BEHIND THE QUILT
SIMPLICITY IS KEY
“Sometimes the quilts I make are inspired by the simplicity and ease of the process. Like all quilters, I love playing around with fabric, fondling and folding it, but I also love the sewing process and if that process isn’t easy, then things simply do not get made ‒ no matter how much I love the pile of fabrics! So, using a ready-cut template to cut all the diamonds in this design meant speed and accuracy. You can cut these with a standard rotary cutting ruler, the template provided in this magazine or even with a one-size template, but as someone who likes to play around with numerous options, I enjoyed using the Sew Easy Multi Size 60˚ Diamond template, which gives me the freedom to work in different scales.
“Each block uses cream fabric for the star and two print fabrics that create the background. Each pieced hexagon block is then set with corner pieces to ‘square’ it up to the rectangle. I’ve used two prints for this, and you have setting and cutting options here. Either frame eight blocks with one print and eight blocks with
