Lancaster Diamonds: More Fabrics!

 

On Saturday, Himself and I took a little junket out to Lancaster County. There is a certain stand at the Bird-In-Hand Farmers' Market that sells some sticky buns that he finds irresistible and I had a hankering to take him to lunch at a fabulous place my friend Kristine unearthed that is about a half-hour away. We took the back road that I like so much, South on 10 and then right on 340. Which, of course, brought us right into the heart of Intercourse and The Old Country Store. At this point Lizzy needed a bit of a run so the two of them went to a nearby field and met a horse while I went inside to seek solids for my quilt.

I ended up with nine solids, including white and black, that go with those wonderful Liberty prints. The gal who cut for me was on the young side (though who isn't anymore?) and she wanted to know what I was going to do with them. I showed her the snips of the prints I'd brought along and she recognized them immediately, saying that TOCS had had some of them but not all, and then confided that she'd bought the rest elsewhere. She asked me again what I was going to do and I said I was going to attempt a Lancaster Diamond and she gasped! Which caused the other lady who was cutting to come over to find out what was going on and then she gasped! Oh, the excitement! 

I didn't buy background or cornerstone fabrics. Our group leaders have advised us to make several blocks before making those decisions and I see no reason not to heed their counsel. I had thought I was going to get the palest green for the background and at this point I'm thinking perhaps the palest, palest gold might be the right thing. So we shall see.

Presently, I'm about two or three nights from being finished hand-piecing the border blocks for Blue Halo and once that is done, I do believe I will prep a couple of the appliqué diamonds.

Oh, I think if you click on the photo above, you can see up close those wonderful tiny prints!