All about the Diamond Sword!

My grandson #2 loves Minecraft! He helped me layout the skateboard blocks on grandson #1's quilt and I really thought I would make 2 to match. Later his Dad told me he was not really into skateboards, but reminded me of his love of minecraft. I showed him Weeknight Quilting's blog and asked if he thought I should do one like hers. (The graph she drew up is wonderful!) So it was agreed. The Diamond Sword was started! I like to use my AccuQuilt for most of my cutting and since I only had a 5" square die at that time, that's the size I cut my pieces. There are a ton of squares! Following the graph, I laid them out in sections on a flannel board and sewed. and sewed. Finally it was coming together! I could see a sword! I used scraps of different whites, creams and grays and blues. My girlfriend had the gold and I did add to the grays with a fat quarter pack from JoAnn's premium fabrics. Then I saw a perfect print for the center of th