Since it is Kristy's tutorial I won't go into the process but encourage you to check out her tutorial HERE. You will notice my centers are a little different as I didn't add the third color, I wanted my diamonds to appear see through so I used the background fabric. By the way these are all Island Batiks that were provided to me for my monthly challenges but I happened to have these leftover from one of the blog hops.
If one had the half rectangle BlocLoc ruler it would be easy to trim these. I didn't have the large one but I did have the small one and I figured out a way to work with that. Here are a couple of pic's showing my method.
You can see how I laid my small HRT Bloc Loc ruler in one corner and trimmed both edges of this one corner.
From there I could take a regular ruler and measure my 6.5" x 3.5" and trim up the rest of it. It's always fun to figure out a way to work with what you have.
Ahh the perfect backing was just lingering in my stash!
I hope I have inspired you just a little today. And do remember to check out all the other participants and see what diamonds they have in store for you today. Thank you Carol for hosting this fun blog hop.
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Just Let Me QuiltLinking with Let's Bee Social, Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Free Motion Mavericks and NTT
Beautiful table runner! I love the colors, and your quilting really enhances it well.
ReplyDeleteI love your table runner!
ReplyDeleteOh, I LOVE this table runner! I may have to use this idea for my annual Fourth of July runners I make for my family. Yours is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Even the color is perfect
ReplyDeleteOh, so pretty! You know I love the blues and greens, so the combo of interesting transparent diamonds and that super backing makes me happy :)
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! I always love your quilting.
ReplyDeleteAs always Vicki, your table runner is gorgeous!
ReplyDeletePretty, pretty, pretty! Love your color choices!
ReplyDeleteJust love it, so perfect!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty table runner. Love the colors and fabric.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful runner and such precise quilting too! That backing is gorgeous! I keep hearing such good things about the block loc rulers but haven't tried one yet. Someday!
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning with the beautiful fabrics and gorgeous quilting...love it! You really rocked the diamond challenge with this. Thanks for hopping with us!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful table runner. I love the colors! I'm going to have to check out the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful table runner. Love the alternating dark/light fabrics you used. Thanks for the tip on trimming large blocks.
ReplyDeleteGreat way to make that ruler work! Love the quilt and the quilting....thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGreen is my color, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat is so pretty. I love your colors and your quilting on it.
ReplyDeleteThose are pretty colors and a great design! I haven't tried HRTs yet - I'm going to have to give them a go one of these days. Thanks for the link to the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteWOW! What an awesome table runner.
ReplyDeleteLovely tablerunner. Your quilting has set the diamonds off perfectly.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful table runner, love everything about it!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilting, Vick! Cute tablerunner!
ReplyDeleteGreat job always fun reading your blog....tytyty for sharing your idea with us.... happyness04431@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI love your runner with so beautiful diamonds
ReplyDeleteLovely! And your quilting is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWell done. It's great when we work out a way around a problem with what we have.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty Vicki!
ReplyDeleteWOWzers, this is so pretty, Vicki. Love your diamonds and your runner is perfection.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Vicki! What a great table runner - it does have quite a sparkle to it and those diamonds do appear to be see through. I have been meaning to make a project with half rectangles - boy, it's hard to not say half square rectangles! I'll check out that tutorial, and thanks for the tip about how you used the smaller ruler. Way to make it work, as Tim Gunn would say. ~smile~ Roseanne
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful runner! I love how you used your ingenuity to trim up the blocks! Love the colors in this one!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful. I so love the colors.
ReplyDeleteLove your table diamond table runner and especially the colors!
ReplyDeleteOh that is so cool!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Vicki, your runner is awesome and what great FMQ. I hope that you'll get a chance to link up to Free Motion Mavericks! We'd love to have you join the fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for linking up Vicki :-)
DeleteOh Vicki! Another beautiful runner! Well done!
ReplyDeleteLove this, very smart! Love the fabrics, the quilting and your little variations. Perfect! :)
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