I am starting to cut a very scrappy Tumbling Block quilt. Don't expect to see photos in the near future. The plan is to cut diamonds from any leftover scraps and keep adding them to the box until I have the time to start the quilt.
My question is about grain line. In an older quilt instruction book it says to cut the top diamond (the light one) with the grain running from point to point the short direction. On the other two diamonds the grain should be parallel with the sides of the block. Is this important? Has anyone who has made a tumbling block quilt all from diamonds ever worried about grain?
I know there are quicker ways to make a tumbling block quilt using triangles rather than diamonds but I don't like the extra seams. I want a true Light-Medium-Dark tumbling block. It will be all 1800's reproduction fabrics, mostly Jo Morton designed fabrics from Andover Fabrics.
Susan