Thanksgiving stars, triangles, corners and scraps, oh my!

I have been feeling so guilty about my procrastination and so I reserved today to catch up and I did!!

I did Cami's September scraps before September even ended. Wahoo! What a cute fun square! I hope you enjoy it Cami!

I used two favorites from my own flag quilt from last year for Teriney's missing corners and sol even approved the fabri choices!

I hope Becca's triangles fit in the group. What a fun quilt this will be!

And the biggest source of guilt went to this lovely. I am so very sorry that it is so late. And I promise the oranges are more orange-y in person.

Thank you, my friends for being patient with me. I had a lovely day at my mothers sewing up a storm and lessening my guilt!

A guilty conscience no more!

So, after a wonderful vacation to Utah and Vancouver, Canada, I came home to real life.  Back to school for the kids, a Van Gogh birthday party to pull together, a new church calling for me (YW President, could be interesting....) and general craziness.  And then my daughter got her first American Girl doll for her birthday, so naturally, what sewing time I did find, was spent making Emily the doll fun bedding, including a quilt, a couple shirts, a skirt and a fancy dress to round out her wardrobe.  But finally, finally I said to myself enough!  I must repent and sew for my quilt club!  And sew/so I did.

Becca, I got a little carried away cutting triangles, but since you are making a large duvet cover, I figured a few extra wouldn't be a problem. :)  I hope the colors are okay, I tried to match as best I could with what I had.

Teriney,  if I had access to Kona white, I totally would have sewed you a couple more blocks as well.  You know, as penitence, but alas, no fabric store near me has heard of it.  But I loved making your blocks.  Simple, but very effective and dramatic when finished.

And Camie, even though I haven't received your fabric in the mail yet, I have already begun cutting out squares just so I don't get so behind again.  How happy I am that we didn't have a new block in August as well!  That may have sent me over the edge. :)

Tri-Bex!

These were fun! I hope you approve of these fabric choices. I'll include more triangles, I know you need extra for a queen sized masterpiece!

Love and miss!!

Triangles for Becca!

Becca, I love the colors and the patterns of your fabric choices. 

I hope you like my additions to it!

Mardie

triangles for Becca

Here ya go, Becca!  I hope the colors are okay. My seam ripper got a good workout on these.  :)  I'll mail them Monday.

emily

Hello, My name is Teriney, and I am a slacker.

Introducing March, April, May and June. This year has been busier than I expected. I really enjoyed working on each of these squares. I hope that they will please the receivers :) Despite their lateness...sorry ladies.

March

April

May

June

(Why didn't I take all the pictures on the floor? My iron cover has seen better days.)

I also included a few things that have kept me busy...

scraping popcorn ceilings in prep for new floor!

FYI: The few episodes I have seen of Dexter, I am convinced he has help draping all that plastic. What a chore.

I new blanket for my great nephew. Can't wait to hold the little cherub!

 More sewing for the Children's theater. This was a personal favorite.

Sleeping Beauty's Dress

I also spend some time on a birthday outfit for my Ruby and dance costumes for one of my daughters dance class...You're in luck no pictures :)

Here's to being more prompt!

Hugs.

triangles

Okay I'm going to get this over with- posting blocks for others makes me nervous!  I hope you like it, Becca.  I wish I could get better photos so you could actually see the prints in more detail but you'll get to see them in person.  For example, the first yellow has gray in it but you can't tell from these pics.

60 Degree Triangle Quilt Tutorial

Here's my little tutorial for June's Triangle Quilt (it's actually going to be a duvet cover).  I'm mailing you all 4 precut triangles and would love it if you could add four more from your own stash.  

Your fabric will need to be 7" wide, with the stretchy grain running horizontally.

Including the triangles I'm sending you, you should have eight pieces.

Line them up in diamond shape pairs, making sure to keep the grain of the fabric going in the same direction.

"Fold" your diamonds in half, right sides together, and sew with a 1/4" seam allowance.  

I pinned mine, so I wouldn't mix up the direction of the grain.

Press the seams open. 

Then, turn the EFGH diamond counterclockwise until H's edge lines up with C's edge, right sides together.

So, E will be on the bottom left and G will be the top right.

Sew C and H together.

Press seams open.

Then repeat for the other four remaining triangles.

That's it!  So easy!

There's a more detailed tutorial on Sew Fresh Quilts, if you need it.  Her tutorial shows how to cut multiple triangles from one strip of fabric, but you only need one triangle from each of your choices.  There are two parts and you can find them HERE.

I would love it if your fabrics coordinated with Bonnie and Camille's April Showers line...

bright navy blue, cherry red, pale summer green, emerald green, yellow, gray, off white.

I love polka dots, tiny florals, stripes, gingham, vintage reprints, subtle designs. Solids are okay, too.

Thanks, girls!  I can't wait to get this all together!