Wednesday, April 27, 2016

A Diamond Weave Quilt : :

A Diamond Weave Quilt

Today I'm so very excited to share my finished Diamond Weave Quilt! This is the very first quilt/sewing project I started this year, back in the early days of January. My fabric rolls of Fleet & Flourish had just arrived and I was completely wonderstruck with all the possibilities before me. Traditional quilts, particularly those made up of half square triangles, had really been catching my eye at the time, so I decided to begin there, with lots of HST making! I didn't have a solid block plan in mind when I began cutting & piecing, but that's the beauty of making HST units ~ the options are truly endless!

Lost Ships

Once I committed to a block design, after making several, I shared a couple of posts here including a few different quilt pattern options asking for opinions on which layout you all preferred. It was really nice to receive so much wonderful feedback and to have the time to share so much of this quilt's process, after being so occupied with designing my next collection & those busy holiday weeks. I definitely didn't think it would take this long to get it completely finished & photographed, but we had such a beautiful, fun day hiking, exploring, and taking pictures together this past Monday, I think it was worth the wait!

A Diamond Weave Quilt

Once my thirty-six block quilt top was all pieced together I sent it off to my friend Melissa of Sew Shabby Quilting to add an allover floral stitched pattern design, she always does such an amazing job!

A Diamond Weave Quilt

For the quilt back I stitched together one large piece of my Fleet & Flourish Thriving Threads in Deep, denim colored ditsy floral.

A Diamond Weave Quilt

You can see how pretty the quilting looks against all that blue from the backside of my quilt below!

A Diamond Weave Quilt

For the binding I used my Gentle Mantle stripe in the Land colorway, full of the same blues, aqua, peach, & reds that make up this quilt!

Binding Stripes

Newly Bound

Throughout the rest of this week I plan to work on putting together a tutorial for this quilt pattern to share at Janome.com soon! I know you're all going to love making a Diamond Weave Quilt of your very own and I can't wait to see!

A Diamond Weave Quilt

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  ♡ Maureen

28 comments:

  1. Love this! My heart is singing. The colors are just so happy!

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  2. That fabric and design made a fabulous quilt.

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  3. That fabric and design made a fabulous quilt.

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  4. Ok, I always stalk the photos of your quilts...and I have a lot of favorites, but for some reason this one makes me happier than any of the others. If you were selling it, I would have to buy it! It's so comforting and cozy. It's just so beautiful Maureen. Thank you for always sharing your talent with us. :)

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  5. Truly amazing, anxiously awaiting your tutorial. Need to know ASAP how much of your beautiful fabric to order.

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  6. Your fabrics are luscious and this quilt is most excellent! I am itching to make one for myself now! Can't wait for you're tutorial. By the way- my husband says 'thanks alot'. LOL

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  7. It turned out beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

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  8. This is so gorgeous! And a tutorial at Janome.com, too? Oh my gosh!

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  9. Gorgeous! Just stunning. I can't wait for the tutorial. This quilt reminds me just a little bit of a Pendleton blanket. Love the colors you used.

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  10. Gorgeous! Wish I could come to market to see it in real life!

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  11. Such a gorgeous quilt and your pictures are beautiful!

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  12. Love it, these fabric colors are so happy!

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  13. I love how the peach seems to act as a grid through the quilt.

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  14. No surprise it's amazing, love the colors and the quilt.

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  15. awesome. Love the fabric line and quilt.

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  16. Its gorgeous!!! I hope to see your tutorial soon, please tell us when you post it...I can't want to miss it..your fabrics make me smile

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  17. Its gorgeous!!! I hope to see your tutorial soon, please tell us when you post it...I can't want to miss it..your fabrics make me smile

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  18. I love your quilts and I can't wait to give this pattern a try!

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  19. I stumbled upon your blog very interesting! ! Thank you for giving us this moment of pure happiness .

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  20. I stumbled upon your blog very interesting! ! Thank you for giving us this moment of pure happiness .

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  21. Superb article and great passing blog too! Thank you for all your advice

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