I love a good triangle square.
So many possibilities.
I think I say this every time.
It was time for my baby boy who is now 22 to have a new quilt.
Made him this one when he was 5 and he insisted on taking it to college.
It has definitely seen better days.
Backed this in a dark chocolate brown minky.
It was really, really hard to give away.
My daughter and I wanted to keep it.
But off it went to college.
Details:
I used 40 - 10" squares from my stash in blues, oranges and greens.
3 yards of the dark chocolate neutral.
Go here to see how to make triangle squares.
I set it 8 across and 10 down.
Trimmed the squares to 9 1/2".
Came out 72" x 90".
it's lovely! The colours are just perfect
ReplyDeleteThe quilt looks great. I was wondering if you also used a wadding in the quilt or just backed it with the minky???
ReplyDeleteI did put a batt/wadding in the middle. It has awesome weight w/ the minky.
DeleteBeautiful...love the bright colours as well as the cuddly fabric you used for the back.
ReplyDeletethis quilt is all kinds of awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! Love it.
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteI love this! And that dark brown solid.....niiiice!
ReplyDeleteThis is so awesome! It would have been difficult to part with, but I'll bet he loves it, right? :)
ReplyDeleteI adore it! Simply gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful, but the plaid one was pretty neat too.
ReplyDeleteI bet he & his roomies love it! Looks toasty warm. Great design & color choices.
ReplyDeleteMMM Great quilt Des, I really love the colors for a guy! Nice quilting too.
ReplyDeleteThis is truly beautiful. I love HST and I love black/brown/dark backgrounds. If you look at my flickr page (MsSpy) you will see that I made my daughter a Giant Vintage Star using HST (18") and black background. It turned out great and she loves it!
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt. It is very striking. Would you consider putting together a tutorial or showing the layout? I know it is made up of hsts.
ReplyDeleteA great male-looking quilt. Sometimes I have a hard time pulling that off. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteGreat Job Des - bright and colorful - just like your fun personality!
ReplyDeleteIt is just fabulous and no wonder why you didn't want to let it go.
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful quilt. I love how the chocolate brown makes it very masculine.
ReplyDeleteLove!
ReplyDeleteIt is so stunning! What a great quilt for your son... it's masculine but happy too.
ReplyDeleteIt is bold and dramatic. A perfect project for a cute boy in college. Nothing fussy but something made by mom with love. I adore it.
ReplyDeleteVERY pretty Des! And perfect for college with that minkie backing!
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is gorgeous! I love the bold bright colors with the dark color. An amazing effect! (((Hugs))) Carolyn
ReplyDeleteThis was a good read. Thanks for the post.
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