Here's a pic of a quilt I finished that I called "Leather Diamonds" because the browns and blacks of the diamonds remind me of leather. It's made from a layer cake of Moda's "Legacy" collection of fabric, and measures 56" x 68". For the border, backing, and binding, I used matching fabric from the same collection. I did free-motion quilting on it, and the pattern is one I made up myself.

This will be a gift quilt for my brother and his wife for Christmas. Hope they like it!

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Eddie, your quilts amaze me. You have a great eye for color and design. Thanks for sharing all your work with us. I'm sure your gifts will be greatly appreciated and loved.

Beautiful, Eddie. I love the Moda Legacy line....I've almost bought it a few times. Another piece of art, my friend.

oooooooooooo that is gorgeous

Eddie...you amaze me! Yet another beautiful quilt!

What a beautiful quilt!

Ok Eddie, I just have to say it! "You make me sick!"

Ok, ok, I know it was not nice, but holy cow, how many great, fabulous, gorgeous quilts can one person make?

Your brother will love it. Those colors are phenomenal.

Great job.

That's a beautiful quilt. Not only do you have sewing/quilting talent and a great eye for color, but you photograph your quilts in the most appealing way. Looks like something from a magazine.

Yeah, that too.

:lol: :lol:

And I have to agree with wvdek. . .

I ditto all that has been said! Amazing!

Your quilt is amazing!! :D I love the colors & the pattern you have used. My DH would love to have that one!! :D :D :D

Another awesome quilt!!! I love it!!! :D :D :D

I'm sure they'll love it. :thumbup:

Eddie you out did yourself again. Beautiful.Where do you find the time?

Eddie,
Beautiful quilt, love the fabrics and as one southerner to another, the name is perfect.

It's a beauty!!

When do you sleep?

Eddie, we need to talk M'friend....you're making me look like a total slacker with all of these absolutely GORGEOUS quilts you produce!!
I think this one is my favorite of yours! :)

I completely agree. Another beautiful quilt from Eddie!

You have such an eye for colour, I love this quilt! :D

Beautiful colors. I love it.

Eddie---just gorgeous!! How many more do you have left to make????? I am trying to get just ONE finished and I am hoping to make it by Christmas!!!

I love this pattern you "made up"!! I am about to make a charm quilt in HST and I was thinking of laying them out differently, but now that I see your pattern, I really like it!!! Thanks for the inspiration.

Beautiful quilt perfectly named! They'll love it!

That is beautiful. I always love your quilts. Great job.

Another beautiful quilt Eddie!!! You do such a great job. And boy are you fast!!!

I was wondering the same thing! Either sleep or work, one has to go to get done everything you finish! I'm totally jealous, I admit it! :mrgreen: Beautiful as usual!

Thanks, everyone! :)

This one is just as stunning as all the others! Great choice of fabrics--it's one of my favorite Moda lines.

I think you should do a grand total of quilts you've done this year--bet you'll surprise yourself!

DITTOES! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Beautiful! I mean how can you go wrong with moda? right?

Fantastic Eddie!

Is this your day job????????????? Where do you get the time!!

Eddie, they will absolutely love "Leather Diamonds." That is a fitting name for a gorgeous quilt. Will you be able to borrow the quilts back to take to your presentation at the State Guild Mtg? Get Melissa to make a video of you giving the presentation (if it doesn't make yo too nervous). We all wanna see. We're all so proud of you and all you accomplishments. Ask QNC aka Mousie if she can tell us how to shrink down to her size & go peak in from a corner at that meeting. Our little chins would be on the floor in awe. Keep up the great work & so glad you're being recognized for your dedication for all this fabulous work (not work when you love what you do).

Oh please give us your pattern details, this quilt is fablous

It's actually a VERY easy quilt to make. As I said in the initial post, this is one of several Christmas gift quilts that I need to make, so I needed something that was going to be fast and easy. This is actually the second time I've used this pattern for a quilt.

If you look at the quilt (I posted the pic again below for easy reference), you'll notice the main block pattern is 4 x 5 blocks, so there are 20 blocks. Also, notice that each block has 4 dark triangles (the diamond) and 4 light triangles surrounding the diamond. So, each of the 20 blocks is simply 4 smaller half-square triangle blocks that have been sewn together.

Since I was using a layer cake (40 layers of fabric that are 10" x 10" each), I wanted to use the material as frugally as possible (i.e., all of it -- there was ZERO waste from this layer cake and no pieces left over), so here is what I did. I separated the material into two stacks of lights and darks, 20 layers each. I then took a layer from each stack (a light and a dark) and layered them with right sides together. I then sewed around all 4 edges of the two pieces using a 1/4 seam. Next, I used a ruler and rotary cut across the two pieces diagonally from corner to corner (i.e., 2 cuts). When opened up, you now have 4 half-square triangles, each of which has a dark and a light side. I then oriented them so that the darks formed a diamond in the middle of the 4 mini-blocks making up the larger block.

I really like this method of making HSTs, it seems a lot easier and faster than the conventional method I've seen of drawing a diagonal line across the block and sewing 1/4" on both sides of it and then cutting on the drawn line.

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Thanks so very much, your way sounds like a much easier way of making half square triangles. I have a layer cake from Moda for quiet some time and never could find a pattern that struck my fancy till I saw yours.

I a truly greatfull.

Dora

Great mini tute Eddie. :-D :-D

How big are the squares when you cut them apart?

what an awesome quilt. no ? about it anyone would love this.today is my second day i joined yesterday and i had to way in . :-D

A beautiful quilt, what a lovely gift.

I'm not sure if you posted this info...
but how large is this quilt?
It is gorgeous!!!!
Kirsten

Found the size...
Very nice!
I like your method as well...
Kirsten