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Make a Simple Diamond Quilt with Jenny Doan of Missouri Star! (Video Tutorial) - YouTube
Channel: Missouri Star Quilt Company
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Hi everybody it鈥檚 Jenny from the MSQC. And
I have a fun project for you today. Let鈥檚
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take a look at this quilt behind me. Isn鈥檛
this great? Love these great big diamonds.
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They鈥檙e just really fun and so easy. So
to make this quilt what you鈥檙e going to
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need is one packet of ten inch squares and
we, that鈥檚 42 of them. And we have used
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Sun Drops by Cory Yoder from Moda. And it鈥檚
just a great little line. You鈥檙e also going
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to need a yard and a quarter of background
fabric. Now that鈥檚 going to take care of
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this inner piece right here and this first
2 陆 inch border out there. For your outer
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border you鈥檙e going to need a yard and a
quarter. And this is a nice six inch border.
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And so it just makes, it just frames up the
quilt really pretty. Now if you want to check
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on the backing, the backing is going to be
4 陆 yards right here. And this is the backing
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we used. It鈥檚 the same as the border and
it鈥檚 just really, really pretty.
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So to make this quilt you鈥檙e going to need
your simple wedge ruler. And the reason we
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like the simple wedge is because you can get
two cuts out of every ten inch square with
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our wedge. So the first thing we鈥檙e going
to do is we鈥檙e going to bring over our ten
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inch squares and we have a couple right here.
And you can see I鈥檝e stacked them on top
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of each other which is actually great. You
know, most of the times you can stack about
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four and that makes your cutting go twice
as fast. So we鈥檙e going to lay this on here
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like this. And we鈥檙e going to make our first
cut. And we are going to go right in here
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just like this. And be careful at this point
right here. And then we鈥檙e going to cut
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right down this side. Now those are, those
are cut right there and ready to go. And,
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and this is where our wedge fits and really
all we do is just move it over like this.
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Alright so once you get this all lined up
on your second piece then we鈥檙e going to
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cut this as well. And I鈥檓 just going to
come along here. And then I鈥檓 going to flip
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this over because I want to get my edge really
nice and clean. And you can see I鈥檓 barely
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shaving off a little piece on there. And we鈥檙e
ready to go. So then you have your two wedges.
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Now this quilt, because it鈥檚 big diamonds,
you鈥檙e going to want to lay it out because
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you want to make sure that they match up with
each other. So you鈥檙e going to have one
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that goes this way and you鈥檙e going to put
its matching piece down here. Now these are
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going to be sewn together in rows like this.
So then, and since, to get them to match up
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you have to put one up and one down, then
the other half of this one is going to be
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up here like this. So you鈥檙e constantly
working like on three rows. So you鈥檙e just
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going to keep laying them out. Like this one
will go here. And this one will go here. Just
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like this. And making sure that your other
halves are always on the opposite side like
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this. So you have your rows together. Now
I have a couple of rows over here that are
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sewn together. Right here. And you can see
that I鈥檝e started with a white square. You
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want to start and end every row with a white,
I mean, I鈥檓 sorry a wedge, with a white
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wedge. You want to start every row with one
of these. Because this is what鈥檚 going to
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make your border. You鈥檙e going to trim this
off. Now I tried cutting them in half, it
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just didn鈥檛 work as well. And so a little
bit of waste on our edge there. But other
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than that, you know you鈥檙e going to get
your rows, you鈥檙e going to sew your rows
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together like this. And then you鈥檙e going
to come back later and you鈥檙e just going
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to trim these off. You just want to leave
a quarter of an inch right here at this junction
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right here. And then just come and trim these
off. And that鈥檚 what makes your straight
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edge.
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So there鈥檚 a few things I don鈥檛 want to
overlook on this that make it a little bit
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easier. And so I want to go over those really
quick. Because this is such a quick easy project,
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you know, it鈥檚 easy to get caught up in
the doing of it and not pay attention to some
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of the details. And so I wanted to go over
this right here. When you鈥檙e ready, actually
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let me use a lighter one so it鈥檚 easier
for you to see. When you are ready to sew
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your two pieces together, so you have them
laid like this and you鈥檙e ready to sew those
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two together, there鈥檚 a little tip I want
to remind you of. So what I want you to do
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when you lay these right on the edges, I want
you to try and have a little bit of quarter
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of an inch of your bottom one sticking out
and then a quarter of an inch of this hang
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over. They will match up. But if you do that
they鈥檒l be off set a little bit. So this
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makes it so that when you sew across here
that will actually open up the quarter of
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an inch seam. So let me sew that quarter of
an inch down here to show you what I mean.
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So remember, just a little ear hanging over
on each side, a quarter of an inch. And let
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me show you that so you can see that.
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So I鈥檓 just going to start this right here
and my needle can go right in that little
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divot. And you鈥檙e just going to sew down
like that. So now let鈥檚 open it up, and
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these should be, see how these lay really
nice like that. And they stay with your, with
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your quarter of an inch. One doesn鈥檛 slide
up or down. You don鈥檛 have to hide anything
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in your seam. And so just remember to hang
your tails over.
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The other is is when you鈥檙e getting ready
to sew your rows together right like this.
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So here you have your rows all laid out and
you鈥檙e getting ready to sew them together,
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you鈥檙e going to put them right on top of
each other like this and you are going to
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nest these seams. So right here these two
where these points come together, you know
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try to keep all your seams going this way
on one row and going that way on the other
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row. And you鈥檙e going to nest these up and
you can pretty much feel them as you go along.
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One will go to one side and one will go to
the other. And then they鈥檒l have a nice
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match up. So we can also sew those just so
you see that. You know some of these things
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for, for those of us who have been quilting
a long time, these are just old, you know,
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things that we know. These are standards.
But sometimes I get, I get going so quick
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on things that I鈥檓 like, Oh I didn鈥檛 match
those up. And then you feel like you鈥檝e
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got to pull those out and make sure they line
up real carefully. So hopefully this will
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just make everybody pay a little attention
and not rush through this too fast. Because
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with these easy quilts, it鈥檚 easy to get
going. And, you know, then we鈥檙e like the
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horse to water. We just fly home. Alright
so let鈥檚 look at this so you can see what
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I鈥檓 talking about. So when they nest up
like this, see right there how that goes together
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so pretty and it makes the nice, you get your
points right there. And the come together
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so nice. And it looks like diamonds. Also
once you鈥檙e ready to, you get your rows
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together, and of course remember you鈥檙e
going to start and end with a white. And once
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you get your rows together, see how this comes
together as a quarter of an inch. And that
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gives you the line that you鈥檙e going to
cut your pieces off on. And you鈥檙e just
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going to lay this, I would lay this straight
on the mat like this. And then go ahead and
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come, you鈥檒l come a quarter of an inch over
on that line. And come straight down. And
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trim your edge. And that will work for you.
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So let鈥檚 look at our quilt one more time.
You know we鈥檝e got our diamonds across here.
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And you can see it鈥檚 starts, there鈥檚 our
little half diamond, I mean I鈥檓 sorry, half
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wedge on this side for the, of the white to
give it the straight edge that we鈥檙e then
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going to sew our 2 陆 inch border to. So of
these little diamonds you鈥檙e going to put
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one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven, twelve across. And we are
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going to have one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven rows down. So, so just remember
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that will help you with the layout. Goes together
super quick and it鈥檚 an awesome quilt. And
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we hope you enjoyed this tutorial on Simple
Diamonds from the MSQC.
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