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Monday, July 11, 2016

All Blue Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
Happy Monday! I'm really excited to share one of my recent quilting finishes with you today! Earlier this year I was approached by Pat Roche, owner of Triangles on a Roll, asking if I'd be interested in trying out her products. Christina has been using and talking about triangles on a roll for years, and I had always wanted to try them. I had been thinking about what quilt I wanted to remake from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle, so Pat's email was perfect timing!

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
Woven Quilt from Relative Scale Chapter. © 2015 Lauren Hunt for Lucky Spool Media. 

I decided I would make the Woven quilt. This is one of my favorite designs in the book, and both half-square triangle sizes matched up with roll sizes. You can get half-square triangle rolls in eleven different sizes. Use the half-square triangle finished sizes provided with each quilt in the book to decide which size rolls you need!

They also make rolls for quarter-square triangles, flying geese, braids, and other triangles! Find them all here.

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
I recently reorganized all my quilting cotton fabrics and realized I have a very large stash of blues. In an effort to make a dent in my blue stash, I decided to make an all blue Woven quilt. I didn't have enough of any one fabric for the background, so I used low-volume light blues for the background, and navy blues for the "print" portion.

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
I needed one roll of each size to make my half-square triangles for this quilt. That kept things nice and simple. I wanted this quilt to be super scrappy, so I cut squares from my stacks, but it would have been a lot more efficient to cut strips (which is what the instructions say to do!). Next time I use the rolls I'll do that!

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
So how do you use Triangles on a Roll? They're basically rolls of foundation paper that you sew through and then trim down to size to make your half-square triangles. I pinned the paper to each pair of squares, then sewed on the marked lines through the paper. After that I cut around the outside lines as indicated. Finally I pulled off the papers and pressed. The half-square triangles are now the perfect size and ready to go.

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
After making lots and lots of half-square triangles for the quilts in my book, it was fun trying out a completely different piecing method. I enjoyed mixing it up, and I would definitely use the rolls again! I have some left of both sizes so I'll be able to make something else too.

Check out some of my other favorite half-square triangle and quilting tools here.

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
I tried really hard to have no two same prints touching each other when I pieced all the blocks together and I *think* I succeeded! It required a little block surgery since I found a couple when the top was already mostly pieced, but it was worth it.

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
Ta-da! When I first started this quilt I was unsure that I would have enough contrast throughout the quilt to really let the pattern shine. I almost ditched some of the more muted dark blues and the darker light blues. Thankfully, Jacey talked me out of it! I am so happy with the range of colors and pattern.

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
I sent this quilt and my Blockade Quilt to Melissa of Sew Shabby Quilting for quilting. I love this Peacock Feathers pattern she had, this was my first time choosing it. I think it adds nice movement to the geometric design.

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
I pieced together a backing from navy yardage I had on hand, and bound it up in the same Luxe in Bloom print that I used for Amanda's quilt.

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
Melissa finished quilting my quilts right before I left for Ohio last month, so I asked her to ship them to my parent's house. I was able to bind and photograph both quilts while I was home. There was no shortage of helpers and testers around!

Woven Quilt from Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle | InColorOrder.com
I know the last quilt I finished is usually my favorite, but I really love this one. This is my first monochromatic quilt and I think I'd like to make more. I wish it had eaten up more of my blue stash, but I did use up a total of 11.5 yards making this quilt! I used so many different fabrics, including some precious hoarded ones. It's fun to see many years of fabrics mixing together in one quilt. Yay for stash diving!

Pick up a copy of Patchwork Essentials here.

Happy Quilting!

15 comments :

  1. Beautiful quilt! The scrappiness was perfect adding interest while still allowing the design to shine.

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  2. This is really gorgeous. I remember seeing snippets on IG and thinking it would be fabulous. Seeing it in full it's even better, and you really made the scrappiness sing.

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  3. What a great quilt! Love the scrappiness and the design.

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  4. That is wonderful. Love the quilting!

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  5. I really love this! Those aquas really add a pop to all your gorgeous blues! Fantastic pattern design too :)

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  6. All of the blues are just beautiful! Such a great scrappy quilt and lovey on the barn!

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  7. Wow, beautiful! Love the quilt!

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  8. Your blue quilt is stunning!
    Jenn Anderson

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  9. Love the backing fabric, too. Do you happen to know what it is? Perhaps from the selvage?

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    1. Yes, it's from my Curiosities collection from Art Gallery Fabrics: http://liveartgalleryfabrics.com/curiosities.html

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  10. I *heart* them! I immediately thought of you when I first used them. I think it saves our hands from a lot of pain that comes with squaring all those HSTs. Beautiful quilt - I love the colors!

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  11. It's completely amazing! Really. All blues plus scrappy plus cat testers!! Hooray!

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  12. Love your beautiful scrappy quilt, perfect quilting pattern, really adds texture!!!

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