A few things I've been working on..............

 

 

 

 

I finished 3 Dear Jane Blocks.  I'm finding that curves are a real challenge!

 

 

 

 

I have my Purple Cat Quilt basted together-- ready to start hand quilting

 

 

The weather was nice for a few days, so I couldn't wait to spend some time outdoors.  I took out the old garden bed that was here and I'm hoping to turn this ugly brown spot in the yard into a garden area with boxed garden beds--trying the square foot gardening method.

 

Then the lack of sunshine, rain and cooler weather brought me back inside.

 

I  finished two more HocusPocusville Quilt Blocks--6 more to go.  Looking at these makes me wonder how I am going to quilt them?

 

 

It has taken me awhile to track down the Polka Dot Girls embroidery pattern, but I was finally able to order one.  It came in the mail the other day.  Can't wait to work on this one, but I should probably finish my HocusPocusville blocks first!

 

 

 

 

 

Two Dear Jane blocks finished......

Block A-3 Hunter's Moon
This is the first time I've ever worked with curves.

Block A-4 Courtney's Stethoscope

Tidbits for Thursday

It's a foggy fall morning here and the rain has started falling.  Think some baking and quilting are in order for today.

 

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One more Dear Jane block finished!

 

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It would be lovely to have Dorothy's  ruby red slippers, so I could tap them together and wish "there's no place like home", and transport myself to Kansas. Today is my mother's 94th birthday and it would be nice to be there to share it with her.

I finished my second Dear Jane block.  I know I've only made two blocks, but I'm really enjoying these little blocks.

A-2  One Two Buckle My Shoe

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 I've also been working on my Feels Like Fall quilt.  I have 5 blocks completed, this pattern has given me a few more gray hairs, but it's coming along!

Dear Jane--the beginning!

Last week I decided it was time to get started on my Dear Jane quilt.  I had never heard of Dear Jane until last summer. I saw one at a quilt show in Coeur d' Alene and was so amazed, I just couldn't get it out of my mind. Then I saw another one at the quilt show in Spokane. I knew I had to do this quilt.  If you have not heard of the Dear Jane quilt here is a little info on it.

The original 1863 Civil War quilt was made by Jane A. Stickle.  It is made up of 169 blocks, 52 triangles, 4 corner kites; a total of 5602 pieces.  It is displayed at the Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont.  Brenda Papadakis recreated the two hundred twenty-five patterns from the Jane A. Stickle quilt. 

I had dreams about this quilt, so I bought the book, the CD and the templates to square off the blocks. Then, I started gathering fabrics.
Last Wednesday I cut out the pieces for the first block.

I am piecing the quilt by hand and I will hand quilt it.

When I completed my first block, it wasn’t quite perfect even though I had taken stitches out and redone them.  When I was squaring up the block I noticed on the template the quote “Finished is better than perfect”.  I like that!

So my first block is finished--only 224 more to go!  Can't wait to start on the next one!