“Dancing Hourglass Diamonds” Quilt Is Done

This quilt is the 3rd quilt in my series of 4 using Latifah Saafir’s Hurty Ruler for making half-rectangle triangle blocks. (I’m sorry about the feet of the ladder showing–I can’t get rid of the feet without losing the edges of this larger quilt).

I felt that this busy top needed a border to stop the visual motion that comes with this block. I wasn’t thinking of blue at all when pawing through my stash, but found myself “just wondering” about this blue fabric–leftover from a wideback backing. I had been thinking about red or green. With this blue, however, magic happened instantly.

This pic lets you see the center in a bigger way–and I’m betting your eyes will do what mine do–which is to “see” all the diamonds that form, big ones and little ones dancing all over the place.

To make this hourglass unit, one first makes the half-rectangle triangle unit with the ruler. Next, you cut that unit on the diagonal. Next you pair those two pieces with other pieces to get the four colors of an hourglass block.

In some places, I sewed this hourglass unit to colors that made a more solid diamond, in order to draw the eye around the quilt.

Here’s the backing–a Tilda fabric with which I instantly fell in love. I like the thicker texture of these Tilda fabrics too. The rest of the quilt has been made using my stash, which is partly the goal with this quilt series.

I used the “Lovely” pantograph from Denise Schillinger (sold on Urban Elementz), and I used an ice blue thread. Isn’t the texture wonderful?

This quilt is No. 236, and I am so grateful for this quilty journey.