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A basic blanc siggy

A blanc siggy

The international siggy list contains 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 siggies are embellished square in a square blocks. Visit our gallery for some examples.

Do you want to participate? Fine! This is what you should do:

  1. Register yourself once to become a Starting Member
  2. Click on the "set password" link in the activation email that you receive
  3. Fill in a password and save it
  4. Log in to this website
  5. Download one of our tutorials
  6. Exchange a siggy with the list manager by postal mail
  7. If your siggy is fine he will promote you to an Exchanging member
  8. Log in again
  9. Download the latest siggy list
  10. Start exchanging as many siggies as you like

Are you already on our Dear Jane Siggy List spreadsheet? Great! Simply do this:

  1. Register yourself once to become a Starting member
  2. Click on the "set password" link in the activation email that you receive
  3. Fill in a password and save it
  4. The list manager will promote you to an Exchanging member
  5. Log in whenever you visit this website