June 09, 2008

I Think I'm in Over My Head

I have seen a few different diamond patterns around the internet, money being tight - I opted not to buy any. . . now I'm thinking - I'm a fool! I have loved the look of the diamonds and have spent a few hours playing with paper diamonds, a few fabric scraps. I just had to do something with diamonds! So I took my tools to a jelly roll and started cutting - yeah probably 2/3's of the set is now diamonds. 336 diamonds per my calculations! I still consider myself a bit of a novice in quilting - I haven't done much with triangles, mostly squares and rectangles. Mostly because time is not abundant around here!
I thought that I would just figure out how to put the whole thing together as I went . . . not all too sure of myself now. I may end up with a top full of diamonds and nice borders around. I have to play with it some.
Do you have any suggestions? I was hoping to just use the jelly roll - I don't really have anything more to go with it. I could really use a pattern about now . . .
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6 comments:

  1. KatBouskaJune 9, 2008 at 6:24 PM

    No suggestions from me...you are leagues ahead of anything I can do...just my undying support!! You can do it!!!

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  2. AnonymousJune 9, 2008 at 8:58 PM

    i don't have a clue...but its pretty fabric

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  3. jacquieJune 9, 2008 at 9:33 PM

    never done a diamond, so no help except trust yourself...have fun...you never know what great thing you'll create!

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  4. AnonymousJune 10, 2008 at 8:31 AM

    I can barely sew on a button-so I don't have any advice-but I bet you'll figure it all out!

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  5. SarahJune 10, 2008 at 10:00 AM

    Don't get discouraged, I think it looks great! Free Spirit has lots of free patterns on their site. Go to http://www.freespiritfabric.com/core-pages/galleryindex.php and most of the lower collections have free patterns to accompany them. Maybe you'll get some ideas there.

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  6. KatBouskaJune 12, 2008 at 2:33 PM

    Soooo...how's it coming along!?!

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