The Right Track
While making this triangle block, I had so many flashbacks to my first triangle (with diagonal stripes), remembering just how easy it is to get off track with these triangle […]
While making this triangle block, I had so many flashbacks to my first triangle (with diagonal stripes), remembering just how easy it is to get off track with these triangle […]
My handful of faithful blog subscribers are probably wondering what happened to me, and whether I’ve given up on Dear Jane/Paulette entirely. Never fear, I am continuing to make slow […]
This is another one of those blocks where there are as many possible construction methods as there are quilters. The Dear Jane software has you making the four quadrants of […]
Sometimes I can’t figure out why blocks are marked as advanced difficulty. Often it’s because it has set-in seams, but there weren’t any here. Nor did it have particularly tiny […]
As soon as I saw this block, I thought that it looked like the kind of stylized table and chairs that are used in room plans by interior designers. Which is appropriate, […]
To me, this block definitely looks like a hood ornament on a big 1970s car. Once upon a time I owned one of those big 70s cars, complete with hood […]
The month of October was a productive one for my quilting projects. I had finished one Dear Jane block fairly early in the month, and cut out the pieces for […]
This block reminds me of a barn door, especially in this particular white on red color scheme. It’s a nice simple block; just what I needed after the previous complicated […]
I started work on this triangle while I was visiting family last month. I hadn’t seen my Mom in about a year, and many of the aunts, uncles, and cousins […]
Some people who are making this quilt do all the blocks in order from top left to bottom right, but for me, that leaves too much room for procrastinating if […]
I love this leaf print, but it’s not exactly the kind of fabric they had available during the Civil War. Initially, the decision about whether or not to use it was made […]
The title for this article popped into my head when I realized that this is block number 126 of 225 in my Dear Jane quilting journey. This means that, now […]