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06-02-2014, 11:55 AM

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Preeti

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I agree. Someday, I am going to feel confident enough to make diamonds quilt. Or may be someone will develop a magic method for piecing them :-) Good Luck in your endeavors!!!

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Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2

I personally RUN from any pattern with diamonds. Everything has to be absolutely perfect. Your cutting, your seams and where you pin the two diamonds together for a seam. That is why there are notches in the diamond rulers so they the cut pieces are placed correctly. Pressing can also wonk a diamond out of shape. Hope you starched your fabric well.

06-02-2014, 12:01 PM

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bearisgray

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Originally Posted by crocee

Woo Hoo I've finally got the idea of what I'm doing. I've got 9 of 48 diamonds cut and things are rolling along smoothly. Thank you ALL for your tremendous help. I'm sure I'll be back shortly with other questions.

Try laying them out now to make sure that they are doing what you expect/want them to.

06-02-2014, 12:24 PM

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crocee

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Originally Posted by bearisgray

Try laying them out now to make sure that they are doing what you expect/want them to.

They go together just like they're supposed to, although they are a bit larger than I had planned. Oh well, the entire pad will just have to be made a tad bit larger.

06-02-2014, 12:50 PM

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bearisgray

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You "lose" quite a bit when the pieces are put together.

06-02-2014, 12:53 PM

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crocee

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Thanks. The squares are "supposed" to be 10" but I think they might be a tad bigger in the end. The 3 star blocks will determine the width of the pad so it won't be a huge thing to enlarge.

06-03-2014, 04:27 AM

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Geri B

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Why are you piecing canvas....just wondering......

06-03-2014, 07:30 AM

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crocee

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Its for a show pad on a horse. Regular cotton quilting fabric would fall apart after the first show.

06-03-2014, 08:29 AM

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Dodie

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I could never make a lone star quilt even took a class once seams never matched I got the Eleanor Burns book on it and was very easy never had a problem after that and did not use a special ruler but Eleanor always has wonderful instructions and her books are wirth the price

06-03-2014, 12:20 PM

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teacherbailey

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Originally Posted by dunster

Diamonds can be of many shapes. You need to know the angles for the diamonds you are trying to make. cjsews suggests a 45 degree angle, Kat sews suggests 60 degrees - your diamond is probably one of these, but you must measure to know for sure.

There are 360 degrees in a circle so if you want a 6 pointed star, you cut 60 degree diamonds (since 6 x 60 = 360) and if you want an 8 pointed star, you cut 45 degree diamonds since 45 x 8 = 360. You can get crazy and draft other sizes too, as long as they are a total of 360 degrees.....