Dear Jane Exhibition

The Dear Jane Exhibition

that was on over the weekend was fabulous!

So many quilts on display and all were different. Different colours, different borders, different quilting and all were really lovely.

Here are some pictures of some of them and I took a photo of the name tags but they turned out blurry for some reason….Grrrr!

Gorgeous aqua and light blues…pretty pretty! 

 

A purple one!!

This one the lady got sick of doing the blocks and didn’t want to waste them so used them in the houses blocks and made a mini quilt. Its great!

This one is embroidered….not pieced or hand sewn but embroidered to make it look like the blocks. Ingenious!

Julianne I went on the Saturday and didn't see your blocks …..if I did then it didn't register with me that they were yours.

I really loved the Exhibition and it has inspired me to get mine on the go again :)

If ever there is a Dear Jane Exhibition near you, try to go and have a look…..you won’t regret it.

Happy Sewing everyone and hugs to all

 

The Pickledish Patch

Great blogs to visit often…..

There are some very helpful Janiac's in blog land. I was looking at some blogs and blogs of the members of Janiac's Unite and there are some very helpful ladies.

Aunt Reen Quilts Modern has easy tutorials on doing the blocks and alternatives to sewing them to what you would think is the way to sew them. So very helpful and thank you Doreen.

 

Julianne has a lovely blog to visit and has lovely inspirational goings on....go and visit her blog HERE.

Minka always has a very interesting blog to visit and has made many blocks for her Dear Jane quilt.

Lynn from What A Hoot has an awesome blog to visit too and always has interesting posts and is a true Janiac.

I don't know about you but before I sew up the blocks I always see how others have sewn them. Another good blog to visit is That Quilt. Fantastic tutorials on all of the blocks.

Apart from visiting other’s blogs, I like to keep a journal of when I finish each block. I put the Name and Number of the block and the date I completed it and how many pieces made up the block and I then insert a picture of the my completed block. After all that I then write up events that took place on that day with my family and sometimes the world.

I sometimes have to redo a block. Grrr…most frustrating but if I don't redo it, I drive myself nuts thinking about how crooked it is etc. So the quick unpick comes out and I fix the mistake.

Here is my latest block…

C-6

Hugs to all…..

The Pickledish Patch

Yay….a couple more blocks…..

Why does the time go so quick in between getting blocks done? I have finally got to and done a couple more blocks and these are

C-4

C-5

They were both tricky blocks but once into them I enjoyed sewing them. Half machine and half hand sewing for both. I am hoping to get another block or two done tomorrow.

Some more blocks....on a roll!

I am loving these blocks! I can't believe I have done this many for April!... I have now done 5 blocks for April...so nearly up to my goal of doing one a month. By this I mean its 6 months since I did my last block last year and this month I have done 5. I hope to keep going and the next block is a tricky one. I am doing the blocks by the Central Rows so the next one is C-4 :) I am also trying to do the fabrics similar to Jane's in her quilt as I want the quilt to look very similar to hers....I just love it!

B-13

C-1

C-2

C-3

Thanks for stopping by...

hugs

Block B-12

Finally....after 6 months I have finally made block B-12. I kept putting it off because I thought it was going to be a hard one. I ended up appliqueing the shapes onto the 5 inch square by using needle turn applique. I actually enjoyed sewing it so I dont know why I kept putting it off.

I am now off to sew B-13....super dooper easy peasy one.

If you want to join this blog by becoming a member we have some places available still...just send me an email and I will add you to the blog. My email addie is up the top in the Contact Us page.

Also if you have become a member and I havent yet put your blog link up on the sidebar please let me know and I will add it.

Make sure you tell me your blog addie tho.

Hugs to all....

Another block…….

I am rather keen with these blocks now and its all because of all you lovely ladies spurring me and the others on.

The blog is doing what Dawn and I wanted it to ….create excitement for us Janiacs.

I have done another block and found this one rather easy to do and I pieced the inside of it and then appliqued the outer part on after. This one is B-11 and so that means I got 2 more to go and I have then finished row B.

Here are some of the ones I have done….

  

A-5                          A-6                   A-7

  

A-8                    A-9                   A-10

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On the blog…..down the left hand side is a Janiacs Places to visit blog roll ……if your blog isn't there can you please let me know and I will add it to the list. We want everyone to know who is a member of this very important blog.

Happy sewing everyone…..

hugs to all

 

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……

I got excited today!

That's right ....I got excited today with this blog and welcome to all of you who want to become a part of it.
As I got so excited I decided to do a block! This block is B-7 called World Series.

Just one thing when we all do a blog post if you can put the number of the block in the label and then we will have it listed on the side bar on the right and anyone then can click on that and those blocks  will come up. Thanks heaps.

Hugs to all......