More Nicey Jane Progress

I started my Nicey Jane quilt last year. I'm making slow but steady progress. It's going to be a queen size quilt for our bed, so this will be the biggest quilt I've ever made.

I've started making the pieces in assembly line fashion. Here you can see a pile with the pinwheels.

I have 5 of these large blocks completed, only 4 more to go. I think I may need to add a band of some sort at the top or bottom to make sure the quilt is big enough. I think I'm going to piece the back too so it will be reversible. Hopefully the next time I show this one I'll have the whole top together.

Slow Progress with Nicey Jane

Well I've only made slow progress this week. It seems like I haven't had much time to sew, and even the evenings when I had time, I was too tired to get much done. Our dishwasher broke last Sunday, I spent Monday shopping for a new one and today was consumed with installing it. Oh well, maybe tomorrow I can get some solid sew time.

I like how these blocks are coming together. I'm not using all of the Nicey Jane patterns that I've collected. I thought the Swing Toss in Pink was just too much pink when I added it to the mix. I really like more of the blue/green feel. And I think my 2 new favorites in this collection are the Lindy Leaf in blue and the Welcome Road in Slate, I love how the blues and grays mix.

A Finish and a Start

My "Love" quilt is finished. I think it turned out pretty well. It's about 41"x41", before washing.

Here is a close up of the quilting.

And here is the back. I used the Love selvage and embroidered 2011 along with the little blocks.

Here is my new project. I purchase the Sand and Pebbles quilt pattern from Cherry House Quilts. I'm going to be using my Nicey Jane stash on this one. I've been collecting pieces of Nicey Jane for over 6 months and have 29 of the 40 fabrics. I choose this pattern because it had some large squares where I could feature some of the large prints.

And today I started sewing and got my first section together. A lot more to go since I'm going to make this a queen sized quilt 96"x96".

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New Fabric...

I got a package of fabric today with some great finds. I found Denyse Schmidt's Katie Jump Rope fabric at The Quilted Castle for $6.30/yd. I also found an end of the bolt Paula Prass Coblestone and some Heather Bailey and Chick a Dee from Robert Kaufman. A nice colorful selection to add to my stash.