Sadie Rose: Top Left Corner Kite

Sadie Rose - Top Left Corner Kite

___ pieces

6 fussy cuts???

I won't know the piece count until I decide how I'm making the rest of the block.

I had fun stitching my favorite textile critters and a few flowers into this block.

I think the English paper piecing reduced the number of pieces, because I left out the eight triangles.

Goshen: Bottom Left Corner Kite

Goshen - Bottom Left Corner Kite

74 pieces

2 fussy cuts

I made this block in 2012 and blogged about it on June 27, 2013.

I made a few minor tweaks to the draft: (1) the lines for the two "butterflies" were pivoted to create right angles; (2) at the narrow tip of the kite, I added a few seams to frame the fussy cut square, because I prefer piecing to appliqué.

I was running out of background fabric, so I bought a white damask-like fabric for the background for the borders. I hope this white fabric does not make the square blocks and sashing look dingy.

The rest of this block is made with four different green fabrics. The shading helped define the concentric stars and add depth. The two fussy cuts are made from the same fabric.

Simple Simon

M10 - Simple Simon is an early hand-pieced block.

Now all my Dear Jane blocks are posted on my blog! Next I want to get all the photos onto my iPad so I have them with me when I attend the Dear Jane event at the Vermont Quilt Festival this weekend! It's the 150-year anniversary of Jane's quilt and they have a special exhibit and an event! Here's the description of the exhibit:

Special Exhibits

Celebrating Jane Stickle

MILLER NORTH

Thirty quilts made "In the manner of Jane A. Stickle" will celebrate the 150th anniversary of her 1863 Civil War sampler. The quilts are assembled by Brenda Papadakis, author of Dear Jane, The Two Hundred Twenty-five Patterns from the Jane A. Stickle Quilt.

Dear Jane: detail by Chris White

Each quilt varies in color and design and reflects the maker's interpretation of Jane's quilt. You will be inspired to make your own after visiting this exhibit.

Curator: Brenda Papdakis, San Antonio, TX

Box Kite

L8 - Box Kite is an early hand-pieced block.

Town Square

L7 - Town Square is one more early hand-pieced block that I intended to replace -- with a pink block but eventually, it grew on me and I kept it red. The dark colors anchor the corners of the Trip Round the World arrangement.

Seven Sisters

For a long time, I planned to replace this block with a pink or red one but somewhere along the way, it grew on me and I decided to leave K3 - Seven Sisters as is.

Anna's Anchor

J8 - Anna's Anchor is on the orangey side. This directional block was hand pieced and appliquéd.

Granny Weaver

J6 - Granny Weaver was hand pieced. It was made early but not super early given the accuracy of the narrow strips. It may not be obvious, but the five yellow squares in the center are fussy cuts.

Viewer's Choice

I6 - Viewer's Choice is done entirely in applique. Jane's block made the central star with four pieces. I decided to cut it as one piece.

Ben's Bowtie

H10 - Ben's Bowtie -- is it pink or is it yellow? It has both colors but it's in  a spot that needs a yellow block. Tonight, it looks rather pink to me. O well. It's sewn in place and that's where it's going to stay.

This is what I call a directional blocks. Placement matters. Rotate it 90 degrees and it's a slightly different block.

Berry Baskets

H3 - Berry Baskets was hand pieced. The consistent width of those narrow evenness basket handles tells me this is not  an early block. I must have made it once my hand-piecing skills were really refined.

Molly's Muffins

G13 - Molly's Muffins is one of the few blocks in this quilt that was machine pieced. After machine-piecing the nine patch, the curved pieces were hand appliquéd in place. The machine piecing indicates this was a very early block. I quickly switched to hand piecing, because I could not get the accuracy I wanted on my sewing machine. In addition, I was much happier since I prefer handwork.

Woven Meadow

G10 - Woven Meadow is another early hand-pieced block.

Mary's Journey

G9 - Mary's Journey is another early hand-pieced block.

Shutterbug

G4 - Shutterbug is an early hand-pieced block. Is it yellow or green? Yes! It's in a spot for a green block, but this photo looks more yellow than green to me. O well.

On Target

F11 - On Target is an early block. I believe the quarter circles were appliquéd. The rest was hand-pieced. Both pink fabrics are too pale and the quality is pretty cheesy. After lengthy consider, I decided to keep the block anyway.

Old Windmill

F4 - Old Windmill, is yet another early hand-pieced block

Snowball

F3 - Snowball is another hand-pieced early block. It is another one that I seriously considered re-doing because the style of the print is just not my taste. In addition, the pinks are so pale they barely show against the ivory fabric.

Bread Basket

E7 - Bread Basket is hand pieced. In the very early years, I wouldhave appliquéd   the thin strips on this block, so that tells me that while this was one of my early blocks, it was not one of the very first. I think the name for this block is very cute.

Field of Dreams

D13 - Field of Dreams is one of two blocks made with batik fabric. I'm still considering remaking it because the color is so dark that it might be distracting. I'm holding off on the final decision because this block is at the end of a row making it easy to remove and replace. What do you think? Should I go for it, or does it balance some of the other blocks made with intense reds and other strong colors? If I remake it, I may also use something other than ivory in the center . . . maybe a light print. What do you think?