and completed the borders and scalloped edge in 2012. I loved the challenge of making this quilt that took me 12 years to finish!" "Sentimental Journey" by Carol Archuleta, San Ramon, California. "I started the quilt with Brenda in 2003 and finished it in 2011. (Brenda shared some of her dear friend Rebecca's indigos with me.) Indigo fabrics used are 1800's repros, some no longer available. It was hand quilted, each scallop different, and made in loving memory of Rebecca, my mother Rose, and my husband Robert." "Nancy's Dear Jane" by Nancy Ritter, Oakley, California. "It has been a 4 1/2 year journey making Dear Jane and another year being hand quilted by the Amish. It was a great diversion through a long illness from which I have recovered." "In Our Time (aka Technicolor Jane)" by Judy Doenias and Diane Rode Schenck, New York, New York. "We started our quilt in 1999 as a class sample at The City Quilter in New York. We had no great plans and no goals in mind. We weren't certain we'd ever finish it! We chose colors we love! Fourteen years later, our classes are still going strong and Jane's quilt continues to amaze and inspire us!" "Empty Nest" by Linda Reid, Danville, CA. "After seeing a Dear Jane quilt at PIQF, I knew I wanted to make one. The opportunity came when a group was started by our local guild. I used an around the world color placement and extended the triangles into the scalloped edge. Empty Nest is my first hand quilting attempt and my legacy." .......JoAnne.....check this one out! :o) "The Spirit of Jane Stickle" a group quilt. "The Spirit of Jane was made by 225 members of the Dear Jane Internet group and quilted by an Amish mother and daughter. It was presented to Brenda at the first Dear Jane Gathering at VQF 2000." "Never Say Never" by Laura Fraga, San Ramon, CA. "I finished my first DJ Quilt in 2002. In 2009, I started a DJ mini group at my guild. I began a 2nd DJ so I could work along with the group. The best part of making a Dear Jane quilt is the friendships that have blossomed." "Newfangled Jane!" by Gwen Nishida, Irvine, CA. "Jane's masterpiece has been turned on it's traditional head with the bright, saturated colors and large prints of Kaffe Fassett. Inspired by a German quilt group, I took this journey one block at a time, learning techniques and having fun with color as I moved along." Machine quilted by Judi Madsen. "Birthday Jane" by Kerry Marksbury, San Diego, CA. "My journey with Jane started in April 2011 with 25 of the blocks given to me by quilting friends for my 50th birthday. In April 2011, I met Brenda and attended her class at Asilomar. It was completed in March 2013, in time for a third trip to Brenda's class." "In Time of Recollection" by Karan L. Flanscha, Cedar Falls, IA. "My Dear Jane quilt was the beginning of a wonderful journey. Every stitch in my quilt is by hand. I started the original Dear Jane support group, and helped Electric Quilt create the software. I have met friends from all over the world because of our mutual love of Jane Stickle's sampler quilt." "Mini Jane" by Barbara Larson, Chaska, MN. "I knew I wanted to make a Jane using Civil War colors, and I did not want a large quilt. At a Dear Jane retreat, Claire Baker shared her Dear Jane with 2" blocks. I loved it and knew that was how I would make her." 2" blocks!!!!!!!! "Happy Birthday, Jane" by Deb Kloss, Minneapolis, MN. "Happy Birthday Jane was made of blocks swapped over a five year period with members of the Dear Jane email list. These blocks were made in thirties prints and swapped in the month of April (Jane's birthday is April 8). I love them all! Quilted by Keri Schell." "Shipshewana Rose" by Edith Shanholt, Elkhart, IN. "Amish Buggies" by Nancy Hayes (deceased), Cedar Falls, IA. My next post will be the rest of the show! I hope everyone is tolerating this weather better than I am! I feel like a big sweaty mess! Let's all hope the weather turns on Sunday as predicted! :o) Stay cool!!! regan
::sigh:: Isn’t this quilt so beautiful? I’ve had this on my Pinterest. I’m participating in the Rainbow Charm Swap on
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
Welcome to a new season of quilt shows ! We had a wonderful time at the Diablo Valley Quilters' show in Walnut Creek, California ! Here is...
Since my Bernina is not cooperating at the moment, there are no finishes to report, so I blog some quilts from the quilt show I attended with my "A Lovely Foursome" quilt. The amazing work of Yoko Saito made me speachless. "Kvinne-arven" (Heritage of Women) by Tone Storhaug was amazing. It was assembeld of pieces of old table cloths and embroideries. There was also a book describing the history of the women that contributed with cloths. The quilt was voted the best in show by the audience, and will be part of the "Festival of Quilts" in England. No quilt show without a Dear Jane quilt! This one is called "Jane having the blues" and is made by Berit Hansen Gilde.
Bien que déçue de l'absence du vrai Dear Jane , j'ai été vraiment émerveillée par cette superbe expo ! L'entrée dans la salle vous coupait le souffle : difficile de rendre cette impression en photos ! Plusieurs rangées de Baby Janes sur 2 hauteurs...
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.
This is the first Dear Jane quilt I have quilted and although I always appreciate Betty's good workmanship, I am not in a hurry to do another one real soon. Betty told me she didn't want a lot of quilting - I wondered how on earth I could quilt this without doing a lot of quilting! I remember seeing a Dear Jane quilt years ago at MQS that had been quilted with an all over large stipple. That was not my idea of a good solution to quilting a Dear Jane quilt. I ended up doing a lot of SID, more than I wanted to and no background quilting. That kept it from looking heavily quilted. This is Betty's SECOND Dear Jane quilt. Some people are just gluttons for punishment! It has been very windy here in Kansas lately but it looks like the weather may be nice just in time for MQS.
