Quilting - small quilt with precut and stitched triangles with a yellow flannel backing

Another quilt using triangles.  This one made use of several large triangles which were a group of assembled triangles.  I assembled three of the large triangles and then squared off the ends.  I added the two ends to the last triangle to make this small quilt.  It measures 38" square.  The lines did not all line up on the edges but I simply sewed the off cuts to the triangle from edge to edge.  With all the colour and texture of the pieces it is not very noticeable where they are not aligned.  I added a yellow flannel backing which I stitched right sides together leaving an opening to turn it inside out.  Worked really well!!  I top stitched the outside edge.  I used green on the top and ivory thread on the bottom.  I just followed several of the lines across to quilt the pieces together using gray thread on the top and ivory on the bottom.  Another bright quilt which will be donated to the Linus Project.  Not sure when I will get to the top created from the large triangular assemblies but there will several more quilts that will be made up from the remaining triangles.    Therese

 

Quilting - new walking foot and triangle quilt

I have acquired a unfinished quilt that would have finished as a very large circular quilt.  I decided to use the pieces to make some smaller quilts.  I used some of the triangles - some are pieced and others are a single layer of fabric - to make rows and then added strips of fabric in between to make up this quilt.  It finished at 41" x 56" which is a good size for donating to the Linus Project.  It was fun to sew and make up rows from the variety of triangles.  I used a cotton sheet as batting and then trimmed a rectangle from the large backing for the back and used the backing as binding as well.  I dug out my walking foot to work on the quilting of the layers of this quilt.  I have had it for over a year and finally had the time and energy to figure out how to use it.  Fortunately, it was pretty much plug and go!!  I just put it on my machine and used it.  Had I know it was this easy I would probably have used it sooner.  Needless to say, I am quite impressed and will be using it more often.  I so easily quilted all three layers to each other with any shifting or stretching of the fabrics so it did not need to be trimmed once it was the quilting was added.  I used it for the binding as well - so neat!!!  So this is a bright and energetic quilt!!  There will be a few more before all those triangle find their new home.  Therese