Sunday, September 16, 2007

Dear Jane Flop Equals New Table Runner



Last year I started a "Dear Jane" quilt. Now this is the kind of challenge I enjoy. Well, when they said the blocks shuld be 4 1/2" finished I cut them at 4 1/2". DOH!!! 41/2" finished = 5 inches before sewing together. Well, I am going to make my "Dear Jane" but won't be using these blocks. I sewed them all together using a 1" sashing and there you have it. My new table runner.

5 comments:

Karene said...

Yay !!!! You finally made a blog !!! However, I've been very, very bad at keeping mine up to date! I just love all your quilts and the Dear Jane table runner is absolutely fantastic. I just can't believe you sewed all those tiny pieces together. We must be crazy !!! You are such a wonderful quilter and have a great sense of color. I especially love the dog quilt & the cabin "quilt from H--l". There are fantastic! I also got to beat Joy in being the first one to leave you a comment.....ha, ha, ha!!! See you soon my friend, Love ya ! Karene

Yvette said...

You are my first visitor. :)
I will see you later today to see what new quilt you are making. Yippeeee, it's Sunday.

Rosalind said...

Now aren't you glad you made that mistake? I bet if had finished a DJ you wouldn't think of making a tablerunner ! :o)
Think the sashing just sets it off!

Joy said...

Hope you don't get this comment twice - I lost it once and am retyping it...

I love your blog and I love your quilts!!

I want to know more about your work out regimen....I know walking once a day for an hour is not enuf. I need to work on certain areas (like every available area!) such as my bat-wing deformity!! I want to get stronger, too.

Question: and feel free to laugh if I'm off base with this one...But don't your Dear Janes need to be 5-1/2 to start, if you want 4-1/2 inch at the completion? You lose 1/4 inch on all four sides, right? Or am I smoking dope, as my kids say....

Hugs! Hope to see you soon!
Joy

Yvette said...

Hi Rosalind!
Thanks for visiting. You are so rightabout the table runner, there is no way I would have made one of those without my error.

Hi Joy!
The DJ needs to be 5" so they finish at 4.5". I now have a special DJ ruler. NO MORE ERRORS! LOL

The walking you are doing is awesome. Now it's time to lift some iron my friend.