I'm calling this quilt "Blue Diamonds" and it was one of my last 2 quilts made in 2019.
The design evolved when I was playing in the quilt design program EQ8. I've been interested in creating some designs with half-rectangle shapes and was actually working on a Christmas Tree design with the blocks.
As I colored the patches this design started to emerge and of course I had to change it from green to blue. I loved how the diamond shapes were created simply by the play of light and dark. At that point, I abandoned the Christmas Tree quilt and made this one :)
I quilted it with straight lines that emerged from the upper right third of the quilt. I started with 1" spaced lines and went back and quilted again between each one, creating lines that are spaced 1/2" apart. I find I get much better results doing it that way.
The quilt is 48" x 48" making a nice size wall quilt.
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Don't you love it when you start a quilt and it evolves into something so spectacular?
ReplyDeleteI’d love for you to make a pattern.
ReplyDeleteVery striking quilt! Love the quilting on it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful
ReplyDeleteThe design is amazing! The quilt looks so great. Enjoy xo Melanie
ReplyDeleteHi Cindy, I love this design and the colors are perfect.
ReplyDeleteWell done
Lovely! Thank you for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteLove how the diamonds emerge from the half rectangles. Very graphic!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty design, Cindy! I like your color choices, and the deep triangles. Your use of black makes those elongated pinwheels really stand out. I like your quilting too. As Anne said, it's very graphic - and that's a good thing by my way of looking at quilts!
ReplyDeleteHRT's and pinwheels! Love to see the patterns that can be made for the boys.
ReplyDeleteI too would love to see a pattern for this graphically beautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great, graphic design!
ReplyDeleteThe color and design are quite striking, Cindy. Your post on Instagram caused me to slow down and stare at it for a while.
ReplyDeleteVery cool design!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful straight line quilting to compliment the HRTs!
ReplyDeleteLove the creative 'split' half-rectangle triangles!
ReplyDeleteI just love this quilt so much. The diamonds pop and the fabrics/colors that you used are outstanding!
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt and a pattern would be much appreciated!
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