Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Half Square Triangles

The back is finished for the Coin Quilt and now ready for basting.  That has to be my very least favorite part of quilting.  I have to take everything down to the basement - with all the spiders - or potential spiders.  I really do not like crawly things....silly I know...I am so much bigger than they are, what could they possibly do to me?  Luckily, I have a dance floor which is large enough to accommodate almost any quilt.  So I don't have to lay my quilt out on the concrete - but still basting is just a chore.  I will probably put it off till tomorrow as we have G-MA coming for her 81st. birthday dinner celebration!  YAY!!!

Today I started working on the quilts for the twins using the new line of Far, Far Away fabrics - from my very favorite little fabric shoppe - Sew To Speak.  I am adding some of the roses and linens in natural and yellow.  Usually, when sewing half square triangles (which I am using for these quilts) I cut strips 7/8 inch larger than my finished size and lay the strips - right sides together - sew a 1/4 inch on both sides of the diagonal line which cuts the subsectioned squares.  But for these fabrics I wanted to be sure I had the Owl and Pussycat in the triangle so I cut 6 inch squares and stitched on both sides of the diagonal.



Here is a little sneak peek.......
I love the texture of the linen and the subtle muted tones of this fabric - very different from my usual brights!
Molly has been stitching....she is working on a dresser scarf for G-MA!  She made a terrific dish towel for me :)
  

Can't you just picture this in Anthropologie?  Thanks Again, Molly!
Mary
      

3 comments:

  1. Bear with me Mary... you know I'm not a quilter :)
    but after sewing on both sides of your diagonally drawn line, do you cut on the line and then have two squares?

    I love what your doing!!! This is going to make gorgeous baby quilts.
    I think I'd like to make a half square triangle quilt. Will you use sashing, or will they all just be connected to each other?

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  2. Hi April,sorry my post should have been more specific...yes cut on the drawn line. Then you have two half square triangles. So I cut my original square 6" and then sew two squares right sides facing on both sides of the diagonal (1/4 inch seam allowance)- cut on the drawn line. Open up the square and you have two triangles together...the size of the square is now 5.5 inches due to the two 1/4 inch seam allowances. I am not using sashing as I think this will end up as a zig zag quilt...not sure about borders yet. Hope this helps :)

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  3. Such a beautiful hand towel. :o) I could never use it! I would only admire it. :o)

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