English paper pieced diamonds: A couple weekends back, I took...

English paper pieced diamonds: A couple weekends back, I took the basting stitches out of a project that I started a long time ago…

It wasn’t until I sat down to write this post that I realized the first time I wrote about these English paper pieced diamonds was back in September 2014 - almost a full 3 years ago! At the time, I had a lot of scraps left over from my Gemstone quilt and decided to hand-piece some bits together. I had even decided to piece them together to a ring shape, but these completed pieces were just sitting in my bin of unfinished projects.

I thread-basted the completed ring of diamonds on a soft lemon yellow (Kona Lemon) and am hand appliquéing it down around the sides. I plan to hand-quilt this entirely… which I’ve not done much of before. But, it’s autumn, and it feels kind of cozy to be hand-quilting… and I have been feeling quite into doing handwork these days!