Dear Jane Christmas Block Swap - Closed
08-26-2009, 05:19 PM
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Thanks Klue! The mini lesson I posted today uses a slight variation on the Star Point Block. I think if you look at the process you will get the idea of the cut down method. It is basically sew fabric together then cut out or cut down to get the look you are working toward. Yes there will be some leftovers but they are only waste if you don't find a way to reuse them.
My first priority is to find an easier way to piece. So cutting down is easier than marking and cutting each individual piece.
So all my DJ blocks will be based on this idea whether I incorporate some of my "Blocks" or use a strip piecing or any other method that works it all will work on the same principal. Join fabric and then cut.
When you are working with some of these DJ blocks that are so tiny this is a great time to use the cut down. You will handle larger pieces than if you tried to cut out and then sew together.
Hope everyone has a lot of fun doing all of the Dear Jane blocks!!
I am having a blast redrafting and playing with these blocks!!!
I had never even heard of a Dear Jane quilt til 2 or 3 months ago when someone asked me if I had ever done one. Of course I hadn't as I didn't know about them! :D :D :D
My first priority is to find an easier way to piece. So cutting down is easier than marking and cutting each individual piece.
So all my DJ blocks will be based on this idea whether I incorporate some of my "Blocks" or use a strip piecing or any other method that works it all will work on the same principal. Join fabric and then cut.
When you are working with some of these DJ blocks that are so tiny this is a great time to use the cut down. You will handle larger pieces than if you tried to cut out and then sew together.
Hope everyone has a lot of fun doing all of the Dear Jane blocks!!
I am having a blast redrafting and playing with these blocks!!!
I had never even heard of a Dear Jane quilt til 2 or 3 months ago when someone asked me if I had ever done one. Of course I hadn't as I didn't know about them! :D :D :D
08-27-2009, 05:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Rhonda
Originally Posted by Mamaskeeto
Originally Posted by kluedesigns
she hasn't posted yet about how she made such perfect circles.
we're all awaiting her return - i'm sure the lurkers want to know too.
we're all awaiting her return - i'm sure the lurkers want to know too.
Hubby thinks I'm crazy because I cut 12 of these circle templates and work on 12 circles at a time. I even used my template plastic to make a template of the block and cut out the circles so I could lay the block template on the background fabric and just pin on the circles that push the circles through the cut out and I'm ready to sew. Sounds crazy I know but it works for me and I don't have to measure each and every block for placement of the circles.
When I first started doing these this way I saw an article where some quilter used a penny to get the shape and size of a grape for what she was doing. I find washers (at least the ones I could find) and coins are too thick. I use a cardboard circle that I also use an emory board to sand down the edges. I tried using acrylic tempate plastic but I reuse mine alot and they tend to shrink abit from the heat of the iron. Cardboard works best for me.
I also like to use these as the center of my Dresden Kaleidoscopes. They work great for alot of things.
08-27-2009, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by kluedesigns
i don't think she doing yoyo's as much as expanding on the concept because yoyo are kinda bagging and puffy and these look as tight as a drum in the picture.
its like a modified yoyo.
its like a modified yoyo.
Sorry Klue just my experience. I learned to make these things 30 years ago and have made tons of them over the years.
08-27-2009, 09:18 AM
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yes its the same steps but isn't used in the same way nor cut the same size.
many sewing techniques use gathering and are called different things and are named differently.
a yoyo doesn't have tight seams it cut very large and has bulk behind the circle thats what makes a yoyo a yoyo - its not the gathering technique that makes a yoyo.
sounds to me like she didn't cut the circle super large and has tons of material behind that circle like you would in a yoyo.
she cut the circle tight to the seam lines - maybe trying very hard to only have that 1/4 seam.
with a yoyo there's a lot of extra fabric on the back an extra 1/2 or 1 inch is in the back of the yoyo or the front depending if you want the opening in front or in the back.
maybe i'm understanding her incorrectly and maybe she has an entire inch of fabric behind that circle.
