My Poor DJ..still no stitching done..

I thought I should post a little as it's been so long now since the last post...

My Dear Jane must be feeling very neglected, I have not touched the blocks or stitched a stitch on them since way back in January.
The reason being is that my Dh had a very bad accident, he fell off the roof of our home, landing head first onto the patio brick paving, he sustained a very bad head trauma injury and it's been very traumatic for the family as you can understand.
For a while there, we thought he would not pull through.
I'm happy to post now that he is on the way to recovery, he still has short term memory loss, which the Dr's say could take months to improve, if at all.

All this happening in my life, has left me thinking about Jane, and what she may have gone through during the civil war.
What kept her stitching on her beautiful quilt, that we all love.
Was it her way of coping and was stitching the quilt, a way of taking her mind off things, when times were hard.

I could not find the energy or the enthusiasm to work on my DJ during this time of worry and stress.
Now that the worst is over, and DH is home with me, perhaps I will find the energy to work on my DJ again, and in the stitching my thoughts will be of gratitude of the better outcome that we are lucky to have, than what might have been...

Poor Dear Jane...neglected!

This is still what my Dear Jane looks like today..

That top piece has been handed quilted in the Quilt-as-You-Go method, I have few blocks done for the next section, but still need to do more before putting that together.

You might see that I have only done 12 blocks across, that is because I am making mine a little different.
It will be slighty smaller with a medallion centre block piece in the middle.
Now, as soon as I finish off a couple of things I hope to get back in my DJ.

In the meantime please go and take a look at this lovely DJ in the making.
Nicky, is a young lady working on her beautiful DJ, I think it's great that the younger generation are interested in doing this type of quilting.

Here is another lovely DJ quilt in the making, Lynette is a very well known quilter/ designer here in AU, designs beautiful patterns.
I bet many of you would have seen or actually have some of her patterns..

Dear Jane Cross Stitch Sampler...

This new kit arrived in the mail this morning...

OK, I know, what am I doing buying more stuff, when I should be working on what I already have started!.
I just fell in love with this Dear Jane cross stitch sampler.
I thought it would look lovely together with my Dear Jane quilt, when I get it done!
I'll put this away for a while and perhaps work on it during the winter months....

Forgotten Block..

E. 13...Moth in a Web.
I have had this block done for quite a few weeks, put it aside and completely forgot about it.
Well it is Christmas, and like everyone else at this time of the year , it crazy at our house...

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone, just one more sleep here down under in Australia...

Merry Christmas...

My Dear Jane blocks have been put away until after Christmas...

This time of year, it makes me wonder, what did Jane do? ...did she continue with her blocks, was her DH away at war, did she have her family around her.
Whatever Jane did, I hope it was in peace and joyful.
If only her quilt could talk!

I hope to start back onto my blocks in earnest after the festive season is over...I just can not seem to get into them at this stage with so much do prepare for our family gathering at Christmas.
I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year

Slow Progress...

E-11...Wagon Wheel.

My Dear Jane journey came to a stand still for a while and I really must get back into it or it will end up, put away as a W-I-Progress, that may never get finished.
I don't remember reading anywhere how long it took Jane to do her quilt, but I can see it taking me longer than I thought it would, and here's me thinking I could do it in a year!

The blocks can be so challenging at times, and after a few goes at getting one as perfect as possible, it kind of puts one off to start work on another one...but one must carry on, if Jane did it, I tell myself, so can I!

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My Journey Continues...slowly

My journey continues...very slowly
I can tell you some of these blocks are sure trying!!
Manxgirl left me a message that she was thinking about starting this journey...all I can say is think long and hard, as once you start there's no turning back, it's a long road to follow...sometimes easy and sometimes not!

H-1...Peek-a-boo
H-2.. Jacob Anthony
H-3..Berry Baskets
H-4.. Abbey's Eyes...

It's supposed to be spring here down under, but you sure would not know it.
Last night it hailed and poured so much it woke me up.
We get a few days of beautiful spring weather, out comes the summery clothes and then it's back to winter clothes...well while it's like this, I'll stitch up some more DJ blocks...