Sometimes I like to make things, just to try it out and mini quilts are a great way to do that.
I was browsing for hints on piecing and found this blog with a tutorial on making triangles, so I just had to try it. You can find the tutorial at That Girl That Quilt and I used the first method. It was fun and easy to do and lots of possibilities. Of course I cannot sew a straight line if my life depended on it, lol.
As you can see, my points are off and my border is wonky, but that seems to be my style lately;) I guess you could call it my antique Easter quilt. It measures about 8" x 10" and the individual half square blocks are 1 1/4". I machine pieced and the rest is hand sewed. When it was done, I used watered down walnut spray, to antique it.
17 comments:
Isn't that lovely... I find the smaller the pieces are the harder they are to match....
Hugz
I think it is wonderful.
Love the colors!!
Great job.
Tam
It's really nice. I think I'll make one too.
Impressive!
Want lovely quilt piece it look very old. I enjoy the blog too. I can see an wonderful pillow made like that for and antique bedroom set.
A fantastic Easter quilt! Love it! I'm off to check out the tutorial now...
A great little quilt Debbie! Love the fabrics you used. Hugs, Lori
Great little quilt!
I like it lots!
I love it!! Well done!!
P
Very prim and cute!!
Darling - sometimes points are overrated *s*
Cute quilt! Ya know, when it comes to hst, no matter how accurate I try to be, I always seem to need to square them. So I gave up and just make them bigger and square away! Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
Cute! I think the little bit of "wonk" adds to the charm of the quilt.
Jennifer :)
I love it! Makes me so want to try quilting but I don't have enough hours in the day for the things I've already got on the to-do list!
Pug hugs :)
Lauren
Beautiful job, Debbie, I love it! I made my first hst's using that method and I'm sold on it. LOVE it.
I just checked out the blog with the HST tutorial, I think I will have to try that. Always love your wonky pieces. Should be the name of a book you do.
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