There is definitely a difference between MAKING a Dear Jane Quilt and COMPLETING a Dear Jane quilt.
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| Dear Jane top completed Sept 2014 |
The picture here has a light shining on the bottom right corner making those blues a bit brighter than they look on my wall.
Blessings,
Chris
Wow - congratulations Chris!!! It must be a great feeling to have finished putting together the a Dear Jane top.
ReplyDeleteI have been walking on air for the past couple of days. I wonder if there really is life after jane? I have been dying to get started on my next DJ but might wait a day or two until I get some house work done and pre-wash my new fabrics.
DeleteWow! is right. My Dear Jane is still in progress. You have inspired me to get it out of the draw and make some more progress.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that my ramblings here have inspired you. I find that blogging about my projects and progress has spurred me on to complete more blocks. It has also fed my ego, but don't tell anyone that.
DeleteYummy!! It is beautiful. I have not started my dear jane but maybe in the future, retirement...
ReplyDeleteI did a masters degree and part of a doctorate while working on mine. Don't put it off too long to start. It is really just one block at a time at whatever pace you decode.
DeleteOh what a beauty, WOW! It's really wonderful to see you reach this stage and yes I know what you mean about the difference between 'making' and 'completing' - I love it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Esther. I was dying to get started on LE and could not decide on the colours so kept putting it off. I have come to the realization that, although I CAN work on several projects at the same time, I can only FOCUS on one complex one. Now I am free to focus on a different complex one.
DeleteCongrats on the finish! WOW
ReplyDeleteWOW what a beautiful quilt!
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According to the Dear Jane web site, when you complete the top, you are a goddess! So, welcome to goddess-hood. It is quite lovely.
ReplyDeleteI thought goddesshood came after it was quilted?
DeleteBut I will take it now.
Hello Chris,
ReplyDeleteIt is a breath of fresh air to see another finished Dear Jane, and you finished it so recently. I can see light at the end of my Dear Jane Journey which you so sweetly commented on today. Yes, that G10 will have to have shrunken melons to fit. I got two prepped for applique and realized it was not going to work out at the pattern size. Also, the block next to it needs some itty bitty melons that I have yet to tackle. My typical method for turning applique just won't work on them so I will have to do a different needle turn method. Thanks for stopping by so I could find your beautiful Dear Jane!
Chris,
ReplyDeleteI would love to tag you in the Around the World Blog Hop but cannot find your email address. Could you email me at mamiebudgeese@hotmail.com? Your work is so wonderful that I would love to do a write up about it.
Thank you, Deana from http://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/.
Hi, Chris what a fabulous flimsy! That is some accomplishment. For some reason the thumbnail is not showing up on Hexie Weekend. Would you try again? I want every one to see your DJ.
ReplyDeleteHey, it worked! So glad to see it there. Such wonderful eye candy.
DeleteOh my, CONGRATULATIONS on the finish. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteFantastic! A jewel in your crown
ReplyDeleteAny advice for a novice quilter..... on a motorcycle trip to meet 80 other women riders, I met another lady who is also a quilter and she had a cute tri-fold organizer with some tiny pieces of fabric and a partial completed block....after two evenings of her explaining the term "Jane-iac"..... I want to be one also. So on the 3 day trip riding back to LA, I shopped 1/8th yd fabrics.... ended up with 98 pieces of fabric and a weighted down motorcycle. By the way, your quilt is gorgeous! I really should use more words to described it, but simply gorgeous, works! Thank you! Linda
ReplyDeleteYou need to have a Dear Jane book and decide on a background fabric. It can be scrappy or all one fabric. If you are interested in hand piecing or hand applique, Kona cottons are really wonderful for that. If you plan to make the whole thing then 10-12 yards should be enough. If paper piecing, then there is more waste.
DeleteI am planning to blog about each individual block as I start my DJ2 in brights on Kona white. I plan to teach several different ways to hand applique, paper piece, regular piecing and a token hand piecing.
In my opinion, this is a perfect project for beginners if they have a bit of help and encouragement. For this reason, I have started a new blog just for this quilt. It is primarily for my new students, but others are welcome to come along for the journey.
The name? It's so original . . . Quilting Jane at the Farm.
Wow - 5 years in the making...my hats off to you! I KNOW I wouldn't have kept with that!! How big is it and each block?
ReplyDeleteThe original quilt was completed by Jane Stickle in 1863 and has 169 four and a half inch squares, 52 triangles and 4 corner kites and a total of 5602 pieces. I used 225 different civil war reproduction fabrics and a cream background which I hated hand stitching on. I did mine in fits and starts. although I started it at a pace of 10 blocks per month, life got in the way ( I was doing a master degree) but was determined to finish the thing so I could start another with a clear conscience. I joined the Jane Stickle face book group and have had lots of encouragement. One girl there just completed one she started in May this year. Now that is a challenge . . . . .
DeleteWhat a work of art. Yes, take you time with the quilting.You're quite right in saying that you wouldn't want to mess it up now after 5 years of making it. It's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! what a relief it must be! Hopefully the quilting part will be fun, and then you can really celebrate!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning!! Can't wait to see it quilted.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow Chris. Great achievement .
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