Well, that does look fantastic all laid out in a group!!! On the dark one..I think just replace the very outer edges with the white...it will fit then I think. I just love all your special fussy cutting, it really shows up well. Certainly worth the time!

Thanks Patti, it was a bit of a swine to do so will try with the white muslin I just found first and then if its no good will have to do it again. Boo hoo

Rather than redo that dark one, make some more, then it won't look lonely or out of place, Elle. There are quite a few that have a lot of colour in them in the original - D1, D6, J2, M13 for instance. (plus a lot more).

Yes but its swiggly in the middle as well. But I will have a look at the blocks you are talking about.

Thanks Elle

So I bought some background fabric today. I am going to try and start on the current week and work backwards to catch up, but I can only do blocks I have fabric for too!! :) I am able to make block M-1 from this week in the blue and orange quilt, so i made it in my practice fabrics first. (Which will end up being a rainbow quilt). Hope you don't mind me sharing my very first Dear Jane block ....

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It was fun, but wow this is gonna be hard huh?? hehe Guess it's good I am making a practice quilt too. :)

Cheers!
Rachel

Well done Rachel, looking good. We did start with some easy ones first, I have found some of the blocks a bit tetchy to do as the weeks went on, Good luck, look forward to seeing more of your Rainbow

Looks good to me Rachel, you have taken the first step.

Pretty,lovely,gorgeous

Thanks everyone! I had to unsew only twice, but I think it helps to know that this is my practice quilt as I can make my mistakes here and then *hopefully* do them right on the orange and blue quilt.

I was able to find some Kona cotton at Joanns, I used a 50% off coupon so I got it for $3. Since Kaufman themselves came on here and said they never sell lower grade material to anyone, I am not worried about buying the fabric there. But they don't have all the shades I need, so I'll have to buy some online too I think. But if I can save myself some cost by buying in person, may as well.

My question for you is this. I am not usually a pre-washer, but I feel like I should for this quilt, however, the very thought of washing and subsequently ironing an eight yard piece of fabric makes me want to hurl. LOL I guess I could wait to iron when I actually cut a piece to make the block, but still. I also have a lot of fabrics that people gave me that are small, so I am not sure how I could wash those. Does anyone have sugegstions for this? Should I wash my fabrics? If so how could I wash the smaller pieces?

Thanks!!
Rachel