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10 HD Video Lessons
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Instructor
Jan Krentz
Winner of the 1998 Teacher of the Year award from The Professional Quilter magazine, Jan Krentz is a nationally recognized quilt instructor, designer and author of Quick Star Quilts & Beyond, Quick Diamond Quilts & Beyond and more. View profile »
Diamond Quilt Designs
with Jan Krentz
Let the quilt be your canvas – create beautiful, mosaic quilts using instructor Jan Krentz’s diamond motif techniques.
Learn 45-degree diamond cutting techniques and fabric selection tips that you’ll use in composing and constructing diamond braids, chevron diamonds and painterly single diamond quilt tops. Create a design wall with a diamond grid to evaluate your fabric selection and perfect the flow and value transition of your quilt, or to admire your work.
Enroll now in Diamond Quilt Designs and soon diamonds will be your new best friend. Bonus: Jan's e-book "Quick Diamond Quilts & Beyond" (a $14.99 value) is included free!
What You’ll Learn
- Quick piecing techniques with diamonds
- Multiple ways to cut a variety of diamond shapes
- Use quick strip sets to create diamond shapes without pesky inset seams
- Fabric selection, composition, color value and contrast tips
What You’ll Make
- Diamond braids
- Chevron diamond quilts
- Single diamond quilts
What You'll Need:
- Sewing machine
- Fabric
- Quilting ruler
- Diamond rulers (optional)
Lesson Plan
| 1 | Introduction | 28:51 |
| 2 | Setup & Preparation | 15:10 |
| 3 | Diamond Braid Design | 27:34 |
| 4 | Diamond Braid Construction | 19:30 |
| 5 | Chevron Diamond Design | 11:47 |
| 6 | Design Inspiration | 12:48 |
| 7 | Single Diamond Design | 19:32 |
| 8 | Single Diamond Layout | 23:27 |
| 9 | Single Diamond Assembly | 20:34 |
| 10 | Bonus – Quilt Showcase | 8:09 |
Skills you should have:
- Use basic quilting tools
- Use a rotary cutter
- Sew using ¼" seams
- Basic machine quilting skills
- Sew a straight stitch
Recent 5 star reviews of this class
Average Review:
Great information and tips
Just finished the intro and learned good tips, including cutting with a buddy ruler. Still trying to finish a king size quilt, but will finish the class a bit at a time. The diamond background is going to work well in my next landscape project. Thanks!
great information
very informative , I ve had your books for a while. I now understand better how to go about using them. Will be one of my New year projects. thank you for a great class.
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