Dear Jane
Yes, I’m making the plunge. I’m attempting to recreate that awesome 1863 Jane Stickle quilt! As I embark on this journey I’ve discovered there are few detailed instructions on a block-by-block basis. Scouring the internet has been an exercise in frustration. So I am doing it myself using Electric Quilt 8. Yes, there is Dear Jane software available if you work in the Microsoft Windows environment. Unfortunately, I’m an iMac user. And if you don’t have EQ or Dear Jane, you’re left to figure it out yourself looking at pictures of the block…a daunting task. So, I am sharing my interpretations of those blocks with a tad more guidance. My process is to write the pattern, test the pattern, adjust the pattern, and retest the pattern. As a result, I am making two quilts (insanity times two).
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block D9
I debated returning to traditional piecing with Block D9.
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block D7
Block D7 is one of the easiest foundation pieced blocks. It is also one of my favorites.
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block D6
When I original drew this template, I had the border as a single piece on each side. But as I…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block D4
Block D4 is a combination of foundation piecing and appliqué.
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block D3
Block D3 is appliquéd. It's an unusual shape to be sure.
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block D2
When I set out to design this template, I knew it was going to involve inset seams.
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block D1
It is really difficult to determine if Jane appliquéd the spokes to her directional background fabric for this block.
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C13
This the only block so far that I have seen where Jane uses more than one foreground color.
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C12
I returned to traditional piecing with Block C12. And although C12 wins the awards thus far for the number of…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C11
I faced a dilemma with the design of this block. My initial reaction was to appliqué a circle and four…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C10
Block C10 is pretty straight forward foundation piecing. I could have done traditional piecing with this one but decided foundation…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C9
At first I couldn't see the point of the background sliced into four sections. But then it occurred to me…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C8
Block C8 was not a difficult block to foundation piece and I really liked the totally different looks between the…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C7
My goodness there are a lot of pieces to this block. Forty-nine pieces makes it the winner so far in…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C6
I find it interesting how often Jane used melon pieces in her blocks and created such different looking blocks by…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C5
I struggled a bit with this block....not because it was difficult so much as I couldn't decide how I wanted…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C4
I returned to foundation piecing with C4. It's not difficult, but it is time consuming as there are 41 pieces…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C3
Wow....a Dear Jane block that involves traditional piecing—a rare beast indeed.
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C2
Block C2 of the Jane Stickle Quilt is done. I wrestled somewhat with the design of this one...
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Block C1
I debated using traditional piecing for this block. In the end, I decided to use foundation piecing as it resulted…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Row B
The second row of the Jane Stickle Quilt is up! Each image below links to the PDF pattern for that…
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The Jane Stickle Quilt – Row A
So here it is...the first row of the Jane Stickle Quilt (aka Dear Jane). Each pattern is in PDF format.…
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