Dick and Jane Quilt Back

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Quilt back for my Dick and Jane quilt

 

I finally got back to my Dick and Jane quilt!  I’ve pieced the back as shown to the left.  Not a great photo.  This is a pretty big quilt for me.  The front measures 80 x 80 and the back is 85 x 85.

The quilt front was blogged here.    Now it’s time to decide how I want to quilt it.  Hmmm.  😦

I’ve posted on Angela Walters’ forum here hoping for some tips.  She has an awesome blog, QuiltingIsMyTherapy.  If I were to say one person turned me on to modern quilting, it would be Angela.  I just love the way she quilts.

Dick and Jane Quilt Top

 

 

ET Phone Home Block

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I’ve been playing around with paper piecing and have found here are things I really like and really dislike.  I really don’t care for removing the paper afterwards.  I’ve tried different paper and finally tried newsprint.  I found it in the art section at Office Depot, but I know Hobby Lobby also has it.  It pulls free of the stitches with the greatest ease of anything I’ve tried.  I haven’t run it through the printer yet, so that’s my next test.  I will have to cut it down to fit the printer size.

Another negative is my seam allowances aren’t as neat as with normal piecing.  But paper piecing is great for keeping blocks in shape.  It’s also a great option for piecing smaller scraps.

Recently Lily’s Quilts blogged about the following block here. 

I was running low on some of these scraps (and tired of ripping out pieces that didn’t cover the whole area!), so some of the triangles are actually pieced to get coverage for the block units..