A Good Finish in Spite of Everything

What a week.  I actually finished my Scrappy Triangles quilt in spite of all the myriads of interruptions!  I will not bore you with the details, but believe me, they are numerous.  I don't think I'm much impressed with hand quilting under such a tight deadline.  I will valiantly try to avoid that in the future.  Hand quilting should be relaxing.  Nuff said.

All finished!

After I get back next week, I will hopefully be able to concentrate on some different kinds of quilting.  There are a few ideas percolating in my head and I also need to get back to a couple projects that I've started.

On top of the pile, ready to go out the door.

On another note, today is the 2 year anniversary for my quilt blog!  I started it as an on-line journal for my quilting projects, plus a place to put my link list of quilt blogs that I like to keep up with.  I've been amazed at the number of people who also seem interested in my rather ordinary quilt projects and put up with all my nonsense!  So much brown fabric!  The flitting from project to project while I let ideas simmer.  My general distrust of following patterns exactly or using more than just a couple fabrics from the same line.  The incessant challenges to myself to use up old fabrics languishing away in my totes.  My crankiness etc. etc. and yeah, I admit it, too much talking.....

I thought about doing a giveaway, but I've been way too (pick one) busy, broke, tired to figure out a good giveaway.  My track record is not real good with giveaways anyway, so I'll leave that for another day when I'm more clearheaded and rational.  Now I better get my packing squared away for my brothers wedding and figure out what I'm supposed to wear.  Do you think I could get away with wearing a quilt? lol

Scrappy Triangles

Yes!  I was able to sandwich and pin this quilt today! It's a little on the dark side, not exactly perfectly pieced (or color balanced?) but I love it and it's exactly the right size to not seriously alarm my inner 'do you seriously think you can get any hand quilting done this time of year' control freak.  (Or you could call it a sneaky challenge to myself.)  Whatever.  A couple of my kids went to the library and the others obligingly hid out in their bedrooms while I took over the living room floor.  The pattern that I used to make this quilt called it a 'scrappy 90 degree triangle' quilt, but over at Tim Quilts, he calls his a 'Thousand Pyramids' quilt.  After looking at his beautiful quilt, I'm planning on hand quilting mine in a similar fashion.

Getting ready to start pinning...

Not that I'm a copy cat of his on purpose, you know--stalker like!  I've been checking these quilts out ever since I got first started on this quilt, trying to figure out the best way to do the hand quilting.  There was one other quilt that I noticed last year (can't seem to find it now) that had very simple quilting as well and they both just seem to shine with the simplicity of the quilting design.  So that's it.  I'm convinced.  Besides, I think I need something that I don't have to be making multiple decisions about right about now.  Simple.  Easy.  Fun.  Relaxing.  That's my summer rule when I remember it.*wink

The yellow print in the middle started something big here!

I only wish I could have managed to get a better picture of the yellow print that was the catalyst for this entire project.  One day I was rummaging through my stash and came across this particular fabric.  For some reason, it just jumped out at me and caused me to start in on this serious amount of digging and tearing through my fabric totes for complementary fabric.  Then for the pattern.  I had never attempted this kind of pattern before and I was very, very nervous because triangles are so not my thing.*groan  The end result was that it fit with the fabric perfectly and I've promised myself that I will NOT be afraid anymore. hehe

I do think I like the quilt from this direction better though!