"Dear Jane" Kitsie's almost total disaster!
 

I've been QAYGing my blocks and have 5 or 6 rows done with the 1/2" sashing. Coming along well and to size.
So thought I, time to do some of the triangles. I did a few and was pleased the way the sashing worked with them!
Aha! Play today and see how the triangle border fits with the blocks. WHAT?????!!!!! The triangles are way to big!! No way would they fit. So I decide to trim them down - I trimmed 5 of the "plain" tri's and one of the quilted ones - one of the most intricate of course!

Then it struck my 72 yr old brain - check the picture!!! :( Sure enough, no sashing between the triangles!!!! *sigh* :hunf::thumbdown::o

GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!! So today? - no problem cutting more of the "plain" ones. Then a remake of :

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So glad the little nag inside my head poked me now and not when I'd trimmed 49 of them! Hope you all have a wonderful, happy day!

Glad you caught it now, and so quickly!

I had just started to think (again) about starting my DJ, until I saw this post of your very intricate block. Nope, I'm not starting it right now. If your 72-year-old brain can still make these stunning and very difficult blocks, you don't need to worry about anything at all.

So that's what I heard .... your HUGE sigh of relief!
Thank goodness that you stopped yourself soon enough.

Looking forward to seeing more pics of your progress.
( I need all the inspiration I can get!)

yikes! close call! I really can't wait to see the finish.

WOW was that ever a close call! I would have been crying buckets if I had trimmed them all.

Yeah, but I was only 71 then! And they really aren't that difficult! Do it!!

Remind me of that "not difficult" when I start pulling my hair out this winter! :)

What does QAYGing my blocks mean? The fabric and what you've sewn is very pretty, but what is it? (Besides becoming a quilt of course). What fabric do you attach next to it? We all have those moments of doing something then having to redo what we did, at any age!

All of the fabric is cotton. The background, the backing and sashing are muslin. Normally all of the blocks would be sewn together making the complete top which is then layered to the batting and the backing. The whole quilt is then quilted and bound at the edges.

For QAYG, (Quilt As You Go) each block is layered separately:

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quilted separately (nice to have it this small when doing by hand)

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blocks are joined:

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Then all the blocks are joined with sashing:

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The rows are then joined together, borders put on then bound and done!

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If you are wondering about the pattern it is the famous Jane Stickle quilt made in 1863. Just google "Dear Jane" quilt. Many quilters have done it!
Hope that answers your questions!

QAYG = Quilt As You Go

Kitsie - those are beautiful! By hand? OMG!! Thanks for responding - now I know something I didn't know a little while ago. Guess this blog is working!

Not the piecing - only the quilting is by hand! Thanks, Colors!

Only the quilting done by hand......:) :) Wow wow the blocks are beautiful and so is the quilting!
I've been thinking of QAYG too with my Jane blocks. But I'm no handquilter, never done it. Maybe this is a good way to start? Small blocks, easy to handle - I guess.

Thank, Anael. The quilting as you see, is very simple. The blocks are small enough that just a line or two will do to hold the layers together. Do try it! You will enjoy it!

Oh just noticed you were speaking of QAYG - there is an excellent tutorial here on the board: http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...s-t115627.html