Here is my Dear Jane quilt
 

I made this twin sized "Merry Dear Jane" quilt a few years ago. I did it on my own just with the book. I did all of the blocks in a three month period. I was on a roll!! Some days I did just one and some days three. I LOVED working on this quilt.

I did not do the border I came up with an easier one. It is still waiting to be [ATTACH=CONFIG]347081[/ATTACH]quilted.

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Here I am with my Mother viewing the REAL DJ in Vermont. The quilt is even more beautiful in person.
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Beautiful work. Now I want to make one lol.

Congrats. Very lovely. It is on my todo list also. Thanks for sharing.

I admire anyone who has made a DJ. Congratulations - yours is lovely.

Your Dear Jane is a real beauty! Kudos to you for finishing it to that point! Lots of work!!

Beautiful.......................

Beautiful!!! :thumbup:

Very nice :)

I like your border. Congrats on the quilt. What an accomplishment

Thanks so much for sharing the original. I am so in awe of this quilt. Each block 4 inches and each one unique. I would love to make one if I could be accurate at 4 inches I would try. I am not there yet.

You did a beautiful job. Congratulations.
Do post it on the web Janiacs page

absoutely lovely. how did you finish off the border edges? I like them.

Wow! You just can't get enough of this one, can you? I don't blame you! If I could get a Jane to turn out as beautifully as yours did, I'd be making them by the dozen! Your quilt is just exquisite & you have my admiration for your stick-to-it-ness. Kudos!!!

I am always amazed by the details and hard work put into these quilts...so much so that I am afraid to ever commit myself to making one! It is beautiful!

That is quite an accomplishment. Very impressive.

Oh My . . . this is so beautiful! I love love the borders. Wonderful job!!

I don't know how you gals have the patience to do this kind of quilt but it is beautiful. Great job

Dunster said "I admire anyone who has made a DJ. Congratulations - yours is lovely." Me too. Well done to you. It looks fabulous. Something to be treasured for many generations to come hopefully. Quite an achievement.

Great job on your Dear Jane !

Did you see the original before or after you made yours ? maybe someday I will make it there to see it :)

beautiful quilts..:)

Just beautiful!! This is on my list of "someday" projects!

I saw the original after I saw mine. We also drove to Shaftsbury and visited Jane's grave. Did you all know that people leave small pieces of fabric on her headstone?? I read online a the DJ website how people from all over the world who were working on the quilt donated money to have her headstone replaced since it was falling apart. I would have LOVED to have contibutued but I didn't even know the quilt or she existed! Here is a picture of her headstone for those who have not seen it. [ATTACH=CONFIG]347178[/ATTACH]

You can see on the bottom right some scraps of fabric and two little rocks on top. I have visited her grave about three times and each time there has been some fabric on it. The Stickle name is on the very top of the stone at the tip of the picture. Bennington is only about a 45 minute ride from my house.

Absolutely fabulous!!!! I am fasinated with the DJ and would like to say I had one that I had made. Maybe someday?

That's really beautiful!! I'm working on one now, so I know the work that goes into it! Thanks for showing!

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am ready to start mine. Yours is beautiful!

You did well! I like the colors you chose.

Kudos to you. I know there's a nickname for anybody that does a Dear Jane quilt---just can't remember what it is. Anyhow, you've earned it. Thanks for sharing your version of Jane.

HaHa it seems to me it's Janiac. Your quilt is beautiful! I'm plugging away at one. Nice job!

That's such a lot of work but what a fabulous outcome. I'm going to google Dear Jane to find out more about the story behind the original one. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice. I love your border. I haven't seen one like that before.

Beautiful, labor of love!

I have done the first step....I bought the book!

Very nice!

Wonderful job. I need to finish mine.

Great job. I don't know if I'll ever start one.

That's beautiful :o)

I found the border that I used in the book "Beautiful Borders, Backings & Bindings" by Jill Reber and Margaret Sindelar. Don't get me wrong I LOVE the real DJ border but I just knew it would be more than I could do and enjoy doing! I saw a DJ quilt at a quilt show that had NO border at all and it really looked naked. So I knew I had to find one that would work for me.