Some friends were taking this class last year, so I signed up too.
I love the look, but the strip pieced blocks were thick and heavy, in part because of so many seams and in part because they were constructed on interfacing.
In any case, the quilt was too bulky for the friend who usually does our donation quilts. So I got it back from her 6 months later and sent it to Nancy, who definitely had done this type of quilt before.
It’s quilted with gold thread and one of my favorite pantos, Bauhaus. I’m happy with it and will be happy to get it donated!
Here it is folded so that some of everything shows
Quilt Stats
Name: Strip Diamonds
Pattern: Proprietary to the woman who taught the class, though I’m sure you can find something similar.
Finished size: 60″ x 70″
Pieced by: me
Quilted by: Nancy Nelson
And in the meantime, my friend Michele needed her pants mended so we used some scraps from a quilt she’s making!
Visible mending is currently fashionable, fortunately for us!
Do you mend clothing, or leave that chore for someone else?
Zippy Quilts 
The clay/rust binding is a nice finishing touch for this scrappy quilt.
I’ve made string diamonds so the strings are the “V” with the wings just fabric. And now that I seem to be in a thrifted-shirts phase I’m looking at a Bonnie Hunter pattern that uses shirt strings for both the V and the wings. (I think hers are on tear-away paper, though, which would cut down on bulk though contribute tedium.)
I don’t rip clothing very often so not much mending to do. The visible mending trend reminds me of hippie-era embroidery.