Diamonds and Blooms
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Have you ever loved a group of fabrics that you've made more than one quilt? Here is the Norma Rose collection by Windham that I used to make 3 quilts! Today I'm sharing the second quilt which is made of basic 60 degree diamonds surrounded by strips and then set with large triangles. That luscious, bold floral print was calling to me! Large diamonds surrounded by 1-1/2" strips I use my standard 6" x 12" ruler with those special 60 degree diagonal lines to cut my diamonds. You've seen this before. You do NOT NEED any funky, specialty rulers to do this! Cutting 60 degree diamonds with a 4-1/2" measurement from flat side to flat side. I sewed until I couldn't get any more diamonds. Time to put the 8 blocks together. I did have to dip into another collection for those top and bottom center triangles. 8 Norma Rose Diamond Blocks: 34" x 39-1/2" These are REALLY tall diamonds - 19-1/2" finished (point to point). 11-1/2" wide (from point