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Finished Baby Janes® October 4, 2004
"Finished is Better than Perfect."
Projects use Jane Stickle's patterns unless marked "DHannah"
or "QD" or are otherwise said to contain other patterns.
"A Dear Jane Odyssey" **** by Gail Stewart
of Kansas - color photos in the Manual and in
the "Quilt
Gallery" on DJ-CD - 225 patterns
"A Lucky Encounter" * by Junko Kawade
- color photo on page 37 of Dear Jane (DJ
p37)
"A Walk in the Garden" * by Kathleen Moak
of Tennessee - wall-hanging of 25 DHannah
flowers and
animals - on page 54 of Dear Hannah (DH p54)
"An Exercise in Color and Technique" **** by Elsie
Saar
- 225 patterns
"As the Millennium Turns" **** by Kathy Downie
of Illinois - color photo in "Quilt Gallery" of
the DJ-CD -
225 patterns
"At Peace With Time" **** by Bonnie Hunter
of South Carolina, who is enjoying time "right
now" instead
of "some day" - all 225 patterns
"Baby Jane Looking Through the Window" **** by Terri Gunn
color photo on page 87 of the Dear Jane book -
225 patterns
"Baby Janes IV - Millennium Janes" * by Valerie Derks - Mags Jenkins spotted this one at the National Quilt
Championship held at Sandown Park UK in June 2003 and
dubbed it "Winning Jane" because it had won a prize -
but don't the fans in the corners look like playing cards? -
perhaps a Winning Hand?
http://community.webshots.com/album/79403933gmDzzB "Back to 'Normal' in NYC" * by Betty Chen
in Forest Hills, NY - 49-block, 564-pieced
wall-hanging
- 4" blocks done between September 11, 2001 and
February
2002 while being told to "get back to living a
normal life"
- dj#1 - 49,0,0,564
"Balancing Act" **** by JoAnn Sheppard
of Keller,Texas - completed in 3 years,
while balancing family, faith & quilts - 225
patterns
"Baskets for Hannah" * by Gail Stewart
of Kansas - DHannah blocks
- color photo on page 140 of Dear Hannah (DH
p140)
"Baskets for Rebecca" *
In 2002, DJers made basket blocks for
Brenda's friend,
Rebecca Jo Hamilton, for whom DJ block J-12
is named.
- color photo in "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD
"Ben's Baskets" * by Brenda Papadakis
of Indiana - DJ p139 - on page 139 of Dear
Jane
"Bereshjit" **** by Tilde Binger
of Denmark - dj#1, title is Hebrew for
"Beginnings" -
225 patterns
"Blue Dear Jane" **** by Tutu Haynes-Smart
of South Africa - color photo in "Quilt
Gallery" on
DJ-CD - 225 patterns
"Boo Boo Jane" * by Carmela Thompson
in North Carolina - blocks from 2003 DJ Boo
Swap
"Boo Fun" * by pines -
made with Boo Blocks from Swap Mummy's 2003
Swap
http://community.webshots.com/album/91196194RgNFin
"Brown Dear Jane: Dear Eddie" **** by Tutu
Haynes-Smart
of South Africa - color photo in "Quilt Gallery" on
DJ-CD - 225 patterns
"But I'm a Goddess" **** by Barbara Feinstein, who is Emily's twin sister and who did ALL the triangles -
see also Finished Before Barbara's - 225
patterns
"Caitlin's Joy" * by Linda Lowery
of Alabama - aka "Redwork Jane" -
forty-eight 6" blocks
in reds joined together into 12 blocks
alternating with
four Sunbonnet Sue redwork blocks
"Carol's Rows of Sharing" * by Carol Honderich
in Indiana - 46"x40" - 1999-2000 -
blocks are done
in shades of blues and grays - set with
a pattern of
blue half-square triangles that makes
it sparkle! -
see photo on the DJ-CD in the "Project
Ideas"
under the section titled "My Jane
Journey" - part
of the Rows of Sharing round robin by
quilters of
the Maple Leaf Quilting Guild
"Caught in Jane's Web" * by Mary Becker
- 13 Boo blocks
"Challenge Jane" * by Jean Folkes
of Casa Grande, Arizona - made with
Hoffman Challenge
fabric for year 2000 - color photos in
the Manual and
in the "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD
"Christmas 2003" * by Marilyn in Northern California 2003 Christmas Swap blocks set on point with white sashing and red setting triangles
"Christmas 2003 Table Topper " * by Mary
Becker
- blocks from 2003 Christmas Swap in
Star setting
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=4120482
"Circle of Friends" * by Kari Schell
of Minnesota - 69"x61" May 2002 - DJ
block exchange -
blues and yellows - tribute to Kari's friends in the group that meet monthly at the Quilted Basket in Maple Grove, MN - color photo in "Project Ideas," in the section titled "My Jane Journey" on the DJ-CD
"Connections" * by Laura Chaskes
of West Virginia - 81 squares, tan
sashing/brown
cornerstones, tan/cw repro triangles,
hand-quilted
by her daughter, Ellen Wilcox
"Crazy Jane" * by Jan Miraglio
(was Jan Sisk) - wall-hanging -
tongue-in-cheek
reference to personal history, the focus
fabric, and
. . . "that I. too, have now become so
crazy I am doing
a 'Dear Jane' quilt!"
