Stripe Me a Diamond - Be a Diamond Blog Hop and Giveaway

Welcome to Creatin' in the Sticks

and 

my day in the 

Be a Diamond Blog Hop.

Carol at Just Let Me Quilt is hosting this blog hop
and
the posts have just been incredible.

I never thought about how diamonds in quilts can be so different 
and add so much movement in a quilt.

My quilt is called
Stripe Me a Diamond.

It's string pieced on a foundation and then the diamond shape is paper pieced.

I started by drawing my own diamond paper pieced quilt block in Electric Quilt.

StitchNSew EZ Pring Quilt Block Sheets

by Thermoweb

made paper piecing the diamonds

a piece of cake.

They are sturdy and see-through, yet easy to tear away.

They don't fall apart if you have to correct a mistake.

Ask me how I know...

You print the quilt block directly on the quilt block sheet and get right to stitching.

I made 64 blocks and played with the layout.

I wish I had taken a picture of my husband and son helping me remove all the quilt block sheets from the blocks. What would we do without help sometimes?

Ultimately deciding on an ombre look for sashing and borders.

Stripe Me a Diamond is 66" x 66"

and

is a stash busting quilt.

I quilted it on the Handiquilter with dragonflies and loops with the pro stitcher.

Be sure to visit all the diamonds of the day:

 Today - April 26

Creatin' in the Sticks ME

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Days Filled With Joy

For The Love Of Geese

Quilt Fabrication

Stitchin At Home

Just Let Me Quilt

Here's the list of all the other diamond makers:

April 22

Needled Mom

Keepsake Moments

Kathy’s Quilts

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Color, Creating, and Quilting

April 23

Ms P Designs USA

Vroomans Quilts

Marjorie's Busy Corner

Melva Loves Scraps

Storied Quilts

Words & Stitches

Clever Chameleon Quilting

Songbird Designs

April 24

MooseStashQuilting

Beaquilter

Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Creative Blonde 

Selina Quilts

Bumbleberry Stitches

Two Maker Chicks

Quilts By Joanne

April 25

Patchouli Moon Studio

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Hill Valley Quilter

Mageez Room

Websterquilt

High Road Quilter
Seams To Be Sew

And here is a behind the scenes picture of my hubby helping me after a long day at work...

Again, what would we do without help?

I'm so lucky.

Win your own pack of 

StitchNSew

Quilt Block Sheets

Giveaway is limited to the U.S. only this time.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Entries until May 3rd, winner will be announced May 4th.

Be a Diamond Schedule and Preview

Have you been following along with the 

Be a Diamond Blog Hop
hosted by Carol at Just Let Me Quilt?

It's been incredible so far

with so much inspiration.

I will be showing my diamonds on Friday, April 26th.

Here's the list of diamond makers:

April 22

Needled Mom

Keepsake Moments

Kathy’s Quilts

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Color, Creating, and Quilting

April 23

Ms P Designs USA

Vroomans Quilts

Marjorie's Busy Corner

Melva Loves Scraps

Storied Quilts

Words & Stitches

Clever Chameleon Quilting

Songbird Designs

April 24

MooseStashQuilting

Beaquilter

Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Creative Blonde 

Selina Quilts

Bumbleberry Stitches

Two Maker Chicks

Quilts By Joanne

April 25

Patchouli Moon Studio

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Hill Valley Quilter

Mageez Room

Websterquilt

High Road Quilter
Seams To Be Sew

April 26

Creatin' in the Sticks ME

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Days Filled With Joy

For The Love Of Geese

Quilt Fabrication

Stitchin At Home

Just Let Me Quilt

See you back here on Friday.

Feather Me a Rainbow Baby Quilt

My newest quilt pattern is over on the 

Thermoweb 

blog today.

I'm celebrating my favorite color - RAINBOW!

Feather Me a Rainbow Baby Quilt

I was inspired by rainbows and Dresden quilt blocks.

My thought was that feather shapes would make a Dresden looking block

and

in rainbow colors

how could it be wrong?

The quilt pattern features

 HeatNBond EZ Print Lite 

to print the patterns right on the fusible adhesive to create all of the quilt blocks. 

 Just print, fuse, cut, bond, and stitch.  It's that easy.

The colors of HashDOT by Michael Miller Fabrics are amazing for this rainbow quilt.

I stitched around the feathers with Aurifil 50 wt. thread (#2024)

Click HERE to find my free pattern in a special blog post over at Thermoweb today.

I'm dreaming in

Happy Rainbows today!

AccuQuilt Ready. Set. GO! Challenge Baby Quilt - Chunky Twists

The April challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors is

AccuQuilt

Ready. Set. GO!

Baby Quilt.
Today is my day to show

Chunky Twists

As Island Batik Ambassadors,

this month is our first industry partner spotlight challenge.

The challenge is to use AccuQuilt dies to create a 40" - 48" baby quilt

using any pattern.

AccuQuilt generously provided the Island Batik Ambassodors with an

Accuquilt - Ready Set Go! Ultimate Fabric Cutting System.

I chose a mixture of Island Batik stash builder fabrics and yardage.

The stash builder strips are 5" wide and perfect for the AccuQuilt dies.

I chose to use the Two by Two quilt block in the

Quilt in a Day GO! Qube book by Eleanor Burns.

The AccuQuilt was so much fun to use to cut the rectangles.

I even made a video to show how fast the rectangles were cut.

If you want, you can see it by clicking HERE

Baby quilts don't have to be pastel, I chose the colors of the rainbow.

I only used one die, the 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" rectangle, #8 in the 
GO! Qube Mix and Match 8" Block.

This quilt was so quick to make and the top was ready in one afternoon.

The cutting was so accurate, the seams met perfectly and everything was so perfectly square.

Hobbs Heirloom Premium cotton batting really makes the straight and diagonal lined quilting pop.

Chunky Twists is finished with an Island Batik foundation Basic fabric - Vino for the binding
and finishes at 40" square.

You can find the full list of Island Batik ambassadors posting for the 

AccuQuilt

Ready. Set. GO!

Baby Quilt challenge 

by clicking HERE.

It's amazing how modern tools can help us to create.

This is the beginning of lots of fun and accurate cutting.