![Last 2010 FOTY Diamonds Last 2010 FOTY Diamonds](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/PICT8400sm-172x300.jpg)
Above is the last group of diamonds for 2010. Hopefully, I have to count and make sure I have the right number to make some kind of even quilt.
![Background Testing Background Testing](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/PICT8391sm-235x300.jpg)
My first order of business was to decide on the border fabric. I had an idea in my mind and, luckily for me, I think it worked. I pulled a selection of diamonds and laid them out on a large piece of Michael Miller Ta Dot in Stone.
![Sample diamonds Sample diamonds](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/PICT8389sm-207x300.jpg)
TFQ suggested that I make a sample piece to test the size of the finished diamonds. I have been working on this piece and really got going the other day. I got out the rulers and started cutting. After cutting a side piece, I realized that the Tri Recs ruler was the wrong angle! Duh!
![Wrong angle! Wrong angle!](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/PICT8390sm-169x300.jpg)
I didn’t have a chance to get a new ruler before the BAMQG meeting on Saturday, so I went with paper templates and the Fast2Cut rulers. I am not cutting around the paper templates, but used one for a guide for the side triangles. I found a sweet spot on one of the Fast2Cut rulers for the bottom triangles.
![Fast2Cut strip triangle cutting Fast2Cut strip triangle cutting](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/PICT8412sm-300x231.jpg)
I got the idea of cutting this way from all the Fons and Porter I have been watching. I was able to cut about 14 triangles from each strip, which made the cutting go very quickly.
![Corner Final? Corner Final?](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/PICT8413sm-163x300.jpg)
Above is what I ended up with. I am not sure about those chopped off corner angles, but I will see if they when I do the test.