it looks great i look forward to seeing the finished project

very nice - can't wait to see it live.

does your quilt program break it down and give you the blocks...and sizes of each cutting, etc., like a regular pattern?

yes she's using electric quilt. the software tells you everything and can even print out the pattern pieces along with fabric quantity and cutting directions.

the pattern pieces can be templates or paper piecing patterns.

i think electric quilt is one of the more popular design programs.

No, I'm not writing a book. These could well be done already as far as I know and I just like playing with designs. I use Electric Quilt 6 and it will print templates, rotary cutting or foundation patterns. It doesn't tell you how to put it together. This pattern, and the first one, use all the same size HST or square, 3" finished.

The tumbling blocks were visible when I was playing with the first one so I tried that too. Don't know if it's been done before but it's new to me. I never tried them because I don't want to do that many set in seams. There's none of that using HSTs.

i don't know if there's a book but i've seen patterns using HST and the same basic designs you're doing.

you already did one of them and the tumbling block in HST has been around for a while.

PP

What I have seen of the pics you have posted you are very talented and a confident quilter, why are you afraid of diamonds? Have you ever tried the diamond strip peicing technique? You sew strips in the series of colors of the star points and cut the stips at a 45 degree angle then sew the newly cut strips together. I will fire up my digital camera today and post a pic of my lone star quilt (aka Star of Bethlehem) done with this technique. It was mega-easy and the top pieced together in no time, can't say the same for the quilting (I hand quilted it). The only set in seams were the squares and triangles that formed the background.
I learned this technique from the book "Quilts! Quilts!! Quilts!!! The Complete Guide to Quiltmaking" by Diana McClun and Laura Nownes.

FF

Well, I figured "there's nothing new under the sun". Just a new way of putting the same old thing together. But thankfully there is endless variation or we'd all be doing the same quilts! :P

I have done the strip piecing of diamonds. I still don't like doing it. I'd love to see yours.

I could waste a whole lot of time playing with these things. It's time to get off my butt, get some coffee, and head to the sewing room and actually get some work done.

Wow, thanks for posting this. I've wanted to do a tumbling blocks quilt someday, but didn't like the thought of piecing them the conventional way. The HSTs makes it look so much easier.

That is an excellent book! When I started, the LQS recommended it - and if I could have only ONE book, I think that would be it.

It's one I feel very comfortable recommending.

Nice designs - didn't occur to me to HSTs -