The Mountain Diamond quilt pattern is an excellent pattern for mountain dwellers and seekers. It is a great introduction to triangle quilts for the beginner quilter. Skill: Beginner/advanced beginner Skill development: sewing triangles 3 sizes - wall hanging, baby, throw This is a PDF Pattern Download link delivered to your inbox View pattern digitally or print on 8.5" x 11" No shipping is collected on PDF patterns Sizes Wall Hanging (26" x 30") Baby (40" x 45") Throw (54" x 64")
A Bonjour Quilts sewing tutorial for a diamond quilt block - make your own scrappy diamond quilt with this quilt block pattern tutorial.
How to make a simple triangle quilt out of Fat Quarters a free Triangle quilt pattern. A tutorial for a scrappy 60-degree triangle quilt.
Go Soft or Bold for Equally Lovely Quilts! Floral print diamonds float on a white background in this beautiful quilt. Thin white strips frame the diamonds to give the floating effect. Choose prints from your stash or all from one fabric range. Go as vivid or subdued as you like. A scrappy look would be …
Do you have a list of quilts you plan to make? I sure do. It includes all of the quilt methods and patterns I'd like to try one day and for years now that list has included a triangle quilt. Just a little while ago I finally got my act together and managed to make one!
I'm still here! I'm nearly caught up with my long list of things that needed to get done! I did manage to sneak in some time to finish this quilt started at the workshop. I didn't want to leave it too long to finish so that I would keep the momentum I had from attending the class with Kaffe Fassett. I have to say, that though this quilt looks so deceivingly simple in design, there is actually quite a bit involved. I had it on the design wall for two weeks, cutting and adding to it, rearranging the layout nearly everyday before I was satisfied enough with the layout to sew it up. Perhaps I did get to the stage where I started to over think the process, but I feel like I learned a lot from making this quilt. I may try it again in a different colour combination to see if the process is easier the second time around. I also feel inspired to finish off some old Kaffe Fassett projects started years and years ago and possible start another one!
Tutorial and pattern to construct a diamond quilt block. Learn an alternative way to construct the block made from half square triangles.
An interview with Tara Faughnan on unexpected harmony, and the importance of using colour value in our artistic projects.
Do you have a list of quilts you plan to make? I sure do. It includes all of the quilt methods and patterns I'd like to try one day and for years now that list has included a triangle quilt. Just a little while ago I finally got my act together and managed to make one!
Use this strips and scraps to make the tutorial for a striped triangles scrappy quilt, a scrappy quilt tutorial is a great way to empty your scrap stash
For wholesale inquiries please contact Deep South Fibers. For the featured photo version of this pattern just make more squares 1/2 white and 1/2 another color (of your choice). This pattern is so versatile- once you knit all the squares you can choose any layout you want. Make more squares for a larger blanket and fewer for a smaller one :-) Finished Measurements: 30” x 30” Materials: Size 5 U.S. (3.75 mm) needles Size 4 U.S. (3.5 mm) 60” circular needles Four stitch markers Approximately 12” of waste yarn Tapestry needle Yarn: Pagewood Farm Glacier Bay (100% superwash merino, 450 yards) A- 1 hank Mississippi Mud B- 1 hank Seabreeze C- 1 hank Golden D- 1 hank Grasshopper E- 1 hanks Fruit Freeze Gauge: 20 sts & 40 rows = 4” in garter stitch
And continuing our Quilt Market Houston 2012 coverage, more of my selections from the quilt exhibitions:
A Bonjour Quilts sewing tutorial for a diamond quilt block - make your own scrappy diamond quilt with this quilt block pattern tutorial.
In my family, we say someone's gone "off-list" if they select a birthday or Christmas gift that wasn't on the recipient's list. This quilt is off-list for me because it's not on my 2014 FAL Q1 list. I had intended to finish up a UFO involving black & white + solids hexagons to give to my niece, but when I started to work on it, I didn't think it was her style. I asked her mom, my sister, what colours C favoured, and the response was an adamant GREEN! With a follow up: and maybe purple. But no pink. I'd say this fits the bill, eh? My daughter named it: Triangle Garden. It's about 55" x 78". To make it, I went to my stash and scrap bins and started pulling out greens. And a little purple. I used my Tri Recs ruler to cut out the triangles and pieced the triangles into rows somewhat randomly, literally pulling them out of a box and using whatever I chose with only a few restrictions: no same fabrics side by side, and trying to use different fabrics throughout the rows. I didn't impose those requirements when I put the rows together, though. I kind of like the odd diamond that appears. The quilting is concentric circles with lovely 40wt Aurifil in a mossy, taupey green (#2324), and 50wt cream in the bobbin. I traced a cereal bowl to start and then used the seam guide to stitch lines 1" apart. Lots of threads to bury but I like the effect. Listening to an audiobook (Wild by Cheryl Strayed - recommended) helped pass the time. I love the purple binding - it gives the whole thing a nice frame. This isn't a "sanctioned" finish but it's just the project I wanted to make and just the project for a special girl. This is my third project involving triangles - I think they're out of my system for now. But not forever.
