Dear Jane Block A13 and EPP

It was bound to happen...I finally succumbed to English Paper Piecing (EPP). This is Dear Jane Block A13 or Starlight Star Bright. I ventured over to the blog "That Quilt" who generously offers up creative solutions for piecing the Dear Jane blocks. Although the blog heavily features paper piecing, I often enjoy seeing the solutions provided there. But for this block, there was paper piecing and applique and despair. Yet this block does not have particularly tiny pieces. Because I had already been assured that EPP would be a breeze, I decided to give it a go.

And oddly, once I had the pieces prepped, sewing the block together was quite wonderful. And the accuracy on the front is amazing. (The chaos on the back suggests severe motor coordination issues, however).

I also revised Dear Jane block B10 or Jud's Trophy. I wanted to provide a empty square in the middle to open the block up and show off the square theme of the block. But I had mistakenly given the block a light border which took away the square effect. Cue the seam ripper.

This was the earlier version of the block.