I'll answer Jeanine's question first... and maybe turn it over to QuiltnNan?? perhaps you can clue me in as to how to start a separate thread? The first DJ Block Party had separate threads for each week or month I think. I guess it would make it easier to have one for each row. The problem with separate threads is that they get sooooo long! If we could post only pictures on the thread and possibly tips and save the compliments for this thread?? I've seen threads where there are 5+pages of comments after a picture. Although some of our quilters are amazing, it is frustrating if you are trying to get an idea of how to proceed with your own DJ or whatever it might be. What do you all think?
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thanks for posting it .... yet another place to spend my time. I looked back through about a year's worth of Julia's posting. She has so many other wonderful things to do there!!
As to her QAYG - DJ. She put hers together in 9 sections. If you look at the whole quilt you will notice there is a center Baltimore-style medallion which is the same size as a 4X4 section of DJ blocks. It is a beautiful interpretation of DJ in which she used only 98 DJ blocks. She attached sashing in between blocks and rows of 4 x 4, then layered the finished 4x4 minus outer sashing on batting and backing to quilt. when she was finished quilting that whole section - to put two sections together - she attached a sashing strip to both the top and backing to an edge of one section and then joined to the next section. With quarter inch seams, the cut edges of seams tops, batting, and backing butted up against each other perfectly. She actually wrote this under one of the pictures. For those wanting to QAYG using my schedule, you could do long strips or divide into sections. If doing the quilt as is - 13 x 13 blocks .. you could separate it into 4x4 5x4 4x4 for top section... 4x5,5x5,4x5 mid section and 4x4, 5x4, 4x4 bottom section [this adds up to 13x13 center section of DJ.]