How I Avoided Y-Seams

All my friends know I have a HATE/HATE relationship with inset seams. The picture below is this weeks "Nearly Insane" block I was supposed to do. I tried 2 times, once by hand and once by machine, to get this block done. After 3hrs of mega frustration I threw all my attempts in the trash. I decided to re-draw the pattern. Below is the original pattern. Under that is the one I re-drew. Below that is my finished block. I think it turned out pretty great! No more Y seams for me on this quilt. From now on I will just do it my way.

More Stuff

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I finished hand stitching these tonight so I thought I would post them before the weekend is over.

I hope you all have a great week!

Stuff

I forgot to post my June Calendar block I made last Sunday. It will be nice next year when I can just hang these up.

The next 5 blocks are from June's Rainbow Jane BOM. I have 2 more prepped but they need hand work before I can take their picture.

The one below is this weeks traditional Jane BOW. I keep threatening to send this on vacation but the OCD that I suffer from won't let me.

Of course I have my Nearly Insane BOW too. This one is block #39. I am really afraid to see what this weeks block is going to be. She said it was scary. :O

Nearly Insane Block 47

Another fairly easy Nearly Insane block. This one measures 6" and has 36 pieces.

I added the wide borders to the Wildflower Sampler that I posted about earlier. It does look very naked without all the applique so I guess I will do it. I will try to do one corner a month and see how that goes. ACK! I learned my lesson on pattern picking.

Dear Jane D-2 & E-5

I was home earlier than normal from work today so I decided to try to get done my weekly Dear Jane blocks. The block on top is D-2 Mouse in a Mirror. It was much easier to make than I thought it would be, thanks to Anina's directions.

The block on the bottom is E-5 Rising Sun. This one was pretty easy too.

The block below is one for my Nearly Insane quilt. This is the first block I ever hand pieced. I bought the book and DVD called "Quilted Diamonds" by Linda Franz. I thought I needed to learn to hand piece so I tried it on this block since it had inset seams. I was pleasantly surprised on how nice it came out. I will definately be doing more of this.

Trying to bust some UFO's

I was 2 months behind on my "Angel's Story" blocks so I decided to get at least one of them done. This is Sarah, the sewing Angel. :)
I only had one traditional Jane block to do this week. This is A-13. All caught up again. :)
I also put the first 3 rows of traditional Jane together in order to enter the giveaway Anina is having. :)
I also put the sashing on my "Wildflower Sampler". The next step is a wide navy border and then a tremendous amount of applique to do on those borders. I just don't know if I have it in me to do all that applique. I just can't imagine tracing all those pieces, fusing them and then having to blanket stitch them. :(

Below is a picture of the book. Can you see all that applique on the borders? Maybe I will just do two corners. Suggestions??? How about no applique and some nice quilting on them?

A VERY Insane & Jane Weekend

I carved out a few hours a day since Friday and decided I would finish all 10 Rainbow Jane blocks this weekend and add them to the panel. No wonder I need bifocals now.

I was also able to get caught up on my Nearly Insane blocks.

I have an identical set since I am making two of these. When I am half way done I may just make one. LOL!