Dancing Diamonds

Inspired by the quilt banners in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, I began a long journey into creating my very own quilt. The banners are basically a succession of diamond shaped blocks, but it still took me two years of drawing and testing to finally understand how to construct my quilt. Why? I wanted to design a quilt pattern while piecing my quilt to help others create their very own, no matter their skill level. Once I figured out the trick to sewing the strips of fabrics at an angle without creating any distortions, it only took me 4 weeks to finish the quilt top. You can make your very own panel with my Dancing Diamonds pattern published by PlumEasy Patterns.

Read more in our Issue 47.

Designed by Claire Haillot
quiltingwithclaire.com
Montreal, Canada