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Saturday, 30 March 2013

Equilateral triangle quilt - finished!

I finally finished my brother's equilateral triangle quilt!  I started making it back in September last year, and I blogged about the design process back in October.  I had the quilt top finished by late October, and it has been waiting for me to quilt it ever since.


I was going to finish it for Christmas, but then I didn't.  So I put it on my list of first quarter goals for the 2013 Finish-A-Long.  Then I spent all of January and February NOT quilting this quilt.  So I made it my March goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes.


The quilting and the basting were daunting me, so I had the quilt basted by Sue Burnett, a local long-arm quilter.


Once that was done, it only took me about a week to finish the quilting, using straight lines (very) approximately 1/2" apart.


Now that the binding is hand stitched down and the basting threads have been removed, this quilt is ready for gifting to my brother.  I hope he loves it as much as I do!

By the way, if you are interested in making your very own equilateral triangle quilt, I have a couple of tutorials that might be useful, on how to cut equilateral triangles and how to sew equilateral triangles.

Quilt Stats
Finished Size:  Approximately 87 inches by 84 inches.
Fabric: Assorted cream, grey and taupe solids, assorted cream, grey, mustard, blue, red, brown and taupe prints.
Backing: DS Quilts print from Spotlight.
Binding: Woodgrain print from Joel Dewberry's Aviary 2 line.
Pieced and quilted by: me, on my domestic sewing machine.  Basted by Sue Burnett on her long-arm machine, and basting threads removed by me and my mum (thanks mum!).

This quilt is the fifth of my nine first quarter goals for the 2013 Finish-A-Long - over halfway there!  It is also my March goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes.

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Linking up with:

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and, of course, Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts.
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25 comments:

  1. dutchcomfort30 March 2013 at 20:46

    It’s beautiful Adrianne!!

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  2. Susan30 March 2013 at 21:48

    I have admired this quilt for a very long time! Rest assured, if its not to your brother's taste, I will have it (LOL!) I love how the quilting has given the simple design depth and texture!

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  3. Anna30 March 2013 at 21:55

    Love it! I have just started one for my friend, it's full of bright triangles and is very exciting!

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  4. JHNickodemus31 March 2013 at 02:48

    That is so awesome! Your quilting looks great! I've been having a bit of trouble with mine getting wonky. Did you use a walking foot or a free motion foot?

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  5. Heidi31 March 2013 at 03:04

    Love the results! I just did my first straight-line, narrow-width quilting this week and was surprised it took so much longer than my normal FMQ allover quilting. (I posted the baby quilt yesterday http://redletterquilts.blogspot.com/2013/03/progress-report.html). I have always pin-basted and never basted with thread, My question is how you avoid stitching over/into the basting threads? Is the basting thread hard to remove?

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  6. Deb@asimplelifequilts31 March 2013 at 06:48

    This is just beautiful. Love your color palette and how the greys seem to "calm down" some of the brights yet let them sparkle too. Great job.

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  7. Carolyn S.31 March 2013 at 06:50

    I came over from Lovely Finishes. Your quilt is beautiful. I can see absolutely no reason for your brother not to be thrilled.

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  8. Annabella31 March 2013 at 10:40

    It's absolutely beautiful and a fabulous finish - thank you so much for your email and thlink to the QAL which I had seen, but if I make equilateral triangles this is the sort of thing I want to make and probably using my Field Study FQs :)

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  9. Kirsten31 March 2013 at 13:18

    Such a gorgeous quilt! I really love the colour scheme and the straight line quilting is fabulous.

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  10. CapitolaQuilter1 April 2013 at 04:43

    Love the finished quilt and the dense quilting is amazing. Congrats

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  11. Sarah J.1 April 2013 at 17:34

    Wow, I love it and that you got it done! I started an equilateral triangle quilt for my son last year. Top done but not quilted. Seeing yours will hopefully help nudge me to just do it. Beautiful!

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  12. Sarah J.1 April 2013 at 17:34

    Wow, I love it and that you got it done! I started an equilateral triangle quilt for my son last year. Top done but not quilted. Seeing yours will hopefully help nudge me to just do it. Beautiful!

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  13. memmens1 April 2013 at 20:03

    Great job - I am itching to try a triangle quilt

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  14. Stitch and Yarn1 April 2013 at 23:07

    Love the colour combo – great finish!
    – Tara

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  15. Little Island Quilting1 April 2013 at 23:14

    Beautiful

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  16. Just Sew Sue1 April 2013 at 23:42

    Well done on getting it finished.

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  17. maria2 April 2013 at 05:57

    I love the colours you've used. The quilting suits the design really well.

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  18. Whitney2 April 2013 at 16:56

    BEAUTIFUL! i love your color choices!!

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  19. Taryn V.3 April 2013 at 12:41

    Beautiful quilt! I love the color choices and the mixture of solids and prints!

    Thanks for linking up to Let's Get Acquainted this week!

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  20. Anonymous3 April 2013 at 13:02

    I love this quilt. What a wonderful job.

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  21. Alia6 April 2013 at 08:22

    I love your fabric choices! The triangles really dance across the quilt top, lovely job

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  22. evamarie7 April 2013 at 18:51

    I love it!

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  23. Anonymous8 April 2013 at 19:58

    Love it to bits! Gorgeous fabrics and pattern!
    Esther

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  24. Franziska12 April 2013 at 19:26

    love everything about this quilt, the colours, the pattern, how you arranged the triangles. A equilateral triangle projevt is on my list for a long time. I saved your tutorials and hope to start something like this soon.

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  25. Bettina Danger24 June 2013 at 11:44

    This is gorgeous! You inspired me to make a mini quilt for my kitchen! Thank you!

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