Not quite a Dear Jane...

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10-04-2015, 02:08 PM

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gramquilter2

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Love your quilt. Seems so nice and bright.

10-04-2015, 02:26 PM

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Grandma Peg

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Your Jeanne quilt is great, like how you named it!

10-04-2015, 03:28 PM

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rosiewell

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what a great quilt, I started a dear Jane too some times ago, another UFO

10-04-2015, 04:54 PM

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Fotoula

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Well done on a fantastic quilt!!!!

10-04-2015, 05:03 PM

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dsews2

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Absolutely gorgeous......i could never do something like that.......

10-05-2015, 07:50 AM

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misseva

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Is there a Dear Jane pattern that is for 7 1/2" blocks?

10-05-2015, 08:19 AM

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jpmaroni

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Nice changes. Love it

10-05-2015, 08:24 AM

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OhCanada

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That turned out very well. I like your versatility.

10-05-2015, 08:08 PM

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kaylfordsollimo

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So you made it your own using Jane as a guide. The prairie points are very nice,

10-07-2015, 01:13 PM

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Delbra

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jeanneb52

Hi, this started out as a Dear Jane and became a Dear Jeanne. I am Jeanne! Firstly, I just couldn't do the 4.5" blocks so the blocks are 7.5". Then I totally changed the border. Instead of the ice cream cones I made huge double layered prairie points. You can't see it on the photos, but the points have a shirt button in the point, holding them down and not flopping. The whole thing was quite a project and I respect anyone who stuck to the plan.

Great job. Using a larger size block makes it usable w/o the fear of seams coming apart.