I started this quilt four years ago. It was my first project, and like most things I start I decided to make it really complicated. It was originally 3.5" squares... and then after they were all cut...triangles seemed like a good idea. Regardless of the squares or triangles I always wanted to do the same pattern.
Somehow... the triangles (and all my weird measurements and ideas on graph paper) all made it through a pregnancy (hence the grand idea of cutting like 800 triangles), being taken out and put away 20 times over the last four years, and a move. Honestly, these triangles are what made me get my sewing machine out again after being out of sight for a good two years.
I don't remember how exactly I acquired all the different colors (and some of the prints are really quite ugly) and I know I had it in my mind to almost double this size (because I have A LOT of traingles left). But, as I started to reassemble this thing I wanted to stay true to my original intentions but also make it feasible.
As I write this post, the two completed rows and the rest of the
blocks are sitting in a drawer... I am hoping by writing about this
crazy quilt I will be inspired to find a way to finish.
I've learned a ton since I started this quilt and I would never make a quilt like this now. I've even learned a ton since I actually started putting these triangles together a few months ago... I stopped piecing the blocks together several projects ago because I was a bit disheartened by how much the size was shrinking. As I look at the pictures now... I am almost tempted to rip the seams out of the two rows I have and maybe do a small sashing between each block. Sashing wasn't part of the original plan... but then again I didn't know what sashing was... and I thought I should make a king size quilt out of tiny triangles.
I want to finish this thing as a gift to myself back then... I don't want to stray too far from my vision then (even though I think it is ridiculous now)... but I also think it might be okay to show myself from then some of the changes I've made and the things I've learned.
A little late but I am linking up to
Show Off Friday and
Whoop Whoop Friday!