Dear Jane A-2

Dear Jane A-2

Well I finally did another block....grin.

Small Start

This is my first post to this group.  I finally got around to starting my Traditional Dear Jane.  I have done 8 blocks so far.  My plan is to work concurrently on a 30's Dear Jane, since I'm nuts.  LOL Here are pictures of my blocks.  I hope I did this right.

-Beth

 A-1

 A-2

A-4

 A-5

 A-6

 A-8

 A-9

C-1

Jane's Addicted - August Update

Well, it's been a slow summer...  But here's what's happened since my last post. A few more blue diamonds and a couple more triangles. I may be moving very slowly on this but I'm still enjoying it every bit as much as I did when I started. Love this quilt.

021.Hazel Flagg's a Fake - aka A-2, One-Two Buckle...

020.Sara Loves Jim - aka J-2, Picture Perfect

 
019.Mary Maceachran Solves It - aka E-13, Moth in ...

 018.Betty's Blue Skies - aka A-12, Framed Fancy

T07.Megan in Merrimack - aka LS-6, Susie Q.

T06.Christmas in June - aka TR-5, Michigan Dunes

- Jane's Addicted.
http://janesaddicted.blogspot.com/

My first post!

This is my first post here :)  I just started my Dear Jane journey this year.  I'm using Deb Strains "Coming Home" fabric line for the whole thing.  Well at least that's how I'm starting out, who knows how I'll finish!!

Here's my first 9 blocks.  I do paper piecing when I can, I love paper piecing.  I don't think I'll ever have this many blocks to show at once again :)

A-4, B-13, A-6, C-1

A-8, B-4, C-3

A-1, A-2

I hope to get a couple more done this weekend.  So far so good :)

BLOCKS A-1, A-2 AND A-3

A-1

A-2

A-3

A2 - Redrafted

I redrafted this block to accomodate my fussycuts. You can read about the details here.

First finished blocks.....small progress

Well, after years of procrastination, I have finally begun. A friend who has all her blocks done and took a class from Brenda at Asilomar told me to put a one inch by five inch strip of muslin on the right hand side and a one inch by five and one/half strip on the bottom of each block as I went. But row A requires a 5 1/2 inch on the top also.....and block A-1 requires an additional 6 in. strip on the left hand side. So I precut l69 five by one inch strips, 169 + 26 five 1/2 by one inch strips, and two 6 inch strips. She said it was a tip to greatly facilitate putting them together by doing a little at a time. One other hint she gave me was to make sure I always use a really sharp or new needle. Sure keeps those tiny pieces from getting jammed at the beginning of a seam . I use headers usually and always chain piece.....but it is a good hint. Love working on these although my husband said this quilt certifies me as absolutely NUTS. Here are blocks A-1, A-2, A-5, A-6 ,A-7, A-8.

Yay! Caught up with my Rainbow shipments

oh, no! Amber Alert on a missing Baby Jane!  My A-2 has gone AWOL. :(   Getting a lot of "spring cleaning" done in the search for it.

I finally settled on how I want to set my quilt, and got all the sashes cut out so I can assemble them periodically and avoid another misplaced Baby. (poor little thing)

B3

B7

C5

C6

C7

Here are the 5 that I finished this week, which catches me up to my fabric shipments and makes my quilt look like this:

Jumping In!

Hi!  I'm finally getting a chance to jump in here and show some of the blocks that I have completed.  I have twelve blocks done so far (this one is A-2), and I'm excited to be joining in and making blocks along with this group!

 A-1

 C-3

 L-13

A-5

I'm making mine with all scrappy backgrounds.  Now I'm starting to think of a sashing color that will go well, I'm kind of on a little hunt.  I have no idea what direction I'm going to go with my sashing, but I'll know the right fabric when I see it :)

Enjoy the day!

~ Dawn

Some more A's and a C

C-1

I have been busy today finishing off a few projects which have taken me away from Jane for a few days. I bought some new Liberty fabric 1/8th's the other day so I have used one of these for the first row C block.

I will also add a few more blocks from row A, which I completed a while ago......

A-1

A-2

A-3

A-4

Till next time - happy sewing everyone!!

Cheers

Julianne

Hi There!

I started my DJ quilt last year and powered along for awhile, finishing 20 blocks.... Then I came to an abrupt halt.

I'm so glad Vicki and Dawn have started this blog to inspire and encourage us on this DJ journey. I hope it's just what I need to get my fabrics back out and start making blocks again. I have just photographed my finished A row blocks today. Above is A-1, 2, 7 and 6.
These 3 are A-4,5 and 8.
Thanks so much Vicki and Dawn for doing this... I love this quilt and I really enjoy putting the blocks together... It will be great to pick it back up again.
Teresa

A few of my blocks…..

Hi everyone and how awesome that you all want to be a part of this blog to spur you on with your own blocks. Welcome aboard and welcome to those who are following the blog too. Maybe down the track when time permits and the urge just is too great you too will start a Dear Jane quilt.

I am not too sure that each time we put up the words Dear Jane that we should put the little ® after them. I think its a registered name, so perhaps we do. Does anyone know?

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Wow…..you girls are doing some amazing blocks! So neat and perfect!

I am finding that with each one that I do, I do it just that bit better than the last block. I keep telling myself that once they are all put together and quilted the few mistakes I have made wont show up. Well that's my theory anyway. hehehe

I just want to show you some of the blocks I have done. I am using fabric colours as close a match to Jane’s blocks and using a nice off white calico for the background fabric.

      

A-1                                     A-2

     

A-3                        A-4

I am doing my blocks in the rows. Starting with A row and will go down the rows. I try not to avoid any blocks because they look difficult to do and if I do I come back to them the next time.

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I have the Dear Jane ® book and rulers

which is great for reference and seeing the actual blocks.

I have also got the Dear Jane quilt software to help me with these blocks which is really good as you can print out each block to the exact size and no tracing!

 

You can get it from The Electric Quilt Company or various other places. Just do a google search. It’s very handy. I will talk about some of the features of this a bit later.

Happy DJ sewing and hugs to all……