I’ll never tire of triangles.
In fact, I have another and another and another…already produced in my head.
Give me an isosceles, equilateral, or half-square triangle any day… I’ll take them!
(photo by Ara Jane)
I actually quilted this in May for the June exhibit at Island Quilter, but I never got a photo.
I love the individual processes a quilt goes through. A portion of Pantone Pop’s process was done among friends. Sandie and I spent a May afternoon in Ara Jane’s dining room talking quilts and sewing.
Ingrid kept us company and Ara Jane on her toes.
I went with a square grid for the quilting. I simply followed the blocks a quarter inch from the seam in lilac thread. It left the quilt with a very traditional feel.
The feel is still modern overall. The backing is home decor weight Amy Butler. It’s a large design, and the colors were just perfect!
Pantone Pop hung next to HST Love throughout the month of June as part of a Seattle Quilters’ exhibit.
Now Pop is back home and keeping us warm when the down duvet is a bit too much. It isn’t quite fitting for the Pure Periwinkle walls, but I’m pleased to gaze upon it. Sadly, Seattle has had limited warm weather, but lucky me has a beautiful new quilt to make eyes at, oh…and a good man.
Which reminds me. Happy Birthday Jeffrey. You are one handsome devil and I am one lucky girl.
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That’s gorgeous! I wish I had the skills to sew… I really love the colours and pattern you used 🙂
i can say for sure i’ll never tire of these either! each one you make has me in love. you do HSTs so well! 🙂
another very pretty finish! love the back,too
I think I need to make more triangle quilts, maybe a solid next time?
; )
Beautiful beautiful quilts, I love all of them and envy your colour sense, can I ask what ratio of colours do you use or do you draw a plan before you begin?
Ha ha, if you could see my piles of cut fabric. I generally pull some fabrics of different values, lights, mediums and maybe one dark. From there I cut. The linen and solids that didn’t make it into this quilt made it into Psychedelic Baby here:
http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/psychedelic-baby-quilt/
and Grape Crush here:
http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/a-finish/
don’t be afraid to play!
Really nice. Not colors I would have thought to put together before but now that I see it, I like.
Every time, I see this quilt I like it a little bit more. I love the colors in it which is probably why I like your Psychedelic Baby quilt so much too.
Oh, MY! I wouldn’t have pulled those colors together, but they’re BRILLIANT. I will now. 🙂
Your triangles look fab, but they totally stress me out! I just finished 35 of them for a couple of bee blocks, and even though I used Thangles to make them, the sewing together still had me climbing the walls o.O
Just cut them down, no need to buy anything, example here: http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/value-quilts-tutorial/
You and me both!
The quilt is wonderful and Ingrid is a cutie.
so jealous you got to sew with arajane! i just love her!
Katie, you are absolutely right – you can never get tired of triangles. They have a simple form, but just think of all those variations with colors and patterns!
Katie,
Absolutlely beautiful! I love HST’S and my favorite is to trim them down too. Enjoy your blog!
Linda F
Hi I was wondering where the pattern is for the I can say one thing blog. The one with the purple and orange and blue triangles
No pattern, just do your half-squares with about 7 different fabrics like this:
http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/value-quilts-tutorial/
Katie, I love this quilt! I stumbled across your blog and tutorials a few months ago, and was inspired to make a quilt format daughter. Thank you for the tutorials! I used your method of squaring up the pieced squares and it worked really well. This was my second quilt to make and I’m hooked!
You can check out my quilt here: http://bessandmatt.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/a-quilt-for-elsa/
Bess
Your triangle power is what drew me to your work/blog in the first place. I love them too. My “Triangles” section in the bookmarks I keep of “Quilts I Love” is the largest of any other categories. Very sweet Ingrid and congrats to Mr. Birthday and you!
Could you expand a bit on using unusual backings such as the home dec weight? IIRC, another quilt used a flat sheet. Sheets are always listed as “no-no” due to the high thread count messing with tension and needles. Home dec weight isn’t something I’ve ever considered, but would be brilliant for a project I have in mind.
Have you talked more about this elsewhere and I haven’t seen it?
I wish I’d realized the backing was unusual – I saw the exhibit at Island Quilter and your work is so lovely!
Thanks so much.
Love, love, love triangle quilts! Always amazed by all the wonderful effects one can achieve with such a basic shape!
good you won’t -because each one is a new beauty!
Wow, love the quilt! I’ve never made triangles. Maybe I should. That little girl is too cute for words!