Diamonds like an accordian?
06-30-2013, 10:26 AM
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Diamonds like an accordian?
I was searching Pinterest looking for ideas on another scrap quilt, I have just finished the Labyrinth Walk and wanted something mindless.
I found this quilt called Picket Fence by Elsie Campbell, she also has a book with that quilt in it. These are 60 degree diamonds. Well, I had just pulled out a ton of undesirable fabric out of my pin and have this huge bag of it, ready to donate.
I figured I would just use these to experiment instead of cutting my good fabric. I am sure I didn't have a lot of strips in my more desirable bin lol.
I started piling them up and tearing some more. I just tore anything into any size. Later I decided, after making a few blocks, that I would tear up to 2 inches and no more and anything below 2 inches could work.
When I looked at the quilt on the web, I noticed that the top dark Diamonds had the strips going straight across the diamond, I did some of those and didn't like the look, so I let the strips go with the flow of the diamond. The lighter diamonds had the strips going up and down and that was fine.
I now realize that the top dark diamond, needs to have the last strip much darker and the pair of light diamonds, need to have the strip on the right diamond, just a pinch darker to give a 3-d effect but so far it looks ok. Later on I will switch the first blocks around and mix them into the rest of the quilt like on the sides and bottom.
This is the reason I was using the undesirable fabric. I need the check it out. Now that I see it, I kinda like it lol.
Here are all the undesirables, light and dark and the blocks so far.
I found this quilt called Picket Fence by Elsie Campbell, she also has a book with that quilt in it. These are 60 degree diamonds. Well, I had just pulled out a ton of undesirable fabric out of my pin and have this huge bag of it, ready to donate.
I figured I would just use these to experiment instead of cutting my good fabric. I am sure I didn't have a lot of strips in my more desirable bin lol.
I started piling them up and tearing some more. I just tore anything into any size. Later I decided, after making a few blocks, that I would tear up to 2 inches and no more and anything below 2 inches could work.
When I looked at the quilt on the web, I noticed that the top dark Diamonds had the strips going straight across the diamond, I did some of those and didn't like the look, so I let the strips go with the flow of the diamond. The lighter diamonds had the strips going up and down and that was fine.
I now realize that the top dark diamond, needs to have the last strip much darker and the pair of light diamonds, need to have the strip on the right diamond, just a pinch darker to give a 3-d effect but so far it looks ok. Later on I will switch the first blocks around and mix them into the rest of the quilt like on the sides and bottom.
This is the reason I was using the undesirable fabric. I need the check it out. Now that I see it, I kinda like it lol.
Here are all the undesirables, light and dark and the blocks so far.
06-30-2013, 10:58 AM
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For those who want to do it. Make a strada of the dark and light prints. I made a template of paper just for direction of the 60 degree cut, as the diamonds are mirror image. My stradas are 6 inches high or a little more.
Check your strada and cut the strip of strada at 6 inches. Line up the ruler with the straight edge of your strada and do a 60 d cut for the first side, turn the strada and 6 inches from the first cut, and do next 60 d cut for your diamond.
Now when it comes time to cut the second diamond, which is a mirror image, this is when I put my template on the strada to make sure it is heading in the right direction, move the template and do the cut.
Note: when cutting your first diamond, go ahead and cut those diamonds all the same position to save a chunk of strada. Then make another strada and cut those other diamonds in the opposite direction.
Check your strada and cut the strip of strada at 6 inches. Line up the ruler with the straight edge of your strada and do a 60 d cut for the first side, turn the strada and 6 inches from the first cut, and do next 60 d cut for your diamond.
Now when it comes time to cut the second diamond, which is a mirror image, this is when I put my template on the strada to make sure it is heading in the right direction, move the template and do the cut.
Note: when cutting your first diamond, go ahead and cut those diamonds all the same position to save a chunk of strada. Then make another strada and cut those other diamonds in the opposite direction.
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