015.Miss Minnie Fay - aka B-4, Chris's Soccer Field

Reworked the colors with two lights and a blue being the central piece so it would read as a "light diamond." A little confusing, but i think it works... Was watching "Hello, Dolly" when I sewed this and as a tribute to Minnie Fay's light blue dress, I named it after her.

many many many edges to trim...

Pine Tree Lodge (#4028) by Judie Rothermel - love this line.

More Blue Diamonds

Diamonds in Blue

You might remember that in my 'Jane's Addicted' quilt I'm making a large diamond out of diamonds and they are all going to be in medium blues. I had re-sorted my blues and narrowed down the choices for the diamonds, pre-cut a bunch of templates, and got back to sewing. Securely ensconced in my organized high, I was feeling great about finishing good ole' shutterbug. Look how many many (many) pieces it has. Didn't it turn out nicely...? well - 

a diamond in blue. great!

nope. it's concentric squares in blue.
totally forgot to reverse the background and blue on this one.

ugh! to try to prevent this tragedy from ever happening again... I got out the roadmap...
Hey, no one is forcing me to make this design process so challenging, but if
I'm going to do it like I envisioned, I guess it's time to quit winging it and get my house in order.

Now, I'll bet you were guessing I couldn't possibly put up another post featuring a spreadsheet. well... you guessed wrong!  I ramped up the spreadsheet, pulling in all block names from the alphabetical listing on the dear jane site and started filling in the wave/motif info. for each block, starting with diamonds. Now I'll be able to sort by anything and use this as a planning tool and not just a recording-as-i-go tool. No more wire hangers!

013.Lakota Sioux

Marcus Brothers Textiles, Inc. presents The Regency Collection by Judie Rothermel for The New England Quilt Museum for the Organization for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Society to Protect the Status Quo.. good gravy that's a long title. and no id number anyway.

 

Take Two on Blue

To review: making the Jane Stickle quilt. check. Rearranging the furniture. check. Adding more blue. check. So, about that diamond made of diamonds, all in blue. Decided to double back and pick out my fabrics for these - both so I can make sure I have enough in the right range and so that I can prep 'ready to go' blocks.

So with my blues picked out I thought the next step would be to sit down and work out which 24 blocks would be in the diamond wave... About 17 of them are clear-cut diamonds - the others could be modified to look like diamonds or could just as easily fall into other motif categories. So I still have to figure out a few things but I'm rolling on with my new plan.

Unrelated to the blue diamonds, but on my mind this week... thinking of (maybe) using the same background fabric on all - or at least no shirtings. I love the shirtings with individual blocks - just not sure how it will look when I get the sashing in there. Will the sashing be the thing that stands out cause it will be lightest? Or maybe the plain sashing is what will set the blocks off and tie it all together. Hmmm. I wish I could find some DJs with shirtings as background to reassure myself... It's possible that because I'm organizing the color values and block motifs, if I don't have the added scrappiness of the bkgd/shirtings, it will be cleaner than I'd like...

Thoughts, anyone?

These are the darker mid-range blues...

These are the lighter of the mid-range blues... the variation in hue shows up
so much more in this photo - the gray-blues vs. the greenish-blues, etc.

011.Mac and Muff

Jane's Addicted block name:
Original position: I-7
Jane's Addiction position: tbd
Fabric/foreground: by Jo Morton
Fabric/background: Primitive muslin by primitive gatherings / Moda #1040 (lighter)
Color Group: medium blue
Wave: diamonds
Date started: 2/24/12
Date finished:
Time: 2+
Pieces: 15
Method: paper piecing & applique tbd. Didn't paper piece outer border. (are you supposed to?)
Notes: love the fabric used in the cross. I think this was from Gretchen.
Watching: reruns of the office on netflix. Ahhh, lovely Jim.

