Triangle Garden

In my family, we say someone's gone "off-list" if they select a birthday or Christmas gift that wasn't on the recipient's list. This quilt is off-list for me because it's not on my 2014 FAL Q1 list.

I had intended to finish up a UFO involving black & white + solids hexagons to give to my niece, but when I started to work on it, I didn't think it was her style. I asked her mom, my sister, what colours C favoured, and the response was an adamant GREEN! With a follow up: and maybe purple. But no pink.

I'd say this fits the bill, eh? My daughter named it: Triangle Garden. It's about 55" x 78".

To make it, I went to my stash and scrap bins and started pulling out greens. And a little purple. I used my Tri Recs ruler to cut out the triangles and pieced the triangles into rows somewhat randomly, literally pulling them out of a box and using whatever I chose with only a few restrictions: no same fabrics side by side, and trying to use different fabrics throughout the rows. I didn't impose those requirements when I put the rows together, though. I kind of like the odd diamond that appears.

The quilting is concentric circles with lovely 40wt Aurifil in a mossy, taupey green (#2324), and 50wt cream in the bobbin. I traced a cereal bowl to start and then used the seam guide to stitch lines 1" apart. Lots of threads to bury but I like the effect. Listening to an audiobook (Wild by Cheryl Strayed - recommended) helped pass the time.

I love the purple binding - it gives the whole thing a nice frame.

This isn't a "sanctioned" finish but it's just the project I wanted to make and just the project for a special girl.

This is my third project involving triangles - I think they're out of my system for now. But not forever.