BLOGGERS QUILT FESTIVAL

Hi friends!

It's Blogger Quilt Festival again and this time I finally finished my Dear Jane to enter!!:):)

Here the story: on a sunny Summer afternoon in 2009 I met with some quilting friends and one of them had the Dear Jane book. I had already seen this quilt and always thought it was crazy! We started looking at the book and no one was sewing that afternoon, we were to fascinated from all those beautiful little blocks. Fascinated and scared...Back home I started searching more informations about it...and looking, looking I decided to assume the challenge! Ordered the book and fabrics and started my DJ journey. And here is the final result!!!

Front

Back

Last stitch - binding

Some more informations about my Dear Jane:
Fabrics used: Mendhi from Free Spirit, Benartex, Makover,Liberty and scraps from my friend Susan. background fabric is shadow play from Maywood Studios.
Pieces: 169 squares with 3501 pieces of fabric
Sashing: 364 pieces of fabric
Cornerstones: 196 pieces of fabric
Little border squares: 284 pieces of fabric
Border triangles: 168 pieces of fabric
Border stripes: 10 pieces of fabric
Binding: 5 pieces of fabric
TOTAL PIECES OF FABRIC: 4528


Techniques: the blocks are machine pieced, appliquéed, paper pieced.
The entire quilt was hand quilted and assembled with the Quilt as you go method.


Quilt started 5th of August 2009
Quilt finished 20th of October 2011             


Have fun visiting all the entries for the Bloggers Quilt Festival here

Have a very nice week-end. Hugs. Pink

DEAR JANE Final countdown

Dear friends,
final countdown for my Dear Jane quilt....Started 5th of August 2009 - Finished 20th of October 2011.
Last few inches...

 Last stitch!!!!!!!

 FINISHED!!!!!

For the reveal you have to wait till next week:):):)
Hugs. Pink

DEAR JANE

Dear friends,

I can't believe it!!! My Dear Jane is done!!!! All excess batting and backing trimmend of....Last touch... the binding

Fabric strips for the binding

And now sewing the binding strips together and to the top....

Hurray, I'm so breathless, I need to calm down.

Hugs. Pink

DEAR JANE

Hi dear friends,

it's 10p.m. and television is not working because of the rain....so I decided to start sewing on the last border (by hand).

I have a deadline now, I'll tell you more later, so on to work!! For Sunday the weather forecasts anticipates a lot of rain....perfect to stay at home and sew...I hope to be able to start with the binding...

Hugs. Pink

Impressions

Hi friends,
Just some pictures.....

Yesterday 2p.m.

Sleeping babies!

Flower

Belladonna

Dear Jane - Last border quilted!!!

Have a nice week-end. Hugs. Pink