Back on the Jane Train

I rhymed!

I'm planning a Dear Jane weekend with my online buddies Upstatelisa and Fanny Fairbanks. It will be the weekend of September 19th if everyone's life cooperates. We haven't planned out all of the details yet, but we will spend the weekend working on our Jane quilts. Each of us in our own homes...haha. So an at-home retreat of sorts. We will try to mass produce Jane blocks like crazy, and compare notes. Probably on twitter or something throughout the weekend, and post results on Monday? If any other Jane-ers out there want to play along. Just let me know.

I have already started a list of blocks to make that weekend. I'm aiming for the instant gratification ones. Gotta win the competition!!! Oh wait, it's not a contest...

In the mean time, I've finished some blocks that I had started a while ago. The hand applique was done, all I needed was to machine sew the pieces together.

I give you...

J-3 Rick's Volleyball Net (08/23/09)

Love Paris! Never been, but I'm open to free trips there! :)


M-13 Lynette's Diamond (08/23/09)



E-2 Merry May (08/23/09)

Check out the awesome frog fabric!

I-1 Ralph & Nelda's Wedding (08/22/09)


Till next time, take care!

Some Unphotographed Jane's

Here are some of the Jane blocks I made back in June. Just finishing up some swap things, and I'm back to my Jane quilt. I still would like to finish it by the spring. And if that's going to happen, I need to work on it. Who woulda thunk that eh?

J-7 Chicken Tracks (06/07/09)


J-2 Picture Perfect (06/07/09)


I-2 Kaye's Courtyard (06/07/09)


F-3 Snowball (06/07/09)


A-6 Uncle Homer (06/07/09)

Blog Post

Well I might be a bit behind posting here. But I did do a blog post over at Doll Quilt Swap Blog called Plate-a-rific!. Does that count?

Episode 51: Doll Quilting

I've been sewing all day. I finally picked an idea for my doll quilt for the Doll Quilt Swap #7 over on flickr. The difference this time, is that my partner may be a bit more subdued with their colour taste, so I am going out on a limb here and scaling back my crazy super-saturation a bit. Oh the agony...just kidding, I like it too. As you may know, I always make two. This time will be no exception.



I am doing Dresden fans. in aqua, red, light pink, and fuchsia with possibly some mauve purple, and for sure some white.

I have redone the block layout a million times. So I decided that I'm just going to go for it and make the blocks, and then figure it out after.



No sewing day is complete without some good watching material. Today was no exception. Gilmore Girls Season 6.



I decided to machine baste, since I have 16 blocks to hand appliqué, I figured I should try and save time wherever possible. Also this will keep the pieces from shifting.


All ready to hand appliqué!



I love this swap!