Welcome to my stop on the Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Volume 8 blog tour! For those of you who are new here, an even bigger welcome! I’m Alyce, and to give a you a brief synopsis of my life – I’m an Australian wife, mum, teacher and quilter who is living in Japan for a few years while my scientist husband does science and I revel in Japanese fabric. Currently that includes waiting impatiently for the International Yokohama Quilt Show on Saturday – I’ve blogged about last year’s show, and the 2013 Tokyo Quilt Show, and you can bet your thread-covered pants I will be blogging about this year’s too! I also sell some of my Japanese fabric finds, but what I’m most passionate about is quilt designing.
I am obsessed with designing – graph books full of geometric designs and other patterns spied around my world broken down into quilt blocks and quilt designs. With two little children, it takes a while for these designs to turn into fabric, but when they do, you can either find them on Craftsy or on the tutorials pages! And now, also in Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks magazines!
I’m so thrilled to get my first block into this magazine, and this block is oh so very “me”. Not only did I use beautiful, saturated tertiary colours from Cuzco by Kate Spain and Laura Gunn’s Painter’s Canvas, but Diamonds In The Sky is not just a star quilt block! It’s a sneaky block that creates a secondary design when you put 4 or more together for a little “modernitional” awesomeness…
More stars! And diamonds! Now you can see why I nicknamed this block “Lucy” while making it.
It would also make a fabulous Christmas star table runner by making them half-sized and changing the colours around a little. Or if you have a loooong table for entertaining a large crew, leave it full sized!
A few more block ideas…
1. Diamonds In The Sky – A beautiful selection of saturated colours!
2. Choose just two colours – Pink and purple for a princess.
3. Monochromatic – A dramatic quilt of grey solids.
4. Merry Christmas!
5. Red and blue and white stars – Patriotic colours for a range of countries!
6. Stars aren’t just for girls! Light blue, navy, green and orange would create a lovely boys’ quilt that won’t be outgrown by them anytime soon.
Giveaway
To celebrate this latest issue release, Quiltmaker has given me a copy of it to giveaway! To enter, all you need to do is click ‘Enter’ on the Rafflecopter widget!
For those that are new to Rafflecopter, it’s an easy way for bloggers to run giveaways as it randomly chooses a winner for you and gives you their details to email them. This way there’s no need to count through blog comments and try and track down an email address! All you need to do is to log in via Facebook or your name and email address, then click on “Enter The Giveaway” followed by the green Enter button. That’s it! There’s a couple of bonus entry options should you wish to get an extra entry, but they’re optional.
The giveaway is open to anyone, and is open until 12am Monday 18th November (JST). Winner will be selected at random, displayed on this blog post and emailed.
Becky Coyle says
Congratulations on your block in the magazine!
Debbie says
Gosh you should be so proud. Congratulations.
Michele T says
Such an honour!! Congratulations!!
Serena @ Sewgiving says
Congratulations Alyce! It’s a spectacular block 🙂
Jodie says
Congratulations on getting published. How exciting!
Jess @One English Teacher says
I’ve been following for awhile. Congrats on getting a block published in such a well-known series! And, thanks for taking the time to show so many arrangements for the block.
DeborahGun says
Congratulations – you definitely deserve it 🙂
Hilary says
That’s a really awesome block! Congrats 🙂
Jo says
It’s a great block! Congratulations! I like the Christmas block 🙂
Anita says
A fantastic star block!
Dawn says
Congratulations on your block. I love to see it playing out in the full size quilt.
n moir says
Congratulations, on you being published,
n moir says
congratulations on being published, happy sewing
Sandi says
Congratulations on having your block published! I love your block! Thanks for a chance to win a copy.
March Ann says
I am new to quilting and I really like this block and the hop is fun. I am seeing a lot of great blocks and even greater quilters.
Colette says
Love your block. I like that you nicknamed it Lucy all the stars and diamonds are wonderful.
Dorothy says
Love your blocks.. they will go nicely in a scrappy quilt!
Sheila says
Congratulations on your block being chosen for this great magazine , love the block!
Barb Johnson says
“Lucy”, huh? I love the sly humor of the name!
Dawn Frisch says
Just wanted to say that I really like your block and congrats on it being in the magazine. I look forward to seeing more of your wonderful blocks and quilts in the future.
Happy quilting,
Dawn
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Lisa Marie says
Love your block and the ideas you’ve shown! On a side note, I have followed your blog for a long time via GFC, but it seems that sometime after Nov 3 your blog posts quit showing up on my dashboard. Has something changed? Do I need to follow by email now so I don’t miss your posts? I don’t use another blog reader.
Darla Dishman says
Love your block, it really pops. Congrats on you making QM’s 100.
Soma says
It’s a beautiful block, Alyce!! Congratulations!
Debby says
Congratulations! Your block is awesome! Thanks for the chances to win!
Regina says
Congratulations! It’s a spectacular block!!
Meredithe says
Congratulations! Great block Alyce.
Julie in WA says
Oooo I love the red white and blue version. Looks like a Quilt of Valor may be in the future, after I get a copy of the magazine, of course!
Rachel Dreher says
I just loved this block so much that I had to put it in the quilt I made for the block testers gallery of this edition! Its so fun and versatile! Thanks for giving me a chance to use it! (http://awesomesaucequilts.com/2013/11/11/interruption-designed-from-quiltmakers-100-blocks-vol-8/)
P.S. The Ood block from your last post is fabulous! I started watching Dr. Who last year and I’m totally hooked!
Janet Frank says
I like you block very much…particularly the red, white & blue version. Thanks for the chance win!
Tami Chaulk says
Congratulations for being published! Diamonds in the Sky is a bright fun block! There is so much you can do with this block. I really love that!
Rachell R says
Oh congrats! My two favorite obsessions–stars and Cuzco!
I’m glad you didn’t put the pink and orange damasks next to each other, but I like the yellow and orange next to each other.
Nice to meet you. I’ll follow you too ! And Craftsy is just wonderful.
reillyr2(at)hotmail(dot)com
Mary Jo Jones says
Diamonds in the Sky is a great block…love the secondary patterns! I can see it being scrappy too! Congrats on making Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks…and I was soooooooooo glad to meet you:)
Mary Arline Smith says
Congratulations! Looking forward to visiting you often. Mary Arline
Sarah N says
Congratulations, lovely block 🙂
Amy, a redeemed sheep says
Congratulations on your block being one of the 100!! It is awesome! It’s a beauty!
Kate says
Congratulations! Thanks for the chance to win.
Esther says
Congratulations on your block! It is wonderful!!!