My Dear Jane Journey

In a previous post I wrote about the Dear Jane quilt. Well, I have finally taken pictures and posted them. You can view all of them here.

I am completely hand sewing the blocks and using Civil War reproduction fabrics. I have been working on this quilt on and off (mostly off) for nine years. It is a great little thing to work on while watching TV.

I only have 27 complete out of the 225 blocks.

If you have been working on a Dear Jane quilt, please post the web address where others can view your pictures in the Comment section.

New Direction

I have come to the decision to change the direction of this blog. It was beginning to interfere with the reason I started it in the first place - to encourage myself to quilt more.

I enjoy researching and trying new techniques, but that was all I was doing. I was not finishing any of my current projects, nor was I starting any new ones. I was only researching and creating wall hangings so I could write about the technique.

I also came to the realization that I was spending a lot of my free time promoting this blog, checking statistics, and thinking of new ways that I could update more (because more updates meant more readers).

I attempted to make this blog about the readers, but that is not the reason I started it. I know it is selfish, but I started this blog for me - because I wanted to do more with my quilting and my writing. I have decided to make this blog more personal. If this is not to your taste, I understand why you would unsubscribe, though I hope some of you choose to stick around to witness (and hopefully enjoy) my quilting journey.