Dear John and My Calendar Blocks

This is a repost from 2016. Worth seeing again, especially since I'm currently working on another Block a Day Calendar. Maybe I can get John to do this again . . .

I received an email last week from John of Maryland. He wanted my permission to display his quilt in a county fair this summer. That was super courteous of him and not necessary. Of course, I said YES! He used 99 of my 366 quilt blocks from my Quilter's Block a Day Calendar for the quilt center. He resized them all to a uniform 6".

Quilter's Block-a-Day Calendar (out of print)

His inspiration was the Dear Jane Quilt (patterned from an historic quilt made in 1863: The Jane Stickle Quilt). He created some of his own outside triangle patterns and used some from the book by Brenda Papadakis. His sizing is unique (the Dear Jane blocks finish to 4-1/2" square).

Let's see the Dear Jane quilt (made by Jane Stickle in 1863 with 169 five inch squares, 52 border triangles, and 4 corner triangles):

Original Dear Jane Quilt

And here's the Dear John Quilt!

Dear John Quilt by John Caldwell of Maryland

I am truly humbled and honored that John used 99 of my blocks in this quilt. I am confident he will win a blue ribbon for his work. And the colors are so awesome! Thank you, John, for letting us feast our eyes on this. 

You can be sure I will be sending him a new calendar when it comes out in 2025!