The Forward Motion
Real life often intervenes and it can be hard to find time to work on quilting projects. But the beauty of portable projects like these hand-stitched Dear Jane blocks is that […]
Author: Betsey
The Long View
Now that the center 5×5 section of the quilt is sashed together, I had originally planned to start putting together my first triangle row, but I don’t have quite enough […]
The Balancing Act
In my blog planning software, I originally referred to this block as “Diamond on Pyramid on Chevron on Triangles on Trapezoid” … and the pieces in this block do indeed […]
The Mild Drama
I ended up choosing this block out of order, because my August sashing goal took up so much of the month. I needed a quick block, and this one fit the bill. […]
The Uncertain Center
This was supposed to be the big reveal, where the 5×5 grid of blocks in the center all came together. It was supposed to go much more smoothly than it […]
The Uninteresting Block
This may be the least interesting block in the world. I’m wanting to publish this blog article tonight, but I’m also realizing that I don’t really have much to say about […]
The Non-Cheater
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of Dear Jane quilts where the quilter had used more than two fabrics (one background and one flashy) per block. This is a concept […]
The Gap
You may notice a gap between these two sections of sashed together blocks … there is actually another column of three blocks that is supposed to go between these two […]
The Diamond in the Rough
After the last few complicated blocks, it was a relief to do something with simple rotary cutting and easy piecing. This was originally going to be a July block for […]
The Final Frontier
After wandering through the uncharted territory of my first day of post-pandemic retreat, I decided on Day 2 to boldly go where no one has gone before, and make this […]
The Pattern Puzzle
Printing out the pattern pieces for these triangle blocks from the Dear Jane software is always an adventure. You have to remember to change the size setting before printing, because […]
The Over-Under Set
I’ve been splitting each set of four sashed blocks across two months. Usually I complete the bottom two in the sashing set first, and then in the following month I […]