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Make a Wedge Diamond Quilt with Jenny Doan of Missouri Star! (Video Tutorial) - YouTube
Channel: Missouri Star Quilt Company
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Hi, Iâm Jenny from the Missouri Star Quilt
Company. Today Iâve got a great quilt to
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show you and itâs made with the other half
of the stack of wedges that I used last time.
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So, last time we did the pennant quilt, and
this time weâve got the double diamond.
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Take a look at this quilt. Isnât this beautiful?
Itâs so amazing how you can use the same
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shape and come up with so many different ideas.
So, let me tell you what you need to make
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this quilt.
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To make this quilt we used a layer cake and
we used Daysail by Bonnie and Camille for
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Moda--beautiful line of fabric. We also used
a yard and a half of background fabric and
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about a yard and a quarter for a border and
itâs going to give you a quilt that is 62â
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by 62â. We just made this square. So youâre
going to need 42 colored wedges to make this
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quilt and 42 of your background--your solid
wedge. So, let me show you how to do that.
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So, youâre going to be using this simple
wedge template, which is, I mean, I love this
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template. The reason we came out with this
template is because most of the templates
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that are out there, again, sit right in the
middle of the fabric--thereâs a lot of waste.
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But with this template, if you put your wedge
to the edge, just like this, line up the long
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side of your wedge right on the edge, youâll
be able to get two cuts out of one layer cake.
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So, I love that. So, weâre just going to
cut this, right here, and Iâm going to watch.
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Be very careful not to go too far over that
line right here, I mean, over this edge right
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here, and hang on. There we go, and we have
our wedge cut. And Iâm going to move these
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out of the way and then weâre going, Iâm
going to turn this around and then, again,
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Iâm just going to put my wedge to the edge,
right here and make that same cut. So you
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have to be careful because you barely have
any extra room there and you want to be sure
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to get two wedges out of there. So now we
have our two sets of wedges.
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So, let me show you how to put this together.
This is really fun because it goes together
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in a more round kind of block. So, what weâre
going to do is, weâre going to take, remember
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youâre going to cut the same number of white
wedges out and I actually did that. Because
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weâre dealing with yardage, itâs a little
easier. And I just cut out the yardage thatâs
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the width of my wedge. And you cut your ruler,
this way, and then you flip it, this way,
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and then you flip it, this way, and youâll
be able to cut a whole long row of them and
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it makes for just really efficient cutting.
So, I have some already cut here and Iâm
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going to show you how weâre going to put
these together.
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So, weâre going to take a background color,
which is our white and our colored wedge,
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and weâre going to lay them right sides
together, exactly the same direction. Weâre
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going to match them up, point to point, like
this, and weâre going to sew, weâre going
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to sew a quarter of an inch right down the
side. Now weâre going to sew four sets of
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these, so four, youâre going to need four
colored wedges and four background wedges
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because what weâre making is a block like
this. So youâre going to need four coloreds
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and four background. So weâre going to lay
them right sides together and head over to
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the sewing machine and we can do them one
after another after another, so letâs head
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over there.
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Alright, weâre just doing a quarter of an
inch. Weâre making sure our edges are lined
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up. The other thing you want to make sure
is, you want to make sure that your, your
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solid color is always on the bottom and youâre
always sewing then on the same sides, so I
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sew my solid color on the bottom and then
I put my colored one on the top and I always
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sew on the right hand side. If you do some
one direction and some the other, you wonât
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have this pattern. It will be something else,
but it wonât be that. Alright, so letâs
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take these over and iron them open.
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To do that weâre going to lay our dark color
on the top and weâre just going to roll
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that back. Now youâre going to have four
of these. I have two because Iâve already
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sewn some together. Alright, hang on a sec.
So weâre going to set and roll.
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Now, one of the things I want to point out
is that in this layer cake there are several
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striped patterns. Donât worry about which
way the stripe goes, it doesnât make a bit
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of difference in this pattern. Actually in
most of my patterns, I donât worry about
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which way the stripes go, I just go ahead
and use them, and it comes out great. So then
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you have these two pieces, like this, this
is your piece. Weâre going to sew four of
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those together but weâre going to join them
two and two. So, I have my two pieces here.
