“Diamonds” Quilt is Done

“Diamonds” is the second quilt in my half-rectangle triangle series, made with the use of Latifah Saafir’s Hurty ruler.

If one joins the two cuts this ruler helps make (left and right angle cuts), one gets a “diamond.” Or, a long triangle. (This quilt is 72-inches wide and 80 inches long. I don’t have a great space to get a good photo of a quilt this size, so this is about the best I can do–and it takes a step ladder to get above the quilt.)

I didn’t want this quilt to have the diamonds all be “matchy,” so from the center I displaced them in a way that also prevented the formation of the neutral diamonds that form when the diamonds line up. I wanted the areas beyond the center to sort of “come apart” as the eye moved away from it.

Here’s the backing, which I truly love. It’s the perfect backing in that it does not take away fron the quilt’s front, but just adds this neutral layer.

I quilted with a soft grey thread and used the Nemesh’s Feather Grande panto, as I did with “Arrowheads.” The texture is just awesome.

The colors are coming through in the pics above a bit dull. Here’s a shot that has better color.

And I’ll print this photo out for my greeting cards:

To remind, here’s the first quilt in this series: “Arrowheads.”

I’m well into the third quilt now and am thinking the series will be 4 quilts.

I am really enjoying making this series, and I really like these two quilts.