More Dear Jane Blocks & Quilt Retreat!

I'm not sure how many years I'll be posting these Dear Jane blocks until I get a finished quilt but at least I am now past the halfway point - yay!! There are 225 blocks and I've finished 115. Our small group had a quilt retreat for a week and I got a lot accomplished that week.

 I had some ripping going on as the above corner triangles were all sewn incorrectly for starters. Oh well - life as a quilter.

 Four more triangles made . . .

Now this error took more than ripping. I had to make a whole new block. See how just a smidgen of being off with your 1/4" seam makes a difference with 4.5" blocks! The first one was TOO BIG and my friends would NOT let me get by with cutting all those outer points off - it would have looked pretty bad, wouldn't it have?? LOL! So, a REDO. Glad I did!

 Jane was working on her beautiful pineapple quilt - actually, just one of her projects.

Here is one of Nancy's projects - a patriotic quilt she had been saving to make for a while - turned out SO pretty!

 If you wonder why Nancy's quilts are so perfect - you can see above that she trims and resizes every block.

 This picture was not too clear but the quilt is beautiful - Gloria's curved blocks.

Wonda was making a large red and white scrappy quilt from a magazine pattern that when finished will have lots of stars in it!

 I did not get a picture of Gerry's blocks but she is making the Women of the Bible Quilt being shared at Little Quilts, using lots of batiks.

Happy Stitching!

Dear Jane Blocks and Camouflage Quilt

 I did manage to do a set in seam on this one! Maybe there is hope for my sewing skills - lol!

 Lots of appliqué to keep from piecing the curves.

 More applique . . .

and even more. Whoops, I see a tiny bit of red bleeding. May have to redo this block or at least try rinsing it again.

 This quilt was made for a special young man.

 I purchased the fabric on a Friday morning and made this quilt over the weekend.

 It was washed and to UPS by Monday afternoon.

 What a fun quilt to make and surprise a young man with some of his favorite interests on the quilt.

He was thrilled and I had the joy of making it for him! The pattern is Triple Treat Petite from Atkinson Designs book, Happy Hour. I resized the blocks to 12" for the size quilt I wanted to make.