Dear Jane a6 – Uncle Homer

The Deets!
  • Originally Completed: April 24, 2022
  • Technique: Paper Pieced
  • Number of Pieces: 9
  • Blocks Completed to Date: 6
DearJane-a6-UncleHomer

(get your Dear Jane book coil bound, cost +/- $5 at Staples…trust me, it makes things easier)

I’m not sure where the author of this book and the whole Dear Jane story came up with these names…Uncle Homer! The only Homer I know is the guy from The Simpsons…Bart’s dad, What about you?

For a 9-patch block, I should have just pieced it instead of paper pieced, it’s a little wonky – I might re-do it we shall see…

I love maps. It opens a world of travel, and wonderment as there’s so many places I have yet to see…

DearJane-a6-UncleHomer

Have you been to Hong Kong or the Philippines, I have friends from both places but have yet to go.

DearJane-a6-UncleHomer

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…
I host a podcast over here…

(it’s about eating, reading and creating…)

Here’s a great AudioDrama…

(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)

Dear Jane a5 – Cathie’s Campfire

The Deets!
  • Originally Completed: April 24, 2022
  • Technique: Paper Pieced, Pieced
  • Number of Pieces: 29
  • Blocks Completed to Date: 5
DearJane-a5-CathiesCampfire

(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.

DearJane-a5-CathiesCampfire

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.

DearJane-a5-CathiesCampfire

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’)

DearJane-a5-CathiesCampfire

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…
I host a podcast over here…

(it’s about eating, reading and creating…)

Here’s a great AudioDrama…

(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)

Dear Jane a4 – Courtney’s Stethoscope

The Deets!
  • Originally Completed: April 24, 2022
  • Technique: Paper Pieced, Pieced
  • Number of Pieces: 27
  • Blocks Completed to Date: 4
DearJane-a4-CourtneysStethoscope

(get your Dear Jane book coil bound, cost +/- $5 at Staples…trust me, it makes things easier)

DearJane-a4-CourtneysStethoscope

If you choose to go down this road like I am, tracing each block from the book, measure all the pieces, doing the math, figuring out your triangles. To me, this is part of the Dear Jane experience, doing the work part. Think of it this way; you are deciding how YOU want to build YOUR blocks! And what techniques you want to try. I’m using Carol Doak founding paper – it is like super light weight construction paper.

DearJane-a4-CourtneysStethoscope

This is a portion of the center paper-pieced square, these paper pieces can get pretty – tiny, so honing your skills about taking your time, cutting, pinning, sewing, and PRESSING make a huge deal and I’m starting to realize I need to slooowwww doowwwnnn making these blocks.

DearJane-a4-CourtneysStethoscope

Interesting as my fourth block and how the paper piecing in this teeny-tiny scale works and lining up the middle. I did the middle square and then continued to build the block around it.

DearJane-a4-CourtneysStethoscope
DearJane-a4-CourtneysStethoscope

Strong contrast on this block, which I love, this fabric by Tim Holtz is AMAZING.

DearJane-a4-CourtneysStethoscope

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…
I host a podcast over here…

(it’s about eating, reading and creating…)

Here’s a great AudioDrama…

(it’s a Mystery, it’s a true story…)

Hashtags # on instagram I follow for this quilt project:

#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)