many sewing techniques use gathering and are called different things and are named differently.
a yoyo doesn't have tight seams it cut very large and has bulk behind the circle thats what makes a yoyo a yoyo - its not the gathering technique that makes a yoyo.
sounds to me like she didn't cut the circle super large and has tons of material behind that circle like you would in a yoyo.
she cut the circle tight to the seam lines - maybe trying very hard to only have that 1/4 seam.
with a yoyo there's a lot of extra fabric on the back an extra 1/2 or 1 inch is in the back of the yoyo or the front depending if you want the opening in front or in the back.
maybe i'm understanding her incorrectly and maybe she has an entire inch of fabric behind that circle.
08-27-2009, 12:26 PM
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Here's my next block E-3. Took a bit.. (ok, alot) of figuring out to get this right... HST are not my forte', but I'm liking them a bit more now. With 18 more to do, guess I'll either love them or depise them.
I do have to say, I couldn't of done this without the help of my Sis.. like I said, HST and I don't play nice together!. :lol:
KLue.. are you sure you just want Christmas colors? I could slip this one in and no one would notice (then only 17 more to do). :lol: :lol:
I do have to say, I couldn't of done this without the help of my Sis.. like I said, HST and I don't play nice together!. :lol:
KLue.. are you sure you just want Christmas colors? I could slip this one in and no one would notice (then only 17 more to do). :lol: :lol:
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08-27-2009, 02:25 PM
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Where do I find the tuturial that was "just" posted?
rhonda
your way of doing D11 is brilliant!!!
everyone go run and look at the tute she put up.
which ebook would people buy to best learn your cut down method and apply the technique to the Dear Jane blocks.
i'm sure people in this swap, the sew along in Jan, and the lurkers would love to know and buy such a book to help them with the concepts being presented on your personal page and how it relates to jane.
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Originally Posted by kluedesigns
Originally Posted by Rhonda
I posted my first directions for the Dear Jane Blocks. I offered to give my version of those blocks that I think I can redraft using my methods. Since I saw some discussion on the D11 block I looked at it again and it is the one I did first. I had looked at it and said no way but I did find a way.
I am putting them on my thread Rhonda's Retreat if anyone is interested. I will be putting on blocks as I have time to do them between now and Jan.
If anyone has questions as always I am here just ask. If anyone has one they would like me to take a look at just let me know and I will see what I can do. However I know there are ones that I can't do my way. I know Klue is available for the paper piecing. Everyone has their own way of doing things and I'm sure there are other ways to do these blocks. If I can help just let know!Thanks!
I am putting them on my thread Rhonda's Retreat if anyone is interested. I will be putting on blocks as I have time to do them between now and Jan.
If anyone has questions as always I am here just ask. If anyone has one they would like me to take a look at just let me know and I will see what I can do. However I know there are ones that I can't do my way. I know Klue is available for the paper piecing. Everyone has their own way of doing things and I'm sure there are other ways to do these blocks. If I can help just let know!Thanks!
your way of doing D11 is brilliant!!!
everyone go run and look at the tute she put up.
which ebook would people buy to best learn your cut down method and apply the technique to the Dear Jane blocks.
i'm sure people in this swap, the sew along in Jan, and the lurkers would love to know and buy such a book to help them with the concepts being presented on your personal page and how it relates to jane.
08-27-2009, 02:29 PM
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ok guys
i've done my sample block for the 2nd set.
its not terrible but i don't think its a good block for a swap.
the entire block is bias. the best way to do this block is to leave it on the foundation until the very last moment or else it just pulls out of shape.
if i were to touch this with an iron again the shape would distort.
so anyway here's the pic its block L2
i've done my sample block for the 2nd set.
its not terrible but i don't think its a good block for a swap.
the entire block is bias. the best way to do this block is to leave it on the foundation until the very last moment or else it just pulls out of shape.
if i were to touch this with an iron again the shape would distort.
so anyway here's the pic its block L2
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