The Deets!
- Originally Completed: April 24, 2022
- Technique: Paper Pieced, Pieced
- Number of Pieces: 29
- Blocks Completed to Date: 5
(get your Dear Jane book coil bound, cost +/- $5 at Staples…trust me, it makes things easier)
How many people do you know named Cathie or Kathy or however they may spell their name..I have: An Auntie Kathy and a Step-Mom Kathy (who are so different in every way but I love them both to pieces) and I have a superb friend name Cathy…do you have a someone in your life with this name, tell me about her.
I have chosen to paper piece in segments – some of these segments can get pretty small and pretty detailed which makes it all that much more fun.
Do you love the butterflies in this fabric? I have an Apple Watch and one of the background face options is butterflies – they change and flitter, not animated just very real looking.
I think I could have done a bit better with this block, straighter possibly, I wonder if I should have pressed gentler instead of ironed (Yes, I hear my sewing teacher in my head, ‘press your seams, Valerie’)
this ^^ round table is actually an antique piano stool, circa 1890s (wish I played) I use it as my stool to sew on, it swivels, has claw feet with glass balls, and just the most perfect backdrop for these little blocks. The scissors are 4″ Gingher Scissors in the Cheetah theme – they used to come out with a theme each year – check out this awesome photo to give you an idea.
Find me over here…
- Pinterest @VJMoss
- Instagram @ValerieJMoss
I host a podcast over here…
- Valerie’s Variety Podcast: Spring Pillow Pattern
(it’s about eating, reading and creating…)
Here’s a great AudioDrama…
- Project DF Podcast: e1: My Wife is an Invalid
(it’s a Mystery, it’s a true story…)
Hashtags # on instagram I follow for this quilt project:
#ValsDearJane
#DearJane
#DearJaneQuilt #DearJaneQuilts
#QuiltsOfInstagram #QuiltersOfInstagram
#ScrapQuilts #SamplerQuilts #QuiltLove #QuiltLife
#create #quilter #ThisIsMyHappyPlace
#BabyJaneQuilt #JaneStickleQuilt #JaneStickle
#fpp #SampleQuiltBlocks
(am I missing any? leave me a note in the comments)
My Dear Jane Inspo…
(these are my go-tos when I’m researching blocks, techniques, and just to get inspo)
- Teresa Down Under (great resource, blog)
- Hobby Stash (great resource, blog)
- Dear Jane Inspo (board on my Pinterest page, blog)
- Fabadashery (English Paper Pieces all blocks, blog)
- Poole’s Piecing (English Paper Pieces, and glue baste, video)
- Mari Carmen Moreno (it’s in Spanish but well worth the watch, video)