After I sew the odd triangles onto the 2.5" background square and press them, they get trimmed to size. Then the background triangle is trimmed off the back.
Those triangles I threw in the trash. I wasn't struck by lightning and the quilt police didn't come smashing into my house to arrest me for wasting those corners!
Four squares are sewn into into a small block.
And then those 4 blocks are sewn into the larger block.
Now I have the 80 blocks I need. Next is to trim all the blocks to 8.5" then arrange them on the display floor.
Most of these triangles are leftovers from one project or another but I do admit to taking a few odd sized scraps and cutting them into triangles to add some zing colors.
Linking to Needle & Thread Thursday, Peacock Party, TGIFF!, Finished Or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Patchwork & Quilts, Oh Scrap
13 comments:
What a fun quilt these little hatchet blocks will make! I love looking at all your varied fabrics!
Lovely use of scraps and small pieces. Glad you have enough blocks made. All progress is good.
Fun project to work on and one you are probably glad to be finished with! LOL. Hugs
That's going to look great!!!
and glad that lightening didn't strike !!!
Oh no, string piecing on a 2.5in square, much too fiddly for me. But you were certainly up for the challenge, well done!
Great job recycling those little bits into colorful scrappy blocks!
I'd never heard of the Indian Hatchets block before. They do look cheerful laid out together!
Looks like you are having fun with your fabrics. It will be fun to see what you make with these.
They look great. I know the feeling, it's so hard to just throw out those little triangles !!
Yeah, even I would have thrown out those little corners, and I save EVEYTHING...
(And now I'm adding another quilt to my to-do list)
Pretty blocks, it's going to be a colorful quilt! Love the neutral center to unifie, and love the small green flowers too ;)
Those make a fun design, and I love seeing all the scraps you're using! I know that feeling of getting tired of making the blocks and you just want to finish it up!
Good for you for working on a UFO. The end (or at least a top) is in sight.
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