"Dancing in the Garden with Jane Tote Bag" * by del Hersey "Dear Allison" * by Karan Flanscha
(aka SadieRose) of Cedar Falls, Iowa - DHannah
blocks -
color photo on page 149 of Dear Hannah book
(DH p149)
"Dear Connie" * by "Genie" (Jeanne Meddaugh) - 12-block sampler for her sister Connie - cw repros "Dear Hannah Hooked Rug" * by Sandra Kandris of Iowa - DHannah blocks - color photo on page 122
of the Dear Hannah book (DH p122)
"Dear Jane 2" **** by Judy Armfield
of Eureka, Missouri - cw repros -
hand-pieced and
hand-quilted, and includes one block made
by Tilde
Binger of Denmark - 225 patterns
"Dear Jane Made With Friends" **** by Annette Austin,
who used fabrics and blocks from lots of
swaps
with friends on the DJ List
"Dear Jane Meets the Beatles" * by Janice Nelson
of Indiana - colorful blocks from
a Beatles-DJ
Round Robin - on DJ-CD in "Project
Ideas" under
"My Jane Journey" - includes close-ups
of blocks!!!
"Dear Jane Signature Quilt" * by Linda
Schnacke
of Texas - quilted by JaLonn
Carter-Stanley -
blocks from first three signature
swaps hosted by Mary
Chester on the Dear Jane Email
List, 1998-1999 - D-13
Field of Dreams blocks - reminders of
friends, prayers,
and life experiences - with
close-up photos of several
siggies, showing Linda's setting
and the quilting design -
on the DJ-CD in "Project Ideas" in the
section titled
"My Jane Journey"
"Dear Jane Table Topper" * by Judy Wright
of Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
- seven
interlocking circles of blocks and
triangles -
2001 DJ Spring Fling blocks [30s repros] and
solid triangles of 30s colors - on DJ-CD
in the
"Project Ideas" in the section titled "My
Jane
Journey" - DJ-CD includes instructions
on how
to make this project with 4-1/2" blocks -
pattern
is called "Jack's Chain" or "Rosalia's Flower
Garden"
"Dear Jane 'With a Little Help from my Friends' " *
by Fran Hathaway
of Indiana - earth tones - mostly
browns, dark reds,
dark greens, and tans - sashed with black
- with multi-
colored cornerstones - 120 square DJ blocks
- photos
in the Manual and in the "Quilt Gallery" on
DJ-CD
"Dear Mags - Wrapped in the Warmth of Friendship" *
- in 2003, Quilters on the DJ List made and
sent a
combination of D-13 siggie blocks and other
DJ blocks -
Jane's Tears, Hannah Lou's Hearts and
Josepha's
Jonquils - to Caroline Van Maele in
Belgium, who made
them into a tied quilt backed with flannel
"to comfort
Mags (Margaret Jenkins in Wales) on
the loss of her
father . . . when winter comes"
http://community.webshots.com/user/carolinevanmaele
Dick and Jane" * by Mary Ellen in
Connecticut
169 square DJ blocks with applique border
completed 2006 - received
3rd place in the "pieced
catagory" of the Association
of Connecticut Fairs
spring meeting - 30s fabrics
- TATW -
"Distant Star" by Lu Ann Krug,
of Indiana - machine quilted by Cathy
Franks of Indiana -
DHannah blocks - on page 35 of Dear
Hannah (DH p35)
"DJ from Hungary by Unknown Quilter" **** -
Margaret Jenkins photographed this Dear Jane
goddess quilt at the Festival of Quilts in
Birmingham, England, in August 2003
http://community.webshots.com/album/79403933gmDzzB "Eaton's Crossroads" * by Brenda Papadakis
color photo on page 109 of Dear Jane book (DJ
p109)
"Edith Darlene" **** by Edith Shandolt
of Indiana - DHannah goddess quilt - 225 patterns
-
on cover of Dear Hannah, a book by Brenda
Papadakis -
- also on page 19 of Dear Hannah (DH p19)
"Enduring Freedom" ****
aka "The President's Quilt" or "The GWB Quilt"
Blocks were made by Dear Jane Friends world-wide,
to be presented to President & Mrs. Bush for
their
leadership and guidance following the tragic
events of
September 11, 2001 - pieced by the Maple Leaf
Quilt Guild,
Goshen Indiana - quilted by Cathy Franks of
Indianapolis.
