Black and White and Colorful All Over

Hollow Diamonds is one of those quilt patterns that is just meant for Tula Pink's striking fabrics. Free Spirit, the company that creates these beautiful fabrics, offers free quilt atterns with their designers in mind. And that's where I found Hollow Diamonds, the perfect design for Tula's black and white fabric line Linework, as well as slim pops of her bright colors.

Who was it that said, "It takes a lot of work and planning to make a quilt look random." Maybe me. This time, I tried to let it just happen and I'm pretty happy with the results.

Lil' Stinker is a favorite Tula Pink critter.

This was my first bias striped binding and I absolutely fell in love with it. I see more Tent Stripe fabric in my stash's future.

I love this backing fabric so much. It's Tula's Sketchyer, which represents her drawings, notes and plans for the whole line of Linework fabrics. The 108" wide backing fabric is done on a larger scale than the standard-width fabric, so you can read all of her notes. It's just darling, isn't it?

And how 'bout this background fabric? This is Tula's Fairy Flakes in Ink. Full of stars, suns, birds and hearts, it's a subtle but interesting background.

A quilted tablecloth? Why not?

I made this quilt for a gift, but I would welcome the opportunity to make another one. Contact me if you're interested!

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To learn more about these quilts and Diane's other quilting projects, contact her at diane.fitzpatrick@mac.com. And check out her Instagram page.

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