Edyta Trunk Show Part 2

 Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts is quite an innovative quilter.  First, she created her Applique Silhouettes that can be used for lots of different applique projects.  Many of the applique shapes that she loves are found on these stencil sheets, and you can easily reverse the designs just by turning the stencil over.

She has also designed other stencil shapes, such as the umbrella in Dancing Umbrellas.  Whether you like to applique by hand or with fusibles, her stencils take a lot of time and effort out of the process of tracing the shapes to be appliqued.

Edyta has a fairly new product called Silhouettes, which are precut and prefused shapes that can be mixed and matched for her Spring Bouquet Block of the Month, or for any other applique project.

Her quilt from Rainy Day Trio called Rainy Day Umbrella features maple leaf Silhouettes combined with a larger umbrella shape for a fairly quick and altogether charming quilt.

One of her patterns that is new for this Market is Flower Box, which combines traditional piecing and Silhouettes for a striking quilt that can be completed in a fraction of the time of traditionally hand appliqued quilts.  The pattern, however, includes applique patterns that can be used if you prefer not to fuse your applique.

Edyta's latest innovation is Laseys, which are laser cut "fabric lace", making the applique process even easier.  The blocks are all cut in one piece, and the border pieces are like fine lace, that can be overlapped for whatever length you need.  The Lasey quilt shown here is called Family Tree.

Both Flower Box and Family Tree feature her new fabric line, Paint Box, which should arrive at our shop, along with the Laseys, in April 2013.



Our girls, Marilyn and Neppie, made it safely to Houston and set up a beautiful booth display.  Here you can see our most popular pattern, Basket Lattice, which looks great with batik jelly rolls, and just as good in reproductions or daiwabos.  Amish with a Twist is on the table, and we are offering it as a Block of the Month or as a complete kit.

One whole section of our booth was Laundry Basket Quilts from Edyta Sitar.  We have made quite a few of Edyta's quilts, and she loaned us her latest creations.  Some were made from her newest fabric, Dancind in the Rain cottons and batilks.  Others feature her next collection, Paint Box, which is due in April.

Edyta has pioneered working with Silhouettes, which are prefused and precut shapes that make it so easy to get a complicated quilt done relatively quickly.  We used Silhouettes on her Spring Bouquet quilt, shown at the bottom of this post.