Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Dear Jane - E7

Bread Basket

So this block was a toughie. The middle square took a lot of doing, ripping and swearing but I finally got it done after 2 days.



Monday, January 25, 2021

Dear Jane - Getting Assistance

I'm getting mom to help me with this project. Since I am doing quilt as you go, I don't have the right light (and bad eyes!) to be able finish the binding on the blocks. I've given her 3 rows so far and she had them done in no time.

So now I'm going to go through my patterns and see which blocks are appliqué. Since she can and does enjoy doing them by hand, it will save me from machine appliqué.

I've finished row D, started on row E and have the top row done as well. Here is the quilt so far. It will change once I only concentrate on the paper piecing blocks and mom works on the appliqué.

Dear Jane - RS1

Tennessee Valley

Dear Jane - E4

Buffalo Tree Hopper

Monday, January 18, 2021

Dear Jane - C12

Family Reunion

Finally an easy block..... except for the 9-patch being 1 inch pieces. I changed up the middle 9-patch as I didn't want to have to cut 2 pieces just to make them the same.



Dear Jane - C11

Soldiers and Sailors Monument



Dear Jane - C9

Jane's Tears



Dear Jane - C8

Hani's Crown

I think this is my favourite block so far. It went together so smoothly,



Dear Jane - C7

Megan's Mountain Laurel



Dear Jane - TR8

Brigadoon



Dear Jane - TR7

Norway's Fjord



Sunday, January 17, 2021

Dear Jane - C6

Ashley's Aura



Dear Jane - C5

Eye of the Cyclone

I think Jane was drunk on potato hooch. Why all the complicated rounded edges???



Dear Jane - C4

Tic Tac Toe

Y-seams were a bit of a challenge as the pieces were SO small to grab a hold of.



Friday, January 15, 2021

Dear Jane - B10

Jud's Trophy



Dear Jane - B9

Tinker Toy

WOO HOO! I found a YouTube video where I was successful in doing Y-Seams on this block!! I am so happy.

Check out: Y-Seams



Dear Jane - B8

Water Lily

This block I had to cheat. It has Y-Seams and I just can't master those. I see my next block again has Y-Seams so I better do some practicing.



Thursday, January 14, 2021

Dear Jane - B7

World Series

This block was horrible. I got the circular sewing under with no problems. BUT those Y seams - I just can't master them. So I had to improvise on this block.