I'm going to try so count me in for now!

I've been looking at the Dear Jane for about a month now. When I found her I immediately started collecting fabrics and told my hubby I want the software / book / rulers, for Christmas. This group will fit perfectly with my time frame. I'm in no hurry to finish but doing it with a group will help prevent my DJane from becoming a lost project. AND NOW I've had some inspiration concerning my DJane... I acquired my 85 yrold MotherInLaw's fabric stash to make her children and grandchildren quilts from her. I will use her stash to make my hubby a DearJane and I will name it GrandmaJane... Hubby and daughter liked this idea, but DD asked what will I do with the fabs I've collected .... I guess I can make me one too... however, by the time I finish a second one it may need to be called GreatGrandmaJane... HaHa

Thank you for starting this! I'm sincerely excited about it!

bought the software and made a few blocks before life got in the way. Will try to play along but I don't know if I will keep up. This thing called work keeps getting in the way of play time.

Bonny Hunter has loads of ideas for what to do with extra fabric stash! her website is: http://www.quiltville.com

NoraG and a few others... don't be worried about keeping up with 3 blocks a week. Remember these are only 4 1/2" blocks [eeek??] don't let the small pieces scare you either. There will be lots of support from your friends on the board here. There are also tutorials available online that will help & Brenda P [the creator of the patterns & book author] has wonderful tips on her site. I took part in a dear Jane block swap last winter and was able to sew 12 of a couple of the simpler blocks in just a couple of hours. I did pick a more challenging one to do and was glad a few people dropped out of our swap because I was able to cut back on the number of blocks to sew [but that was still done in less than a week and I was watching two grandchildren full time at the time.]

The last group had 4-5 scheduled weekly and many were able to keep up. I will look at the other sites that have a schedule and also rework the last list so that we start with only beginner levels and ease into the more difficult ones, keeping some of the easier blocks for later as well.

You can also decide to do it Jane Stickle's way - totally by hand. [not I] but I do have to share with you that my friend Mary who I am in a mini-quilt group with shared 30 or so of her Dear Jane blocks done totally by hand. The pieces are small enough where it doesn't become an ominous task - but you can relax while watching tv with DH. the finished product of a totally hand done quilt is truly so much softer [not that I will do it!! :roll: ] I love the look of the quilting @ the green fairy blog site & keep going back. There are other uses for my civil war fabrics, right?

Cre8tvlwyr thanks for the info. Guess I better get my DJ software and ruler so I'll be ready to start.

LOL. I thought for some insane reason that I needed to make 2 also so I thought that maybe I could do them at the same time, just make the same block twice. Why not?!?

I have decided on colors for the first: civil war pinks and browns with neutrals for the background and sashing. I bought a fat quarter collection years ago (I think it's called Charleston IV or V. I'll have to look).

I also have a bazillion other civil war prints for this project (was clearly in collecting phase) for trades if anyone is interested.

Can't wait!

How much do you buy per print? I've purchased from fatquarter to a yard. I've been very scattered. And that was just colored prints. I found out I should collect shirting? for contrast? 225 prints-225 contrasts? WOW!!! I like the earlier post where she purchased as she went and it kept her excited.

I've also been pondering making mine in shades of purple/violets. I'm just not sure I can find enough.

Anyway.... I'd be up for a DJane swap for those of us who are just starting???

I hand pieced my Jane's Journey & am now hand quilting her.

Kathy - that was actually my first choice too - it comes out so soft!! but that greenfairy blogsite that Chay posted still has me rethinking my fabric & sewing choices.

Is your DJ altogether - did you quilt the blocks using the QAYG technique and now finishing or did you put it together first?

making 2 is not as bad as some might think. i am doing 2 as well. one is called Scrappy Happy and the other is called Red singing the Blues. here's a few.