I am a wife of a career Army officer and have had the great opportunity
to live all over the world.
I am blessed to be the mother of three wonderful children who continually
teach me the important
things in life. I am also an avid quilter. This page will be devoted
to the making of my "Dear Jane"
quilt. I want to thank all the members of the Dear Jane list for their
constant support, advise, and
friendship.
The Dear Jane quilt is a sampler of two hundred and twenty five patterns
from a quilt made by
Jane Stickle, dated 1863. The blocks and triangles were drafted and
published by Brenda
Manges Papadakis in her book "Dear Jane - The Two-Hundred Twenty-Five
Patterns from the
1863 Jane A. Stickle Quilt". The quilt blocks are approximately 4.5
inches square, and the top is
surrounded by pieced triangles. I first began interested in this quilt
with the purchase of the book
while living in Korea in 1996. I did not start the construction of
the quilt until I discovered the
Dear Jane list on the internet and received the encouragement to begin
such a large project. I am
currently making two quilts at the same time. In the first I am attempting
to match Jane's original
fabrics with the many reproduction fabrics available on the market
today. I hope to use each
fabric only one time. In the second I am using only three fabrics;
a Hoffman batik in oranges and
pinks, a purple crackle, and a dark purple with a small black dots
for the sashing. As blocks are
completed for each quilt I will post them to this site. Anyone interested
in the history of this quilt,
the book, or the list should contact the Dear Jane web site at http://dearjane.com
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