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Persia Lou

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Diamond Baby Quilt

My sweet and talented mother made this lovely quilt for my baby boy. Isn’t it great? What I really love about the pattern she created is that it is completely made with half square triangles just like my herringbone quilts. She used the same technique I explain here to make her squares and then just arranged them in a different way. Her pattern is basically made up of four-square units that form an arrow shape:
These are then twisted to face opposite directions. My mom chose to quilt a quarter inch around the outside and inside of these arrows to form a diamond shape.
She started out with four inch squares that got down to little three inch squares after piecing the whole top.
She chose a tonal navy blue fabric for the backing (which matches the nursery) and used a wide yellow ric rac for the edging.
I just love it. What do you all think?
Linking up at some of my favorite parties.

 

September 6, 2013 2:28 am Alexis Filed Under: Craft

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  1. Steph @ Crafting in the Rain says

    September 6, 2013 at 3:17 am

    Oh that's so pretty, nice job!

  2. ChristaQuilts says

    September 6, 2013 at 4:12 am

    Wow! It is simply amazing. Be sure to see all the quilting linkups in my blog sidebar and link this puppy up wherever you can!<br />Nice job, mom 🙂

  3. Alicia says

    September 6, 2013 at 9:46 am

    Adorable! I love the colour combination.

    • Alexis Middleton says

      September 6, 2013 at 4:35 pm

      Thanks, Alicia! Me too! 🙂

  4. Paula @ Sewy Stuff says

    September 6, 2013 at 12:54 pm

    What a great pattern. It&#39;s lovely!

    • Alexis Middleton says

      September 6, 2013 at 4:35 pm

      I think so too, Paula. Thanks for stopping by!

  5. Richard Healey says

    September 6, 2013 at 10:57 pm

    Thank you for Linking Up to LAFF.<br /><br /><a href="http://richardquilts.blogspot.com&quot; rel="nofollow">Richard and Tanya Quilts</a><br /><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=773694&amp;b=403311&amp;m=29190&amp;afftrack=&amp;urllink=www%2Ecraftsy%2Ecom%2Fuser%2F1278870%2Fpattern%2Dstore&quot; rel="nofollow">Richard and Tanya Quilts on Craftsy</a><br />

  6. Aimee G says

    September 6, 2013 at 11:18 pm

    Very nice. Your mom did a great job. Love it

  7. Kelly Young says

    September 6, 2013 at 11:33 pm

    wow! that&#39;s a really great layout of the HST&#39;s! It creates a great illusion!<br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing this at Needle and Thread Thursday!<br /><br />:) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

  8. Jen @ de Jong Dream House says

    September 7, 2013 at 3:34 am

    I love this! I&#39;ve pinned this for my quilt to-do list!

  9. Kathy Penney says

    September 7, 2013 at 9:33 pm

    This is just gorgeous! Shared it on my fan page this morning. Thanks for sharing at All Things Pretty.

  10. LisaK says

    September 8, 2013 at 6:45 pm

    I have never used ric rac on a quilt before, it looks just gorgeous! Would definitely be interested in knowing how to do this – it doesn&#39;t look like there is traditional binding on the quilt? Lisa @ Sweet Benanna &amp; Sam

  11. Live a Colorful Life says

    September 8, 2013 at 7:37 pm

    This is SUCH a cute quilt–the ricrac is an awesome touch! Wow, do I love the chalkboard art over the crib.

  12. oneenglishteacher says

    September 9, 2013 at 5:29 am

    I love it! I&#39;ve been obsessed with HST projects lately, and this is so unique. The quilting pattern, while simple, adds so much to the quilt too. And to top it off, I love the colors, especially with the cute polka dot sheets, the cheerful crib skirt, and the great rug. This is one great looking nursery! And, I&#39;m definitely pinning the picture so I remember this quilt in my HST obsession

  13. Navy Wifey Peters says

    September 9, 2013 at 10:26 pm

    Nice quilt! I love the yellow and gray together. <br /><br />Navy Wifey Peters @ <a href="http://www.usscrafty.com/2013/09/submarine-sunday-48.html&quot; rel="nofollow">Submarine Sunday Link Party</a>

  14. Ana Lopes says

    September 15, 2013 at 9:43 pm

    Great project! Love it! Thanks for sharing!<br />Enjoy your day!<br />Hugs and love from Portugal, <br /><br />Ana Love Craft<br />www.lovecraft2012.blogspot.com<br />

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