Dear Jane a6 – Uncle Homer

The Deets!

• Originally Completed: April 24, 2022
• Technique: Paper Pieced
• Number of Pieces: 9
• Blocks Completed to Date: 6

(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…

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

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:

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)