Hello friends!
October's bright blue weather has left us and we're now experiencing the full-on gray of November. To brighten up my days I embarked on another triangle quilt, this time hoping to trim the overflowing bin of batiks - totally unsuccessful in that endeavor! Anyhow, here's what the completed top looks like.
Sorry about the rug "borders" showing. Too wet and muddy to take it outside for a better photo. It measures 72-1/2 inches square, 10 rows of 16 full triangles each plus the half triangles at the edges to square up everything.
This is the third or fourth triangle quilt I've made using the helpful hints shown in Marit's now-inactive blog Quilt-It. This link should take you directly to her posts describing her method and helpful hints for stitching these equilateral triangles:
https://quilt-it.blogspot.com/search/label/wanna%20tri%3F%20play-along
So much fun, if a bit daunting sewing everything in diagonal rows! The greatest challenge for me was working with a design wall that is only 48" wide and needing to be able to lay out the entire 72 inch quilt before sewing very much together.
OK, so now that this top is sewn together and awaiting a backing, there are nearly enough leftover triangles to make a smaller 50x65" top. So I'll tackle that right after finishing the machine quilting on my historic panel quilt top. I keep telling myself this needs to be finished before the quin-bicentennial(?) celebrations next year, and yet I keep procrastinating - sigh....
So, that's about it for November happenings around here. Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!