Note: The GWB quilt will not be presented to them until
AFTER he has left office..... this allows them
to keep
and take the quilt to their home due to so
many rules
for gifting the president.
It contains all 225 patterns. It's square blocks
are
blue-and-white and red-and-white, triangles are
all red
on white, as are the corner kites, all set
against navy blue
sashing, solid triangles and scallops. The is a
color photos
in the Manual and in the "Quilt Gallery" on
the DJ-CD.
"European Jane" * DJ and DHannah blocks made by European Dear Jane members and given to Brenda Papadakis - top assembled by Claire Baker - machine quilted by Cathy Franks
- color photo on page 93 of Dear Hannah (DH p93)
"Every Home Should Have a Jane" * by Jeanne Meddaugh,
"Genie" of - wall-hanging - aka "Every Home" -
approximately 21"x27" - using twelve 2-1/4" DJ
blocks
set inside 4-1/2" House Blocks - made for "Ugly
Fat
Quarter" challenge at a DJ retreat - the address
above each door is its DJ block number - in
"Project
Ideas" in the section titled "My Jane Journey"
on the DJ-CD
"Falling Feathers" * by Natalie from Australia - 32 blocks - 2003 Fall Frolic - wallhanging http://www.natquilt.com/gallery/quilts/ffswap/ffquilt.htm
"Finished Before Barbara's" * by Emily Klainberg,
who is Barbara's twin sister - see also "But I'm a Goddess" "First Try Jane" * by Bente Deutz
dj#1 - 64 blocks
"Flying Geese for Brenda" * by Jennifer Perkins
of Iowa - DHannah wall-hanging -
color photo on page 14 of Dear Hannah (DH p14)
"For Debbra - In War and Peace Again" **** by Theresa Miller
- 225 patterns
"For Emily - Sweetest Jane" **** by Theresa Miller
in southern Ohio - for DGD Emily - 225
patterns
"Forget Me Not - A Tribute to Jane Stickle" **** by Vicki Fallon of Medford, New Jersey - cw repros -
color photos in the Manual and in the "Quilt
Gallery
on the DJ-CD - 225 patterns
"Fran's Rows of Sharing" * by Fran Hathaway
of Goshen, Indiana, 35"x42" - using her own
hand-dyed
fabrics - brights against a dark background -
1999-
2000 - round robin DJ swap blocks - color
photo on
DJ-CD in the "Project Ideas" under the
section titled
"My Jane Journey" - part of the Rows of
Sharing round
robin by quilters of the Maple Leaf Quilting
Guild
"Friends" * by Judy Day
in Australia and Vickie Fallon of New Jersey -
hand-quilted by Virginia Bonenkamp Indiana -
currently in collection of Brenda Papadakis -
9-block wall-hanging of DHannah blocks -
color photo on page 72 of Dear Hannah (DH p72)
"Frosty Meets Jane" * by DJ group of Nebraska - quilt guild's charity auction for Dec 2003 "Generations of Jane" **** by Susan Stewart
of Prince Edwards Island - 225 patterns
"Grandma and Me" * by Pam Austin
- DHannah appliqué blocks done in redwork embroidery,
in a modified-Irish-Chain setting - embroidered
by Pam
Austin of California - assembled by
Kathleen Springer of
Indiana - handquilted by Amish friends, Mary
and Salome,
in Pennsylvania - currently in the collection
of Brenda
Papadakis - photo on page 100 of Dear Hannah (DJ p100) "Hannah's Garden" * by Gay Bomers
of Michigan - DHannah appliqué blocks
- appliquéd onto
white blocks, with dark sashings and navy
scalloped inner
border - quilted by Tammy Finkler of Michigan -
photo on page 129 of Dear Hannah book (DH
p129)
"Hannah's Homespuns" * by Brenda Papadakis
- photo on page 160 of Dear Jane (DJ p160)
"Happy Birthday, Jane!" * by Deb Kloss - dj #3 - spring fling blocks - 30s repros - tatw - yo-yos on the border are made of antique feedsack fabrics from her friend JoAnn Atkins - using 30s reproduction fabrics in springtime colors to celebrate Jane's birthday, April 8th - currently hanging in her friend's quilt shop - creating more Janers in the Minneapolis area "Ho Ho Ho - Jane Meets Santa" * by Roswitha in Austria
- small DJ wall hanging
"Homage to Jane" **** by Claire Oehler
of New York - color photos in the Manual and in
the
"Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD - 225 patterns
"Homage to Jane Sickle and Mary Evans" * by Brenda Papadakis
- aka "Baltimore Jane" - color photos in
the Manual and
in the "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD
"Homespun Jane" **** by Pat Stratman
- border of crazy quilt triangles
"Hot Coffee" * by Diane Rode Schneck
