Instead of Dear Jane, how about Dear Me?
 

I'm currently working on a GFG and have almost all of the flowers done. I had cut the fabric for the pathway of a nice cream color. But after much back and forth I've decided it just doesn't speak to me. So now I have about 500 4" squares of cream fabric all cut.

My next quilt that has been stewing was to do a Dear Jane all hand pieced. I love the variety of blocks. So I was thinking, what if I take my 500 cream squares and use them as the starting point for 500 unique blocks? Picking fabric from my stash of batiks and doing my own version of a Dear Jane? Nice thing is there wouldn't been any guidelines except those I make up myself. I could do piecing, applique, I could do some of Jane's blocks on a smaller scale, some farmers wife blocks, some civil war blocks, maybe make up some myself.

What do you think? A journey to find all sorts of unique blocks all starting with a cream colored square? Or am I nuts to start something that random?

That sounds like it could be really awesome!

That's not random - it's awesome!

That sounds like a great solution for 500 4" blocks. Please post progess pictures as you are working on it.

I love that idea! Please post pictures of your progress!!

Hm. I think Dear Cowpie just doesn't have the same ring to it ....

Go for it! Sounds great!

Many of the best journeys started that way.

Seriously...there are no quilt police...and there are no rules! At least there shouldn't be. I love the abandonness (?) of doing your own thing. Too many times we dance to the beat of somebodyelse's drum. The more I get into quilting, the more I want to create. Have fun and post pictures.