Baby Jane Quilt

Same picture disclaimer.

Same picture disclaimer.

Same picture disclaimer.  And it’s 90 degrees off.

Baby Jane Fridays are back!

A simple block to get back into the swing of things.  A couple weeks ago I switched from Windows to Linux and apparently during the switch my scanner has decided it doesn’t want to be a scanner anymore.  Hopefully it will change its mind because these pictures are horrible.

I’m only one block behind now!

Today was not a good appliqué day.

Same thing with the appliqué.

The center is wonky and I really don’t like the little appliqué diamonds.  But it’s done.

This is a really simple triangle, just lots and tons of little pieces.  I made every mistake possible and I think I must have redone every piece twice but it’s done and I think it came out pretty well.

I guess I decided to do the triangles too!

It’s Baby Jane Friday!

That’s it for this week.  I updated the picture in the sidebar as well.  It looks so full!  Only 7 more blocks and I’ll be caught up.

You can still see the blue ink lines… must go spray those with water.  This one was a lot harder than it should have been.  It’s a little wonky but I don’t know if I should re-do it or not.

It’s Baby Jane day!

John asked about this. I have a whole quilt image in the sidebar (one block is off in that image) but here are all the blocks together… so far. Only 80 bazillion more to go!

And my category reorganization is complete.  Yay!

The pieces in the center are teeny teeny tiny!

I am now a believer. My I-8 block came out amazingly perfect!

Freezer Paper Foundation Piecing Tutorial by Wee Toes and Noggins.

This quilt has taught me one thing… I need to go to the optometrist pronto.  Egads, these are really small pieces!

Anina recommended foundation piecing which I hate doing so I thought I’d take my chance with rotary cutting it all and piecing normally.  There are a couple spots of wonky but once it’s shrunk in the wash that shouldn’t be noticeable at all.

Technically yes.

I have this in Photoshop so once I get more blocks in I can figure out what colors I should use.  But right now, that’s really not a problem.  I hope to get K-7 done tonight along with pinning another Etsy quilt.

I wanted a bird in the center of this one.

Yeah, yeah so I’m really behind (I’ve been crazy busy with quilts for Etsy) and I picked a really simple one to do. I like the monotone look.

I tried Anina’s suggestion of monofilament thread in addition to a more spread out zig zag stitch (I think I have a blind hem but I have no idea which it is!). I did the ovals first and then the reverse appliqué. I think I got better (smoother lines) at it as I went on. Of course after I had finished the circle, I realized the center and melons aren’t quite centered in the circle. D’oh! I’m not sure how noticeable it is and I may redo it. I still need to do the corner diamonds. This will be B-7 when done.

So I’ll preface this with stating that I hate hand sewing (so this quilt will be quite the challenge for me!).

So I did my reverse applique with a small zig zag to see if it would work or if I really do, gulp, have to sit there with a needle and thread.  Most (all?) quilters could hand sew this and it would look much, much better.  But honestly, I’m not sure my hand sewing would look better than the machine’s attempt.

I might come back and redo this one.  I’m not sure.  Any opinions?

Eek!  I made a tiny block!

I fussy cut the center flower.  I really went back and forth on whether or not to fussy cut the yellow blocks and in the end decided not to.

The next block scares me a little.

Off to bake a chocolate cake…

My book and CD are here!

I want to start tonight but I also have to pin Cowboys, pin Maypole, finish the videogame quilt, bake Liam’s cake, wrap his presents, clean up the downstairs for his little party, finish the laundry …

… and the CD.

I can’t wait to start!  I plan on going along with the blog and I’ll post my progress here (I even made a Baby Jane category!).

Now to pick out fabric…

I saw this Dear Jane quilt this morning as I went from blog to blog to blog. It’s amazing.

(Photo from here.)

Wow. I’m am in awe. They have books and CDs and patterns and all that to make them. Sean? Are you reading this? <poke poke poke>