of New York, New York - DH p72 - wall-hanging
of DHannah's coffee cup block I-8
"Huswif" * by Brenda Papadakis
of Indiana - roll-up case for sewing supplies -
aka "A Civil War Needle Case" - the instructions
for making this project is on the DJ-CD in
"Project
Ideas" in the sections titled "My Jane Journey"
"I Fall to Pieces" * by Jody Marker
in Alaska - wall-hanging made of Fall Frolic 2003
swap blocks, set on point - 70"x75"
http://community.webshots.com/user/jodym54
"I Weep With You, Jane" * by Susan Pieper
- photo on page 75 of the Dear Jane (DJ p75)
"Imagine" * by Edith Shanholt - started July 2001 - top finished May 2002 - Beatles Exchange Blocks in bright colors - mixing Beatles songs with DJ blocks, including some DJ triangles drafted into 4-1/2" squares - added 4 diamonds - on the DJ-CD in the "Projects Idea" in the section titled "My Jane Journey"
"In Changing Times" **** by Karrin Hurd
in Roseville, California - 225 patterns
http://community.webshots.com/user/patches81 "In Changing Times" **** by Sarah Francis
of Greenville, Texas - color photos in
the Manual and in
the "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD - variety
of white and
off-white backgrounds - 225 patterns
"In Ohio" **** by Tracy Craven
- dj#1 - cw repros - made in Ohio - plus "In
Ohio" fit
easily onto the Signature Kite - Tracy admits she
"was
too chicken too eat the massive amounts
of chocolate"
needed to conquer the scallops - 225 patterns
"In Our Time" **** by Diane Rode Schneck
(PhabPhanNYC) and Judy Doenias,
both of New York - aka "Technicolor Jane" -
reflects several life-changing events that
happened
to us and to the world "in our time" - color
photos in
the Manual and in the "Quilt Gallery" on
the DJ-CD -
225 patterns
"In The Manner of Jane" * by Brenda Papadakis
- color photo in the "Quilt Gallery" on the
DJ-CD - can
also be seen in Simply Quilts episode
titled "The Romance
of Chintz" and featuring Brenda and her book,
Dear Jane
"In Time of Change" **** by Fiona Brown,
whose life changed a great deal in the 2-1/2
years while
she was completing this quilt - including a
major career
change and her mother's death - Fiona says she
"became
a completely different person, outside and
inside" -
225 patterns
"In Time of Friendship" **** by Linda Franz
of Burlington Ontario and Naples Florida -
144 DJ
squares, entirely hand-pieced, hand-appliquéd
and hand-
quilted by Linda Franz - completed in just 362
days,
January 1998 to January 1999 - while her father
was ill -
using two fabrics - a gray, blue, and
purple with a silver
leaf-and-vine design on a background of a
white on white -
won 3 ribbons at the Naples Quilters Guild Show
in Feb
1999, Best in Show at the Vermont Quilt
Festival in
July 1999, and First Place Traditional Pieced
Amateur
in AQS Show in Paducah in April 2000 - Linda's
first
bed-sized quilt - our first goddess quilt
- color photos
in the Manual - also in "Quilt Gallery" on the
DJ-CD
"In Time of Joy" **** by Connie Lukacs
of Michigan - a joyous 3-years - photos in
the Manual
and in the "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD - 225
patterns
"In Time of Sorrow" * by Gail Stewart
of Kansas - blues and white, 25 squares, 18
triangles, and
4 kites - color photos in the Manual and
in the "Quilt
Gallery" on the DJ-CD
"In War Time 1863" **** by Jane A. Stickle
- 225 patterns - aka "Sampler" or "THE QUILT" -
not a "Baby Jane," but the original "Mother
Quilt" -
full quilt is shown on homepage of www.dearjane.com
and on page 6 of Dear Jane (DJ p6) - close-ups of
the
blocks can be found on nearly every page of
Brenda's
book, Dear Jane, and also on Elsie Saar's website
-
"In War Time, There is a Refuge" * by Mary Lou
Blumling
of Pennsylvania - presented at the Dear Jane Reunion at Gettysburg in July 2003 - wallhanging of 47 Dear Jane blocks, finished with prairie points along the edge - one block includes the hand-print of Mary Lou's 5-year-old granddaughter who "assisted" - the center
block is embroidered with a Bible verse, John
3:16, and
a quilted cross - dedicated to those who
perished
"Inspiration Jane" * by Kathie Wittstock
in Medina, Ohio - nine-block wallhanging in her
sewing room
to inspire her to work on the 2 full-size baby
Janes she
