Janice Elaine Sews

The only place where housework comes before needlework is in the dictionary.

Quiltmaker Shuffle

Look what I found on Youtube. See, quilters have some moves, too! If you read a lot of blogs, you'll recognize some of these gals. May your bobbins always be full,

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Janice Elaine Sews

Plan B Quilt Back or Top!

Would you believe I still have some strip-scraps left?Would you believe I really considered turning this quilt back into a quilt top? Both statements are true. I love the way this turned out. I'm...

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Janice Elaine Sews

Plan B Quilt Top - Finished

Initially, I really mixed up the HSTs; nothing matched. It was so bad (ugly) that I didn't even take a photo. Then I spent time putting the groups back together. With such a variety of fabric, it...

Jun 9, 2013 Like

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Plan B Quilt Top, next step

For this block, I really recommend pressing your seams open. This morning I chained stitched all sides of my matched blocks. The next step is slicing. Cut all the blocks crosswise, on each...

Jun 6, 2013 Like

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Plan B Progress

Remember this hot mess of strips? I've been really busy strip-piecing them together. Then I spent some time "trueing" the blocks up to 16.5" square. Oh, no, I have an uneven number of squares! I...

Jun 5, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

New Project and Fabric Diet

I'm home from NYC, I had a great time. If you're interested in more photo of NYC, I'll be posting them on my photo blog, Murrieta365. Fabric Diet Report: I'm amazed, this is the first time I've...

Jun 4, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

City Quilter, NYC

I was in NYC, last week. I had a really good time, and I made sure to make time for a visit to City Quilter. I think they're the best quilting fabric store in NYC. Isn't this a great quilt, using...

Jun 4, 2013 Like

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Two Chicks Design

Have you heard of Two Chicks Design? I'm still in NYC, but yesterday I spotted a T-shirt that I thought would be perfect for Bob, it said "Official Dog Walker", so with my handy dandy iPad, I...

May 30, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

10 Quilts finished, so far in 2013

I'm trying to be a "little" fancy. I made a slide show of the quilts I've finished so far this year. Ten quilts, so far. I wonder how many I'll finish this year. I just picked up two from my long...

May 21, 2013 Like

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Autumn Maples Leaves Quilt ~ 2013 Blogger's Quilt Festival

My goal was to make it look as if the Autumn Maple Leaves had been scattered randomly over the quilt top. This is a close-up of the Maple Leaves pantograph, quilted by Janiel Miller. The quilt...

May 20, 2013 Like

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The Very Busy Scrappy Quilt.

Are you like me, you love each and every quilt you make? I really love this scrappy quilt. It's all finished and listed in the shop, here. May your bobbins always be full,

May 15, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

Mostly White with Red Patchwork Quilt.

I think this is such a fun quilt, now it's ready to go to a new home. I've listed it here. May your bobbins always be full,

May 14, 2013 Like

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The Feather Quilt

This is my entry to Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival. I like how different it looks, when it's turned the other way! A close-up of the quilting pattern, called Beach Party by Anne. I finally got the...

May 13, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

In the mail.

I put these in the mail, last week, for the three lovely ladies who signed up for my Handmade Pay It Forward. I posted the PIF, in August, I had 365 days to complete it, but I felt late! These are...

May 12, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

In the past month I've picked up four quilts from Janiel, and put them aside. It's so great that my fabulous long arm quilter lives only a couple of miles from me, within walking distance! Life and...

May 8, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

Scrap Queen

My long arm quilter, Janiel, called me the Scrap Queen, the last time I dropped off two quilts, ready for quilting. That really does describe me, lately. I've been really busy using up the mountain...

May 7, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

Scrappy Charms Hugs and Kisses, Quilt back

I'm still using up scraps; I still have a ton, BTW! I had 16 four-patches of Dance With Me, that I didn't use in one of my earliest quilts. If you're interested, you can find it here. There's one...

Apr 18, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

Scrappy Charms Hugs and Kisses

When I sorted my drawer of scraps I found lots of charms squares left over from various projects. To those leftovers I added a pack of charms with dots that I got from a Polka Dot Charm Swap, a...

Apr 14, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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A Sea of Green Quilt back

I had no leftovers from the front of this quilt; I pulled lots of large green scraps, trued them up and sewed them together. Then I added six green FQ's from my stash. We're in the 2nd day of lots...

Apr 9, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

Keeping it Random and Scrappy

I tried really hard to keep everything looking random, while I was piecing these squares and rectangles together. I think I did a pretty good job. The quilt top measures 54 x 62".Tomorrow I'll put...

Apr 8, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

Scraps

Yesterday I dumped all my scraps on the dining room table, AKA my cutting table. The transformation happens when I throw down the plastic/flannel backed tablecloth. No plastic = dining, plastic =...

Apr 4, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

I have no WIP's!

Woo Hoo! I am all caught up. Okay, to be fair, my long arm quilter, Janiel Miller, still has 4 quilts, but I don't have them, so I'm not counting them. All the quilts in my house are complete! This...

Apr 1, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

All Time Favorite.

This quilt, that I call "Three Color Sunset Quilt", may very well be the favorite quilt I've made. Of course I love all the quilts I've made. Don't you love all the quilts you've made? Here's a...

Mar 31, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

Another day, another finish.

It's always difficult to come up with names/titles for the quilts I list in my etsy shop. This one I'm calling "Modern Scrappy Blue Baby Boy Quilt". It's definitely scrappy and I think it's very...

Mar 28, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

Scrappy Trip Around the World Quilt is finished.

I'm really happy with how this quilt turned out. I didn't have any of the A Breath Of Avignon by American Jane fabric left for the binding, but I thought this star print fabric was perfect. The...

Mar 27, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

Two down, Four to go

These two are a lot alike. Red, white and blue and I used the exact same fabric for both quilts. The first one is definitely "baby"-sized, 41" x 46". The top and back of this quilt were finished...

Mar 26, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

Ready for binding

I have 6 quilts ready to bind. I've picked them up from my long-arm quilter, in batches of two, over the last 8 weeks. I kept putting them aside, because I was busy with life and other quilts. BTW,...

Mar 25, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

The right thing

While I was piecing the Autumn Leaf Quilt back, I opened a new bolt of Kona White PFD. For the first time, ever, I was disappointed in the quality of the fabric. I needed to finish the quilt back,...

Mar 7, 2013 Like

Janice Elaine Sews

The Very Busy Scrappy Quilt Top and Back

I sewed the completed blocks together. As you can see I went for the "diamond effect". I'm really happy with the way all my scraps went together in this quilt. I asked Bob what he thought, and he...

Mar 7, 2013 Like

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Janice Elaine Sews

Quiltmaker Shuffle

Plan B Quilt Back or Top!

Plan B Quilt Top - Finished

Plan B Quilt Top, next step

Plan B Progress

New Project and Fabric Diet

City Quilter, NYC

Two Chicks Design

10 Quilts finished, so far in 2013

Autumn Maples Leaves Quilt ~ 2013 Blogger's Quilt Festival

The Very Busy Scrappy Quilt.

Mostly White with Red Patchwork Quilt.

The Feather Quilt

In the mail.

WIPs need binding

Scrap Queen

Scrappy Charms Hugs and Kisses, Quilt back

Scrappy Charms Hugs and Kisses

A Sea of Green Quilt back

Keeping it Random and Scrappy

Scraps

I have no WIP's!

All Time Favorite.

Another day, another finish.

Scrappy Trip Around the World Quilt is finished.

Two down, Four to go

Ready for binding

The right thing

The Very Busy Scrappy Quilt Top and Back

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