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I am trying to learn what this block is so I can sew it in to my white edging .
Hard to find info if I don,t know the name of it .
The main part is going to be white and I wanted to know how to quilt the diamond colour in side it.
I scanned a drawing to help me with it .
Thanks so much
Tom
When I look at your scanned pdf it looks like a diamond shape..... I'm sure you know what you're asking, but I'm sorry I don't understand what you are asking. Have you looked at Storm at Sea patterns that include that shape....
Yes its a diamond shape I want to put in the white edging.
Or I tring to do some thing that is to hard for a beginner ?
thanks
Tom
If you are trying to place a diamond shape onto a wide border, it might be easiest to applique the diamonds on. If you are trying to piece it into a border then you need to add background fabric triangles to the 4 sidess of the diamond to make it a rectangle and then sew your rectangles together to make a border. Take a look over at www.quilterscache.com/ quilt blocks galore to see if you can find a quilt block or border that may give you some ideas.
Last edited by Tartan; 02-13-2015 at 05:28 PM.
You might also think about making a paper pieced border. If you start with graph paper, draw your diamond, then extend the lines of the diamond edges, you should be able to see how you could piece it and in what order to sew the pieces. You could also google diamond borders and see what comes up in images.
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I have seen some piecing in that shape and when I looked at the pattern the diamonds were made with HST but from rectangles, not squares. You would make 4 Identical HST from the rectangle shape, then rotate them so all the colored halves are in the center and the white halves are on the outside--the 4 HST make one block. Then depending upon the spacing you want between them you may need to add a solid white piece i between the diamond shaped blocks. I think it would make a great border!!
Thanks
Now i know what to look for on the web .
The spacing will be 6 inches apart.
Really like being a member on here so much help . This is going to be my second quilt.
And thanks again
Tom
Another way to approach this would be to piece the border with diamond blocks, using spacer solid blocks between the diamonds similar to these pics. The diamonds are twice as long as they are wide. In the border pic, the border ended up 12" wide because I used 4" wide for all 3 segments.
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I like that , going to save it to use some day.Originally Posted by Barb in Louisiana
Love the design that you put here of the diamond. Looks like a lot of sewing and designing but know it isn't but it finishes the area. Great thinking. Keep great ideas coming, I could use some.
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