UFO Sunday #2

So last week, I took inventory and checked the status of my many UFO's, and this week I chose one to work on.  
The Diamonds Quilt was stalled in the design process due to lack of vertical space, but the downstairs bathroom has a cathedral ceiling (don't ask me why, the house came that way) and though the bathroom is probably not the ideal design studio, it has wall space and light, and if you stand in the back of the shower stall, you can get far enough away to see the whole design.

1.  Cleaned out cobwebs, evicted spiders, took down wall decorations, got out the ladders.
2.  Pinned all the diamonds to the flannel (for transport), took down the flannel, pinned the flannel up in the bathroom, and there you have it, ready to go!  (Luckily there's another door!) 

3.  Went up to the studio and cut into the fabric I'd collected for this project (some nice stuff came out during those 2 years!)

 4.  With the project up where I could see it, it really didn't take long to get a layout that I think I like.  The colors and patterns flow from one to the next without either mushing into each other or fighting with each other - they have a "conversation" with their neighbors, and sometimes say good things about someone farther away.

 5.  With the bottom section under control, then I had to finish the top, which was now too high up to work on!  So I pinned all of the new diamonds down and moved the whole thing back to the other room, added some flannel at the top (safety pinned a strip on), and finished the top.  
And here it is, in two photos, from top to bottom.

 

I'll let this hang for a few days, til I get used to it and can really see what I've done and whether or not this is the final version.

Now I just have to decide how big to make it (my husband wants it on our bed, so it may be destined for a queen size), then cut out the remaining diamonds needed, and start sewing. 

I think this one just moved from UFO to WIP (works in progress)!
Thanks Leah, for putting out the challenge!