Jane Stickle Update for Design Wall Monday

Most of my quilting time over the last week or so has been focused on my Jane Stickle Sampler blocks. I spent several days prepping a stack of applique blocks, which will become my travel project for an upcoming trip. I still plan to prep more of the applique. I'm always surprised at how long it takes to do all that prep, but it does make the stitching go much more quickly.

After that, I was ready for some piecing. I cut fabrics for more than a dozen blocks, most of them fairly simple. There were also a few complicated block patterns that required foundation piecing. I was able to finish a total of 15 blocks over the holiday weekend.

Top row: H13, C13, D7, D5

2nd row: E9, D13, F3, F7

3rd row: D1, D9, D6, C12

4th row: E4, F4, D12

I couldn't resist putting the new blocks up on the design wall along with all of the previously finished blocks. I have a total of 52 blocks done, out of the 169 blocks needed for the center of the quilt. They were done in a little less than four months, which would give me an average of around three per week. 

There are 117 blocks still to make for the quilt center. If I continue at the same pace, it would take me 39 weeks (9 months) to get them all done.  After that there's still the 56 triangular blocks for the borders. Better to not dwell on those numbers too much, just keep plugging away and enjoy the process.

I'm  linking up with:

Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

Wednesday Wait Loss at Inquiring Quilter

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA