I was always told that the only stupid question is the one you do not ask.

a lady name jane made a sampler quilt during the civil war...there is a book with all the squares....and then there are a lot of variations to this quilt....and BTW, there are no dumb questions, especially in quilting!!!

actually I learned to quilt by asking a lot of stupid questions but came to find out that a lot of other quilters needed answers to the same question.So keep right on asking them because it helps others too!

I posted as a new topic as I couldn't find my answer here.
Dear Jane is a trademarked name by Brenda Papakatis, a quilter from Indiana who developed a book from the blocks on a quit in the Bennington Vt Historical Museum.
The quilt was made in the mid 1880's by Jane Stickle who was a quiltmaker in the the southern Vermont area.
I believe her grave is in Bennington. It is an amazing work of miniature blocks which no two are alike. There is a large cult followin of thoe making the quilt with retreats and other activities. The quilt has been made as a reproduction quilt and with more modern fabrics. You can get the book, templates and EQ7 for the pattern.
There is a web site which is very active.

I second that.

oh good, i found the article.....in the october 2011 edition of the 'american patchword quilting' magazine, there is an article called "anything but plain jane" about this very quilt...she made the quilt in 1863, to keep busy during the civil war...the quilt has 169 squares, 52 pieced border triangles, and 4 pieced corners....there is a website: www.dearjane.com there is also a book: "dear jane: the 225 patterns from the 1863 jane a. stickle quilt" thanks for asking the question......it is an impressive quilt!!!

That's exactly what I did yesterday!

I have found, if I'm brave enough to ask the question, there is ALWAYS someone else who says 'thanks for asking that! I didnt' know either and was not comfortable asking the question!' Only people I don't ask questions of are the Quilt Police. I ask once...and if I get a QP answer, I dont' ask them again!

Holice, do you have the web site for the dear Jane quilt?
Thanks ahead of tme...

Here you go- http://www.dearjane.com/