Diamonds By The Square Reference Book Vol 2

Welcome to the Square in a Square® way of constructing quilts. For over 25 years, I have been creating quilts using this system. Now it is time to teach you the power of these new diamond units. You will love them and probably be a little upset with me for holding out all these years! The beauty and ease of these new units using the Square in a Square® technique continues to amaze us! The speed and accuracy of these normally difficult, thin triangle units are unbelievable. To think, these are supposed to be unattainable designs now made so spectacular! Watch the movement in these quilts when using the diamond shapes as they add so much dimension and depth to your designs. These once hard patterns that fall into this speedy, fun and accurate category truly excite me. I can t wait for you to catch this excitement and experience the feeling of creating hard patterns so simply. This diamond reference book is Volume Two of the Reference Book encyclopedia series . Volume One is the Square in a Square Reference Book with the square Options #1 #17 with Volume Two containing 23 diamond Options . These books are created to work together, although they do stand-alone also. The 23 diamond options expand the possibilities to an endless number of patterns . From these diamond units, quilts can now be made with ease, accuracy and speed . No more y seams, set-in pieces or ripping out again! The diamond center expands your ability to create circles and curves, movement, depth and dimension to simple strip piecing . Difficult quilt designs are a thing of the past when you understand this simple technique. I recommend learning the basics of the square which are Options #1, #3 and #4 . Then, taking that knowledge and learning Options #7, #18, #19, and #20 of the diamonds. Powered with those skills, you are ready to tackle almost any design in the quilt world . This concept of simple strip piecing turns any level of seamstress into a Master Piecer! With its easy to follow patterns, multiple block sizing and page after page of endless charts, this Volume Two Reference Book will keep you at the sewing machine. * Pages: 128 * Author: Jodi Barrows * Publish Date: 04/17/2015 * Softcover