Triangle Baby Quilt

There's a Pinterest pinboard I go to when I need to make a baby quilt. It's full of ideas, and this time, the Triangle Baby Quilt by Allison/Cluck Cluck Sew caught my eye. And luckily, Allison had provided enough of a tutorial that it was easy to closely replicate.

Happily, I was able to pull a combo of blues and yellows from stash and just enough Kona white to fill in. Though I'd done triangles before [here, here, and here], I refreshed myself with Paula/The Sassy Quilter's piecing triangle rows, so it was smooth sailing from there.

For quilting I followed my normal trinity, following the lines of the triangles, their seam lines marked out to the edges with a Hera marker, and in between those lines, I sewed by eye, creating a diamond-like grid approximately 2" wide.

I was on a roll, I guess, feeling a little overshadowed by what else I had going on, and went ahead and bound the little quilt by machine while I was at it. Not my norm, but it felt good to do it that way on this quilt at this time. That finished the quilt at 39" x 45".

It felt good to be able to whip this one up over several days. Good for the stash, good for me, good for the little guy it'll be gifted to soon.

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   I followed the lines of the triangles, which were carried out to the edges with Hera marker, and some I did by eye. Those are my three main techniques when quilting.
  
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   I followed the lines of the triangles, which were carried out to the edges with Hera marker, and some I did by eye. Those are my three main techniques when quilting.
  
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   I followed the lines of the triangles, which were carried out to the edges with Hera marker, and some I did by eye. Those are my three main techniques when quilting.
  
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May Bee Blocks

After cutting it close on timing with my bee blocks last month, I really hoped to get them taken care of in good time this month. So that's been this week's first order of business.

I figured I'd take care of what I perceived as the hardest first - the Anna Marie Horner feather requested by Susan/PatchworknPlay of Mid-Century Modern. I loved her choice of color - orange and turquoise  and I was able to find enough scraps in my basket to use each fabric just once. Good news: this wasn't hard at all! And it's big - finishing at 9 1/2"x17"!


Next up was FAITH Circle. Tackling Debbie/Blue.Ridge.Girl's scrappy triangles by Film in the Fridge meant another foray into the scrap basket, which was awesome - it is still SO full! These blocks finish at 6.5"x9", so we each are making 4.


Considering it's my month for the Always Bee Learning Bee - which is coming along quite nicely, thank you - all I had left was That Stash Bee. Blueberry Patch Cathy asked for depression blocks. I had made these blocks once before, but very colorful and scrappy, so it was quite a switch to make them with gray and black. (We were told to "think black and white tv!") So many of my favorite fabrics in this set.


So that's it for this month - yay! Cross those off the list.