Opinions on the Dear Jane Software?
02-12-2015, 10:48 PM
#11
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Oregon
Posts: 685
I like the software for the paper piecing patterns. I find paper piecing to be sooooo much easier on these tiny blocks. You could make your own pp pattern from the book, but why when you can let the software do it for you. Printing out patterns is all I do with the software though, I found anything else too frustrating to bother with.
02-13-2015, 03:51 AM
#12
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 4,783
Agree! Otherwise plan to be doing a lot of tracing and measuring from the book.
02-13-2015, 05:59 AM
#15
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 17,760
Great that you can change the size of the blocks, beyond the original Jane sizes.
Plus that you can change the proportions from square, to rectangulars.
I see it as a program that can be used way beyond my actual DJ project ...... now at 121 completed
02-14-2015, 05:03 AM
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,018
.........oh but there are so many things you can do, other than DJ!
Great that you can change the size of the blocks, beyond the original Jane sizes.
Plus that you can change the proportions from square, to rectangulars.
I
I see it as a program that can be used way beyond my actual DJ project ...... now at 121 completed
Great that you can change the size of the blocks, beyond the original Jane sizes.
Plus that you can change the proportions from square, to rectangulars.
I
I see it as a program that can be used way beyond my actual DJ project ...... now at 121 completed
At the time I purchased it, I was confused about its installation and application and the creator of the program helped me thru it......it is indeed a sanity saver.......
02-14-2015, 08:56 AM
#19
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Tampa, Florida
Posts: 823
I've almost finished my third DJ. I know there are a lot of people who only use the book, but I have a feeling I wouldn't have finished my first DJ if I'd had to trace the blocks and figure out the placement of the pieces for paperpiecing or other ways of putting together those tiny little pieces of fabric. The software and the "that quilt" website helped me make almost every block. Another bonus of the software for me was that after using it for several months, I purchased EQ 7 and it was so much easier to learn. The DJ software was sort of like training wheels.
02-14-2015, 08:58 AM
#20
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Missoui
Posts: 242
At the time I was checking out Dear Jane there was a web site with a message board. A lot of help from those working on their own quilt. Many of the blocks you will just know. I just played with some of them and did not make the quilt. The software is very helpful. Drat, my program was for XP and probably not for Windows 7 and 8.
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