Quilted Delights: Diamond Pathways - Flower Pot Blog Tour and Free Paper Piecing Template

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Diamond Pathways - Flower Pot Blog Tour and Free Paper Piecing Template

It is almost the end of the Flower Pot Blog Tour and today I am showing off the Flower Pot collection in my newest quilt called Diamond Pathways.

The hop is hosted by Jennifer of Inquiring Quilter as she celebrates her new Island Batik Signature fabric collection Flower Pot.

There are a few giveaways and freebies, so scroll down to the bottom to learn more about those.

I started my quilt with strips of almost every print in the Flower Pot collection. Island Batik sent me some of their Neutrals and black batiks to complete the quilt.

To make the quilt I started with sets of four 2 inch strips.

I sewed the strips into six strip sets. Each print was offset an inch to eliminate waste when cutting the first triangle from the strip. Since I was using strip sets, I cut the paper piecing pattern into templates instead of using it to paper piece. So if you don't enjoy paper piecing, you can still make this quilt using traditional templates.

I wasn't quite sure how many triangles I could get per strip, I knew I needed at least 5, but made one more just to be safe. I got eleven triangles out of each strip and a few squeezed out 12, More than enough for the 56 I needed for the quilt.

The quilt is seven blocks across and eight blocks down. Each block finishes at 8 inches.

A two inch black border goes all around the quilt making it finish at 60 x 68 inches.

For the backing, I'm still using up older yardage. I started off with a piece that was the length of the quilt, plus a few inches.

I cut it in half longways and then filled in the middle with other prints and strips.

I love how the back turned out and the fact that I am using up fabric that has been sitting and waiting for its time to shine.

I hope you enjoyed how I used the Flower Pot fabric, I am working on a video that goes into more detail about how I made it and all the measurements, but editing takes longer than I anticipated so it wasn't quite ready today. But come back in a few days for all the details. For now, if you want to get started on your own version of this quilt, you can click here for the Free Paper Piecing Template.

If you make one, tag me on your social media. I'd love to see your version!

There is an Instagram Giveaway loop happening on Monday so if you are on Instagram, check out my feed on October 7th for all the giveways happening, there will be several patterns as well as fabric.

I'll be giving away 2.5 inch strips of the leftover Flower Pot fabric. Enough to start your own Diamond Pathways quilt.