Showing posts with label Triangle Block. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Triangle Block. Show all posts

Friday, September 30, 2011

Help me make a quilt...Please.

So I need some help.  I have cut squares and am all ready to sew them together with one small exception: I do not know what pattern I should use.  Here are some ideas I stole from the internet thought of, please let me know which one you think would be pretty or work best. 

pinwheels

hourglass

hourglass with a random mix of fabric

Diamonds

random triangles

descending triangles (not sure if I have enough of the same fabric for this one)
Sorry about the bad pics and even worse lighting...I work in a space with no windows and yellow walls (it hurts the eyes at times).

Please let me know what you think!  comment here, on the blog or on facebook.  I need some advice before I can sew!
Have a fabulous weekend!

Monday, September 26, 2011

Triangle Blocks

So I found a really easy way to make triangle blocks...

I used two 6" squares. One flower pattern and one from the main fabric (mine is the green).





Then I pinned them together, right sides facing.  It is pinned on two sides...


Then I drew a line down the middle of the square at a diagonal, using a disappearing ink sewing marker.




Next I sewed 1/4" away from the line on both sides...

After that I cut down the line (the one I had drawn), and now I have two triangle blocks.  My next step will be to iron the seams open, but I have not done that yet.  lol. 




I am so excited that I found out how to make the triangle block this way, because I would be the crazy person to cut each of the eighty-odd squares in half and THEN sew them together.  Yay, for time saving!!!