Scrappy Triangle Quilts

As soon as a person in my family is 18 years old, he or she gets a quilt from me. This one was for a boy, and he loves blue. He just got it, and was so content. Used all (?!) my bluish and white scraps in this quilt.

Quilt size: width: 68" height: 88"

It took an online UFO accountability group to get this quilt finished. It’s been up on my design wall since last fall! Sometimes under 3-4 additional projects that jumped the sequence line… So glad to be finished, and so happy with the glorious purple and blue results! Whee! :?}

Quilt size: width: 65" height: 60"

This Ocean Waves variation uses triangles instead of the traditional setting squares. It avoids the set-in seams of the original pattern and adds the additional interest of an hourglass unit where the blocks meet. I used lots of scraps, an asymmetrical setting and no borders for a “make-do” look.

Quilt size: width: 88" height: 88"

My originial design, a unique way of cutting and piecing makes this a simple pattern for beginner or experienced quilter. I used scraps to make this bed size quilt

Quilt size: width: 66" height: 77"

This was my first flying geese quilt. I thought it would be so simple to put this together…hahaha. Silly me; what was I thinking? Really; it was, after I realized those long strips didn’t just line up all by themselves…lol. It was fun and used up a lot of scraps. It now is in New Zealand.

Quilt size: width: 88" height: 98"

This mini quilt was made with a charm pack of Reunion by Sweetwater for Moda and Kona gray. I am considering making this pattern in a larger version for a picnic quilt.

Quilt size: width: 15.5" height: 15.5"

I hope you like the 4th quilt I’ve ever made from start to finish myself. I used part of a layer cake called Santorini which had been kicked around the floor of a shop and was greatly reduced in price. It has very bright colours which I love. I cooled it down a little with a plain buttery cream.

Quilt size: width: 41" height: 44"

This looks more complicated than it is: make a bunch of half-square triangles, make 9-patches. Sew the 9-patches into 4’s. Repeat. I emptied the box of 3″ squares!

Quilt size: width: 84" height: 84"

I made this quilt in memory of my dear friend Marilyn who passed away 3 years ago from Ovarian Cancer. I used the Ovarian Cancer tribute fabric by Blank Textiles.

Quilt size: width: 64" height: 78"

Swapping quilting mags with a nursing buddy led me to this fabulous pattern by Bhajan Atwal called Cottage Delight with over 2700 pieces. My interpretation it a tad smaller with over 2000 little scraps. I call mine Memory Delight as I remember all the previous projects I have made.

Quilt size: width: 55" height: 65"

When trying to come up for a name for this quilt my son suggested calling it “squares”….. and of course i replied “but it’s not squares!

Quilt size: width: 60" height: 60"

A doll quilt for a swap with the theme “Show Us Where You Live”, which is Oregon, in my case. This quilt was made from scraps in my stash. It is paper-pieced and free-motion quilted. The design was inspired by a pattern called “Mountain’s Light” by Eric Gunson.

Quilt size: width: 17" height: 21"

I took all of my scrappy fabric and quilted them with my embroidery machine, cut them into triangles and sewed them together in a zikkzakk (zigzag).

Quilt size: width: 68" height: 84"

I cut all of my scraps into five inch squares and 2-1/2 inch squares. For this quilt I paired up all my scrappy charm squares with white squares and made a whole bunch of scrappy half square triangles. My daughter and I laid them out several different ways before we decided on this layout.

Quilt size: width: 72" height: 90"

I was looking to find a use for all those wonderful little scraps of fabric I save and this was it!

Quilt size: width: 36" height: 60"

I won 8 blocks in my guild’s BOM, and made the rest to get the desired size. It will go to the charity we support after our quilt show at the end of this month. Quilted in the Baptist Fans pattern. I chose the name because I made it by sneaking in and hour here and there between customer quilts.

Quilt size: width: 56" height: 68"

This is my son’s wedding quilt. I had been saving RWB fabrics for them. I didn’t have enough, had to buy more, and ended up with as many leftovers as I started with! This is just the bottom half of the quilt, I had no place to get the whole quilt. It’s summer weight, no batting. Just tied.

Quilt size: width: 102" height: 123"

I made this quilt for my sister when she found out she was having a girl. I loved the idea of having the pastels stand out with the white fabric on the other side of all the half square triangles.

Quilt size: width: 38" height: 38"

I worked through my grief as I made this quilt in memory of my friend Valorie who passed away from breast cancer in 2010. I received the fabrics in the center from her in a fabric exchange. I used the quilt as a fundraiser and raised several thousand dollars. RIP Valorie. Miss you and your giggle!

Quilt size: width: 50" height: 60"

When my neighbour decided to sell her house she needed to clear out her stash. She was selling scrap bags of her favourite oriental fabrics. I didn’t need her scraps -I have plenty of my own!! But of course I did buy them and made this HST design.

Quilt size: width: 68" height: 68"