Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Modern Triangle Quilt

I've got a few more quilt finishes coming! It's not that I am wonder woman - it's simply due to the pile of tops that moved with me and have been accumulating in the WIP pile! I'm determined to get some done, reorganize my fabric and find some new inspiration for 2016.

I've been wanting to try a design that seemed minimalist. I admire them so much in modern quilting. And while I find them often beautiful to look at, I've felt most may be not as exciting to make. Then I saw a version of this idea (sorry, I can't remember where) and I loved that although it had a minimalist look I could still use a nice variety of fabrics.


The design is pretty simple - rows of 60 degree triangles. Each triangle a bit more than half cream with the top portion a print. 

The quilting is an all-over design that is very popular, but I had never tried it - squared off meandering. It was super easy and I love how it turned out. I'll definitely be using that one again!


The backing is a Joel Dewberry print that i had stashed for a future back. I think it's perfect. And the binding is a DS plaid from her line at Joann's. Again, I had that in stash and thought it brought a bit of traditionalism to this quilt.



And one more note - once my quilt was bound, I wish I had added a background strip to the top and bottom to "float" the first and last rows.


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17 comments:

  1. gigiNovember 17, 2015 at 5:53 PM

    Very cool! Thanks for the info on making the triangles!

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  2. CathyNovember 17, 2015 at 6:43 PM

    Great looking modern quilt! Thanks for including your instructions.

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  3. Jenny MNovember 17, 2015 at 11:33 PM

    Love the colours - great modern pattern.

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  4. Timber SheltonNovember 18, 2015 at 12:39 AM

    Love the cool mix of modern and traditional and the colors and prints are perfect. Thanks for sharing the instructions! We recently moved to middle TN from Townsend, TN and I have really been missing my Great Smoky Mountains, so I have been trying to decide on a pattern for a "Misty Mountains" quilt. This might be the one!

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  5. UnknownNovember 18, 2015 at 1:38 AM

    Your quilt looks great, lovely colors and pattern!

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  6. Quilt GrannyNovember 18, 2015 at 6:46 AM

    Love this. And I have the ruler. This would be such a fabulous modern baby quilt. Wish I had seen this a month ago. I would totally have used it in my quilt guild modern block challenge. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  7. NancyNovember 18, 2015 at 8:11 AM

    Could you sew the two strips together and then cut ? Or am i looking at it wrong? Just wondering.

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  8. jellybeanNovember 18, 2015 at 8:32 AM

    I can't see any reason you could't strip piece this one. I will try a block or 2 and comment again. I love this and it is on my list. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. CindyNovember 18, 2015 at 7:44 PM

      I first thought this could be strip pieced, but the triangle you get when you flip the ruler has the background as the small triangle. That's why I had to put the thinking cap on and figure out a way to do it without wasting fabric. Thanks for your input!!

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  9. RamonaNovember 18, 2015 at 11:53 AM

    Thanks for sharing this. Love your squares of quilting on this. I guess in answering Jellybeans question, you would waste a lot of fabric by strip piecing if you were just making the small triangles, because every other cut the colored piece would be on the bottom and not be a floating triangle.

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  10. tisha @ quiltytherapyNovember 18, 2015 at 12:33 PM

    The backing and binding coordinate wonderfully with this quilt. Doesn't it feel great to finish a project that's been in your WIP pile? Congrats. Can't wait to see your ideas for 2016.

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  11. NancyNovember 18, 2015 at 5:04 PM

    Oh Ramona. Thats right. I hadnt thought of that. Wonder what the opposite triangle would look like in a quilt?

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    1. HelenSeptember 7, 2016 at 7:31 AM

      I was wondering the same thing...two quilts!

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  12. MelanieNovember 19, 2015 at 10:17 PM

    Love this! Thank you for sharing the "how to" as well!

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  13. Sharon - INDecember 24, 2015 at 11:08 AM

    Got to put this on my list of quilts to make in 2016! Thanks for the tutorial!

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  14. BillieMarch 4, 2017 at 10:19 PM

    Love this, going to try this!

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  15. UnknownMarch 3, 2019 at 1:39 AM

    The pattern can be found here https://suzyquilts.com/shop/minimal-triangles-quilt-pattern-download/

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