Done with the Dear Jane blocks!

Yesterday was one of those days when I just wasn’t outside very much.  I was going to cut the grass in the morning and then it started to rain just as I was getting started.  It didn’t rain a lot and not for long but I took it for one of those signals that say just forget it and work on your sewing instead

What it really was I think is that I was so close to getting these 169 – 4 1/2 inch blocks finished that I just wanted to get them finished – so off and on all day that is what I did -

Row 13, Block 11 - this block was supposed to be pieced with 31 pieces, I just didn't feel like it and I appliqued the diamond shapes on it instead. It is not perfect but who cares!

Really Jane saved some of the easiest blocks for last! This is Row 13 Block 12 and it went together in a flash.

Row 13, Block 13 - again this piece too was shown pieced - in quarters with curved piecing with what would have been 12 pieces with more bulk of seams. Instead I appliqued the cream piece to the red - so much easier and now all the blocks are finished

Now that the blocks are finished I need to sew row 13 to the body of the quilt and then I will show a photo tomorrow of all 13 rows sewed together.  I got done with the blocks around 5 PM so I had time to quilt a little in the evening.  I was close to the half way point on the Christmas Quilt and got there last night:

If you want to get technical I need to be half way up that center block to be half done with the quilting on this quilt - that gives me two more inches straight across - I'm just saying I am half way done now. I have put in 53 hours of quilting so far - it should not have taken me a half of a year to accomplish this!

In my defense I have gotten done with so many other projects this one just got neglected.  I quilted two table toppers, a baby quilt, and a couch size quilt.  I made a queen size quilt top, and started another (the Bow Tie), paper pieced several more 6 inch pineapple square blocks,  made one Red & Green Applique block,  made one more Little Brown Bird block and I finished I’m not sure how many “Insanity Revisited” Dear Jane blocks since the beginning of the year — I guess that explains why the Christmas quilt was neglected   I feel that I have forgotten a project or two – I might need to get my list out.  EDITED: I forgot to list my Star Crazy BOM – six months done.

The Dear Jane “Insanity Revisited” quilt top will now be put aside until the fall and I will work on the triangles for the border then.