Well Hello, Dear Jane

I am finally back home, hopefully for a few weeks before  I travel for work again. I was able to get to my Dear Jane club meeting today and I'm so inspired to get back to working on my quilts.

I chose a fairly simple paper pieced block to get back in the swing of things with the Dear Jane quilts I am working on -- block A5 in both of my color ways is done!

I have also decided to try the "quilt as you go" method with the black and white version, and I purchased the fabric for my sashing on the front and back. I will use the same black & white print as the backing as was used in the block. The sashing on the front is a black on white swirly print, and on the back I will use a black on black polka dot for the sashing. I think it will be fun to try this method and I hope to broaden my skills with machine quilting by doing this.

I hope to work on more of these tomorrow -- I have missed having time to work on them.