Diamond Dash featuring Vera's Garden

Good Morning!!  Today,  I am so very excited to share this new quilt finish with you all. I just fell in love with the new Vera's Garden collection by Vicki McCarty. I was drawn to the classic calico look about it that just gives a vibe of timeless quilting. But the colors are still so rich, so it still has a modern feel to it . . . And of course, you know I loved all of the purple!!! And I knew right away it would be perfect for my Diamond Dash Quilt!! It has classic Churn Dash and Square in a Square blocks, but adds a fun modern twist in the piecing of each block. It's just a perfect fit for this fabric collection!!

Diamond Dash is one of the 9 quilts in my  Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book! All of the quilts in my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book use one Layer Cake/10" Stacker, but I wanted to make this particular quilt Queen sized, so I basically doubled the quilt, making 49 blocks instead of the original 25, and used two Layer Cake/10" Stackers!! The background fabric is Cream Shades, and it just goes perfectly with Vera's Garden. It is just a little softer than white, so it really plays nice with all of the bold colors in the prints!!

I know I already said it, but I really feel like this fabric is just the perfect fit for this design!!   Diamond Dash got it's name from taking the basic Churn Dash Block, and adding a Diamond to the center of it. Then for fun, I added a secondary Diamond block and I think it is the perfect compliment to the bedazzled Churn Dash block. And I just love that this design allows you to make your quilt look super scrappy, even though it is made with a Layer Cake/10" Stacker.  

And Diamond Dash might look a little daunting, but it really goes together fast and is so fun to make!!! You will mostly be making Half Square Triangles, with a few little Stitch and Flips thrown in. Add a bit of basic piecing and your blocks are done!!  And pay close attention to the pressing directions in the center of both blocks, as you can nest all of those angled seams making it so much easier to get perfect, pretty, points!! There is no sashing in this quilt and the Diamond blocks float, so once your blocks are made, it sews into a quilt top in no time.  It truly is great for beginners and experts alike. 

And this Diamond Dash Quilt was quilted with gorgeous echoed loop de loop design!! My amazing MIL, Barbara did the piecing and quilting on this and it is just beautiful. I love that she kept the quilting on a large scale so the quilt is super soft and cuddly!! Perfect for a bed quilt!!

And that is my new Diamond Dash quilt! I hope you have enjoyed this post and are inspired to make your own Diamond Dash quilt. To see more of my Fast & Fun Lap Quilts book, you can visit this post with all the quilts and all the details!!!    Truly, all of the quilts in this book are so fun to make!!   And again, to get started on any of the 9 quilts in the book , you just need one Layer Cake/10" Stacker and a background fabric.   And as I have shown, you can easily add more blocks to make them bed sized quilts as well with two Layer Cake/10" Stacker.  

Oh, and if you make your own Diamond Dash Quilts, (or any of the quilts from Fast & Fun Lap Quilts) I would love to see them! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags  #happyquiltingwithmc and #fastandfunlapquilts and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Quilts!!

Thank you so much for sharing this finish with me!

I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day!