Shoulder Janes

Some people talk about having an angel and a devil that sit on their shoulder and whisper things into their ear.  I think I have shoulder quilts.  DJ keeps whispering in my ear and telling me it's time to step away from the Nearly Insane and The Morrell and focus on her for a while.  I've also been looking at the following Dear Jane BOM for 2012 at Stitchin'Heaven and thinking 'will I, won't I'.  My current sad and sorry attempt at the Dear Jane is a scrap quilt (or at least I hope it will be some day, but seeing as I've only managed to make five blocks so far...).  I'm leaning towards 'I will' - I'm thinking that receiving a fabric bundle each month will help keep me on track/task with this one : )

Dear Jane

I started working on a Dear Jane about four or five months ago.  I thought it would be a fun way to use up a lot of the scraps I have left over from other projects that are too small to use in 'something big', but that I am much too attached to to merely throw out. I'm using quilter's muslin as my background and a variety of fabrics for the top - some with stories, some not.

The yellow in the star block and the green in the circle block are fabrics I used in a 'farm' quilt I made when I was about 15.  So nice to be able to put the leftovers to good use.

The pink is also from the 'farm' quilt, and the yellow in the star is leftover from a quilt I made for my brother and sister-in-law as a wedding present.

This block took me ages to finish - so fiddly.

I also signed up to a DJ mailing list and it's been really great to see what other people are doing with their    'Jane Journey'.  Being a part of the 2011 Secret Pal is also proving to be fun!

Two sites I really find useful for DJ are:
http://www.dearjane.com/
http://thatquilt.blogspot.com/