How do you make the diamond quilt?
 

I saw a tutorial on youtube about making a quilt where you have 4 squares that are the same color and you put a piece of fabric between them and sew them together and when you open it up, you have a diamond in the middle surrounded by 4 squares. You can then tack down the diamond edges if you wish. I can't find the tute but was hoping someone knew where to find one on this block. I know I'm not explaining it correctly, but I hope someone can understand what I'm talking about and can direct me to a tutorial or to youtube. Thanks, Jeanne :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbTHlGGKMPM, this will show you how, it is a 10 minute block

It's called a 10-minute block. Here are 3 videos I found by Google search
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbTHlGGKMPM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgAZ3_xdkGw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUK5-nuhVcw

That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!!!

I'd never seen this before, think I'll give it a try. Thanks! I learn so much from this blog!

One thing to note when you make this top - if you send it out to a longarmer for quilting, or quilt it yourself on your longarm or DSM, you will probably want to stitch down the edges of that center square so the foot won't catch on it. I can't remember if the videos tell you to do that or not.

People are so helpful on this board. Isn't it amazing that you can describe a pattern like this and a member helps you find it this quickly? Thanks to everyone for being so helpful.

tartan is totally correct...this method is available several places on the net (youtube is only one) and is called the 3D Bowtie... all she did was make it big....which anyone has the option to do to any block.... I have made many bed sized quilts with one large block for the entire top of the bed, adding sizing strips and borders to make it the right proportions.... and so have lots of other quilters... there's nothing new under the sun...

I made the 10 minute block and the center block was "puffy" - I thought that I did something wrong because the photos I've seen of the block don't look puffy. So, how do you tack them down? With a quick stitch? With glue?

You can sew down the edges of the center flat, or if you like it to have the 'diamond' look, pick up that side of the center block and fold in (like a cathedral window block) and sew it down by hand. If you look at the "Gallery of Quilts" section of this site, you'll see there is a whole section of 10 minute block quilts. Look at the ones where folks have folded back each side of the center block and sewn it down....it gives the 'round' look to the blocks when you see the whole quilt shown. Have fun with it -- like every other method you make it your own by your fabric choices, etc...

This is how I sew mine down.

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I don't know if there are other sites like this site, but this is wonderful. Thank you all. This is what I wanted to make, and to be able to machine stitch the diamond so it looks like a cathedral is perfect for me as I'm not so great with hand stitching, So thanks soooo much!!

You got the answer on the name of the quilt. I just want to add it is a very fun quilt to make.

This is on my wanna-do list, too but I think I'll do smaller blocks. Has anyone done them smaller?

I made one with charm squares, and I don't think I'd go smaller than that. I struggled a bit, trying to get some of the seams to lay flat so I could stitch the other seams. It turned out great, though.