Since the temps have been in the 90's, with full humidity, and my brain has turned to mush......I totally forgot that I hadn't finished posting about the Vermont Quilt Festival! Sheesh! Seriously......I was never meant to live in this kind of heat and sweaty mess! Ugh! One of the special exhibits at the show was 'Dear Jane Through the Years' honoring the 150th year since Jane Stickle finished her quilt in 1863. Author of the Dear Jane book, Brenda Papadakis gave a lecture tour of the quilt exhibit! Awesome! Here are most of the Dear Jane quilts......some were just too blurry to post. Notice how different border treatments and colors change the whole look sometimes! Fun! Enjoy! "No Pain, No Jane" by Cindy Garcia, Racine, Wisconsin. "Infinite Gratitude" by Deborah Semel Bingham, New York, New York. "This quilt was made in 2011 for Joanna Semel Rose in thanks for her exhibition, Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts. Thirty six quilters worked together for nine months, in time for her 81st birthday. We knew this was one quilt design she did not have in her vast collection!" "Kitschin' Jane" by Amy Ronis, New York, New York. "I wanted elements of humor, surprise and "kitsch" in my version of Jane. I viewed each block as an individual design challenge, and looked for "kitsch" worth images, prints and iconic midcentury designs - a passion of mine. Even Elvis makes two appearances in the quilt." "Not Perfect Jane" by Goldie Morrow, Rumney, New Hampshire. "I started the quilt in 2000, finished the center in 2006, and completed the borders and scalloped edge in 2012. I loved the challenge of making this quilt that took me 12 years to finish!" "Sentimental Journey" by Carol Archuleta, San Ramon, California. "I started the quilt with Brenda in 2003 and finished it in 2011. (Brenda shared some of her dear friend Rebecca's indigos with me.) Indigo fabrics used are 1800's repros, some no longer available. It was hand quilted, each scallop different, and made in loving memory of Rebecca, my mother Rose, and my husband Robert." "Nancy's Dear Jane" by Nancy Ritter, Oakley, California. "It has been a 4 1/2 year journey making Dear Jane and another year being hand quilted by the Amish. It was a great diversion through a long illness from which I have recovered." "In Our Time (aka Technicolor Jane)" by Judy Doenias and Diane Rode Schenck, New York, New York. "We started our quilt in 1999 as a class sample at The City Quilter in New York. We had no great plans and no goals in mind. We weren't certain we'd ever finish it! We chose colors we love! Fourteen years later, our classes are still going strong and Jane's quilt continues to amaze and inspire us!" "Empty Nest" by Linda Reid, Danville, CA. "After seeing a Dear Jane quilt at PIQF, I knew I wanted to make one. The opportunity came when a group was started by our local guild. I used an around the world color placement and extended the triangles into the scalloped edge. Empty Nest is my first hand quilting attempt and my legacy." .......JoAnne.....check this one out! :o) "The Spirit of Jane Stickle" a group quilt. "The Spirit of Jane was made by 225 members of the Dear Jane Internet group and quilted by an Amish mother and daughter. It was presented to Brenda at the first Dear Jane Gathering at VQF 2000." "Never Say Never" by Laura Fraga, San Ramon, CA. "I finished my first DJ Quilt in 2002. In 2009, I started a DJ mini group at my guild. I began a 2nd DJ so I could work along with the group. The best part of making a Dear Jane quilt is the friendships that have blossomed." "Newfangled Jane!" by Gwen Nishida, Irvine, CA. "Jane's masterpiece has been turned on it's traditional head with the bright, saturated colors and large prints of Kaffe Fassett. Inspired by a German quilt group, I took this journey one block at a time, learning techniques and having fun with color as I moved along." Machine quilted by Judi Madsen. "Birthday Jane" by Kerry Marksbury, San Diego, CA. "My journey with Jane started in April 2011 with 25 of the blocks given to me by quilting friends for my 50th birthday. In April 2011, I met Brenda and attended her class at Asilomar. It was completed in March 2013, in time for a third trip to Brenda's class." "In Time of Recollection" by Karan L. Flanscha, Cedar Falls, IA. "My Dear Jane quilt was the beginning of a wonderful journey. Every stitch in my quilt is by hand. I started the original Dear Jane support group, and helped Electric Quilt create the software. I have met friends from all over the world because of our mutual love of Jane Stickle's sampler quilt." "Mini Jane" by Barbara Larson, Chaska, MN. "I knew I wanted to make a Jane using Civil War colors, and I did not want a large quilt. At a Dear Jane retreat, Claire Baker shared her Dear Jane with 2" blocks. I loved it and knew that was how I would make her." 2" blocks!!!!!!!! "Happy Birthday, Jane" by Deb Kloss, Minneapolis, MN. "Happy Birthday Jane was made of blocks swapped over a five year period with members of the Dear Jane email list. These blocks were made in thirties prints and swapped in the month of April (Jane's birthday is April 8). I love them all! Quilted by Keri Schell." "Shipshewana Rose" by Edith Shanholt, Elkhart, IN. "Amish Buggies" by Nancy Hayes (deceased), Cedar Falls, IA. My next post will be the rest of the show! I hope everyone is tolerating this weather better than I am! I feel like a big sweaty mess! Let's all hope the weather turns on Sunday as predicted! :o) Stay cool!!! regan
