Diamond in a Square
Also known as: Center Diamond, Diamond in the Square
A large square set on point inside a square, framed by a wide border with contrasting corner squares; the layout of the classic Amish centre-diamond quilt at block scale.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- square-in-square
- Piece Count
- 13
- Tags
- square-in-squarebeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Square in a Square
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