Curious

Amy FriendArt Gallery Fabrics, Complete Quilts, mini quilt, quilting, solids9 Comments

Modern quilt with yellow and blue diamond shape on a textured background

Modern quilt with yellow and blue diamond shape on a textured background

As I made my Melon Ice table runner recently, I was reminded of how much I like the diamond shape. I wanted to explore it a little more in a minimalist design using large scale piecing.  I drew several diamond designs and settled on this one.  While it is a simple design, I contemplated the placement of the diamond quite a bit.  The finished mini measures 20″ x 20″ and I used Art Gallery Pure Elements Solids.
Close-up of a modern quilt with white, yellow, and blue geometric sections, showing detailed quilting stitches.

I quilted using a 50 weight Aurifil thread, in a diagonal grid, with lines spaced just over a 1/4″ apart.

Close-up of white and yellow quilted fabric with diamond stitching

The texture is really amazing.  It was worth the three solid hours of quilting.

It was a fun exercise for me and I think I will work on a few similar projects because I enjoyed it!  I am naming this piece Curious after a comment made by a friend on IG.

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