How to Piece Diamonds with Precision - Quilting Tips

[@omisfavorites1054]

I’ve never made diamond blocks. Having watched your excellent video, I feel completely comfortable with the process. Thanks for your making my quilting life easier!

[@ThimbleStorm]

Wonderful! The first time I tried diamonds, years ago, I remember feeling so confused and defeated because I had no idea what I was doing wrong. So with this video I tried to completely demystify diamonds because they're such a fun shape to work with in quilts.

[@gingertea5006]

I have seen some of the beautiful quilts that you have made in your previous posts. This tutorial was excellent - I will try it 🙂

[@ThimbleStorm]

Thank you! And I hope you have great time with diamonds!🙂

[@pamelapruitt2558]

Great explanation for sewing diamonds. I love how you show how NOT to do it. And then show the better and best way.

[@ThimbleStorm]

Whenever someone tells me not to do something I want to know why! 😊 So I figured I'd include the "how not to" with the "how to".

[@suzie7848]

Might sound silly but I just checked to see if you had uploaded anything recently! Lol I really look forward to learning.

[@ThimbleStorm]

That's so nice! Thank you for watching my channel. It really means so much to me. 😊

[@jennystrahley927]

Nice demonstration! Your Wonky Log Cabin baby quilt is looking great!

[@ThimbleStorm]

Thank you! I finished the quilt top last week and added a nice wide border. Now I just need to work up some courage to try some free motion quilting!😊

[@jennystrahley927]

@@ThimbleStorm Good luck! I have confidence that you can do it and that it'll look terrific!

[@micheletocher9952]

Great idea! Working on Edyta’s Mystery Quilt & could not get seams to match up. Will definitely try this. Do you use a 1/4” seam or scant 1/4” seam?

[@jennystrahley927]

@@micheletocher9952 I used a lot of pins to get the seams to match up in these blocks in Edyta's Mystery Quilt. I almost always use a scant 1/4" seam. I just saw we get to make some little hexagons this week...Yikes!

[@lucyscott736]

I had no idea what that square was for on the purple thing. Thank you

[@ThimbleStorm]

Happy to help!😊

[@Carol_Sews]

The Purple Thang is my favorite notion. I use it for a stiletto, a point turner, and an elastic threader. In home economics class over 50 years ago, we learned to sew straight and curved lines by sewing on pre-drawn lines without thread. There are times I’d like to sew without thread now, but without both top and bottom threads in place, my Berninas will not operate. They think they are “helping” me. I wish I could override that function, but on my machines I can’t.

[@ThimbleStorm]

The Purple Thang is definitely one of my most used notions! It's so simple but it does so many things. I didn't know that about Bernina sewing machines. I wish my machine had a feature that would alert me when I'm low on bobbin thread!

[@daintymiss-fb5ei]

Excellent tutorial!

[@ThimbleStorm]

Glad you liked it! 😊