Dear Jane Quilt - Draw 32 - D8, G8, K11, K13 - featuring the Butterfly Quilt



Wash Day - Butterfly Quilt

Despite the predicted rain, this Bank Holiday weekend has turned out quite pleasant.  An ideal day to get a large quilt washed and dried.  This is my Butterfly Quilt.  This is the first epic quilt I ever hand stitched and hand quilted and is the quilt which is on the bed for most of the winter.  The details can be found in one of my early posts.

Dear Jane Quilt - Draw 31 - Border Triangles LR6, LR8, RR6, RR8

It is Slow Stitching Sunday over at Kathy's Quilts.  I am still working on the Nearly Insane quilt on my long arm machine.  If 'slow' means not going fast enough, then yes, I am doing slow stitching. Like Kathy I have a chart marking off my progress and I am enjoying crossing each square off.

So this post is a bit of past, present and future.  An old quit, one approaching a finish once quilted and the ongoing development of the Dear Jane blocks which will one day be a completed quilt.  Draw 32 is back to square Dear Jane blocks, but we are sticking with Yellow.

Draw 32
D8 - Dee Dee's Delight
G8 - Justin's Comet
K11 - Columbine
K13 - Brandon's Star

This draw will be in Yellow
 

Dear Jane Quilt - Border Triangle Block RR6 Tumbling Blocks

Dear Jane Quilt - Border Triangle Block RR6 Tumbling Blocks

A lot of excitement was generated by the mention of the Nearly Insane quilt yesterday. I am working on it constantly over the next few days as I need to get it finished.  Already my head is working out how I will quilt the Dear Jane and I have a host of other projects I want to do.  I guess I have moved on from Nearly Insane, but a quilt is not a quilt until it is quilted.

Meanwhile the construction of the Dear Jane quilt continues. Dear Jane border triangle, RR6 Tumbling Blocks is not your regular 'tumbling blocks', but it seems anything goes with this quilt.

Techniques: Applique and English Paper Piecing
Pieces: 17 pieces

Dear Jane Quilt - Border Triangle Block LR6 Suzie Q

Suzi the cat

Today is the start of a Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK. Rain is predicted.  Suzi the cat is pleased as it is an opportunity for her to look adorable and for me to be around to give her more attention.  I have a long weekend on my long arm quilting machine ahead of me and regular followers will be interested to know that I have finally started quilting my Nearly Insane quilt. 

Dear Jane Quilt - Border Triangle Block LR6 Suzie Q

As for Dear Jane - I had such a good run stitching blocks on holiday that I have tried to keep up the pace on my return.  So far, so good, but I can see that same old chestnut arising - not enough time in the day.  So here is the Dear Jane block LR6 Suzie Q.  Lots of triangles and an appliqued melon.

Have a great weekend!

Techniques: Applique and English Paper Piecing
Pieces: 25 pieces

Dear Jane Quilt - Border Triangle Block LR8 Northern Lights

Dear Jane Quilt - Border Triangle Block LR8 Northern Lights

This is the Dear Jane block LR8 Northern Lights, otherwise known as Frances' Folly.  

Dear Jane Quilt - Border Triangle Block LR8 Northern Lights

 When I was cutting it out I spent a bit of time trying to work out how I was going to construct it.  The picture above shows the English paper piecing I did and then the remainder of the block was done using applique, including the 'neutral' triangle.  After waxing lyrical about my sudden love of applique, I realised after battling with those itty bitty triangles that there is an minimum size which is suitable for applique.  I think they took as long to do as the rest of the block!  When you struggle like this you start to wonder if the block actually needs the triangles and it is at this point that you ask yourself - why am I slavishly following the pattern, especially when the final result is not the most attractive of blocks?

Techniques: Applique and English Paper Piecing
Pieces: 17 pieces