Dear Jane - Month 1

My final scheme for the Dear Jane quilts is to make the blocks with cream and gray backgrounds in a pattern ringing out from the center along with the bright fabrics provided as part of the club I joined through Kelly Ann's Quilting, taught by Doreen Johnson. I will also sporadically insert embroidery work into these blocks.

My background fabrics are on order, so I made some samples to test out the patterns and to work with the small pieces.  Each of these blocks is made at 5 inches, finishing in the quilt at 4.5 inches. I did a couple of "practice" blocks using black and white fabrics as my background and bright fabrics in a variety of colors and hues. Then I did one practice block with some embroidery incorporated.


Well, I then proceeded to make all thirteen of the blocks posted for October in the black/white/bright scheme. I do love how they look.

And I really like this version with the embroidery incorporated.








Here's the black and white blocks placed in the locations where they would appear in the quilt:

You see where this is going, right?  Yes, I am going to proceed with making two versions of the Dear Jane.  I may realize the insanity of it all and stop one of them part way through.  Hey, they're just 4.5" squares, right?

And here's the rest of the blocks with the black and white backgrounds: