Thursday, February 2, 2017

2016 - 2017, Full Size and Twin size "Twirling Triangles"

 I've wanted to make this quilt for over 5  years and finally finished this month.  It's called "Twirling Triangles" from a magazine by Fons and Porter.  It's made from 1930's retro fabric, which I really love.  I had it professionally quilted.  A long arm machine would cost about as much as paying for 100 quilts done by a quilter.  And then I would have to practice, practice, practice until I could do it this well.

The back was made from some large pieces of the retro fabric and some plain blues.


 When I had finished cutting and sewing the "Twirling Triangles" quilt, I had a stack of long triangles left over.  I was not about to throw all that wonderful material away.  I sewed white to colored triangles, squared them up, which took a long tedious time, and was able to make this cute, smaller quilt.  I quilted it myself, just straight lines with invisible nylon thread.  The back was some I had on hand which goes perfectly with the front.