Quilted Diamonds

Oh Alice .. I'm feeling so weak!! But, I have a different new book on the way already, so I shall have to muster up some restraint. . In message , AliceW writes

He-he! I read it as you meant it >g< When you sent your correction, I had to go back and see what was wrong - and I've had tea and coffee x 2 by now! . In message , AliceW writes

LOL! I *knew* it -- I just knew you'd fall into this the same way some of the rest of us have. LOL!

So if we gang up on you, you might give in? ;)

Not yet >gg< I must try my next 'new' technique first!! . In message , Sandy Foster writes

i did too and i've had a bowl of plain oatmeal with fruit, along with my coffee/milk (no sugar on either). i looked and had to study it to see what alice was on about. :)) cheers, jeanne

Okay, I give up! What is/are quilted diamonds, books, cds and dvd? Are they addictive? The last thing I need is another addiction/obsession! lol

This is an example of using diamonds in an impressionist quilt. It's amazing. This is the book that I bought from The Stitchin Post, 'cause I had been wanting it for so long and I decided that was a special enough store for it. ;)

-- Anita --

Carole, that's what I said - I now own both books!

Thanks, those are nice.

Carole, go to to see what Quilted Diamonds are. They're amazing and quite fun to make -- hence, the addiction. ;)

Thanks, I book marked the site. I saw something on her site about a show on QNN. I will have to make note as to when it will air.

But not at all what Quilted Diamonds are about..... Linda Franz made a quilt a few years ago, based sort of on a quilt made by Jane Austin and her sisters/mother. That one has a medallion, surrounded by sashed, with cornerstones, diamonds. She skewed the blocks from the "Dear Jane" quilt into 60° diamonds, plus added a few and created an absolutely wonderful quilt. Linda's quilt ended up being patterned in a book "Quilted Diamonds". Then she created

101 new diamond patterns for "Quilted Diamonds 2". Yes they are addictive. QD2 also has included a dvd that is almost 2 hours of Linda demonstrating/teaching hand piecing. And there are CDs with the patterns that work with EQ5, so you can print out the patterns easily on freezer paper. They are somewhat addictive, and can lead to all sorts of things. If you go to the Hoffman Challenge website, check the pieced, 2nd place winner...... that is a quilt I made by skewing traditional blocks the same way Linda did with the Dear Jane blocks.

You might say that I like doing these pieced diamonds just a bit.......

Pati, > Thanks, those are nice.

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For those who want to see this marvelous quilt:

Here is the Hoffman Challenge home page: Bev in TX

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I have the CD and DVD and am looking forward to the pattern for the writing table quilt. Now all I need is the time!