Quilt Review - Liberty Diamonds

As most of you know, I loooooove Liberty of London fabrics.  I love the little detail in the print, I love the colours, and I especially love how it feels.  As an added bonus, it is a complete joy to sew with - both machine and by hand.

Liberty Diamonds is my take on Kaffe's version.  The quilt is relatively easy but the difficulty comes in the choice of fabrics.  The original version works on contrasts in the print with the large flowery print in the main diamond contrasted with a small print in the diamond sashing.  

For my version I had to work especially hard at trying to get the contrasts as Liberty is not renowned for "large" prints.  I was very fortunate that I attended the workshop with Kaffe and Brandon in Feb 2011 and gained a lot of insight from them both on choice of fabric combinations - and they didn't necessarily agree with each other's choice.  I was super chuffed when Kaffe commented on my quilt saying "it had every potential to end up looking like a dogs breakfast but it is a really great"!!!

A few stats....

• It's big - approx 240cm square
• Entirely made of Liberty of London Fabrics - including the backing!
• 81 Diamonds - only a few of them have been repeated (but with a different sashing)
• Top and bottom have half diamonds all in the same fabric as the side boarders
• Commercially quilted 
• Cost me a fortune - but I love it!!!!
• And it hasn't made a dint in my Liberty stash!!!

Look forward to seeing other peoples quilt reviews!