Originally Posted by
piker6ca
Well
I tried a diamond this morning and think they will come out ok .
This was the first one I made.
Tom
Not as hard as I thought it would be.
That looks good. If you use the same fabric all around, the geese will appear to be floating.
Edited to add: a lot of quilting patterns seem very hard, until you can see a pattern in the block. Most of them turn out to be easier than they look. Some, especially the paper pieced blocks are a bit more intricate, but all can be done if we understand how the pattern goes together.
The funny part, is all of you guys and gals make me think, and I really enjoy using EQ7 to solve your questions and it gives me new ideas.
Another thought: the beauty of the floating diamonds with solid squares between them is that you can make them any size as long as the diamonds are twice as long as they are wide. The solid squares can be such that there are only diamonds at the corner areas of the borders, or there can be diamonds on only two sides so that the quilt looks more modern. The possibilities are many.