Canary Diamonds and a little demo

Continuing the yellow challenge this month, behold canary diamonds! One on the right is sewn and the one on the left is going to stay individuals for now... til I decide on a setting.
I had so many bitty scraps in the yellow bin, and threw them over to the machine as I sorted them...

Whew! That's a lot of puzzle pieces right there folks!
Sew a little piece to another, keep going, until you get some of these...

Hold up the template to see if they're big enough

Yep, so now just use that turning mat to trim them into tidy little diamonds

Arrange them on the wall then sew them in rows.

Oh you'll need more than that to make the large diamond... I used 9 smaller diamonds.

First offset the points by a quarter inch, and sew into three rows.

Some people like to trim little dog ears off points.
Not me, they help me line it all up when sewing the rows together.
I'll show you what I mean...

You have pressed seams going up on one row, down on the adjacent row so they will nestle.

When you place the rows right sides together to sew the long seam,  the points are next to each other.


To place them perfectly fold one seam the wrong way, just for a moment, til the points are directly on top of each other.

See how they now look like one point??

Good, hold this in place with your pincer finger grip, and lay in a pin, let the seam flip back over so the points look next to each other again, sew the long seam gently.

These are all bias (stretchy) edges.

And the diamonds are matched  perfectly in place when you're done!

Remember these bias edges when you press. Be gentle. Keep it all in line. Viola!
See what other people are making  with yellow over at so scrappy