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Again, Iâm going to put them right sides
together, matching up all my points. Now,
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right down here, because youâve ironed with
your fabric to the dark side, these will nest
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up very nicely. Here, let me show you this
right here. Iâm going to clip those threads.
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So see how these lay together nicely, like
that? Thatâs called nesting where the center
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seam is right with the other seam and you
can feel that with your fingers if theyâre
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lined up and you want them to be. So, weâre
going to go ahead and make sure thatâs lined
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up. You can put a pin in there, if you want,
and weâre just going to sew a quarter of
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an inch right down the side.
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Alright, here we go. I like to sew a little
bit and then make sure my seams at the bottom
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are still tucked in there really nicely. There
we go. And then weâre going to press this
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open. So youâre going to do this with, with
two sets and then youâre going to do the
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two other ones, which is going to give you
a circle, like this. I want to be sure you
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can see this. Now, one of the things I want
to point out on this, this is a really cool
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tip, is that, right here, you can see thatâs
about a quarter of an inch and whenever you
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have fabric or thread that crosses, let me
get the pen here so I can show you this. So,
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right here, you canât, you have a hard time
seeing these stitches because they are white,
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but Iâm going to draw on them, hopefully,
and you can see, right here, see how your
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stitch line, Iâve drawn right on the stitch
line both directions. Do you see how it crosses
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right there? As long as you stay on the seam
side of that cross, you will never lose your
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point. And this works anytime youâre going
to put a point in anything. It works perfectly.
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Youâll never lose that point.
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So weâre going to put these right sides
together, like this, and then weâre going
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to nest our seams here in the middle and this
would be a good time to pin. So weâre going
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to nest that, put a little pin right there,
make sure they stay lined up, and, again,
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weâre just going to lay these right on top
of each other and sew a quarter of an inch
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and when we get to this center part right
here, you want to make sure you do not sew
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past that criss, where it criss-crosses right
there. You have a seam coming up and a seam
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coming over, you donât want to sew past
that because, you know, you just stay on the
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seam side of that so you donât lose your
point. So, letâs see if it works. Weâre
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just going to give it a try over here.
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Alright, I lined those up exactly, make sure
they stay together. Make sure my middles are
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still together, lined up nicely, make sure
that Iâm on this side of my seam of my,
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where my stitches cross, and then continue
sewing down the other side. Weâre almost
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there. Alright, so now the big reveal! We
get to look and see. Iâm going to iron first,
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press it open, press that seam down there,
roll it back. Ooh, these are points youâre
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going to want to show off! Alright, so take
a look at that. That looks pretty good.
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And so this is really fun block because, because
when you think about the different things
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you can do with this block and the different
looks youâll get, you know, depending upon
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what you do, itâs very cool, but itâs
not actually a block. We have to make it a
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block. So, to do that, what weâre going
to do is, we are going to add corners to our
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white squares and those corners, letâs see,
are a six-inch block, right here. So, six
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inches and weâre going to cut them on the
diagonal and that will give us our little
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half blocks to make our corners. Let me see,
I need a ruler and my rotary cutter. Oh, there
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it is. So Iâm going to stack these. Iâm
going to put two of them together because
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I need four per block and remember this is
a six inch square. Line it up diagonally,
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corner to corner. And weâre just going to
cut that diagonally and make our half blocks.
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So then what weâre going to do is, weâre
going to bring our block over here, and weâre
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going to sew these right here, onto the white
corners, just like that and what thatâs
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going to do is thatâs going to square up
our block and gives us a square which enables
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us to sew them together one after the other.
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So, let me show you a little trick that I
do when putting these on because I want to
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make sure that theyâre right in the middle.
I take my little triangle and I fold it in
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half, like this, and right here on this fold,
Iâm just going to finger press it and give
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it a little crease. So, you can see that little
crease, I know thatâs the middle of my triangle.
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Iâm going to do the same thing to the piece
Iâm putting it on. So, Iâm going to lay
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this over here and make sure itâs folded
in half, put a little crease, and then Iâll
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just lay this crease into that crease and
stick a pin in there and Iâm going to do
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this on all four corners. So, again, letâs
fold it in half, crease, and then weâll
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fold this one in half.