is working on - one in cw repros and one in
indigos
"It's Black and White and Red All Over" **** by Mitzie Lepka of Maryland - 225 patterns http://community.webshots.com/photo/84275587/84394482HhoiMc "Jane Among the Leaves" * by Mary Becker
in western New York State - combining 29 DJ Fall
Frolic blocks and 26 maple-leaf blocks from the
Featherweight Fanatics 2002 Maple-Leaf Swap
blocks
"Jane, Black and White and Something Else!" *
by Babette
Moorleghen -
small wallhanging - black and white 19th-Century repros,
with Rebecca's Baskets in the 4 corners -
also with
green and deep wine appliqué in each of the
baskets -
done for a challenge in her local guild
"Jane, Brenda, and Me" **** by Eilleen Horgan
of Winthrop, Massachusetts - color photo
in Manual
and in the "Quilt Gallery" of the DJ-CD - 225
patterns
http://community.webshots.com/photo/84275587/84421141zMTPHX "Jane Geometry" **** by Synnøve in Norway
- 225 patterns
"Jane Goes to Rideau Hall" * by Suzanne Dumontel - small table center of four K-13 (Brandon's Star)
blocks, set on point - to honor the Governor
General of
Canada when she visited Suzanne's community in
south-
west Saskatchewan in September 2001 - Rideau Hall
is the official residence of Governor General
"Jane In The Box" * by "Genie" (Jeanne Meddaugh) - peek-a-boo wall hanging made for 2002-03 Ugly FQ
Challenge in Shipshe
"Jane of My Heart" * by Cheryl Rogers
of Ames, Iowa - heart-shaped wall-hanging
- photos
in the Manual and in the "Quilt Gallery" on
DJ-CD
"Jane on Safari" * by Kaye England
- color photo on page 126 of Dear Jane (DJ
p126)
"Jane Sings the Blues" **** by Mary Ellen Zeitz
in Connecticut - 2nd place at Northeast Quilt
Festival
2003 - a variety of blue fabrics - 225 patterns
http://community.webshots.com/user/mezeitz "Jane Strikes Again" **** by Connie Clark
of Indiana - color photos in the Manual and in
the
"Quilt Gallery" on DJ-CD - 225 patterns
"Jane's Got the Blues" * by Deb Kloss -
dj#2 - sweatshirt jacket - 59 blocks, 818 pieces
-
with a matching shirt that has 3 more blocks on
it
"Jane's Magic in Black" * = by Marie Troyer
in the "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD
"Jane's Summer Cottage" * by Claire Baker
of Indiana - pinks, blues, yellows, square blocks
set on point with appliqué at corners and a
prairie
point border - color photo in Manual and in the
"Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD
"Jingle Jane 2003" * by Mary Hickory
of St. Louis, Missouri -
Christmas swap blocks set into red and green stars http://community.webshots.com/user/maryhickory "Life is Full of Challenges" * by Rosemary Youngs
of Michigan - color photo in the Manual and in
the
"Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD
"Lost in the 30s" **** by Wenche Martinsen -
"I lost my heart to these fabrics." - 225 patterns "Love & Friendship" * by Linda Franz - QD - diamonds based on DJ blocks and others - completed in December 2000 - 2 fabrics - a wow and a blue oriental blossom print from Kona Bay Fabrics - entirely hand-pieced, hand-appliquéd and hand-quilted by Linda Franz of Burlington Ontario and Naples Florida - won 3 ribbons at the Naples Quilters' Guild Show in February 2001, First Place at the Vermont Quilt
Festival in July 2001, juried into Paducah and
Houston -
featured in "Quilted Diamonds: Jane Austen,
Jane
Stickle & Friends," a book by Linda Franz,
March 2002
"Love at First Sight" * by Chieko Matsuura
on page 46 of Dear Jane book (DJ p46)
"Major Work for a mini-jane" **** by Claire Baker
of Indiana - 225 patterns
"Many Hands Make Light Work" ****
DHannah goddess quilt - 225 Dear Hannah blocks
-
by Gail Stewart and others - Claire Baker,
Tilde Binger,
Virginia Bohnenkamp, Irene Carrig, Val
Champ, Mary
Chester, Alice Curtis, Susanne
Ellenberger, Vickie Fallon,
Karan Flanscha, Elaine Frey, Carol Honderich,
Rockie Ivins,
Susanne Kleen, Marcie Knudson, Susan Kraftcheck,
Jeane
Tucker, and Nancy Zinni - quilted by Amish
friends, Salome
and Mary - in the collection of Brenda Papadakis
- color
photo on page 14 of the Dear Hannah book (DH p14)
"Mark, Meet Jane" **** = DeAnna Millett coverlet - no batting - backing heavy flannel, warm and
cozy - 225 patterns
"My Blue and Yellow Tabletopper" * by del Hersey "My Dear Jane" * by Eleanor Mueller
