Diamonds and Rails PDF file to view and print
Sandy shared a link on our HeartStrings group of a vintage quilt and I fell in love with it right away and knew I wanted to recreate my own version. ( The link to the original quilt has been deleted because the quilt is no longer on the original site at the link I had).
Email me with any questions, mmcjohnson@gmail.com
My finished top
Close-up of the quilting – pantograph is Bubbles
Here’s a gorgeous version made by Marina from Norway
MaryQuilts.com 
Great blocks and a good tutorial! I have a tendency to either not cut my strips long enough or as I can see from your photo…..allow enough length. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for the great tutorial, Mary. I have a box of new solids DH bought for me. Humm….
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well now…i was just looking for a different pattern to do some stashbusting. this is it! i love it. thanks for sharing. i’m off to make some diamonds.
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It is beautiful. This might end up on my to do list also! I don’t have a lot of brights….but I sure have a lot of black in my new stash.
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Loving the diamond blocks! Can’t wait to see how they look with the rail blocks 🙂
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Thanks for posting your ‘process.’ This pattern intrigued me, too.
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Mary, What are the dimensions of the diamond. I really like this quilt and will probably make my version of. I kinda like Amish style quilts and this reminds me of them.
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Thank you so much for this tutorial. I’ve been collecting solids for awhile, but still have more colors to collect before starting this. …and as usual, the stash I’m still trying to rid myself of. Leaning to solids more and more and this quilt is calling me for sure! Thanks again!!!
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Absolutely love this! Thanks so much for sharing.
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Mary, I have loved your blog and instructions for a very long time now. You write such well thought out instructions, thank you. This one though would have to be my favourite (out of many) it is so bold and fun and graphic, awesome. Excellent for a male quilt.
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I love the look of this quilt. Great for my retreat next month! Thanks
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Hey Mary, I love this quilt. I’m going to use all my solid and African prints for this one. It should turn out looking amazing. Thanks for the clear directions. Blessings, Cleta
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Many thanks for this wonderful Tutorial and very much greetings from Austria!!!!!
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Absolutely wonderful quilt–I just love how you used all solids in this one…great piece
hugs, Julierose
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