Diamonds For Christmas
How's
that for the name of my annual Christmas design? No, I'm not talking
about jewelry, but fabric diamonds instead.
I love pretty Christmas quilts and use them all over the house for decoration.
Jolly
red and green prints are combined with black, gray, and white for a scrappy
holiday quilt. I used Blue Wren's diamond in a rectangle die, then
added two sizes of half square triangles on the long and short sides
to make a square block.
For
quilting, I chose a zig-zag utility stitch with white thread on the
front and dark gray in the bobbin. A cute Christmas light fabric is perfect for
backing and binding. A slightly wider binding frames the quilt
nicely. Diamonds For Christmas finished at 53" square.
Dies
used:
Blue Wren
6381 Diamond in Rectangle 3” x 6” finished
Blue Wren
6381 Diamond in Rectangle 3” x 6” finished
Accuquilt
55147 Half square triangle 2¼” finished
55397 Half Square Triangle 4½” finished
55032 Strip 3½” for binding
Wishing everyone
a happy, safe,
and relaxing Christmas!
