Last spring, I took a class for this quilt, Floating Triangles. It's a fast, easy quilt to do and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a perfect pattern for a "layer cake" fabric bundle (10-inch squares). I purchased this one on eBay. At first, I didn't like the colors very much because it's sometimes hard to tell on the internet. And that's also why it's sat unfinished for nearly 6 months.
Using a paper template, the squares are cut into 4 pieces and then sewn back together using a center triangle from one of the other blocks. It's really easy to put together. The pattern calls for 25 blocks, a narrow stop border and a wide outer border.
I don't follow instructions very well because I used all the squares in the layer cake (42), put on a 2-inch stop border and a 3 1/2-inch outer border.
I thought it turned out very well until I realized there were 2 big "mistakes." One was that the stripes in the backing were going crosswise instead of lengthwise. The other is that the top thread I was using to quilt is actually thread for embroidery machines! And I've used it on not 1 but 3 quilts!!! Is there such a thing as a perfect quilt? Or will I ever learn all the "right" ways to make them? Maybe I should just quit sweating the details and enjoy the process.
P.S. When folding the quilt to put it away, I discovered that one end was a 1/2-inch wider than the other. I thought I'd squared it up properly before adding the binding, but I wonder how that happened? Stretching during the quilting process maybe?
4 comments:
Tell the Quilt Police to move along. This is YOUR quilt; you design it and quilt it the way YOU want to. *Who* says that stripes need to go one way other than another? Who says they even need to go the SAME way? It's all part of the scrappy design. :-)
As long as the quilt holds up thru loving and laundry, then I'd say you made the perfect quilt. :-)
Thank you! You are quite right. My problem is that I'm so excited to start a project that I seldom think it through until it's too late. I know I am my own worst critic, but I am really having a great time learning to quilt.
OH THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!! I would BUY that quilt mistakes and all -- and never know you didn't do it perfectly -- such a neat pattern -- and you said it was easy!! ok I will hold you to that.
But it does look forgiving as far as fabric selections. It looks fantastic!!! Great job!!
who cares about the thread -- as long as it worked for you -- I used serger thread and it worked fine also.
it looks fantastic mistakes and all! and as mistakes go pretty minor ones too! lol
Leigh
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