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Home / half triangle square quilt / ::Butter Block Quilt::

::Butter Block Quilt::

April 7, 2010 By Katie

If I had enough Flea Market Fancy I would make another big enough for myself.

Mmmmm….buttery lovely flannel.  In my new favorite, white!

This was my first ‘on point’ quilt.  I struggled a bit with the waviness of the edge triangles, especially combined with the double trouble of flannel.

I was a spray baste virgin until the edges of this quilt required taming.

It worked quite well.  I serged its edges, then sewed the binding on in the opposite direction to help lay the edges flat. Make sense?  This seemed to help a bit.

Kinda hard to see, but I quilted squares using the white block as the middle and the triangles as the outer points to the square.  I love simple quilting, especially with flannel.  It leaves it soft and supple.

The Alexander Butterflies are a favorite.

Since my last post they have completely disappeared from the internet shopping world!

The binding I had originally planned from the beginning to be Heather Ross’s Lightening Bugs Dot in the blue and orange.  Good thinking to cut it all with out auditioning it first…added to the scrap pile.  Pulled this from the shelf and it was just perfect.

Some left over bits for the back.  Not so exciting, but it will do.

Hate to do it, but one last indoor shot to show the whole quilt.

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Filed Under: half triangle square quilt, Improvisational Quilting Classes, Improvisational Quilts, Innovative Patchwork Piecing, Modern Quilts, Seattle Modern Quilting Guild Tagged With: alexander henry, amy butler, Anna Maria Horner, denyse schmidt, fabric, flannel, half square triangle quilt, half square triangle quilting block, handcrafted, handmade, hst, Improv, improvisational, seattle

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  1. Judith says

    April 7, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    You had me at the colors and patterns of the fabric and then you showed me the back and the funky, not completely balanced and even layout. Good job!

  2. rosamaria says

    April 7, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    grea job! i love your fabric selection!!!

  3. Sarah says

    April 7, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    Actually that binding fabric is from Windham, part of the Merry Mushrooms collection. It’s so bright and cheery it goes with lots of different collections. I especially like it with the Amy Schimler On a Whim 2 you put it with in the shop 🙂

  4. Jeni says

    April 7, 2010 at 6:02 pm

    This is really beautiful! It looks so snuggly! I have not yet tried using flannel in a quilt but the idea is very tempting, it sounds soft!

  5. Amber says

    April 7, 2010 at 6:04 pm

    It looks fantastic – and bummer about the binding – you have a couple scrap piles now like that yeah?! Looks like you’ll have to make a strip quilt 🙂

  6. Chase says

    April 7, 2010 at 7:23 pm

    love your backing~ such a surprise~

  7. Karin says

    April 7, 2010 at 7:34 pm

    Your quilt is so appealing, both the fabric colours and the texture of the flannel. It’s lush!

  8. Cheryl Arkison says

    April 7, 2010 at 9:04 pm

    I really like the change-up in your layout!

  9. beth says

    April 7, 2010 at 9:26 pm

    The quilt is great…I especially like the back. Great job!

  10. Ahava says

    April 7, 2010 at 9:36 pm

    I so so love the asymmetry. And the colors and the backing, but especially the asymmetry ^_^

  11. Halfway Crafter says

    April 7, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    It’s lovely! Love the simple design and the fabrics!

  12. wishes, true and kind says

    April 8, 2010 at 12:25 am

    Just looking at this quilt puts me in a good mood! Wish I could reach out and touch it!

  13. Elaine P says

    April 8, 2010 at 3:06 am

    Love this — and I especially love the asymmetry. 🙂 Wonderful!!

  14. Rebekah says

    April 8, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    So adorable! You always do the cutest things with HSTs!

  15. ara jane says

    April 8, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    this turned out so beautifully! you are even, dare i say, convincing me of the charms of the color orange.

    oh, and i love the back. i find it very exciting!

  16. Kate says

    April 11, 2010 at 9:57 pm

    I love everything about this quilt!

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