2013 in Review

Although 2013 did not go as I had planned I have decided to focus on the positive.

In 2013 I finished three quilt tops:

• Jacob's Ladder
• Rainbow Circles
• Pirates

In 2013 I finished one quilt (sandwiched, quilted, bound, placed with honor)

• Rainbow Circles

In 2013 I completed the following components of my Dear Jane:

• Rows A, B, C, and D
• 57 blocks
• 13 Triangles

In 2013 I completed the following scrap booking Projects:

• Isabelle's P52 Album (One photo per week for a year)
• 206 pages
• Won a spot on the Digital Elite Team at DSP

I also accomplished my biggest goal for the year which was no new project purchases in 2013. I am very proud of myself because I was sorely tempted many many many times.

I'll be making up a new schedule for 2014 and posting any stray Jane blocks (I think two didn't get posted). I won't be posting any new projects but I do have names for some of the stash busting projects listed so some of the title will change.

My current WIP is the Dr. Seuss quilt and the top should be finished sometime this week. I started cutting it on Jan 5th 2014.

The Plan

For almost fifteen years I have wanted to do a "Dear Jane" quilt. For Christmas I received the software and templates from my DH. I've had the book for almost fifteen years.

I played around with the software to determine my colour scheme and decided to do bright rainbow on black. The colours will be placed in a trip around the world pattern. I purchased a fat quarter in each colour (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple) and some black yardage. I am going to use a mix of fabrics for the prints and the background but I am not going to use a different fabric for every block. This way I can buy more fabric as I need it without having to worry about it being out of stock or discontinued. I still haven't decided about the sashing but if I do use sashing it will be all of the same fabric.

Over the New Year holidays I planned my attack. I decided to do approximately six blocks and/or triangles per week. I used a post from Quilting Board to help decide the difficulty level of each block and tried to keep a good mix of hard and easy in each week. I added a break for catching up approximately every four weeks. Hopefully this will keep me from getting bogged down or frustrated. If  all goes to plan the blocks will be ready for assembly in 54 weeks.

I am very excited about this project.

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