The half-square triangle is one of the simplest elements of quilting; I can crank out entire stacks in my sleep! But the really cool thing is how versatile they are. No doubt a thousand years from now, we’ll still be using half-square triangles to make new and innovative designs, (Of course we’ll probably be able to control sewing machines with our minds by then.) Today I’m working on the Stars, Stripes, and Diamonds Quilt. This design is packed with action, but it’s as easy as laying out your half-square triangles in the right order. Click HERE to watch the tutorial!
Today we’re going to cover a basic quilt block: the Diamond in a Square. The traditional way would have you cut a diamond and four...
How to make a simple triangle quilt out of Fat Quarters a free Triangle quilt pattern. A tutorial for a scrappy 60-degree triangle quilt.
If you’re stressed about sewing perfect diamond units, we’re here to calm your nerves with an easy tutorial for strip pieced diamond quilt blocks.
It's been a while since I have posted here mainly due to the fact that I've just barely been able to keep up with life in general due to sicknesses going on here with myself and the kids. Nothing serious, just constant! I'm still sewing though, but possibly not getting done everything that I would like to! Nothing new, right? I have had the opportunity to attend two workshops the last two weekends. Considering that I have only attended four workshops in my quilting career up until now, it felt like a very busy week! Last weekend's workshop was with Chris Jurd, which I will blog about next. This weekend's workshop was with none other than the wonderful Kaffe Fassett! Nearly as long as I have been quilting, I have wanted to attend a Kaffe Fassett workshop. I have spent many many hours over the years pouring over his books and dreaming of quilts to make inspired by him. When I heard that Addicted to Fabric in Canberra was going to host Kaffe Fassett and run a workshop for the Bordered Diamonds quilt from his book, "Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts", I jumped at the chance. And I have no regrets! If anyone is unfamiliar with how Kaffe runs his workshops with his partner Brandon Mably, they are all about the design process and colour placement. There is no sewing involved, but rather a lot of cutting and placing of fabrics on a design board and then moving and arranging the fabrics around. For me, this is the most exciting part of quilting, so a workshop dedicated to this process was extremely interesting to me. The morning started out with a brief introduction and discussion on how it is important that we work quickly and not hesitate or over think what we put up on the design wall. Their mantra is the same as the Nike commercial, "Just Do It". Most important was that we get something up on the design board and then stand back from quite a distance to look at our work. They suggested using a reduction glass to look through so that we could see what was working and what wasn't working easily. For the Bordered Diamonds quilt they suggested that large prints would be most effective and that smaller scale fabrics would be effective to use as the frames for each diamond. We were to cut the large diamonds out first and get them on the board first and then go back and work on filling in the frames for each large diamond later. Neither Kaffe or Brandon teach the workshop in a manner that they spend time babysitting what you are doing, but rather there is the feeling (particularly of Kaffe) of someone standing in the background parenting with a bit of gentle guidance here and there. This method I feel allowed me to be able to work and gain confidence as the day progressed. After I had placed about 15 diamonds up on my board, Kaffe did wander over and was quickly able to see what the color palette was that I was mainly using. He picked out about three or four of the darkest diamonds and said that they created too much contrast--too dark against the lightest of the fabrics that I had already had on the board. It surprised me how simply taking out those diamonds, suddenly made the start of my quilt seem clear and gave me direction as to where I wanted to go with it. I had brought with me a range of blue/purple, red and yellow/gold fabrics with a desire to try to use yellow in my version of his quilt. I told Kaffe that I find it tricky to use yellow in general and wanted to concentrate on this as an exploration on how to use it! Brandon mentioned that next to black and white, yellow is the most difficult color to work with. Kaffe's suggestion was to add in green, which I didn't bring with me, so I did get the opportunity of having him go "shopping" with me to pick out possible fabrics. That too, was an educational experience to see how his mind works. I suggest that if anyone ever gets an opportunity to do a workshop with them to take them up on their suggestions! It's the easiest way to begin to see what they already know. Close to lunch time I had already starting working on my borders for each of the diamonds. The suggestion was not to try and match the border fabric to the large diamond, but rather use instinct and choose the fabric based on what we feel works. Using a single or two color fabric seemed to work better than using detailed fabrics with many colours. Here is where I was up to when we broke for lunch: After lunch we kept working and trying to fill in as much as we could. Kaffe would walk around the room, sit down on a chair looking very relaxed and just look. Then he would walk up and point to an area and say, try this here, or this here. What I got from it was that where there is high contrast next to each other creates a starkness and doesn't let the colours dance together. Neither should the fabrics blend into each other. It was effective to choose a different colour for the border than the centre diamond. There is a subtle play and harmony when it works which allows the integrity of the shape of the diamond to remain clear. Below is a photo of where I was at at the end of the day. He then goes around the room and talks about the process each student went through to create their own palettes. This was an extremely interesting part of the workshop and fun to see how each person came up with really beautiful palettes of colour. This is a quilt I would like to try again to see how I could make it work in a different palette. Maybe next time I will try a darker palette. Here are some photos of what some other ladies in my workshop made during their day at the workshop: All in all, I was very pleased with the entire experience of the workshop. It's an educational experience. Be warned though, Kaffe and Brandon are very disciplined in their approach to teaching and expect you to be on your best behavior! We had a very nice group, so everything went very smoothly. At the end we got a chance to have our own books signed by Kaffe and then we rolled up our flannels with our quilt layout to be sewn up at home. I hope to get mine on my design board in the next week or two so that I can still remember what I learned in the workshop as I finish it! I want to add another row to each side so that it is the same size as the one in the book, which I believe is approximately 55" x 80". If you ever get an opportunity to attend a workshop with Kaffe and Brandon, don't hesitate, just do it!
