Hexagon Diamonds

I had a wonderful time arranging the triangles from last week’s post into hexagons. Each block could be arranged 3 different ways. So there were a lot of decisions to be made. Here are the options for just one set of triangles.

I chose the third one, but they were all interesting.

Once the blocks were made I began to lay them out. At this point I want to share a personal opinion with you. I’ve seen many One Block Wonder quilts and find them fascinating, but there’s a part of me that thinks placing all those lovely blocks right up against one another can take away from the beauty of each block.

I started to arrange my blocks and just couldn’t get into it.

Then I remembered seeing hexagon blocks set with additional contrasting 60 degree triangles between them. I did a quick internet search, but couldn’t find what I was looking for, so I decided to choose a coordinating yet contrasting fabric and cut lots more triangles. I sewed them to opposite sides of each hexagon turning them into diamonds.

And arranged them on the design wall at our last retreat.

WOW! This resulted in each hexagon turning into a six pointed star. I loved it! The separation made the pattern in each block stand out. To sew them together I spaced out the diagonal rows,

added filler triangles to the ends of the strips, and sewed them all together. I was pleased with the results.

I found some buttery yellow minkie at Sandy Creek Quilts in Lodi while on our retreat, and decided to put it on the back. I layered it all with a thin, 80 cotton/20 poly blend batt, quilted everything through the centers of the diamonds ~ and then folded the backing to the front to create a very soft binding.

Thanks to Ruth for showing us how to make these delightful blocks. Stay tuned for photos of baby girl Walters receiving her quilt sometime soon.

And one more thing!

I didn’t do much quilting or teaching during our move and “reconstruction”. Recently I’ve had two people ask me if I ever teach beginner classes. They were both from Watertown, and one was a high school student. Ooh! I love getting people addicted to quilting! Yesterday I stitched together a fun-for-beginners pinwheel table runner. Then I contacted Lyssa at the Watertown shop where I’ve been teaching ~ and here are the details:

Beginning Quilting Class ~ Pinwheel Table Runner

In this 3 hour long class students will learn the basics of rotary cutting and stitching accurate seams, while piecing a lovely three block runner. A future “finishing” class will be scheduled to learn the basics of layering a quilt sandwich, quilting the layers together and binding the edges.

I love to encourage everyone to learn to quilt, but I’m offering a special price to teenagers in hopes of getting the next generation to fall in love with quilting too!

When: Saturday, April 1, 2023 from 9 – noon (no fooling 😊)

Cost: $20 per adult, teenagers half price! Pay in class, but you must sign up with an email to or text to (262)719-5018.

Supply lists will be sent at time of sign up. If you don’t have a sewing machine or rotary cutting equipment, I would be happy to let you use mine, but you must let me know that at time of sign up.

For all the information about the shop and it’s location click here!