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You have to kind of match up those seam allowances
to make sure that you get, you get it right
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in half and then weâre going to take our
little triangles, fold them in half, finger
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press a little, a little seam line or not
a seam line but, I canât even think what
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to call that--just seam. Make a little dent
right there so we can line them up, and then
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weâre going to go over to the sewing machine
and we are going to sew this down. Stick a
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little pin in all of these, and weâre ready
to go. So, letâs go to the sewing machine
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and sew these down. Now, youâll actually
see, these are kind of sticking off the sides.
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Just go ahead and start at your quarter of
an inch, sew straight across. Weâre going
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to square them up when we get them done.
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So, youâll see thatâs kind of sticking
off the side there. I go ahead and line up
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my edge and we just sew straight across and
I pull these pins out before I get to them
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and Iâll go to the next one and weâll
just rotate right around the circle. And one
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more. This just, this goes together so quick.
Itâs just such an easy, fun block, you know,
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itâs just really gratifying because you
get lots of, lots of fun out of it. Then weâre
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going to come over here and we are going to
iron this out and I just roll them back, roll
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them back, and roll them back.
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Now we have to trim this up and make it square.
So, I like to square up my corners a little
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bit. Letâs see if this ruler will work for
me. So, I line up my ruler on this side of
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my square, right here on this side, along
the edge of that wedge and along the edge
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of this wedge and it enables me to go ahead
and trim up this corner and then weâre just
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going to do that on all four sides. So, line
it up again with the wedge, make sure itâs
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lined up at the top with the wedge. Trim and
trim. People ask me a lot about how to square
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up blocks and you just have to kind of find
a point of reference on your block to do that
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with. And make sure that youâre not taking
too much out of the middle, and that youâre
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just, you know, sticking to the edges. On
this one, I can just line it up with the other
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two wedges. Thatâs my point of reference.
Makes a nice square block. Here we go, oop,
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itâs got to come down there. And when you
have a straight edge on either side, that
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enables you to get that square. Okey doke!
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So, here is our block. This is what weâre
looking for. This is how the block works in
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here. See how it goes right in there? And
so you want to lay your blocks out and then
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all youâre doing is sewing together big
blocks. So, let me get rid of this. And then
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weâre going to sew these together. And actually
youâre just watching these edges right here
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and because, again, youâre doing that quarter
of an inch, youâre going to have two seams
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that cross again and you want to make sure
that you stay on the right side of that. Now,
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because this block is so large it makes a
real big quilt, real fast. So, letâs head
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to the sewing machine. Iâm just going to
show you how I put one of these together,
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again, watching to make sure that these edges
here line up. And you want to make sure that
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youâve got that lined up to keep your points
all nice and safe. There we go. A little more,
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and again Iâm just, you know, I like to
sew a little bit and make sure Iâm still
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lined up, still lined up.
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Alright, so letâs press this open. Now,
there you go. So,so this quilt behind me,
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weâve sewn three of these together and it
gives us this double diamond. Now, I have
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a confession to make. So, when I first made
this quilt, I made it by putting my, my square
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on my corner on the colored block and so,
when I got this quilt all together, I was
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like, âwell that isnât what I was thinkingâ.
So what I did on this one was I put my corner
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square on the white block. If you put your
corner square on the colored block, the color
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is over here with the white square is in the
middle and you can see that definition and
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so if you want to change the look of this
up a little bit, you can add a different color
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out here and youâll get a secondary block.
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You can also put your corner square on the
color, you know, just rotate that block one
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and put your corner square on this color and
it kind of does this dancing pinwheel, triangle
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thing. So donât be afraid to try some things
with this. Itâs very fun. So we went ahead
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and sewed our three rows together. We have
three rows, a two and a half inner border
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and a four inch, four inch? Five inch outer
border, and youâre going to need about a
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yard and a quarter for that outer border and
it makes a 62â by 62â quilt. So, we hope
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you have fun with this and try some new things.
Be brave! And we hope you enjoyed this tutorial
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on the Double Diamond Wedge from the Missouri
Star Quilt Company.
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