Friday, May 23, 2025

✨ New Quilt Pattern: Diamonds & Pearls ✨

Today, I’m so excited to introduce you to my newest Meadow Mist Designs quilt pattern — Diamonds and Pearls!

If you love half-square triangles (HSTs), this pattern is calling your name! It’s a celebration of HSTs and sparkle, and I can’t wait to share it with you.  This is the throw size of the quilt and the pattern also contains instructions for a king size.

Introductory Sale

Diamonds and Pearls is available now in both digital and printed formats in my pattern shop and as a digital download on Etsy.  🎉 Introductory pricing is available now through Monday, May 26th at midnight ET:

$10.25 for the digital version
$11.25 for the printed version

💸 Plus, you can stack these coupon codes for even more savings:

TWOPATTERNS: Get $2 off 2 patterns
THREEPATTERNS: Get $4 off 3 patterns


About the Pattern

🔺 For HST Lovers: If you can’t get enough of half-square triangles, this pattern was made for you. HSTs are my favorite block to make and this quilt has oodles.
💎 A Dazzling Design: A fun and eye-catching combo of diamonds and pearls makes this quilt truly shine.
💪 Confident Beginner Friendly: Straightforward piecing with a touch of sparkle—just the right challenge for leveling up your skills.
📏 Two Sizes Included: Throw + King
🧁 Precut Friendly: Use a layer cake for the throw size or fat quarters for the king!


🧵 About the Fabrics & Quilting

For my sample, I used a layer cake of Willow by 1 Canoe 2 for Moda Fabrics paired with Bella Solids in gray and white. I loved the soft, sweet palette of turquoise, yellow, and pink—it gives the quilt a light, airy feel.

I quilted it using a meandering stipple pattern, which is one of my favorite quick quilting designs. It gives the quilt a lovely, crinkly texture. I used Aurifil Dove (light gray) thread for the quilting.

I did not think that I had any fabrics in my stash that would work for the backing and was about to purchase some yardage when I went through my fabrics one more time.  I was able to find two prints (a yellow Joel Dewberry herringbone and a blue sewing needle Riley Blake that together were enough fabric for the backing.  It gives me a sense of accomplishment when I can use my stash when possible.






🎨 Additional Colorways

Many years ago, Connecting Threads actually kitted a king size version of Diamonds and Pearls.  I’ve also mocked up a few additional colorways for fun, including a version with a dramatic dark background.

It’s so fun to see how this design transforms with different color palettes!








About the Pattern

Diamonds and Pearls is a confident beginner level pattern with tons of half-square triangles.  The pattern contains instructions for both a throw size and a king size.  The throw size is layer cake friendly and the king size is fat quarter friendly.







🙏 Thank You

I want to extend a huge thank you to Yvonne of Quilting Jetgirl and all of my amazing pattern testers who helped bring this quilt pattern to life.

And thank you for being part of my quilting community! 💛

🛍️ Grab Your Copy

Diamonds and Pearls is available now in both digital and printed formats in my pattern shop and as a digital download on Etsy.  🎉 Introductory pricing is available now through Monday, May 26th at midnight ET:

$10.25 for the digital version
$11.25 for the printed version

💸 Plus, you can stack these coupon codes for even more savings:

TWOPATTERNS: Get $2 off 2 patterns
THREEPATTERNS: Get $4 off 3 patterns




4 comments:

  1. Congratulations on the pattern release, Cheryl. HSTs are so versatile!

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  2. Lovely & another pattern...........well done. Take care & hugs from a rather cool Oz.

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  3. Congratulations on the new pattern. Lots of ways to make those blocks look different depending on what palette you pick. Very cool!

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  4. The dramatic dark background colorway is drawing me in! What a versatile pattern.

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