Wednesday 15 February 2012

Love triangle


I have always been obsessed by pattern, geometrical shapes, doodling such things when on the phone. At the moment, I am absorbed by triangles and what I can make from them, a quilt, a pillow, another quilt.




Should I make the triangles in a regular pattern or just throw them in and see what happens?


Everywhere I look, there are triangles, clearly they are hot right now.


I probably won't be able to get away with filling the kids rooms with them (checked - and it's a definite no).


But I can subtly infiltrate other corners of the house with triangles, the rest of the family would never see them coming.



But what about colour? I have been obsessing about that too, more to follow. I can't decide whether to be patient and wait for fabric that I know will arrive soon, or just get stuck in.


See - both random and all mixed up, these triangles look amazing in a quilt.


Or, I could use tiny triangles to create a massive triangle.


Katy very kindly sent me some thangles, I have to admit I was a bit mystified having read the instructions they come with, but after watching this video - I realise they are genius.



This sneak of some upcoming fabric by Cloud 9 fabrics sealed it for me, look at all the different shapes the triangles create. Surely they are the perfect shape.


And oh look, further geometry, this little beauty means I have no excuse not to get sewing. She is so clever, I may even be able to read a book while she gets busy with the Thangles. She arrived on Valentines day, sigh, more to follow on my new true love.

9 comments:

  1. What colours - too hard to choose, I love the colours used for cloud 9 but also hot on the heels is the green and grey colours in that quilt top! Kxx

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  2. I also have triangle quilt in my head waiting to be turned into reality. Thanks for the thangles tip, shall be buying them. Just got to work out where to get the perfect mustard yellow fabric I so desire. Pinterest has some fab inspiration. You should do a triangle quilt along.

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    1. that is a good idea, I wonder if there would be many takers, and whether I'm remotely qualified on quilt #3!

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  3. What are these thangles of which you speak, they sound magical!

    I understand your obsession - love the new machine too - lucky you x

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    1. they are hard to explain! have a look at the link for the video, it explains all (in great length!)

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  4. such a shame the kids say no...why do they always do that to us? But yes, sneaking a cushion in could be the way to go ;-) As you know, I'm a bit of a triangle fan myself and really excited about Michelle's fabric coming out...

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  5. so many lovely lovely patterns! Really really need to get over my triangle fear... Thangles look like they could fix things... lol

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  6. What a beautiful machine! I wish you many lovely triangular adventures... Thanks for sharing all those lovely pics.

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