I am making a quilt for my sister-in-law from some fabrics she chose & I added more. I am making the Diamond Rail Fence from Ms Star. Video is 8/23/12 & it is in the Spring 2013 issue of Quilting Quickly where it is title Piece Out. Sharon chose 6 fabrics & left it to me to pick a pattern
. My question is what size to make the "diamonds" so I can applique them in place? The sub-blocks are 6-1/2", snowball 1 corner with a 2-1/2" square, place 4 blocks together with that corner in the center to make the diamond, creating a 12-1/2" main block. In the video, Jenny also does a 1-1/2" square to make the snowball/diamond between the 12-1/2" blocks. Could I applique these also or am I asking for trouble there? Sharon close a wine colored batik & that is what I want to use for the diamonds, inner border & binding. I basted 4 sub-blocks together for the main block & did paper squares from 2"-3" & am thinking I need 2-7/8". Would someone help please? I have a problem doing total scrappy, am trying for a little control & that is totally messing me up. Guess I need to do a Bonnie Hunter pattern to loosen up
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A little background. Sharon had a mastectomy on 10/23 & a 2nd surg. to locate lymph nodes on 11/3. She may be coming home from Atlanta this wkend & I'd like to have this quilt for as soon as possible which is why I'm thinking to applique these 'diamonds'. Thank you for any help. Vickie