Monday, May 13, 2013

More Dear Jane quilts - from Nantes

P1080344I have never seen a Dear Jane quilt I do not like, and in Nantes there were a lot of different Dear Jane quilts.
The exhibition room was full and the hall outside had quilts decorating all the walls high up.

P1080345P1080346P1080347My friend Brigitte and myself got a good stretch of the arms taking photos.

P1080348P1080349Not my sharpest photo I am afraid, but I will show you anyway.
This quilt is a Quilted Diamonds quilt – a diamond shaped version of Dear Jane brought to the quilt world by Linda Franz in 2 books.

P1080350This pink beauty belongs to Jolanda.

P1080351P1080352P1080353P1080354P1080355P1080356P1080357P1080358P1080359Check these beautiful triangles!!
I talked to the maker of this quilt, a lovely lady from England, and she told me that she had merged the Dear Jane pattern with an antique English quilt.
Isn’t it a lovely idea – make the quilt your own!

wherever you go 2

…….. and do not be afraid to bring a friend……

Hanne

16 comments:

  1. What a fabulous quilt show - thank you so much for posting these pictures!

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  2. wonderful show, thanks for sharing. I have made two of them and they are very different looking in colors

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  3. Thank you for posting DJ photos!! I must get mine finished. (Only needs rows sashed together!)

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  4. Thank you for showing us the Dear Jane quilts. I don't think I will ever make one but it is interesting to see all the variations.

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  5. Takk for at du deler bildene med oss. Gleder meg til å treffe deg på Hamar quilten i morgen :-)

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  6. I love your post because your patchwork quilt are so good to watch. I will love to have one of them.

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  7. Thank you for sharing the photos, it must have been an amazing experience to see the quilts in real life.

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  8. Those blocks are small so the pieces would be tiny-- are they done as foundation paper piecing or just very careful machining? I love your colour combination as shown on your previous post.

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  9. Beautiful quilts, thanks for the photos. I wonder what Jane Stickle would think of all these.

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  10. Utrolig flott å se alle de flotte quiltene. Takk for at du deler med oss andre!

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  11. Great pictures, Hanne. They really captured the feel of the exhibit. Hope Brenda sees them! I was re-inspired to continue the one I started in 1993, when I was never going to complete the entire quilt. Since then I have done hundreds of blocks, just not the ones to finish my quilt. Although Brenda P loved the background, I grew tired of trying to applique with those tiny painted on motifs making the needling difficult. But I have another idea and will just use the ones I have. I, too, have never seen a Dear Jane quilt I did not like!

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  12. What a wonderful time you must have had! I think my favorite Dear Jane's are the ones with more color.

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  13. Lovely pictures. Thank you for sharing and helping us remembering those wonderful days in Nantes. I'm missing my baby and hope it comes home soon!!!

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  14. Jeg er målløs.... Såååå utrolig mye fantastisk å se :-)

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  15. I speak with you in this show and i said you how il love your blog !
    I was very happy to see my baby jane on this post ( the little one in the left of the TV upside the door !)
    Thank you so much Hanne !
    Brigitte from France
    My blog : http://boitedebiscotte.canalblog.com/

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  16. I speak with you at Nantes and i say you how il love your blog !
    I am very happy to see my Baby Jane on this post (the little one on the left of the TV above the door )
    Thank you Hanne
    My blog :
    http://boitedebiscotte.canalblog.com/

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