of Michigan - DJ and DHannah blocks -
195 squares and 64 triangles
"My Heart is Home in a Country Garden" * by Alice Curtis
of NY - strippy quilt - approximately 73"x59"
-
uses DJ TRIs as flying geese - with some Jeana
Kimball appliqué blocks down the center - top
completed
Oct 2002 - color photo in "Project Ideas" in
the
section titled "My Jane Journey" on the DJ-CD
"My Journey with Jane" **** by Cathy Washburn
of Sarasota, Florida - completed January 2000 -
color photos in the Manual and in "Quilt Gallery"
on the DJ-CD - 225 patterns
"My Journey with Jane" **** by Claire Baker
of Indiana - began 1998 - color photos in
the Manual
and in the "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD - 225
patterns
"My Salute to Jane A. Stickle" **** by Jane Crutchfield of Massachusetts - color photos in the Manual and
in the "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD - 225
patterns
"Neon Jane" **** by Claire Baker
of Indiana - goddess quilt completed in
less than 4 months -
using less than half as much fabric
- machine appliquéd
using fusible webbing
and machine blanket-stitch - unveiled
at Shipshewana in May of 2004 - 225
patterns
"Neutral Jane - To the Nines" * by Edith Shanholt
of Indiana - in the "Quilt Gallery" on the
DJ-CD
http://community.webshots.com/photo/84275587/84420477zGZaUF "New Beginnings" **** by Laurie Wellington
of Pennsylvania - acknowledging changes in
life -
225 patterns
"On Pilgrimage with Jane" **** by Chris Lawrance of Adelaide, South Australia - finished in 2002 -
225 patterns
"Perseverance" **** by Mary Althaus
of Whitewater, Wisconsin - color photos Manual
and in "Quilt Gallery" of DJ-CD - 225 patterns
"Pieces of Life" **** by Dana Lynch
of Missouri - hand-quilted by Carol Honderich -
color photos in Manual and in the "Quilt Gallery"
on the DJ-CD - 225 patterns
"Pieces of Me" **** = Ellen in Florida (ellenr) - 225 patterns "Quoth the Raven, "Never More" * by Denyse Eisenhardt - Boo blocks from MsMummy's 2003 swap - Denyse
"will never again quilt on color with black
thread"
"Rebecca's Baskets" * by Rebecca Hamilton
- on DJ-CD #30 in quilt gallery - basket
blocks set
on point in vertical rows - color photos
in Manual and
in the "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD
"Remember Me" **** by Val Champ
of Ontario - 30s repro fabrics - with yo-yos in
appliqué
borders made of authentic 30s feedsacks - sashing
is
machine quilted, but rest is hand-quilted, took
over 4
years to complete - this quilt is dedicated to
the Memory
of "my Father, my Granddaughter Mia, and my dear
friend
Doug, his wife Tanya and their son Brandon, who
all died
while I was stitching her together" - 225
patterns
"Roberta and Jane" **** by Liezbeth Gottschall
in Abbenbroek in The Netherlands - plaids and
stripes
to honor Roberta Horton - machined appliquéd
with
roses - 225 patterns
"Rock-a-bye Sweet Baby Jane" * by Carmela Thompson
of North Carolina - 10" blocks, J-3 and E-1,
blues/greens
http://community.webshots.com/user/carmnc
"Rows of Sharing" * by Edith Shanholt
of Indiana - used William Morris fabrics
- Nov 1999
to May 2000 - color photo in the "Project
Ideas"
in the section titled "My Jane Journey" on the
DJ-CD
"Rows of Sharing" * by Janis Nelson
of Indiana - 37"x37" - 1999-2000 - Americana
colors
(browns, blues, off-whites) and 2000 millennium
fabrics -
color photo in the "Project Ideas" under
section titled
"My Jane Journey" on the DJ-CD
"Rows of Sharing" * by Marie Troyer
of Indiana - approximately 41"x36" - finished
June 2000 -
round robin DJ swap blocks with quilters from the Maple
Leaf Quilters Guild - using Fabri and Moda fabrics
-
appliqué borders - in the "Project Ideas"
under "My
Jane Journey" on the DJ-CD
"Sara Eleanora" * - by Tilde Binger
of Denmark - DHannah blocks - machine-quilted
by Cathy
Franks - photo on page 82 of Dear Hannah (DH
p82)
"Scratchie Jane" **** by Samantha Rowan
in New York - ". . . named partly after my
rabbit, because
we got her shortly before I began the quilt -
and whenever
I spread out what I had already completed so
that I could
choose the next row of blocks, Scratch would do
little
happy jumps all over the top, sometimes
scattering blocks
that weren’t joined together yet and fabric
everywhere.
