Saturday, May 17, 2014

Blogger's Quilt Festival- Nearly 1000 Triangle Quilt

If you're arriving here from the Blogger's Quilt Festival- Welcome!  I'm Rachel, civil engineer turned stay-at-home-mom to two toddlers, living in sunny California!  I started quilting when I was 17 and it has become my life's true passion.  I think about fabric and patterns all day long and itch to get to my sewing machine when my littles are resting :)


My second entry into the Blogger's Quilt Festival is my Nearly 1000 Triangles Quilt.  I made this quilt for my sister's high school graduation/going away to college gift.  I had her pick out the pattern to ensure it was something she loved and that it would be used in her dorm room!






When I started picking out fabrics I consciously left out any true greens, and tried to use more solids than I normally do.  When I started to layout the triangles though I realized it was looking flat, so I threw in a lime green solid and a few other greens and it made all the difference!  I used Rachel of Stitched In Color's triangle quilt tutorial.  This was my second triangle quilt-- the first being a small baby quilt-- and wow do you need a lot of triangles to make a large twin sized quilt!



The triangles are all from my stash or scrap bins, the binding is scrappy, and the backing is an Ikea alphabet print that had been a duvet cover (I cut it into two) with 3 large scraps along the long edge to make it wide enough.  The alphabet duvet cover came with a pillowcase, so I gave her the pillowcase too.  On the pillowcase I outlined in embroidery thread one of the H's since that's her first initial.


Sewing iscosceles triangles together meant a lot of seam ripping for me!  I love the final result but it may be awhile until I make a quilt like this again.  I quilted it on my home sewing machine in a V formation along one side of each seam.





My sister says she gets many many compliments on her quilt and she loves it so it was all worth it!  Here's a pic of her dorm room!  I love to see a quilt in action :)

I'm entering this quilt into The Large Quilt Category.  Thanks Amy for hosting the Blogger's Quilt Festival and to you for stopping by to see my quilt!  I am so happy to finally be participating!

24 comments:

  1. Loved both of your Blogger's quilt festival entries!

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  2. That is a gorgeous quilt and I take my hat off to you for piecing that many triangles!!

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  3. It's gorgeous! It's random but has a soothing rhythm to the colour.

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  4. I love triangle quilts and have made one (although smaller!) so I know the work they involve - but totally worth it! This is a beautiful quilt.

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  5. So bright and cheery. 1000 triangles!!!! wow!!

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  6. Love the colors... But seriously, almost 1000 triangles! You are a bit mad... And a good quilter ;)

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  7. WoW! Love all those pretty colors. That is a lot of triangles. Turned out beautifully.

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  8. Really wonderful quilt! Your sister is so lucky to have such a generous sister.:)

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  9. Very colourful and pretty! I cut up one of those IKEA duvet covers too, great minds!

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  10. Wow! I love this pattern and the colurs you used. It's so bright and happy. A triangle quilt has been on my to-do list this last year but I'm too afraid of the points... Congrats on a beautiful and surely well loved quilt!

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  11. As someone who is mid way through a triangle quilt (and not doing so well with it might I add !) I know how much work went into this finish. It's stunningly beautiful and would be a great talking piece in a college dorm room. Im sure your sister was thrilled to be the recipient of such a lovely gift!

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  12. This is gorgeous! I love it. I can't believe how big it is! Your sister is one lucky girl.

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  13. This quilt just makes me smile - it is so bright and cheery. What a wonderful gift. I hope my triangle quilt turns out half as good.

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  14. Stunning! I love triangle quilts but have been afraid to try one. Maybe if each triangle was a lot larger it would be less stressful? That is one heckuva lot of triangles in your gorgeous, colorful quilt! Love!

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  15. So nice to look at this quilt! Beautifully! Original! Carefully!

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  16. Hi! Your quilt is fantastic! I love colours and triangles and you have made most beautiful design! x Teje

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  17. Lovely and scrappy. My favourite kind of quilt.

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  18. Really beautiful! I have made one triangle quilt and the trimming nearly did me in, but. I'm drawn to make another sometime...!

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  19. The first bed sized quilt I made was this pattern. Chosen by my daughter and also made when she went to university. What did me in was cutting all those triangles! Then I had to sew them all together! Still everytime I see it now I think it is so beautiful.

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  20. This is beautiful! I love the look of triangle quilts but not sure I fancy tackling one

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  21. I love a triangle quilt and yours does not disappoint. Love the back too

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