How To's: quilt as you go

Friday, January 29, 2021

Half-Square Triangles and Quilt Designs

Scroll down to A Quilt I haven't Made Yet, to see where I'm going with these. I was finishing the squares, to set aside for later, but decided to go ahead and finish the quilt(s) after all...

Drawing the lines to sew around

Sewing around the lines drawn

Stack of sewn lines, I'm half-way

Finally, all the lines are sewn

Now begins the cutting of the lines

Blocks are now triangle squares

Squares still have a long way to go

Trimming every square...

Boxes are all trimmed to 3 1/2 or 4"

Building off the pin wheel

Building it one row at a time

The storm is nearly built

The quilt top, that's all

Can you see the chain around it

Next top 1/2 square stars

First one sewn with ripping to do

A handful of stars made

Storm Chained Finished

Hidden Patterns Done

A Heart in Stars

Patriotic Snowman

Building Blocks

First Finished Block

1st Similar Top in Halves

2nd Similar Top Ready to Sandwich

Monday, June 15, 2020

Kaleidoscope Quilts

These quilts have movement, but are only one simple block, with 2 different sized triangles. Everything is dependent on the colors. Mine are dark and light for the center pieces and then for the corners, I tried medium colors, divided in to dark and lights.