Hand Piecing Attaching Diamonds

Make sure you line up the center of your marks where it makes an x with a straight pin through the two pieces when sewing.  I pressed the middle row seams up, and the first and third row seams down.  Make your finishing knot on the x.  I hope the pictures are clear enough.  Thank You for visiting.

Learning Hand Piecing Diamonds/ Tumbling Blocks

I spent the weekend teaching myself how to hand piece diamonds.  I wanted to learn how to sew a y seam, and I only found one video that helped me.  It was Jinny Beyer's.  The only problem is that I am left handed, so I had to reverse it.  I was addicted to hand piecing, and it was so easy.  I can't believe I was so afraid to learn the concept.  Then I wanted to know how to attach them into the quilt, and I couldn't find anything with the order to attach them.  Everything that I found was either sewing with paper templates, or sewing strips of fabric together, and then cutting them into diamond shapes already attached.  I didn't want anything that dealt with paper.  I used items that I had around the house, and that consisted of notebook paper, and crayola pencils, and a ruler.  I am not very good at measuring things, so the notebook paper made it extremely easy.  Of course going through this process, I finally figured out a much easier way to accomplish what I wanted to do.  I ended up pulling this apart, and remarked the pieces.  I figured out how to get everything to align perfectly.  I know this has been done numerous times before, I just didn't know how to do it.  I will post pictures of my new progress tomorrow.  I hope all of you have a good week, and thank you for visiting.  Here is Jinny's Y Seam Video link.  I think it is the best hand piecing video.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08AlOM5COBU

Chloe's Memory Tribute Quilted Project.. June 2007 to April 10 2015

Chloe's Memorial Tribute Project..once started as a wall hanging last minute bag so I can take her memories with me.
Tomorrow will be 30 days since my Chloe has been taken from me. I have been working on her memorial quilt. I had no idea what the design was going to be when I started. It has butterflies because Chloe loved them. She would stop and watch them. It has the colors of the rainbow because there was one on the day that we got *her*. Same time. It resembles steps because I wish I could bring her back home. It is uneven because she made my life full of love and hope. There was never a dull moment. I have two human babies in Heaven and many furbabies. Paisley, Max, Shelby, Nuisance, Saige, Mandy, Hailey, Lala, Molly, now Chloe..I love and miss all of you... Hand Quilted front and back, and used machine to put the pieces together.. too thick by hand.  
Happy Mother's Day!