liwilliams

Wow Rhueluna those are awesome!! You are really do a great job on them. I see where it's a great idea to do them in between your others quilts and to do them as a "to go" project.

rhueluna

Thank you very much. They are far from the perfect paper pieced ones, but I feel they are more authentic to making them like Jane did. And that, for some reason, is important to me. I want to get close to hers.

liwilliams

I love that quilt in your avatar too. (And the doggie) Dogs are such good friends.

rhueluna

The quilt in my avatar is the one I entered in the Paducah, Kentucky show. I was only a runner up but feel privilaged that I even got in. Thousands don't even get in. The doggy is my son's and I love her. She was saved on the last day of her stay at the pound. She was starving and lost all her puppies but fed some newborn puppies from another dog that died during birth. Thats what saved her for a few more days. She is the best doggy in the world and has had a tough time before she was saved. They found her eating ants and starving in AZ. Now she is fat and happy. :) Here is a pic of the quilt on my avatar.

Minda

Do you remember what line of fabric you used for the last block in row 2? I can't find anything I like for that block. Thanks.

rhueluna

Hi Actually I looked everywhere to find fabric like that too. I ended up cutting cross marks in the brown fabric and covered it over a black and white stripe. I think thats what Jane did too if you look closely at the picture of her quilt. The pattern book doesn't show the complete pattern as Jane did it, and I make my own when I see that. You could print my block, make cuts a bit smaller than you see the holes and then tuck the fabric in and reverse applique them onto the stripe. I don't explain very well. Hope you understand what I mean. Otherwise you will have to choose a fabric of choice like everyone else does. I didn't accept that and went the Jane route. :) I'm a toughy.

Minda

Thanks, Rhueluna. I'm also trying to match my blocks as closely to Jane's as I can. I've found that many of the patterns don't match her blocks exactly. She does a lot of reverse applique. Your blocks are beautiful.

rhueluna

thank you. I'd love to see yours.

liwilliams

Rhueluna - thanks for posting a good picture of your quilt. It is just wonderful! All that detail and work. And the quilting for each square is awesome, it really sets off the picture inside it. Are the blocks your designs? Or was it a kit, or from a book?

rhueluna

Hi, Since this is in the Dear Jane blocks, I guess you mean the Dear Jane as far as I have gotten. I bought the book, changed some of the books patterns to look like the actual Dear Jane quilt.

If you are talking about the large applique quilt in my avatar, it is my own designs and I drew all the patterns myself. They resemble old folk art type quilts from the civil war era. I am considering making the patterns for sale, but I know it would be a lot of work. I have some already saved but in separate blocks. I wasn't sure it would be worth all the work unless I had enough takers in it.

Thanks for the nice comments. I haven't quilted any of the dear Jane, so I am pretty sure you mean "42 Windows". :)