Windham Wednesdays with Isadora

I began this project in 2017. No, wait; I'll do the math - 6+ years! I finally got the blocks together into a quilt top, but, for the life of me - I can't find it.

Here is the block. I call it Isadora. I made 10 of them in various prints. If you visit the blog post you will find the cutting sizes of all these patches!

Isadora with blue tiaras and gold diamonds

This uses a few diamonds. I cut these with my rotary cutter.

Rotary cut diamonds

Then I cut my half-hexagons. I used my 60 degree triangle ruler. When you purchase one of my 60 degree rulers I include a two page tip sheet for cutting:

• Whole hexagons
• Half hexagons
• 60 degreeTriangles (duh)
• 30 degree setting triangles

Half hexagons in blue and gold

I cut a whole hexagon from this gorgeous blue print. This finishes to 5" from flat side to flat side. This was cut from 5-1/2" strips. I did NOT cut this with a fixed size acrylic template. Just my handy, dandy 60 degree triangle ruler! I added two triangles, which are 3" finished height. Now I've got a pieced diamond, right?

Isadora with TWO gold tiaras

Now the fun begins. I joined the half-hexagons with the diamonds. I joined 2 half-hexagons with the unit pictured above. No y-seams, as you can see! This is such an easy block to piece.

Isadora surrounded with beautiful gems

Here are 8 of the 10 blocks. They measure 10-1/2" from flat side to flat side (unfinished).

8 Isadora blocks

Now I played around with an assembly. I thought of a ring, but then I would have to make something to go in the middle. I didn't want to go there (and it would require a very large piece of fabric)

Here are the blocks put together into a ring. But I didn't really want this arrangement. I've made it before, but it is just a table topper. I don't want another table topper; you can't use a table topper as a lap quilt!

Then I made one more block using a new print fabric and arranged the blocks in rows. Cut 4 diamonds to fill in the space. Only had fat quarters, so I had to get creative with the setting triangles!

10 Blocks

Now for the reveal - here is my finished quilt top, but I can't find it. I think perhaps I donated it to my local quilt guild for charity projects (I do that with a few dozen tops a year, so you can't blame me!) The quilt top was finished in July of 2021. Isn't it lovely?

Titan and Isadora hexagon and diamonds

It is around 52" x 52". I don't think I was the one to quilt it. But if I do find it in my very crowded closets, I'll make sure I share it with you!

So, don't worry if it takes you a long time to take a quilt from start to finish. You have plenty of company!