A blanc siggy
This international siggy list is a group of people who exchange Dear Jane D13 patchwork blocks by snail mail. We use the "Field of Dreams" pattern in column 13, row D of the quilt from Jane A. Blakely Stickle (1817 - 1896). Brenda Papadakis studied the quilt in detail and published the 225 patterns in her Dear Jane book.
Siggy is short for "a little signature block". In the mid-1800s women created several types of signature blocks. They stitched them together into remembrance quilts for weddings, retirements, and other special occasions. Our siggy is actually an embellished square in a square. Visit our gallery for some examples.
Do you want to participate? Fine! This is what you should do:
- Register yourself once to become a Starting Member
- Click on the "set password" link in the activation email that you receive
- Fill in a password and save it
- Log in to this website
- Download one of our tutorials
- Exchange a siggy with the list manager by postal mail
- If your siggy is fine he will promote you to an Exchanging member
- Log in again
- Download the latest siggy list
- Start exchanging as many siggies as you like
Are you already on our International Dear Jane Siggy List? Great! All you have to do is:
- Register yourself once to become a Starting member
- Click on the "set password" link in the activation email that you receive
- Fill in a password and save it
- The list manager will promote you to an Exchanging member
- Log in whenever you visit this website