4.5" blocks: 6
Triangles: 1
Kites: 0
Total blocks: 9
Total number of pieces: 158

010.Cathedral Window

Block name: Cathedral Window
Jane's Addicted block name: Mildred Pierce
Original position: D-5
Jane's Addiction position: tbd
Fabric/foreground: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection 3 by Judie Rothermel
Fabric/background: Jo Morton # 5331
Color Group: medium blue
Wave: diamonds
Date started: 10/28/11
Date finished: 10/29/11
Time: 4
Pieces: 21
Method: paper piecing
Notes: loving this background fabric. Ripped out about 10 seams. Had some trouble removing sewn-in paper from some little corners. Still not clear when to rip paper out and when to leave it. Also fretting a bit about leaving traces of paper in the stitching and glue (lots of glue) in the seam allowances. hmmm.

4.5" blocks: 8
Triangles: 3
Kites: 0
Total blocks: 11
Total number of pieces: 256

Today I also cut paper pieces for a few more blue diamond blocks and pulled paper from the checkerboard triangle block. I have figured out that good things to have prepped to do as busy work are:
- cutting up preprinted paper piecing sheets ---> ziplocs for later piecing
- tracing shapes to be appliqued onto freezer paper ---> then cutting out shapes/ironing on selected fabric, etc.

Other misc. work would be:
- selecting fabric for various blocks and colorways I haven't decided on yet
- removing paper, pressing and trimming down completed blocks
- pre-printing block patterns and instructions
- updating binder
- updating virtual design wall
- updating blog

Watching Mildred Pierce.
Love how she color-coordinates
with my block.

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection III
Judie Rothermel

Jo Morton

009.Petes Paintbox

Block name: Pete's Paintbox
Jane's Addicted block name: Prussian Blue
Original position: I-8
Jane's Addiction position: tbd
Fabric/foreground: Jo Morton #3444
Fabric/background: Primitive Muslin by Primitive Gatherings / Moda #1040 (darker)
Color Group: medium blue
Wave: diamonds
Date started: 10/18/11
Date finished: 10/18/11
Time: 2-3?
Pieces: 25
Method: paper piecing
Notes: loving this background fabric. Fabric choice with a biggish motif like this might be better suited for a plain tri or a block with fewer pieces.

4.5" blocks: 7
Triangles: 1
Kites: 0
Total blocks: 8
Total number of pieces: 168

Took on another blue diamond today. First did the four (more boring) outside corners, then saved the center and finishing for this late-night session. Meanwhile back at the ranch, more drama. Lots more, including a revised plan for our "boarder" and a trip to urgent care related to a possible pistachio allergy?! And then there's the always-dreaded, never satisfying IEP tomorrow morning for which I'm now definitely not prepared... Something's cookin. Anyhoo, a bit of quilting tonight was definitely required.

008.Doris's Dilemma

Doris's Dilemma - Twelve Oaks by Judie Rothermel

Block name: Doris's Dilemma
Jane's Addicted block name: Daahh-risss! (love and miss you, auntie)
Original position: K-12
Jane's Addiction position: tbd
Fabric/foreground: Judie Rothermel's Twelve Oaks
Fabric/background: Primitive jmuslin by primitive gatherings / Moda #1040 (darker)
Color Group: medium blue
Wave: diamonds
Date started: 10/12/11
Date finished: 10/12/11
Time: 1
Pieces: 11
Method: paper piecing
Notes:

4.5" blocks: 6
Triangles: 1
Kites: 0
Total blocks: 7
Total number of pieces: 143

Cranked this one out tonight watching Project Runway. Love it - my only reservation is if the blue will seem too teal next to some of the other blues - and then it's making me question my decision to do the color waves. Will the blocks within a wave clash with each other? Since the diamonds wave is so big though, I can move it around so it will work I'm sure. Still, I'm realizing it's time to go through the blues and actually pull the actual fabrics I want to use.

the original block

Twelve Oaks by Judie Rothermel

primitive gatherings muslins