Ikat Diamonds Quilt Pattern

By Kathy Doughty

Dynamic diamonds dressed with triangle-pieced sashing

Add a punch of pizzazz to bold diamonds with triangle-pieced sashing Popular designer and quilting teacher Kathy Doughty shares timesaving tips for cutting diamonds, half-diamonds, and triangles from fabric strips. Use specialty rulers or the included template patterns as you draw from Kathy's vibrant design inspiration and hand-quilted finishing techniques. Skip the quilt math--all measurements include metric and imperial conversions. Vibrant and rich with texture, this quilt is surprisingly simple to piece.

- Timesaving method Learn to cut diamonds, half-diamonds, and triangles from strips
- Beginner-friendly pattern from the book Adding Layers--Color, Design & Imagination
- Includes both metric and imperial measurements

Materials Needed:

Yardage based on 42" (107 cm) usable width of fabric.
Ikat fabric or feature fabric: 3/4 yard (70 cm) each of red, dark blue, orange, purple, yellow, and light blue fabrics or a total of 41/2 yards (4.2 m) for diamond blocks
Shot cottons: 21/2 yards (2.3 m) total of light and dark solid fabrics (equal amount of lights and darks--I used 19 different colors) for triangle sashing strips
Backing: 4" yards (3.8 m) - Binding: " yard (60 cm)
Batting: 72" 78" (185 cm 200 cm) Template plastic

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617452084
• ISBN13: 9781617452086
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Stash Books
• Length: 12 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"