It was really cute!" - 225 patterns
"Seasons of Memories" **** by Maria (SheMeows)
- 225 patterns
http://www.geocities.com/mlbatres/ckn.htm
"She Speaks To My Heart" * by Alice Curtis
of New York - color photo in Manual and in
"Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD - 25 square
blocks and
the 4 corners with Celtic knot appliqué on the
border
http://community.webshots.com/photo/84275587/84421338kayIlh "Signature Blocks" * by Edith Shanholt
in Indiana - 68"x68" - blocks from 1999-2000 DJ
Siggie
Swaps - top stitched May 2001 - TATW -
with close-up
views of some of the Siggies - in
"Project Ideas" in the
section titled "My Jane Journey" on the DJ-CD
"Signature Swap" * by Elaine Frey
of Indiana - started Feb 1999 - finished Feb
2001 -
combined blocks from 3 siggie swaps - sashed in
black
with hand-dyed cornerstones and appliquéd
borders -
with close-up photos of several very decorative siggies - on the DJ-CD in "Project Ideas" in the section titled "My Jane Journey" "Spring Fling 2001" * by Mary Hickory
of St. Louis, Missouri
http://community.webshots.com/user/maryhickory
"Springtime Fun" * by Elaine Frey
of Indiana - 34"x29" - finished Nov 2000 - Spring
Fling
swap blocks - 30s fabrics on white - yo-yo flowers in the borders - on DJ-CD in "Project Ideas," which is in the section titled "My Jane Journey"
"Square Fair" * by Pamela Bishop
illustrated on page 26 of the Dear Jane book
"Stained Jane" **** by Edith Shanhold
of Indiana - bright "stained glass" colors on
black
background - color photo in Manual and on DJ-CD -
225 patterns
"Stitches in Time: The Turn of The Century" **** by "Cj Spensley"
- Caroljoy Michener Spensley of Illinois - color
photo in
Manual and in the "Quilt Gallery" of
the DJ-CD - jewel-
tones on white background - triangles on 3 sides
only -
225 patterns
"Sunset Jane" * by Cheryl Rogers
in Iowa - quilted by Bonnie Hunter - color photo
in
Manual and in the "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD
"Suzanne Meets Jane" **** by Suzanne Dumontel - each block and triangle is done in a different batik on a cream-on-cream background - 225 patterns "Teatime with Hannah" * by Mary Althaus
of Florida and Wisconsin - uses DHannah's
floral appliqué
blocks - color photo on page 122 of Dear Hannah
(DH p122)
"TGIF - Thank Goodness It's Finished" * by Susanne Kleen -
DHannah blocks - on page 13 of Dear Hannah book
(DH p13)
"Thanks Again * by Kathleen Schaffer Saunders -
DHannah blocks - photo on page 60 of Dear Hannah
(DH p60)
"Thanks for the Memories" * by Kathy Saunders -
color photo on page 66 of Dear Jane book (DJ p66)
"The Reject Quilt" * -
aka "Finished is NOT Better Than Perfect" -
Claire Baker collected rejected DJ blocks
from other
DJers and pieced them into a quilt top which was
then
machine-quilted by Cathy Franks of Indiana
"The Spirit of Jane Stickle" ****
made by "Friends of Dear Jane" for Brenda
Papadakis -
color photo in the Manual and in "Quilt Gallery"
on
DJ-CD - also on the Simply Quilts episode titled
"Romance of Chintz" and which features Brenda and
her
book, Dear Jane - 225 patterns - reds, blues and
lights
"These are a Few of My Favorite Things" * by Jody Marker
in Alaska - hand-appliquéd blocks done while
visiting
her Dad in Yuma, Arizona, a month before he died
http://community.webshots.com/user/jodym54 "Thimbleberries Jane (Sampler)" * by Mary Hickory
of St. Louis
http://community.webshots.com/user/maryhickory http://community.webshots.com/user/jodym54 "Through the Windows of Jane" * by Gypsy - black with multi Bali batik - 2 years to finish
"Through Thick and Thin" * by Connie Clark
of Sheridan, Indiana - uses DHannah blocks -
color photo on page 39 of Dear Hannah book (DH
p39)
"Touching Generations" **** by Jane Stickle Crosier
("indyJane") of Indiana - Jane Stickle's
great-niece -
quilt took 4 years to complete - color photo
in Manual
