Friday 24 February 2012

Diamonds are a girls' best friend

Don't you agree ?

Of course you do, what woman doesn't. My goddaughter will be christened in a couple of weeks time and that of course deserves a present and what better to make than a quilt.

I discussed the fabric for the quilt with my friend Leigh already months ago. She really likes 'Sherbet Pips' so I grabbed my Pips stash but soon thought that I wanted a few other highlights in there so I started adding other fabrics from existing stash.



Having wanted to make a diamond quilt for a long time I started cutting strips and then 60 degree diamonds and a few hours later I had the first layout.


This is a crib sized quilt so I hopefully will manage to finish it over the course of next weekend.

 No rest for the wicked.

8 comments:

  1. Oooh, I bet that's going to be gorgeous! I can't wait to see the final result. I love that you added some prints that weren't part of the Pips line.

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  2. Lovely colour stripe going on there Judith ...

    would it have been possible to sew the strips together first and then cut 60° strips? ?? I'd love to do a diamond quilt but the thought of all that piecing makes me shudder!!

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    1. That is indeed a good question. I will have a think about this but I have a feeling it might be possible. I'll get back to you on my next post about the quilt.

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  3. Looks great Judith, love the fabric choices too

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  4. Looks wonderful so far - love the fabric you've chosen!

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