We have some eye-candy for you today.
We love to fussy cut (fussy print) with Inklingo.
For these stars, we printed 6 identical sheets of diamonds. . .
. . . from this fabric, which had been in my stash for many years.
Sadly, we don’t know where to get more of that fabric, but our movie “How to choose fabric for Patchwork of the Crosses” shows our 5 best tips for POTC with Inklingo, and the tips are the same for diamonds like these.
The diamonds in the newest Inklingo shape collection have 1.5 inch sides (finished), so they are smaller than the ones in the photos. (Photos show Inklingo 60° diamonds with 2 inch sides in pieced hexagons with 4 inch sides.)
Diamonds with 1.5 inch sides are big enough to sew by machine. We show how to sew from crosshair to crosshair by machine using hexagons on YouTube.
There is more about hand piecing inset seams (Y seams) on the blog too, and it also includes a movie showing every detail.
For the stars, you might want to sew 3 diamonds into star halves by machine and then sew the final seam of the star by hand so you can “circle the intersection” and get perfect results.
We call this a hybrid. It gives us the best of both worlds—speed and portability.
The sale price on the new 60° Diamond 1.5 inch shape collection ends tomorrow night at midnight.
We still expect most quilters to prefer the Inklingo # 3 book and CD because it is such an incredible value, especially if you want to piece a variety of designs, like the ones we showed you earlier this week.
Even without fussy cutting, the 4 shapes in the new shape collection can be combined to make many different designs and they can be set in many different ways.
Some quilters assume that you cannot fussy cut when you print the shapes on fabric with Inklingo, so if you know quilters who like fussy cutting, please send them over!
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I have to go to feed some chipmunks on the window sill now. Thank you for visiting.
Linda & Monkey
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patti
My webpage is updated with pictures of the progress on my quilt top made with .5 inch hexagons made into diamonds and then assembled into the star. ALso shows one of the border strips made from the ugly fabric that I dont have enough left of to take a photo of, but does show how the colour changed from side to side.
I am going to uploaded photos of the star that I created out of cut diamonds made from hexagons. Will also include a photo of the ugly fabric it started out as. Might be more of fussy sorting than fussy cutting.
Thanks…maybe when trouble’s over here, will get back into Inklingo! Beautiful fabric, beautiful triangles!
Hi Sandy, That is right. It is almost impossible to predict how much fabric you will need for fussy cutting, so when you see a good fabric buy as much as you can. Fussy cutting does NOT use fabric efficiently, but the results are worth it! Hugs, Linda & Monkey
Linda, That fabric is a perfect one for sure…the stars are all so beautiful!!! 🙂
does the amount of fabric you need to make six matching diamond depend on the repeat in the fabric?
Gorgeous – makes you look at fabric in a whole different way. Can’t wait to see the finished quilt!