Just Takes 2™ Quilt – January 1 Quilt Blocks

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Get out your rotary cutter and ruler!

Set up your ironing station!

Fire up that sewing machine!

It’s January 1st!
We’re off and running – it’s time for the first blocks in the Just Takes 2 quilt!

 

The response to the Just Takes 2 mystery quilt has been fantastic. Brenda and I are glad you’re as excited about this quilt as we are. You see, we’ll be making the blocks right along with you and sharing our progress on the Just Takes 2 blog.

just takes 2 january 1 blocks

We are beginning with six blocks. Five of them are 6″ blocks and one is a 12″ block. One is an applique block. One is a combination of piecing and applique and four are pieced blocks. Have you noticed there is redwork embroidery on two of my blocks? If you know me you know I love redwork and embroidered quilts. There were several in the Infinite Variety exhibit and I wanted to include some in my own Just Takes 2 quilt. From time to time throughout the year you’ll see it on different blocks whenever I think it looks nice. If you don’t like embroidery – no problem. It’s not a required part of the quilt. If you do like it you can add your own designs if you want. It you’d like to use the same designs I did you can do that too. We have an instant download in the Online Store you can purchase for (go ahead and laugh) Just $2!


Blocks 1

Blocks 2


Block 3


Block 4


Block 5


Block 6

I won’t take up any more of your time with details or reminders. I’m sure you’re anxious to download and print the patterns so you can start sewing. There are tutorials for many of the techniques mentioned in the Instructions section and I’ve also put links on the Just Takes 2 page. You can also review techniques in the Dear Jane software. We have fourteen days before you head over to Dear Jane on January 15 to get the next set. I hope you’re as excited as we are and will have a fantastic 2012 with Just Takes 2. Don’t forget to share your blocks on the blog. All you need to do is click on the big red Share Your Quilt button! We’re still working out a few bugs so let us know if you have any problems.
 

Just Takes 2™ Blocks for January 1 – Click here

 

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Beyond The Cherry Trees Quilt – A Closer Look at the Top Border

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I’ll admit I’ve been pretty busy working on the new Just Takes 2 quilt and blog but I wanted to be sure I posted the close up pictures from the top border of the Beyond The Cherry Trees quilt.

These pictures begin at the upper left corner of the quilt and follow along the top border. You’ll see how they match your pattern pages.



A pretty group of flowers and leaves.


A darling double flower.


A feather swag and a new leaf we haven’t seen before.


I did the best I could to make out this star flower.


Sweet hearts.


Interesting leaf


Another star flower and more feathers. The corners sure are filled with unique designs


Look how the vine strips are joined. Makes me think we worry about things way too much! Remember – if you’ve missed out on any of the blocks you can purchase them individually or as sets in the Online Store. You can get the patterns as digital downloads or I can send you printed patterns.



Be sure to visit the Just Takes 2 web site. Brenda and I will begin presenting patterns for the red and white Just Takes 2 quilt on January 1st. I hope you’ll register for the blog and share this journey with us. We had great fun designing the quilt and have quite a few special treats planned during the year.


I’m also busy working on the Sentimental Stitcher Members Only section. I’m making some changes for 2012 that I think you’ll like. As soon as I have all the details worked out I’ll share them with you. All I can say is get your sewing machines tuned up and ready to stitch!

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Just Takes 2™ from Dear Jane & Sentimental Stitches!

by on 7:06 pm in Free Patterns, News, Patchwork Quilts, Site Updates, Uncategorized

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I just can’t contain my excitement any longer and am thrilled to share the wonderful introduction Brenda wrote for us -

The “Infinite Variety: Three Hundred Years of Red and White Quilts” exhibit was a generous birthday gift from Joanna S Rose’s husband, and in turn, her gift to us. For six days in March, 2011, the American Folk Art Museum exhibited six hundred-fifty quilts from her personal collection in New York’s Park Avenue Armory. An additional part of her gift was a digital guide to the exhibition, including installation photographs and video lectures, available for your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or Android smart phone. Go to the Apple iTunes App Store or Android Market for the free download. Gay and I spent those six days immersed in our apps, bemoaning the fact that we weren’t in New York. Each day, we would talk about the quilts and say, “let’s make this one, let’s do that one, this one is my favorite”, and so on until we were exhausted. We gathered up the red and white quilts in our own collections, though few in numbers, and shared them with each other, hoping to share this joyous event in some way.

We realized, of course, that we could never make all of our “favorites.” In fact, the two of us have an interesting track record when it comes to completing quilts. We love to plan, design and shop for the fabrics for a quilt. However, our modus operandi is to put all the things we have gathered for the quilt into baskets, beautifully labeled and ready to stitch…….someday.

Infinite Variety presented us with a tremendous challenge: how in the world could we make ALL our exhibit favorites? In one of those aha moments, we decided to make a sampler featuring each one. We want to share this mystery quilt with you! Just Takes 2™ is our present for you to make and enjoy during the New Year 2012.

The quilt’s name had it beginning with Mr. and Mrs. Rose, the 2 who so generously gave us the Exhibit. The quilt “just takes 2” fabrics and the 2 of us will be giving you 2 sections of the quilt each month from 2 websites. The 2 of us have had a very good time planning and designing this quilt for you, and we know this is one quilt we will have to finish!
Choose a friend to make this mystery quilt with you. The 2 of you will have a wonderful journey!

We are grateful to all of the anonymous women who shared a part of their lives by making these wonderful quilts. We also want to honor Mrs. Joanna S Rose with our quilt representing her years of loving and collecting these treasures. Our wish is to ‘play it forward’ by sharing the Just Takes 2™ Journey with you!

All of the information for this project is available at Just Takes 2™. We look forward to seeing you there.

Pieceful Stitching!

Gay and Brenda

www.sentimentalstitches.com
www.dearjane.com

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