As promised, these quilting books have inspired a simple piecing tutorial! The pattern below for a fun DIY wall hanging can be personalized in so many ways, with different fabric combinations, sizes, and number of diamonds
(or other shapes)!
Piecing is a quilting technique that involves joining cut shapes of fabric, and can create really beautiful designs. Until the pieced fabric is sandwiched on top of batting, a bottom layer of fabric, and finished, it is not yet a quilt.
Begin by ironing the fabric you intend to use:
fabric for the tops and bottoms of the diamonds, and a larger background.
I've chosen to use the wrong and right side of the same fabric for my diamonds.
Cut 5, 5"x 5" squares.
Cut all 5 squares diagonally.
Place the sides of the triangles you want to be visible in your
finished piece together and sew along their longest side.
Open diamonds and iron flat.
Arrange diamonds on the background fabric, secure them
with pins and, for the last step, sew them down!
A wooden dowel can be used to hang the fabric by hemming the sides of the background fabric with room left for the dowel to slide through. I've used white sewing thread to hang the dowel on a nail.
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