and in the "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD
- scrappy
squares are sashed in white - white "solid"
triangles -
scalloped edge - 4425 pieces - 225 patterns
"Treasured Memories" **** by Susan Kraftcheck
of Ontario - 225 patterns
"Triangularis" * by Pamela Bishop
- color photo on page 98 of Dear Jane book (DJ
p98)
"Trick or Treat Paco" * by Judy Brown
of Carmichael, CA - wall-hanging - BOO
Blocks from
MsMummy's 2003 Swap - Paco is Judy's Bichon
Frise
"Two Sides of Jane" **** by Sharyn in Kalama -
five fabrics - gold, green, red and two prints -
on a variety of light colored backgrounds -
with
a jaunty G-6 about which she says "I only made
Papa's Star 3 times before I decided life was
short
and I needed to get on with it." - both
sides are in
the "Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD - 225 patterns
http://community.webshots.com/user/kalamaquilts
"Vertical Jane in the 1930s" * by Marie Troyer
of Indiana - 30s colors, 3 rows of 5 DJ blocks on
point
alternating with 2 rows of appliquéd vines and
flowers -
Round Robin project sponsored by the Maple Leaf
Quilt
Guild - contains pieced panels made by Fran
Hathaway,
Elaine Frey, Carol Honderich - with appliqué
panels
by Marie Troyer - color photo in Manual and in
the
"Quilt Gallery" on the DJ-CD
"When Holly Left Home" * by Jeannie Hoyt
color photo on page 56 of Dear Jane book (DJ p56)
"Yankee Doodle Jane" * by Jean Folkes and Karan
Flanscha,
with help of 48 other Janiacs - quilt now belongs to Penny and Dean, the owners of Electric Quilt "Yearning for Peace" * by Sheridan Walter
of Pennsylvania
155 Finished Baby Jane Projects (including 58 goddess quilts)
And these are only the ones we know about!!!
Tell us about yours!
Please send additions & corrections to Carly Davis at
johnwt@ev1.net.
Contact me also to see an even longer list of Baby Jane Names
-
including over 300 WIPs - Works in Progress,
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LEGEND:
**** = goddess quilt (usually all 225 patterns)
* = other completed projects
30s = 1930s repros
cw = Civil War repros
DJ = Dear Jane (refers to Brenda Papadakis' book) dj#1 = a person's 1st. DJ project dj#2 = a person's 2nd. DJ project dj#3 = ..third project, etc . etc. etc DJ-CD = Dear Jane Quilt Design Software by EQ
DJ-CD Manual = manual for EQ's Dear Jane Software
DJ p6 = illustrated on page 6 of the Dear Jane book
DH = Dear Hannah (refers to Brenda Papadakis' 2nd book) DH p14 = illustrated on page 14 of the Dear Hannah book
EQ = The Electric Quilt Company
www.electricquilt.com
Manual = instruction book for EQs DJ Software
repros = reproduction fabrics
QD = Quilted Diamonds (refers to Linda Franz' book)
QD2 = Quilted Diamonds 2 (Linda's 2nd book - with DVD)
tatw = Trip Around The World color scheme
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Snapshots of some of these projects can be found at Susanne Kleen's Janiac webpages at http://www.janiac.com/djlinks.html [100+ links]. Professional photos of many of the completed quilts are on the DJ-CD,
available from
www.dearjane.com, click on "Shop."
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Autographed copies of the books "Dear Jane" and "Dear Hannah"
can
be purchased directly from Brenda at
www.dearjane.com,
click on "Shop."
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Find out more about "Quilted Diamonds" and "Quilted Diamonds
2"
at www.lindafranz.com -
see "shopping info" for details on ordering.
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Many thanks to KIMBERLY IN KENTUCKY for doing a short survey of DJ Quilt Names. Her survey inspired this project.
Likewise, huge bouquets of roses go to ANDREA NELSON,
who, in
2003, turned Kim's survey into this project containing over
300 names.
Names have been collected from dj list, dj archives, janiac
page, webshots, various websit |