Still working on my Tropical Storm quilt that I shared about in my last post. Like I mentioned before, I really struggled with the diamond in the rectangle blocks. I'm going to share some tips I have picked up from friends and Youtube tutorials:
- The Deb Tucker's Diamond in Rects ruler will save your life! You get precision cut diamonds and the side triangles are oversized on purpose so you can trim that down at the end. It is so much easier than the tiny little templates that I printed out from EQ8. You just look on the ruler for the size you need and follow the instructions. I'm a little directionally challenged so it took me a few minutes and Deb Tucker's Youtube video tutorial to figure it out.
- Lay out the corners on top of the diamond before you sew. It is so easy to get mixed up and sew the sides on wrong.
- Sew with the diamond on top so you can see placement better.
- Place the top points of diamond just a tad from top of side. Don't try to equalize the amount of overage on each end. Deb Tucker talks about this in her video. But here is a photo of what I mean, can you see my little black arrow at top and end?
- I have found that a little less than 1/4" on the seams is better to give you more edge.
- Sew opposite ends first then the other two. Press seams toward edge of diamond.
I was determined to have more precision in the cutting out of all the pieces. I have been cutting out all of the square in square pieces with my Cricut maker. It takes a long time but I feel the results will be so much better since I can't seem to cut out the proper sizes on my own. LOL As you can see, I have my shop assistant, Bentley helping me.
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