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Good evening from Canada
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

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.

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.

Another way to put diamonds into your border:

http://buzzingandbumbling.blogspot.c...-tutorial.html

I like that , going to save it to use some day.

Nice border..I think I will save it also. Thanks Barb in La!

Thanks Barb
I,ll let you know how I make out .
Tom

NanaCsews2, thanks for the link. http://buzzingandbumbling.blogspot.c...-tutorial.html

That is an easy way to do the diamond. I get thoughts in my mind that I have a difficult time putting on paper. This is my thought. I was wondering if you could cut the strip on an angle I think a 45 degree) instead of straight, could you come up with an elongated diamond? Some of you smart ladies could probably have the answer to this.

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.

Well
I tried a diamond this morning and think they will come out ok .
This was the first one I made.
Tom
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These aren't diamond on the blog, they are square set on point. Your diamonds are on page one of this post.

I'm glad you asked this question. Its opened up a new avenue for me with borders

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.

Hi - I think that Louisana Barb's method would get you closest to what you've drawn.
I own a book called Sets and Sashings for quilts by Phyllis D. Miller, published by the American quilter's
society of Paducah in 2000. It has a 2" sashing called "darting minnows" that is similar but the points of the
diamonds touch. You could see if your library has the book or I could e-mail you the xeroxed pages
if you sent me your e-Mail. Good luck. Judy [[email protected]]

If this is your practice piece, remember to adjust the sizes so that when you stitch it into a quilt you won't lose your points.

Looking at a posted link this morning for something different and see this great tutorial on a diamond string that would result in the diamond shapes touching rather than the spacer. http://quiltingal.blogspot.ca/p/blog-page_21.html

Thanks
That look a lot easier then what i was doing