Week 2 Amethyst

This week's history lesson was about the choice of colors for the Britain's Women's Social and Political Union in England - Purple, Green and White - a pretty combination.  But my quilt for Dana does not include purple, so her Amethyst block, which has also gone by the name Diamond Star,  was going to wind up a mix of gems if I stayed in green and yellow.  I decided to make it an emerald and emphasize the "facets" of the design.

 

The greens in these fabrics are not exactly the William and Mary hunter but I liked how they worked together in this design.  I am planning to use a wide variety of greens

This is a block that could weaken the resolve of many a modern piecer, as you cut the fabric shapes the way quilters cut blocks before the advent of the rotary cutter: with templates.  I printed mine on card stock, then used a 1/16th inch hole punch to make holes to mark the intersections of the seam allowances.  Once that preparation was done, putting this together accurately to finish at the designed 8 inches was easy.