Baby Tahoe Quilt - Diamonds #11 and 12 - Halfway Done!

We're halfway done!  With 24 sets of diamonds to sew together for this Tahoe quilt, we are officially halfway there.  I have completed Diamond #11.

And Diamond #12.

I've laid out the diamonds to see how close it resembles the original Tahoe quilt.

My Baby Tahoe quilt:

Laundry Basket Quilt's Tahoe quilt:

How close do you think it is?

Til next time,

- - - - Jane - - - 

Baby Tahoe - Diamond #2

There is nothing like the feeling of new fabric arriving in the mail!  The excitement of starting another project.  My fabric for Baby Tahoe quilt arrived yesterday.  It was a couple of days late, so I was anxiously waiting for it to arrive.

I'm planning on making the blue version of the Tahoe quilt.  I had chosen eight Linen Texture fabrics, four for the blue and four for the cream.

The Tahoe quilt I'm wanting to create is the blue version.  In the image used on their website, it is made up using fabrics from the Bluebird collection.  With the diamonds being so small in size, I was worried if each of the printed fabrics would have a cohesive color theme. 

With a diamond the size of 3/8 of an inch, it would of an unpredictable color shade that would come through with the print.  Here's a few examples with the different fabrics:

I'm afraid that once the fabric is cut, the color shade will jump around.  That may cause the quilt to not have the look that I want.  That's the reason why I had chosen to use the Linen Texture fabric.  Without the print, each diamond cut from the fabric will be the same.  

I had to draw up a color comparison sheet.  I could visually see the shades of blue and cream, in each individual diamond block.  And then I labeled each fabric with a number.  

And here we are!  We have Diamond #2!

These small blocks are sewing up quicker than I thought they would.  It takes time to cut them out, so that the angles will accurate.  I keep stitches slow, so that the 1/4-inch seams stay consistent.  I can' wait for the next diamond!

Until next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -

Laundry Basket Quilts Addiction

I have gone through many phases in my quilting journey.  There was a time when I was really into Civil War quilts.  And another time I fell in love with the vintage look of Depression Era quilts, and I made a few of those.  And there was a time when all I wanted to make was miniature quilts.  Even though I love all quilts, my fondness of certain styles of quilts come and go. 

Currently, my enthusiasm is focused on Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts. 

Within the last few years, I have started a few of her quilts, or collected her beautiful fabric for future quilts.  I've have a lonngggggg list of projects I want make with her designs.  On her website: Laundry Basket Quilts, Edyta usually has activities happening that draws me into another new project.  For example, her Tahoe Quilt Along.

The Tahoe Quilt Along is an activity that she is currently working on through Youtube. I'm enchanted by it's diamonds, and there are no Y-seams!  There are several options of this quilt, using her different fabric lines.  I'm loving her blue version.  I'll be writing more about this Tahoe quilt in a later post.  You can follow this quilt along by following her at Laundry Basket Quilts: Quilting Window on Youtube or you can check it out on her blog at her website.

For the time being, I'm going to try to keep myself occupied with Edyta's smaller projects.  I had recently purchased her Little Beach House kit. It is a small house that can be used as a pincushion or it can be an ornament for a Christmas tree.

I loved the blue color themed fabrics that was included in the kit.  

The pieces were small and simple to sew together.  It didn't take much time to have it all together.  I'm thrilled with how it turned out!

Since it is filled with stuffing, it has a bit of a rounded appearance.  And I had an idea!  If I cut cardboard and line it inside the walls of the house, would it have a more structured appearance?

Can you tell a difference?

I also added a hand embroidered heart on the bottom corner of the house, just like Edyta's pincushion house!

Until next time,

- - - - Jane - - - -