The quarter-square triangle magically turns into so many varieties of the disappearing quilt block. Come and explore these! Brother Innov-is BQ3050. Free Pattern.
Everything you need to know about half square triangles for quilts and quilt blocks in one post. Click through for TONS of great information.
Diamond Half Square Triangles! You too can make this beautiful quilt and brighten your decor. The quilt is my own design and made from Half Square Triangles, which extend into the border. A method to make half square triangles is included. However, you can make them using your preferred method. Fat quarters are used to allow for the scrappy effect of the pattern. Fabric requirements for two sizes are included: Queen (90" x 99") - uses HST's that finish at 4.5" Double (80" x 88") - uses HST's that finish at 4" Also provided is some information on how to determine fabric requirements should you want to create a quilt of a different size. Finished quilt is for sale at: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1219324499 See some of my other patterns at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FizzPopQuilts?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=28525896 See some of my other quilts at https://www.etsy.com/shop/FizzPopQuilts?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=16127241
After I had the third diamond quilt underway I came across what’s called the “Escher” Quilt. There are a lot of examples of this quilt online – I don’t know who develo…
This is a tutorial for an easy Equilateral Triangle Quilt, with triangles cut using a rotary cutter. No template required. Finished quilt is a crib size, measuring approximately 40" x 60". For this quilt you will need: 8- 1/4 yard prints 1/2 yard white fabric 1. Cut all of your 1/4 yard prints into perfect 9'' strips. (1/4 yards aren't cut evenly when you buy them). Cut 2- 9'' strips from the white fabric. 2. Line up your 60 degree line on your ruler with the top of your 9 inch strip as shown above. (The top left side of the picture is cut off, but line up the point of your ruler with the point of your fabric.) Cut with your rotary cutter, as indicated by the red dash lines. 3. Line up your 60 degree line along the line you just barely cut. Now cut as indicated by the red dash line above. 4. Each 1/4 yard printed fabric strip should yield 7 equilateral triangles. Repeat for all 8- 1/4 yds until you have a total of 56 colored triangles. The white fabric will yield 14 white triangles. This quilt requires 70 total triangles. 5. Layout your triangles in 7 rows of 10 triangles each. Sew together. Be careful when sewing to match the triangle points together. Square up the edges if desired.
Sheila Christensen –– Triangles, hexagons, diamonds, and more! Learn to measure, rotary cut, and machine piece 60° shapes with ease. Don’t be intimidated—triangle quilts are actually easy to put together when viewed as individual blocks on a grid. Sew 15 interesting angular quilts with no templates, no y-seams, and no paper piecing! Any 60° triangle ruler (or straight ruler with a 60° mark) works with these patterns. Take your quilts to the next level with simple strip piecing, and learn triangle grid basics so you can design your own angled blocks and quilts. Sew 15 quilts from triangles, hexagons, trapezoids, jewels, diamonds, parallelograms, and strip-pieced blocks Cut strip-pieced fabric using any 60° triangle ruler or straight ruler with 60° mark Arrange blocks in straight rows or kaleidoscope layouts for wildly different looks No matter how you arrange your blocks, you can sew them together in straight rows #11297 UPC: 734817-112976 eISBN: 9781617456428 Related Blog Posts Learn to Cut Angles the Easy Way with Sheila Christensen Pantone's 2019 Color of the Year: Living Coral Quilts with an Angle Blog Tour Kickoff! Catch Up on Spring Quilt Market with Our Vlog How to Cut Shapes with Directional Fabric Video The link will open in a new tab or window.
Hey! I’m back after a long break, but you know what it’s like! life gets in the way… So, soon to be the holidays, although it doesn’t really feels like it with that weather.…
Inspired by a quilt that my friend Mary shared with me from Pinterest, I decided to design an Ombré HST quilt mathematically. This was the result. I chose to use a gradient of eight different values, numbered 1-8 from lightest to darkest. I began by drawing a 7 by 9 rectangle in my graph notebook and ...continue reading →
After making the yellow cross quilt for our do. Good Stitches circle early last year, and seeing how cheerful, yet simple and modern, t...
Master the stunning Diamond Rectangle quilt block in 5 sizes with our free printable patterns. Paper piecing ensures perfect points every time. Download now.
