Dear Jane
What Can I Design?


Use any combination of Dear Jane blocks to...

Design quilts, wall hangings, and tablerunners
from scratch. Or let the Wizard help.

Design

Design your own quilt – traditional or contemporary

  • Start with the classic 1863 Dear Jane quilt
  • Or design from scratch, choosing blocks and fabrics from the Dear Jane libraries
  • Or use the Quilt Wizard to design a new quilt
  • Unlimited horizontal and on-point layouts,
    unlimited borders
Choose a size from tablerunners and wall hangings to king-size. Use sashes, multiple borders, alternate blocks, or keep it simple. It's your Jane, dear. 
 


Pick a palette perfect for your project.

Color

Have fun coloring and recoloring

  • Start with classic Civil War fabrics
  • Or choose from dozens of real fabric palettes
  • Or choose swatches from the Dear Jane library
  • Or let the Magic Wand recolor your quilt for you

Print

Print the size and style you want

  • Colored blocks and quilts
  • Foundation patterns
  • Rotary cutting charts
  • Yardage estimates
  • Templates

See block construction tips, then write your own tips in your journal.

Begin

Begin your own Dear Jane journey

  • Mark your quilt progress on a Dear Jane chart
  • Celebrate progress milestones by printing certificates
  • Print Dear Jane Journal pages for a keepsake scrap book
  • Correspond on Dear Jane Stationary
  • Print Dear Jane quilt labels to hand-letter, following
    our inking instructions

Connect

Connect with other Dear Janers world-wide

  • Join the Dear Jane mail list
  • Surf to dozens of Dear Jane web sites
  • Get detailed how-to tips from experts
See what color choices others have made.
Brenda Papadakis shows you how to
make your own Dear Jane needle case.

Print block patterns, then see how to sew this Dear
Jane Table Topper by Judy Wright of Cranbrook, Canada.

Learn

Discover more about the world of Jane Stickle
and her beautiful 1863 quilt.Complete a twelve-lesson
class from Brenda Papadakis, author of the Dear Jane book.
Watch Brenda's nine video interviews and learn why
"finished is better than perfect." See over fifty stunning
Dear Jane quilts and get complete instructions
for making your own –

  • Dear Jane Table Topper
  • Dear Jane Needle Case
  • "In the Manner of Jane" wall hanging
  • Dear Jane Oatmeal Cookies

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