Work In Progress - Half Square Triangle Quilt

Hi guys,

Just a quick post to let you know what I'm working on right now.

In my post titled "Sparkle Punch and more ...",  I indicated that I had a quilt planned once I was done. 

Well, this isn't the one.  

Instead, I'm making a quilt for one of the sons of my BFF.  I found out that he put in an offer on a house that was accepted. So I decided to make him a quilt as a housewarming gift. 

After finishing Sparkle Punch, I bought some fabric in his favorite color - grey. I fell in love with a fabric collection called Stonehenge Graduations Graphite by Northcott and ordered it -  even before I had decided on a pattern, though I knew I wanted it to be made of half-square triangles.

I've been working on it for about a week and I have half of the quilt top done.

Here's a quick peek ...

I'll share more next week.

Thanks for stopping by...

Camille

Sparkle Punch - A Finished Quilt

Hi everyone! 

I have a finished quilt to share with you today! My Sparkle Punch quilt is finally finished and I have lots of photos to share with you today. I am pretty happy with how this quilt turned out especially after the rocky start it had. But now that it's done...I LOVE IT!!

I used a total of 20 fat quarters with a few fabric scraps to make up for my math deficiency.  All from my fabric stash.

The background fabric is a grey sheet that I also used for the binding. The backing is a sheet that was sold as a drop cloth for $1.00 and I think it goes perfectly with the overall colors that I used in the quilt.  And yes, the sheets were purchased at my local thrift stores. 

Have I ever told you why I like using sheets? If not I'll fill you in on my secret. Thrift store sheets are cheap, big enough to use as backings, and whatever fabric I have leftover from my quilt tops go into my fabric stash. Win-win.

The quilt finished at 60" x 72".  I chose to do a simple stitch in the ditch quilting design and, I sewed the binding by machine.

Final thoughts... I love this quilt but I don't know if I will make another one using this pattern any time soon. It is very time-consuming... 384-star point units and... I hate math. If you would like to make one yourself the pattern is Sparkle Punch and you can find it here.

Well, that's it for now. On to the next one, which I've already started. I'll tell you all about it in my next post.

Until then...

Thanks for stopping by!

Camille