Tagged: diamonds

Hodge Podge Diamond in the Rough (Friday Foto Fun #41)

I can’t believe it’s Friday already! This week has been crazy at my new job and I’m still in that “drinking from the fire hose” phase. I added a ton of items to my to-do list and hardly got anything crossed off by the end of the day.  In short, my life is a little nuts and I’m just exhausted!  A couple fun things for...

Sewing Expo Minneapolis 2017 Recap (Part 2)!

This past weekend I attended the Original Sewing Expo in Minneapolis.  This was my 3rd year in a row attending, and I was underwhelmed compared to the previous years. I was completely overwhelmed my first year since I had barely started quilting and didn’t know anything about sewing.  Last year, I could only attend one of the days but I remember enjoying it a lot....

Paper Piecing Design

Paper Piecing Design

Yesterday, I mailed by Maker’s Birthday Bash present to my partner!  I am so excited to share my process on how I made the diamond quilt I posted a few weeks ago.  Diamonds are the birthstone of April babies, so what better quilt to make! The Diamond is paper pieced from a sketch I made on graph paper.  I drew and redrew the diamond until...

Paper Piecing Tutorial

Paper Piecing Tutorial

Today, I was going to talk about the design process for this Diamonds quilt I made for the Maker’s Birthday Bash swap.  However, I realized it might be better to talk about how to paper piece first before going into designing a paper piecing pattern! I’ll discuss the design process of this quilt in 2 weeks after it’s in the mail to my partner!  It’s...