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Monday, April 23, 2018

Design Wall Monday - April 23, 2018

Thanks for all the nice birthday wishes last week!  I had a great birthday, and went out to dinner with family at night.  

What is on my design wall this week?   Nothing, but I can post pictures of two Jane Stickle Quilt "kite" shaped blocks that I made during the retreat last week at Shipshewana:






For those of you who aren't familiar with this quilt, it has 225 different blocks, and these are two of the four corners.  I am trying to finish my quilt this year, and I have been working on it for a long time.

Here is a picture of the quilt, from the Bennington Museum, in Bennington,
Vermont.






I sat in front of it in awe, for an afternoon years ago, and I have been in love with it ever since.

What is on your design wall today?  Your projects always give me good ideas.  Thank you!

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14 comments:

  1. Congratulations your DJ progress, Judy. A Dear Jane was on display at the Chicago Quilt Festival (was that just ten days ago?!). The artist's statement said that it was her FIRST quilt. She saw a picture of it, she liked it, she made it. My observation: if her FIRST quilt was Dear Jane AND got into a major national show then her quilting career will either go downhill or enter the stratosphere.

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  2. Yes, I have a Dear Jane in progress. Try to make 3 blocks a week with the goal of having it done in 2020... Fun to see what you have accomplished. The blocks are definitely time consuming!!!

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  3. That is such an extraordinary quilt! Your corners look great. So many pieces in those blocks. I admire your strength of will and skill in tackling such a complicated pattern.

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  4. understand your feelings on Dear Jane I have made two of them!

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  5. Can't wait to see you DJ. I haven't been brave enough to try it.

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  6. Love you blocks. That quilt is stunning. Your's will be too.
    I am in awe of anyone that has made one. I'm going to continue to run away from it. :)

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  7. WOW - those are amazing and detailed blocks!

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  8. That is gorgeous indeed, I could see myself staring at it for hours.

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  9. Happy belated birthday, Judy! Your kite blocks look amazing. Dear Jane is on my QBL (Quilter's Bucket List) as well.

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  10. Happy Belated Birthday

    I feel so guilty after seeing your progress, no matter how slow or fast mine is still in a box waiting to be worked on again.I need to get it out and remind myself, heck I don't remember how many I have completed. SAD

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  11. I like that the museum displays Dear Jane regularly. I've tried twice to get there but was thwarted by weather once and bad plumbing the other time.

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  12. That is a beautiful quilt and the corner pieces look difficult. Since you are working on the border, does that mean you are almost finished?

    Happy belated birthday!

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  13. The first Jane block has a lot of pieces and it is very well made.

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  14. Good heavens! I have never realized the corners were kites! You filled in a missing link for me, and I am truly grateful. The best luck on finishing your Jane quilt this year. They truly capture one's heart!

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